This post-physical exertion recovery protocol is designed to help your body reset and recalibrate after intense activity. Rhythmic compression waves move through the body like an internal massage - stimulating lymphatic flow, loosening fascia, and supporting deep muscular recovery. Many users describe the experience as grounding and revitalizing, leaving them more present and reconnected with their physical body.

It includes breath cues to help you get the most out of each wave cycle - ideal for users who want reminders to optimize their recovery through intentional breathing. Use this session after workouts, games, or long, physically demanding days to settle your system and promote full-body restoration.

This advanced protocol targets your body’s internal rhythm - training coherent Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA), a physiological pattern tied to resilience, cardiovascular health, and nervous system regulation. The session guides you through paced breath cycles while pulsed pressure waves engage the cardiovascular and neurological systems.

The experience is designed to create optimal conditions for internal synchronization between breath, heart, and brain. When paired with a pulse oximeter, BioDrive may activate at intervals to further support real-time coherence. Many users report feeling deeply focused, energized, and centered after this session.

While not a medical intervention, this protocol draws from emerging insights in neurocardiology, breath science, and performance physiology. It’s a powerful tool for cultivating internal awareness and long-term system adaptability.

This protocol blends three powerful elements - Synthetic Sleep, holotropic-inspired breathwork, and mechano-neurostimulation - to guide your system into a deeply calm and elevated state.

Rhythmic pressure waves support nervous system regulation while the guided breath pattern encourages focus, oxygenation, and inner expansion.

Many users report entering a sustained meditative state, accompanied by a sense of euphoria and heightened clarity. Matching your breath with the wave patterns can amplify the effect - helping brain and body align into a profoundly peaceful rhythm.

Mount Bliss is ideal when you want to move beyond stress relief and into states of elevated awareness, flow, or expanded consciousness.

While individual experiences vary, the protocol is designed to support the neurophysiological conditions that often precede deep meditation and bliss.

Rapid Relief is a swift 10-minute protocol designed to help you shift out of high stress, reduce physical tension, and re-center your nervous system.

It uses a reversal-based breath technique - instructing you to exhale as pressure waves rise and inhale as they fade - challenging the nervous system to stay calm under stimulation.

This deliberate inversion creates a kind of resistance training for your internal state, promoting adaptability in moments of acute stress. As the pressure waves flow, the protocol supports circulation, encourages muscular relaxation, and can offer relief from tightness or discomfort.

Whether you’re recovering from physical exertion or in the midst of emotional overwhelm, Rapid Relief helps you reset quickly - bringing body and mind back to baseline.

Sleep Optimization Series 1 · 10min
This is the first step in a 5-part journey toward deeper, more restorative sleep. Through calming breathwork and pulsed wave rhythms, this session helps ease tension and settle the body into a restful mode. While it doesn’t treat or diagnose sleep conditions, it’s designed to help you feel more grounded and ready for rest.

Over the next several days, each session builds on the last - gently guiding your system through longer protocols and deeper states of recovery. The aim: more consistency, more calm, and more capacity for real rest.

Sleep Optimization Series 2 · 20min
In SOS 2, you’ll experience Synthetic Sleep® - a signature Shiftwave protocol designed to mimic the refreshing effects of a power nap. This session helps balance daytime energy while priming your body for better sleep at night.

You’ll also learn key behavioral foundations, like how stimulants and alcohol can disrupt sleep cycles. As you integrate these simple changes, you’ll start building a nervous system more capable of rest, recovery, and resilience.

Sleep Optimization Series 3 · 30min
This session focuses on internal rhythm - supporting your autonomic nervous system in achieving balance and resilience. As breath and pulsed wave patterns align, your system begins to self-regulate, preparing you for more dependable sleep.

SOS 3 also explores the role of circadian alignment in sleep health. You’ll be introduced to sustainable daily habits that reinforce a stable, restorative sleep-wake cycle - helping you fall asleep easier and stay asleep longer.

