Feb 6th,
2010
Relaxation Sounds for Sleep
We all been there. That special place with peaceful and relaxing
sounds. It could be listening to the rain on your
rooftop, riding on a train, or hearing the waves break as a storm comes
in. There is something about certain settings that affects us
individually. Personally I cannot stay awake on a long jet ride. Why? I
don't know. I'm a chronic insomniac but it gets me every time I fly long
distances. It could be the natural white noise or the fact that I was
anxious about flying to begin with and, after the plane makes a good
takeoff, I simply relax. Ergo,
Jumbo Jet.
What do most people think about when they are having
trouble falling asleep? A vacation spot, maybe? Or possibly a
place from their past that they found peaceful. Individual experiences
are wide ranging. We have covered many different relaxing scenarios but
there are literally hundreds of sleep sounds we could pursue...
and we will as over time we will be adding dozens of new dreamscapes.
Currently we have four more in the works. A bicycle
ride, a balloon ride, a cityscape, and something that I call Everest...
which is a mountain climbing soundscape featuring wind, snow and other
secondary sounds one might hear at 26,000 feet. Some of best ideas have
come from patrons of Virtual Dreamer who have contacted us on the
telephone or via email.
The Old Lighthouse and
Twilight Golf are two
such examples.
The one thing that all the relaxation sounds for sleep we produce
have in common is that they all end up with a relaxing main sound to
lull the listener into deep relaxation. Be it waves, rain, or the sound
of jet engines humming away. Some people have told me that our sounds
are like a virtual theme park ride... starting slowly with
audio-enhanced visualizations (no narration) and eventually leading to
sleep. In a sense it is akin to assisted mediation. Being that there is
no narration, it is the listener's mind that paints the pictures that
the sounds outline. This is the simple beauty of our ongoing project. By
imagining and visualizing we utilize some of the same brain functions as
we do when we are dreaming.
If you have an idea for future sounds for sleep please
let us know . Drop us an email . If we record it we will give you the
first copy... free. You can email me at:
brad@virtualdreamer.com.
Comments? email me
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