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Music As A Sleep Tool

With Joseph Nimoh

During this 10-day course, you will explore proven strategies to help improve your sleep using music. You will explore the research behind how music affects the brain, whether or not music can help you fall asleep and why music affects sleep, what kind of music is suitable for sleep, and how to make music a part of your sleep hygiene. These practical tips will help you improve your sleep. Over the next 10 days, you will come to realize the importance of sleep for your health and the benefits of music to the brain as well as how these effects directly promote sleep or reduce issues that interfere with sleep.

Explore proven strategies to help improve your sleep using music.

10 Days

3.2k students

4.6 stars

14 min / day

English

About this course

Sleep Preparation Ritual

Tiny Habits Practice

Sensory Rest

Meet your Teacher

Joseph Nimoh

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Kansas City, KS, USA

Joseph Nimoh is an award-winning pianist and composer. He creates music that inspires hope and brings healing to his audience. His music has been described as emotionally rich, soothing, and peaceful, and is suitable for meditation and relaxation.

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10 Days

3.2k students

4.6 stars

14 min / day

English

Lesson 1

Sleep - The Golden Chain That Ties Health & Our Bodies Together

Your body needs sleep, just as it needs air and food to function at its best. In this lesson, we explore the relationship between sleep and health. Your body needs sleep, just as it needs air and food to function at its best. In this lesson, we explore the relationship between sleep and health. We will also explore music’s potential as a viable, low cost, side-effect-free option in the treatment of sleep loss.

Lesson 2

Can Music Help Me Sleep?

In this lesson, we explore some of the studies behind using music to improve sleep. Several studies have shown the benefits of listening to music before going to bed improves sleep. It is encouraging to know that this benefit appears to have a cumulative effect with study participants reporting better sleep the more often they incorporated music into their nightly routine.

Lesson 3

Why Music Affects Sleep

In this lesson, we explore briefly the science behind how music affects sleep. Music enhances sleep because of its effects on the regulation of hormones. As the brain interprets sound waves coming into the ear, a cascade of physical effects is triggered within the body. Many of these effects promote sleep.

Lesson 4

What Kind Of Music Is Suitable For Sleep?

While music can certainly improve sleep, there a number of factors that affect the suitability of music for sleep. In this lesson, we explore factors like the genre of music, tempo and music preferences, and how they impact their suitability for sleep.

Lesson 5

Making Music A Part Of Your Sleep Hygiene

Having both a bedroom environment and daily routines that promote consistent, uninterrupted sleep is vital to physical and mental health. Keeping a stable sleep schedule, making your bedroom comfortable and free of disruptions and building healthy habits during the day can all contribute to good sleep hygiene. In this lesson, we explore sleep hygiene and its importance, and how music can be incorporated into our sleep hygiene and ultimately improve our sleep.

Lesson 6

Developing A Routine

It has been said that humans are creatures of habit, and while we like moments of spontaneity and surprise, we feel comfortable when we know what to expect and can follow a plan or schedule. In this lesson, we explore how routine creates the structure we need in order to plan and prioritize our daily activities. We also talk about how to incorporate music into that routine to ensure we’re improving our sleep.

Lesson 7

Create A Playlist Of Songs You Enjoy

In this lesson, we talk about the importance of using music you enjoy to enhance your sleep. Several studies have shown that the benefits of listening to music before sleep is significantly affected by personal preference. We tend to sleep better when we listen to our own curated playlist of songs we enjoy.

Lesson 8

Avoid Songs That Cause Strong Emotional Reactions

In this lesson, we talk about one of the pitfalls to avoid while using music to enhance your sleep. We listen to lullabies when we want to sleep, use fast-paced songs for exercise, and so on. However, songs that cause strong emotional reactions can hinder sleep.

Lesson 9

Good Habits That Improve Sleep

In this lesson, we explore some general habits that improve sleep. We talk about creating a sleep-inducing bedroom, removing distractions before bedtime, the benefits of exercise, and negative tendencies to avoid.

Lesson 10

Strategies For Success

In this lesson, we talk about the practical tips to incorporate good sleep habits into our daily activities. A good night's sleep is essential to a healthy lifestyle. And it is a personal journey. It is not a sprint; it is a marathon. You cannot change everything at once; identify one small step you can take to begin improving your sleep.