Sleep Music

To move your body into relaxation and sleep mode, use songs that have a rhythm of about beats per minute. Your heart rate will gradually adjust to match these slower beats, and your breathing will slow, putting you closer to a sleeping state. Save those up-tempo songs to get you moving in the morning, or to keep you alert on a long drive. It also reduces cortisol, a hormone that stimulates alertness and also stress, according to numerous studies.

We recommend putting on your favorite relaxing music around half an hour before bed or nap time. Allowing time to absorb the music and “wind” down before sleeping. You can use it to fall asleep and you can keep it on all night to sleep better. Music is an effective treatment for both short-term and chronic sleep disorders.

I sleep with a CPAP that has diagnostics on it for Sleep time, Sleep depth, and Length of depth of sleep. I have noticed all three have Improved by just playing Kalimba for an Hour or so before bed, it is like taking a sleeping pill The shift in the nervous system is very apparent. I have several other instruments I play Saxophone, clarinet, Harmonica, Recorder Flute, NONE of these other instruments react the same way as the Kalimba does.

There are so many benefits of using meditation music as a sleep aid. Relaxing new age music triggers changes to the body that in many ways will mimic a sleep state in the body. A slower heart rate, less labored breathing, and lower blood pressure are all physiological changes that music places on the relax body that makes it possible to fall asleep quicker and stay asleep longer. If listening to background noise becomes a part of your nightly routine, the positive effects can multiply.

Research studies have looked at diverse genres and playlists and there isn’t a clear consensus about the optimal music for sleep. What we do know is that studies have typically used either a self-curated playlist or a one that has been designed specifically with sleep in mind. Parents know from experience that lullabies and gentle rhythms can help babies to fall asleep. Science supports this common observation, showing that children of all ages, from premature infants to elementary school children, sleep better after listening to soothing melodies.