Sleep Optimization Series 4 · 45min
This session delivers a focused, extended experience of Synthetic Sleep® - a signature Shiftwave state designed to support deep nervous system downshifting and cognitive recovery. At 45 minutes, the duration allows your physiology to settle into a synchronized rhythm.

Internally, this protocol is designed to support the conditions that may encourage cerebrospinal and lymphatic circulation - key elements believed to play a role in brain recovery and detoxification. While the mechanisms are still being explored, the experience can feel like a reset for both mind and body.

Sleep Optimization Series 5 · 60min
This final session of the Sleep Optimization Series offers the longest and most immersive experience of Synthetic Sleep®. While the underlying protocol is similar to earlier sessions, the extended duration allows your system to settle more deeply, revealing layers of restoration that often emerge only with time and practice.

By now, your body has begun to learn the rhythm of entrainment. This session invites you to stay longer in that synchronized state - supporting nervous system regulation, recovery, and full-body coherence. Many users describe this hour as a kind of marathon rest: subtle, spacious, and profoundly grounding. Let yourself stay with the rhythm. The benefits often unfold not just during the session, but in the stillness that follows.

SS Meditate Express · 15min
This express version of SS Meditate offers the same powerful vibrational waveforms in a compact 15-minute session.

While shorter in duration, it still guides users through the same breath-paced sequence - starting with dynamic pulses and settling into slow, deep rhythms. This is a useful option for mid-day resets, travel, or easing into a mindfulness practice.

This is the mid-length format of SS Meditate, designed for users seeking more restoration than a quick reset but less time commitment than the full Advanced protocol.

The wave patterns and breath pacing are identical to the 60-minute version, offering the same deep vibrational entrainment in a condensed window. As with all Synthetic Sleep® sessions, breathing in sync with the vibration pattern can deepen the effects.

SS Meditate Extended · 30min
This is the mid-length format of SS Meditate, designed for users seeking more restoration than a quick reset but less time commitment than the full Advanced protocol.

The wave patterns and breath pacing are identical to the 60-minute version - offering the same deep vibrational entrainment in a condensed window. As with all Synthetic Sleep® sessions, breathing in sync with the vibration pattern can deepen the effects.

SS Meditate Advanced · 60min
SS Meditate Advanced is the cornerstone of the Synthetic Sleep® collection - a 60-minute journey through carefully designed pulsed wave patterns that mimic key rhythms observed in deep sleep.

In internal observations, we’ve seen that when users breathe in sync with these vibrations, multiple physiological systems - including breath rate, HRV, blood volume, EEG slow waves, lymphatic flow, and CSF pressure fluctuations - can begin to cohere around this rhythm.

This protocol layers vibro-assisted breath entrainment with a calming auditory landscape to help settle both body and mind. While the full biological mechanisms remain under exploration, many users report a deep sense of internal synchronization and ease.

Note for all Synthetic Sleep® protocols:
All sessions are unguided. For best results, we recommend breathing in sync with the pulsed pressure waves - matching your breath to the wave as it slows throughout the session. Most protocols begin with a dynamic bilateral pattern and gradually guide you into a deep, slow, restorative rhythm before concluding with a gentle reactivation pattern. SS Pure SS is an exception.

SS Nature offers the full 60-minute Synthetic Sleep experience found in SS Meditate Advanced but replaces the original soundtrack with a calming nature-based soundscape.

For those who find natural sounds more immersive or grounding, this session offers an alternative doorway into deep physiological coherence. Internally, we’ve observed that synchronizing breath with the slow wave-like vibration can align various systems, echoing aspects of the body’s sleep architecture.

Unlike the other Synthetic Sleep protocols, SS Pure SS skips the dynamic entry and reactivation phases.

From the first minute, it delivers a continuous low-frequency unilateral wave - around four cycles per minute - designed to support the breath in maintaining a calm, steady rhythm throughout. There are no shifts or narrative guidance, making it ideal for looping during naps, overnight rest, or extended recovery.

