Nice forum. Yes, I use a Proteus mostly for meditation. But I notice that when I use it on a fairly regular basis I get to sleep and dream much better than when I don't. It just calms my mind.
Many of our sleep problems are stress related, or the effect of an over-active mind. Modern lifestyles are very busy, with information bombarding us all the time lending to a domino effect of constant processing. This mulling over of one thought leading to another leading to another can be hard to stop even when we're physically tired.
One increasingly popular way to accomplish this mental relaxation is by using a light and sound machine to help guide oneself through all the mental chatter, clear the mind, and simply enter sleep. Our brains tend to be influenced by rhythmic external patterns, like drumming, music, flickering fires, etc. Light and sound machines are controlled pattern-makers so to speak. They produce frequencies of light and sound that are deeply relaxing. By using this technology when lying down for sleep, it becomes so easy to relax and just drift off!
If you use light and sound machines to help fall asleep or simply relax, we'd love to hear from you. What machine do you use? Got any tips or tricks?
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