About Sound

How Music Rewires the Brain for Balance

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to reorganise itself, forming new neural connections throughout life. Music is one of the most powerful tools for driving these changes.

How it works:

  • Music activates widespread networks across the brain, including motor, auditory, and emotional centres.
  • Repetition strengthens beneficial pathways while weakening those linked to stress or imbalance.
  • Clinical therapies use music to aid recovery from stroke, trauma, and neurodegenerative conditions.

Research highlights:

  • Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) improves motor function in Parkinson’s patients.
  • Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) helps stroke survivors recover speech by harnessing melody.
  • Long-term music engagement enhances cognitive resilience in ageing populations.

Application in MyReset:

By engaging listeners in immersive, repeated Soundscape Journeys, MyReset supports the natural plasticity of the brain. Over time, these experiences may help reinforce patterns of calm, clarity, and balance - creating healthier neural “defaults.”

 

Music, Emotion, and Hormones

The Chemistry of Calm and Connection

Sound doesn’t just touch the ears - it shapes the body’s hormonal environment.

Key findings:

  • Dopamine: Released when listening to pleasurable music, enhancing motivation and mood.
  • Endorphins: Natural painkillers stimulated by rhythmic or group music-making.
  • Oxytocin: Boosted through singing or drumming in groups, deepening social bonding.
  • Cortisol: Lowered when exposed to calming music, reducing stress response.

Emotional pathways: Music activates the limbic system, the brain’s emotional hub, helping to regulate anxiety, sadness, or agitation.

Application in MyReset:

Every MyReset Soundscape Journey is designed to subtly engage these biochemical pathways - soothing cortisol, lifting dopamine, and fostering balance through harmonic, rhythmic, and spatial depth.

 

Sound and Sleep Science

Restorative Rhythms for Deep Rest

Sleep problems are among the most common wellness challenges - and sound offers a non-pharmacological solution.

Mechanisms:

  • Slower tempos and gentle harmonies slow heart rate and breathing.
  • Binaural beats in the delta range (0.5–4 Hz) mimic deep sleep rhythms.
  • Pink noise and gentle oscillations support continuity of sleep cycles.

Clinical findings:

  • Meta-analyses confirm music improves subjective sleep quality and reduces insomnia severity.
  • Slow, calming music before bed improves relaxation and decreases nighttime awakenings.

Application in MyReset:

MyReset’s sleep Soundscape Journeys are composed to ease the body into theta and delta states, encouraging restorative rest without overstimulation. Focus is improved in alpha states. Unlike simple loops, they adapt and evolve, guiding the body naturally into deeper relaxation.

 

Sound, Movement, and the Body

Rhythm as Medicine

The body is designed to move with rhythm. From heartbeat to breath, music naturally entrains our physiology.

Clinical applications:

  • Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) improves gait, balance, and stride in Parkinson’s and stroke recovery.
  • Synchronisation of breath and heart rate with slow rhythms reduces stress.
  • Active engagement (tapping, drumming, dancing) amplifies emotional release and pain relief.

Everyday effects:

Even passive listening often leads to subtle body synchrony - a tapping foot, slower breathing, or aligned heartbeat.

Application in MyReset:

By weaving rhythm into adaptive soundscapes, MyReset encourages natural synchronisation of body rhythms, gently rebalancing the nervous system through movement - even if only at the level of breath.

 

Resonance, Vibration, and the Water in the Body

Why Sound Travels Deep Within Us

The human body is more than 70% water - and sound travels five times faster in water than in air.

Key principles:

  • Vibrations travel efficiently through soft tissues and fluids.
  • Lower frequencies penetrate further; higher ones attenuate quickly.
  • Resonance occurs when certain frequencies match the body’s natural vibratory tendencies.

Physiological resonance:

Just as an instrument resonates when struck with the right tone, the body’s tissues and fluids respond strongly to particular frequency ranges.

Application in MyReset

MyReset uses multi-frequency layering, allowing sound to be felt not only in the ears, but throughout the body. This resonance creates a sense of “whole-body rebalance,” deepening the impact of each Soundscape Journey.