Users are encouraged to let their breath mirror the vibration throughout the session. While this protocol is simplified, it reflects the same principles observed across the collection - where slow vibrational pacing can entrain multiple physiological systems into coherence.

Tap into your body’s adaptive intelligence through breath and pulsed pressure waves. This protocol begins with controlled breathing and strategic breath holds to introduce mild, beneficial hypoxic stress - training your cardiovascular and metabolic systems to be more efficient, balanced, and resilient.

In the second half, you’ll enter Synthetic Sleep, a restorative state enhanced by rhythmic pulsed pressure waves. This phase supports nervous system regulation and mimics deep rest, helping your body reset and recharge.

If you love the feeling of the “drop” - that sudden stillness when the vibration cuts out and your body plunges into calm - this protocol is for you.

Brake Time cycles between rising intensity and abrupt silence, simulating the push-and-release dynamics of high-performance situations. Inspired by elite training and driving metaphors, it helps your system practice shifting from activation into deep recovery.

While not a clinical tool, this pattern of simulated stress followed by abrupt calm may support the body’s ability to recognize and settle into parasympathetic states. Many users describe the experience as both satisfying and deeply calming.

This isn’t just about speeding up - it’s about learning to stop with grace and control.

Originally developed for elite athletes during the 2024 Summer Olympics, this protocol blends performance psychology principles with Shiftwave’s signature vibrational entrainment to support composure, presence, and nervous system adaptability under pressure.

It guides the user through breath-synchronized stimulation, narrative coaching, and pattern-based arousal shifts to encourage autonomic control and mental clarity.

While not formally studied, the protocol draws on established principles from sports psychology and autonomic regulation - specifically targeting the capacity to stay centered in high-stakes environments.

Initially deployed in a performance recovery setting for athletes, it’s now available for anyone preparing for demanding situations - whether you're stepping into an arena, onto a stage, or into a difficult conversation.

Inspired by the principles of the Prague School’s Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, this protocol is designed to awaken and coordinate the deep muscular patterns that support posture, breathing, and athletic readiness.

Used before physical activity, it helps prime the nervous system for efficient movement and enhanced performance.

Das Optimizer Express · 10min
Das Optimizer uses stimulating vibrational patterns to engage the nervous system and promote whole-body coordination.

By activating regions tied to balance, posture, and sensory responsiveness, this protocol helps shift you into a more alert, agile state.

Many users report heightened focus and a clearer connection between body and mind - ideal before physical or cognitive performance.

Das Optimizer Extended · 20min
The 20-minute Das Optimizer expands on the core activation of the original, adding a second phase that supports deeper recovery and nervous system recalibration.

After an initial build into alertness and sensory coordination, the protocol transitions into longer waveforms and subtler bilateral rhythms - designed to promote autonomic balance and post-activation integration.

This extended format may be especially useful when preparing for sustained performance, managing stress load, or enhancing nervous system adaptability over time. It offers not just a jumpstart, but a full cycle - inviting both readiness and restoration.

This guided protocol blends rhythmic breathwork, symbolic storytelling, and hypoxic breath holds to activate intuition, resilience, and heart-led leadership.

You’ll explore the primal instinct of the wolf, the emotional clarity of the emerald, and the powerful integration of both.

Designed to shift your state, awaken insight, and align you with your inner Emerald Wolf.

For Kids (6-9)
Designed for younger children, this protocol takes kids (ages 6–9) on a guided space adventure to Aqualaxia, a water planet where their breath powers a mission to save a sinking base. With gentle pulsed vibration, audio storytelling, and breath prompts, it encourages body awareness and calm focus through play.

This version is specially calibrated with a 60% vibration limit, even at full dial - making it safe and comfortable for smaller, more sensitive bodies."

For Kids (9-12)
This space-themed protocol invites kids (ages 9–12) on an immersive journey to the water planet Aqualaxia, where their breathing powers a ship to rescue a sinking base. Guided narration and pulsed vibration work together to support focus, breath awareness, and sensory engagement in an imaginative format.

