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Light/ Sound Therapy  ... Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy

Relax and experience The Freedom of Peace!

Learn how to create your own REST space.

What is REST Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy

REST is deciding what forms of stimulation you desire and using methods to block or reduce irritating or undesirable stimuli.

- Light and Sound Therapy
- Color Mood Therapy
- Hydro Therapy
- Massage Therapy
- Aroma Therapy
- 3D Sleep Masks
- Ear Plugs
- Noise Reducing Ear Muffs
- Mind Machines (AVS)
- G-Cardboard/ GearVR
- Virtual Reality
- Psychedelic Stimuli
- Fractal Zooms/ Dimensions
- DreaMachine Device
- Sensory Deprivation/ Overload
- Flotation Tanks
- Binaural/ Monaural/ Isochronic Tones
- Brainwave Entrainment (BWE)
- Mood-Savers
- Digital-Drugs/ Meds/ Atmospheres
- Rife Frequencies
- Cranial Electro Stimulation (CES)
- Bone Conduction Headphones
- Controlled Breathing
- Neurofeedback/ Biofeedback

For Relaxation, Meditation, and REST.

My personal suggestion is that people start with REST tools they are familiar with and advance to more methods as they become interested.

For example, 3D SLEEP MASKS are excellent tools for reducing unpleasant or undesirable light. They are lightweight, comfortable, and may block 100% of light!

They are called 3D because they are contoured so that they do not touch your eyelids or eyelashes. This allows you to freely open and close your eyes. They are EXCELLENT for increasing quality of sleep and PERFECT for Relaxation and Meditation.

The best part is you can bring them with you wherever you go. So if you wanted REST at work, in a bathroom stall, in your car, at home, in your backyard, or wherever, you can put them on and find immediate relief.

Another tool I suggest for beginners is comfortable HEADPHONES. The concept is the same except for sounds.

If you are not at home or don't feel comfortable because of loss of surrounding awareness, I suggest BONE CONDUCTION HEADPHONES. They allow you to keep your ears open to your environment while you listen to your music or calming sounds.

[**Do NOT view audio/ visual sessions if you are pregnant or suffer from seizure disorders.]

Google Cardboard

Google Cardboard brings immersive experiences to everyone in a simple and affordable way. Whether you fold your own or buy a certified viewer, you're just one step away from experiencing virtual reality on your smartphone.

Oculus Quest

Advanced All-In-One VR Gaming: Enjoy advanced all-in-one VR with just a headset and controllers. (Smartphone app required.) Or connect to a gaming computer to access Rift titles with Oculus Link.*
Device Oculus Rift PC Powered VR Gaming: Connect a VR-compatible computer or laptop to experience the full power of your PC with an easy, intuitive setup. No external sensors are needed.**
Device VR

Samsung Gear VR

Use along with Muse app. All in one VR headset. External light is not required. Can experience in dim/dark settings.

Dreamachine

The Dreamachine (a contraction of Dream Machine) is a stroboscopic flicker device that produces visual stimuli. The Dreamachine simply consists of a cylinder with holes cut into the sides which are placed on a turntable. A lightbulb is suspended in the center of the spinning ...

AVS - Light and Sound Mind Machine

**Mind Place Utilizing light and sound pulses at specified frequencies, these systems stimulate the mental activity of the user, leading the user's mind from normal waking consciousness to a variety of desirable states of consciousness. Manage stress, improve focus, meditate, relax, break undesirable states like anger, and enjoy a visual psychedelic experience without drugs.

NeuroFeedback (Muse S)

Using advanced EEG technology to respond to your mind, heart, and breath, the Muse S is a comfy brain-sensing headband that helps you understand and track how well you focus, sleep and recharge so you can refocus during the day and recover each night.

Effect of meditation Dissociation Dissociation is a break in how your mind handles information. You may feel disconnected from your thoughts, feelings, memories, and surroundings. It can affect your sense of identity and your perception of time.

Enhancement Tools

Noise Canceling Headphones

This is what most of us tend to think of when we hear the words “noise-canceling headphones.” It's what helps the wearer drown out ambient noise and focus on talking to someone or listening to music. You see people wearing these types of headsets on long flights to tune out screaming babies and airplane engine noise.

Sleep masks

Sleep masks are made out of soft fabric that is used to help you sleep by blocking out the light

Deprivation Tanks

A sensory deprivation tank also called an isolation tank or flotation tank is a dark soundproof tank used for restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST).

Bone Conduction Headphones

The abridged version of bone conduction headphones is that they rest directly on the listener's cheekbones. Unlike traditional headphones and earbuds, the eardrum doesn't vibrate to pass the information along to the cochlea. Instead, the vibrations from the bone conduction bee-lines for the cochlea.

Ear Plugs

These small devices fit snugly inside the ear canal to block out exterior sounds.

Psychoacoustics

Psychoacoustics is the branch of psychophysics involving the scientific study of sound perception and audiology—how humans perceive various sounds. More specifically, it is the branch of science studying the psychological responses associated with sound (including noise, speech, and music).
Therapy to induce relaxation Massage therapy People use massage for a variety of health-related purposes, including to relieve pain, rehabilitate sports injuries, reduce stress, increase relaxation, address anxiety and depression, and aid general wellness

Binaural Beats

When you hear two tones, one in each ear, that are slightly different in frequency, your brain processes a beat at the difference of the frequencies. This is called a binaural beat.

Isochronic Tones

Isochronic tones are regular beats of a single tone that are used alongside monaural beats and binaural beats in the process called brainwave entrainment. At its simplest level, an isochronic tone is a tone that is being turned on and off rapidly. They create sharp, distinctive pulses of sound.

Monaural Beats

Monaural beat stimulation is achieved by applying the same amplitude-modulated signal to both ears simultaneously.
Psychoacoustics

ASMR  tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. A pleasant form of paresthesia, it has been compared with auditory-tactile synesthesia and may overlap with frisson.

Ambient Sounds

Therapy to induce relaxation Hydro Therapy Hydrotherapy is the use of water, both internally and externally and at varying temperatures, for health purposes. Also known as water therapy or "water cures," hydrotherapy includes such therapeutic treatments as saunas, steam baths, foot baths, contrast therapy, sitz baths, and colonic cleansing.

Therapy to induce relaxation Color/Mood Therapy Also known as chromotherapy, color therapy is based on the idea that color and colored lights can help treat physical or mental health. According to this idea, they cause subtle changes in our moods and biology. Color therapy has a long history. Records indicate that color and light therapy were once practiced in ancient Egypt, Greece, China, and India.

Therapy to induce relaxation REST  is offered as a useful, flexible tool that can facilitate change in addictive variables at each level of complexity, ...
Therapy to induce relaxation Hydro Massage Hydromassage is a therapeutic technique involving the use of water and pressurized jets to help massage muscles and other soft tissues in the body.
Therapy to induce relaxation Controlled Breathing has been shown to reduce stress, increase alertness and boost your immune system