 

Music, Memory, and Identity

Unlocking the Past Through Sound

Music is deeply tied to autobiographical memory. A single song can instantly transport us back decades.

Scientific insights:

  • Familiar songs activate the hippocampus and amygdala, unlocking emotional memories.
  • Used in Alzheimer’s care to reawaken connection and recognition.
  • Music strengthens memory consolidation when paired with new experiences.

Identity and self:

Music is a carrier of personal and cultural identity, shaping emotional context and meaning.

Application in MyReset:

Our Soundscape Journeys are designed not only for relaxation but also for memory anchoring - creating new associations of calm, balance, and empowerment. Over time, these anchors help reframe stress responses and support healthier states of being.

 

Flow States and Peak Performance

Sound for Focus, Creativity, and Clarity

Flow - the state of being fully immersed and productive - is influenced by sound and rhythm.

Mechanisms:

  • Beta and gamma rhythms support focus and high-level cognition.
  • Moderate tempo, non-distracting harmonies enhance concentration.
  • Spatial and evolving soundscapes prevent mental fatigue.

Applications in performance:

  • Athletes use music to prime peak focus before competition.
  • Creative professionals use sound to block distractions and enhance ideation.

Application in MyReset:

MyReset’s Soundscape Journeys use entrainment, rhythm, and spatial depth to support clarity and sustained attention - helping listeners enter flow states where work feels effortless and creativity thrives.

 

Solfeggio Tones: Ancient Frequencies in Modern Wellness

Bridging Sacred Sound and Scientific Exploration

Solfeggio tones are a set of specific frequencies that trace their origins back to ancient musical scales used in sacred chants, particularly Gregorian chant. These tones have been associated with harmony, healing, and balance for centuries. Today, they continue to attract interest within the wellness community, with many people reporting feelings of deep calm or resonance when listening to them.

The Classic Solfeggio Scale

The most commonly cited Solfeggio frequencies are:

  • 396 Hz - Associated with liberating fear and guilt.
  • 417 Hz - Linked to facilitating change.
  • 528 Hz - Known as the “Love Frequency,” tied to transformation and DNA repair in wellness traditions.
  • 639 Hz - Said to support relationships and connection.
  • 741 Hz - Associated with expression and problem-solving.
  • 852 Hz - Linked to intuition and higher awareness.

Modern Perspective

From a scientific standpoint, Solfeggio tones are simply distinct frequencies — no different in physical terms from any other pitch. However, their long history of cultural and emotional significance means they can have powerful psychological and physiological effects:

  • Anchoring: People expect these tones to bring calm or clarity, which can enhance relaxation via the brain’s placebo and expectancy mechanisms.
  • Resonance: Pure tones can entrain brainwaves and synchronise neural activity, similar to binaural or isochronic beats.
  • Emotional impact: The simplicity of a single frequency can act as a powerful focus anchor, aiding mindfulness and meditative states.

Application in MyReset

MyReset does not rely on Solfeggio tones in isolation, but selectively integrates them into layered, adaptive soundscapes. By weaving ancient tonal references into complex modern compositions, MyReset unites the symbolic power of Solfeggio with evidence-based neuroscience - offering both cultural resonance and physiological support.

How to Begin - First Use Experience

Feeling the sound

People often feel sound in their bodies through the MyReset Soundscapes. Every person is unique, so your experience will vary - and your body adapts to the music in real time, depending on what you need.

Do you like it, and what do you feel?

FIRST USE: Listen to each track for 10–30 seconds and note your response:
1. I love it 2. I’m neutral 3. I dislike it OR Download your "Feel the Music Test" 

Note where you feel the sound in your body - this area is responding and adjusting to restore balance.

What it means

Love it - You’re close in resonance; continue listening to deepen balance.
Neutral - You’re balanced in this area.
Dislike - This Soundscape is what you most need; either listen immediately, or start with preferred tracks, and return later for a deeper reset when more comfortable.