This version offers the full vibration intensity range and is designed for older children who are developmentally ready for more robust stimulation.

Designed for athletes and high-performers, this protocol pairs rhythmic hip-hop beats with guided breathwork and pulsed vibration to help you tune your nervous system for action and recovery.

It cycles between energizing intensity and moments of pause - supporting the capacity to access powerful bursts of focus while also downshifting when needed.

With repeated use, it’s designed to build awareness and flexibility across activation states, making it easier to enter a state of flow and stay connected under pressure.

This protocol introduces you to BioDrive® - a novel Shiftwave mode that transforms breath into a full-body feedback experience.

As you inhale and exhale, the system responds with synchronized vibration, creating a loop between your respiration and the tactile rhythm you feel.

Unlike conventional HRV biofeedback systems that rely on visual or auditory cues, BioDrive® uses vibration - a feedback signal that may also influence your autonomic nervous system directly, not just reflect it. This creates a unique somatic training experience that supports conscious awareness and may promote nervous system regulation through both behavioral and physiological channels.

Note: You may see an ""HRV Score"" displayed at the end of this session on current Shiftwave systems. While this number reflects biometric data captured during your session, it is based on a preliminary algorithm that has not yet been independently validated. Please do not use it for medical interpretation or health-related decision-making.

This protocol is a first step in helping you explore the rhythms of your nervous system through embodied breathwork. As we continue to refine our approach and measurement tools, your curiosity and engagement are part of what shapes this evolving innovation.

Neuroboost is designed to help you drop into a focused, open state for learning, problem-solving, and deep work. The protocol blends rhythmic stimulation with guided narrative that invites you to clear distractions and center your attention on what matters most.

By encouraging deliberate focus and receptivity, Neuroboost helps create conditions associated with enhanced learning and creative flow.

Many users report a sharpened sense of clarity and motivation - making this a powerful primer for study, strategy, or any cognitively demanding task.

This guided session aligns breath with pulsed mechanical vibrations across three distinct phases - relaxation, energization, and focused calm. Each stage is designed to shift your internal state, helping you move from tension to readiness.

Participants are guided to sync their breath with vibratory patterns that gradually change in intensity and rhythm. Many users describe this protocol as energizing yet grounding - ideal before creative work, public speaking, or performance scenarios that require both calm and clarity.

Need a quick burst to get your day started? Just came out of a tough meeting and need to get your head in the game for the next one?

Skip the cup of coffee and breathe along with this protocol to reset your nervous system and be ready for what comes next.

Ride the Tiger Express · 15min
Launch into a vivid adventure that combines guided breathwork and rhythmic vibration to heighten alertness and reset the nervous system.

Ride the Tiger Express blends stimulating breathing and a somatic “drop” with a breath-aligned recovery phase inspired by respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA).

Through deep narrative immersion - including a rocket launch, HALO drop, and bonding with a mythical tiger - this 15-minute journey awakens energy, sharpens focus, and invites full-body re-integration.

Ride the Tiger Extended · 25min
The Extended version of Ride the Tiger builds on the core experience with 10 additional minutes of slow, breath-guided entrainment designed to deepen recovery and expand your autonomic range.

You’ll still launch through space, HALO jump into an alien jungle, and synchronize with the breath of a tiger - but the extended time allows you to settle more fully into the parasympathetic rhythm.

Ideal for when you want both a peak and a long glide back down.

Originally created for firefighters, Stay Cool trains your nervous system to maintain composure and clarity under pressure.

You’ll move through vibrational wave patterns that mimic challenge and recovery cycles - designed to condition a calm, responsive state even in the face of simulated stress.

The session ends with 10 minutes of Shiftwave’s Synthetic Sleep® to support restoration, particularly useful when sleep is disrupted or limited. This protocol is ideal before high-stakes moments or as regular training for resilience.

Short on time? Taste of Shiftwave delivers a condensed version of our full introduction.

