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The Experience

Your Shift, Simplified

Every Shiftwave session follows the same simple process. Choose a protocol, settle in, and follow the guidance. The system coordinates each element of the experience so you can focus less on what to do and more on simply being present.

Selecting a guided protocol in the Shiftwave app

Choose your protocol

Select from more than 70 guided protocols designed for moments of recovery, focus, preparation for sleep, performance, and more.

User reclining in the Shiftwave Pro chair

Settle in

Recline comfortably as pulsed pressure waves and breath-guided audio begin working together throughout the session.

Relaxed after completing a Shiftwave session

Feel the difference

Many users describe finishing a session feeling calmer, clearer, or more ready for whatever comes next.

Four elements. One experience.

Each session combines four coordinated elements. Individually they are simple. Together they create an experience that asks very little of you.

  • Pulsed pressure waves provide a clear physical signal that helps anchor your attention throughout the session.
  • Breath-guided audio gives you an easy rhythm to follow without needing previous experience.
  • Supported positioning and visual quiet reduce physical effort and distraction.
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Why It Works

Understanding nervous system regulation

Your autonomic nervous system helps regulate many of the processes involved in how you feel and function. It continually moves between states of activation and restoration depending on what your body needs.

Sympathetic

Supports alertness, movement, focus, and readiness.

Parasympathetic

Supports calm, recovery, digestion, and restoration.

Shiftwave is designed to support these natural processes by bringing multiple sensory inputs together into one guided experience.

Protocols & Insights

Designed to be easy to use

Shiftwave Pro users access supported protocols through the iPad experience, while the companion app provides education, session history, and additional insights.

Guided Protocols

Browse more than 70 guided protocols by intention and duration.

BioDrive®

Select protocols include BioDrive®, which uses heart-responsive adaptation to adjust elements of the experience in real time.

Mini Lab

Review supported session information, including heart rate and heart rate variability.

Profiles

Support multiple users, favourites, guest sessions, and session history.

Recommendations

Receive protocol suggestions based on your goals and recent sessions.

Updates

New protocols and supported improvements continue to expand the experience.

Need an iPad or headphones? See supported devices →

Shiftwave Protocols

Guided experiences for different moments

Different moments call for different experiences. Shiftwave’s protocol library is designed to help you choose the right session for where you are and where you want to go next.

Recovery & Regeneration

Designed for recovery after training, travel, long days, and physically demanding periods.

Performance & Focus

Designed for meetings, competition, creative work, and other moments that require readiness and attention.

Relaxation & Mindfulness

Designed for evenings, quiet moments, reflection, and preparation for rest.

Transformative Breathwork

More active breath-led experiences designed to support noticeable shifts in energy, momentum, and perspective.

Science-led.
Data-driven.
Human-focused.

Shiftwave brings together psychophysiology research, engineering, and guided protocol design into a simple, repeatable experience that supports nervous system regulation.

Today, Shiftwave is used by professional athletes, health practitioners, performance facilities, and people looking for a reliable way to reset, recover, and prepare for what comes next.

About Shiftwave

Mike North
Mike North, Ph.D
Pioneer in advanced technologies that advance humanity using rapid prototyping, biometric measurements and human-centered design.
Alan Macy
Alan Macy, MSEE
Co-founder / biomedical designer of BIOPAC systems, used in 99% of the world’s top 100 universities for physiological research.
John Foster
John Foster, Ph.D
Revolutionary leader behind Owl Biomedical’s Nanosorter® - a cutting-edge breakthrough in precision cell-sorting technology.
Jeff Rouse, M.D.
Jeff Rouse, M.D.
Triple-board certified psychiatrist with training in quantum biology and longevity medicine, advancing trauma recovery, neuropsychiatry, and wellness technology in clinical, military, and humanitarian settings.

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