What the sounds do, explained plainly.
Each article answers one question, cites the research that exists, and tells you which sound to try in the app.
How to Relax Your Nervous System: The Slow Evening Practices That Let the Body Stand Down
How to relax your nervous system in the evening: muscle relaxation, yoga nidra, a warm bath, steady natural sound, weight and slow breathing, with the research.
Nervous systemHow to Calm Your Nervous System: What Works in Minutes, What Works in Weeks, and Why
How to calm your nervous system: the long exhale, cold on the face, humming and steady sound that work in minutes, and the daily habits that lower the baseline.
MeditationHow to Do Transcendental Meditation: The Technique Explained, and How to Practise a Mantra Meditation at Home
How to do transcendental meditation: what the technique is, what a session looks like, what the research shows, and how to practise a mantra meditation at home.
MeditationGayatri Mantra With Meaning: The Words, Line by Line, and How to Chant It
The Gayatri mantra with meaning: the Sanskrit text, a word by word translation, where it comes from, what chanting does to breath and heart, how to practise.
Calm and stressHow to Calm Nerves Before an Exam, an Interview or a Stage: What Actually Works
How to calm nerves before an exam, interview, speech or match: two sighs, a slow breath, saying "I'm excited", writing the worry down, and steady sound.
BreathingAbdominal Breathing Benefits: What Diaphragmatic Breathing Does, and How to Do It
Abdominal breathing benefits, from the research: lower cortisol, better attention, a slower heart, calmer sleep. How to breathe from the diaphragm.
TravelHow to Sleep on an Airplane: The Seat, the Sound and the Timing That Work
How to sleep on an airplane: the seat to book, how to cover 80 dB of cabin noise, what to skip before boarding, and when to sleep for the time zone you land in.
FocusHow to Concentrate Better: 7 Techniques for the Moment You Keep Drifting Off
How to concentrate better while studying, reading or working: an attention anchor, the re-entry rule, steady sound and short sprints, with the research.
FocusHow to Focus Better: 8 Changes That Work, Ranked by Evidence
How to focus better at work, in class and at home: phone out of the room, one task, timed blocks, steady sound, sleep and movement, with the research for each.
Calm and stressHow to Calm Down Fast: 7 Ways That Work in Minutes, Backed by Research
How to calm down fast when anxiety or stress spikes: the physiological sigh, slow breathing, steady sound and four more, with the research and the order to try.
SolfeggioSolfeggio Frequencies: The Nine Tones, What Each One Is Used For, and What Research Says
A solfeggio frequencies chart with all nine tones from 174 to 963 Hz, what each is used for, where they came from, the 528 Hz study, and how to listen.
Noise colorsBrown Noise vs White Noise vs Pink Noise: Which Is Best for Sleep?
Brown noise vs white noise vs pink noise: how each one sounds, what sleep research has found, and a simple rule for picking the right one tonight.
Noise colorsWhat Is Brown Noise? How It Helps with Focus, Sleep and ADHD
What brown noise is, why it sounds so deep, what research says about noise for focus, sleep and ADHD, and the settings we recommend when you try it.
Binaural beatsBinaural Beats: How They Work and What the Science Actually Says
How binaural beats work, the five brainwave bands they target, what 22 studies found for sleep, focus and anxiety, and how to listen so a session works.