You’ll still get a guided walkthrough of the core elements - breath entrainment, somatic contrast, and bilateral rhythm, but in just five minutes. While it won’t offer the full depth of This is Shiftwave, it’s a great refresher or quick reset when you need a fast, focused return to balance.

If you’re new to Shiftwave, this is where to begin. Shiftwave Extended is our flagship protocol - crafted to introduce your nervous system to the rhythms, sensations, and breath-based entrainment Shiftwave offers.

You’ll learn to breathe with the vibration patterns, feel a powerful ‘drop’ as intensity suddenly fades, and end with stimulating bilateral waves that reawaken your focus.

This session balances activation and recovery, leaving you in a clear, grounded state. We highly recommend this protocol as your first experience - and as a regular favorite.

This 7-minute-long protocol induces a sleep state using vibrational hypnosis.

Use it before bed to quickly transition into a restful sleep state. Or, if you wake up at night, use it to get back to sleep.

Shiftwave delivers the unique dual state of a deeply relaxed body and a focused, activated mind. Using shifting patterns of pulsed pressure waves, this protocol leaves your body in a relaxed state.

Simultaneously, in conjunction with the music, the patterns increase focus in the mind. This protocol has no voice instructions, so it requires previous Shiftwave training.

Make sure to pay attention to the nuances of the pulsed pressure waves as you align breathing to the waves.

Just as it sounds, this protocol will relax your body and take you on a mini-vacay.

You’ll enjoy relaxing on the beach, on a nice sunny day, and then cool off in the splashing surf, being left in a state of pure relaxation.

This protocol uses the healing power of touch and guided meditation to connect you with a deep sense of love.

Based on neuroscience, this heart-opening protocol helps you bridge the connection between the external world and your internal world.

Disco Nap Express · 10min
Disco Nap 10 offers a quick, calming experience to help you unwind and re-center.

Guided by narration and vibration, it walks you through a wave-synchronized body scan: as each vibrational wave builds, you gather tension in a specific region; as the wave fades, you release it.

This rhythmic sequence travels from feet to head, encouraging progressive relaxation and deeper awareness.

While not a substitute for sleep, many users find it helps them feel refreshed and mentally reset in just 10 minutes - ideal for breaks, travel decompression, or transitions between meetings.

Disco Nap Extended · 20min
Disco Nap 20 builds on the 10-minute version with an extended experience.

After the guided relaxation and full-body vibration sequence, it transitions into an additional 10 minutes of Shiftwave’s Synthetic Sleep® - a deeply calming pressure wave pattern designed to support restorative downshifting.

Many users find it leaves them feeling centered, replenished, and more present for the rest of their day.

This guided meditation supports your body in unwinding from overstimulation and reconnecting with a slower, steadier pace.

Gentle narration cues your breath and awareness into cycles that echo the natural world, inviting calm without escaping your environment.

This protocol is ideal for digital decompression, nervous system rebalancing, and subtle reconnection.

This protocol begins with a guided meditative body scan, then transitions into deep rest with Synthetic Sleep.

Gentle pulsed pressure waves align your physiology, calming distracting thoughts and fully relaxing both body and mind, making it the perfect 20-minute regeneration.

Sensorial delivers a gradually intensifying stream of bilateral stimulation - left and right sides of the body oscillate in a synchronized, wave-like rhythm that builds in complexity over time.

Unlike other Shiftwave protocols that alternate between stimulation and rest, Sensorial maintains a continuous flow of cross-body activation to enhance sensory integration, support hemispheric communication, and awaken neural coherence.

Expect to feel cradled, alert, and deeply synchronized.

In this high-intensity resilience-training protocol, you’ll tromp through a blizzard to a rustic mountain cabin.

Enter this sanctuary to warm your body and soul by the fire. This will fully activate your nervous system so that you won’t just survive but thrive.

This protocol was originally developed in partnership with clinicians in Ukraine to support aid workers and military personnel experiencing high levels of stress.

It begins with a 10-minute educational introduction explaining how Shiftwave patterns interact with the nervous system, followed by the River Master protocol - a foundational guided session known for its calming and restorative rhythm.

