A Wonderful ‘Child’ of the Feldenkrais® Method – The Sounder Sleep System™

The Sounder Sleep System ‘Sominar’

Developed by Michael Krugman , Feldenkrais® Practitioner, the Sounder Sleep System offers a holistic approach to insomnia and anxiety. It is well known that fast, vigorous, physical movements like we do in aerobics or competitive sports activate the sympathetic nervous system, producing a “stress response” marked by heightened vigilance. Your blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tone, and other metabolic factors are elevated, and brain activity is increased. In other words, powerful movements wake you up.

“Since I took the Sounder Sleep System workshop I am truly sleeping better than in many years. I get up feeling well rested and refreshed!”– J. R., cancer survivor

Our great discovery is that the reverse is also true. At the opposite end of the movement spectrum, we find that tiny, slow, bodily movements directly activate the parasympathetic nervous system, triggering the body’s inborn mechanisms for rest, recuperation, and healing. Your blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tone, and other metabolic factors decline, brain activity slows, and vigilance is reduced. Your body relaxes and your mind is clear and calm.

And as it turns out, these physiological and psychological responses to movement are the very same ones that occur at the onset of natural sleep. In other words, tiny, barely perceptible movements create all the physical and mental conditions necessary for natural, restful sleep. And the result is the exactly same: you feel deliciously drowsy, and little by little you drift into a blissful, restorative slumber.

Paris will lead you through several easy-to-learn brief techniques to calm your mind, relax your musculature and lull you to the shores of sleep.

Write to [email protected] to register and receive the zoom link.