Chucks App Corner - Environment Enhancers
To fall or not to fall asleep - For some not even an issue. For others a stress that feeds more stress.
Others have the opposite problem - staying awake and focused.
For a long time I searched for the ultimate goodnight story/sleeping pill without medical dependence. Normally I sleep well but I discovered how to deal with times when I don’t by being aware of what puts me to sleep easily - when it’s not bedtime.
How to transfer this situation in your bedrom, or where ever you are, was the true challenge. Here’s how I met them:
My first discovery: I fall asleep easy, quick and good on airplanes.
Ambiance solves this matter. You choose “Airplane” (among 50+ others ), set the timer and press start. I’m asleep within…well, I can’t really know can I?
My second discovery: There a humans out there spending time analyzing brain waves and stuff. Some say that a small side-vibrating noise activates specific receptors to give you whatever signals to feel…whatever. Or as more beautifully expressed on their website” Binaural beats stimulate the natural brain states associated with relaxation, and will help you relax quickly and deeply. ”
SleepStream deals with these states (with or without the beats, those are optional): falling asleep, staying awake and alert, focusing, relaxing and meditating with a set of 30 different modes. Here you can choose state you wish to undergo instead of just a background sound. Price 15 SEK / 1,36 EUR /1,17 USD
Why have both? Well, the” Oceanic 815″ on SleepStream is insufficient as far airplane humming goes. Instead I use it for energizing in the morning or when reading (”Quiet Woodland” works). Ambiance will provide your environment with specific background sounds in general but its “Airplane” does the right job when in need to sleep.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:00 am
The claims made about binaural beats seem highly susceptible, I’d say. Even when less bold than those regarding “improving human performance” or even hard drugs (sic).
February 19th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Worry not, I haven’t crossed over to the dark side ;)
Regardsless of binaural beats or just a background sound as in Ambiance: 15 kronor is not a rip-off and it works fine for me, be it falling asleep or blogging to the sound of a fireplace!