While individual experiences vary, the structured blend of narration and rhythmic vibration draws on research suggesting that mechanical stimulation may influence autonomic regulation and perceived stress relief.

Based on the classic River Master, this protocol combines the pleasing sounds of water with a sequence of pulsed pressure waves to wash stress from your system.

Without any voice instruction, you can go on your own journey.

Created in collaboration with Othership+ and Larry Oz, this dynamic protocol blends traditional breathwork elements - drawing from Kundalini and Tummo (e.g., Wim Hof-style) approaches - to help energize the body, reset the nervous system, and support emotional release.

Through rapid, rhythmic breathing, this session helps you oxygenate tissues and stimulate circulation, potentially enhancing mental clarity and vitality. Many users report feeling lighter, clearer, and more focused after completing the protocol.

This quick-hitting 5-minute protocol is designed for daily use to help reset your system and sharpen your internal awareness. Using three short rounds of rhythmic, elevated breathing followed by gentle breath holds, it stimulates the dynamic balance between activation and recovery.

Inspired by research on how breathwork and mindfulness practices may support brain regions like the insular cortex - known to mediate emotional regulation and body awareness, this protocol is a practical tool to build resilience over time.

Use it when you wake up, before a challenging task, or anytime your system needs a reset. The experience is brief but potent: like brushing your brain's teeth each morning.

Developed in collaboration with the Othership+ app, this transformative breathwork protocol moves through a structured, multi-phase journey designed to explore and release each of the seven chakras. With guided breath patterns, rhythmic pacing, and intentional soundscapes, the session invites deep physical release and emotional realignment - supporting both energetic balance and somatic awareness.

This is an active, evocative experience - often described by users as cathartic and clarifying. The chakra framework is used here not as a rigid doctrine, but as a helpful map for navigating inner tension and unlocking embodied presence.

River Master Express · 15min
Take a trip down the river to de-stress and reset. This Shiftwave classic pairs rhythmic pulsed waves with gentle breathwork cues to help you drop into a deep state of relaxation.

Take a short trip down the river to de-stress and reset. This immersive experience combines a soothing river soundscape with rhythmic pulsed pressure waves and gentle breathwork guidance to help you calm your system quickly and reconnect with ease.

In a pilot study conducted at Tulane Medical School, first-time users reported reduced stress and anxiety after a single session. River Master Express is a go-to for newcomers and a reliable reset for seasoned users needing calm, fast.

River Master Extended · 25min
Settle in for a deeper journey down the river. River Master Extended immerses you in a flowing river soundscape, pairing it with pulsed pressure waves and breath guidance to ease the body into deep relaxation and nervous system reset.

With more time to unwind, this session supports the body’s natural regenerative processes. In a Tulane Medical School pilot study, first-time users of River Master reported reduced stress and anxiety. This extended version is ideal for those seeking a longer, more restorative immersion.

Developed in collaboration with Othership+ and Larry Oz, this guided session uses intentional breathwork to explore the four pillars of self-love, compassion, acceptance, gratitude, and empowerment.

With narration from Harry and Mandy, the journey blends rhythmic breathing with affirmations and gentle breath holds to help you reconnect with your inherent worth.

Perfect for morning use, this protocol can help anchor your emotional tone for the day, offering a centered, heart-forward start.

Whether you’re cultivating self-trust, softening inner criticism, or simply resetting your nervous system, Self Love invites you to come home to yourself - one breath at a time.

This powerful 20-minute protocol draws from Kundalini, Tummo, and Wim Hof breathing traditions - combining three rounds of rhythmic breathing and extended breath holds to safely challenge your system and tap into deeper layers of resilience.

The session promotes strong sensations of energy and alertness, while training your nervous and respiratory systems to respond with greater control. Practitioners often notice improved breath-hold capacity, mental clarity, and a refreshed sense of vitality.

This is an advanced-style technique, but accessible to all levels. As with any intense breathwork, listen to your body.