S O V Awithin

Notes from the House

The House

What we've found out about sound, and about the hours that need it. Written plainly, by the people who make it.

Nervous System Regulation, in Plain Words

What it means, why the body stays braced long after the day ends, and the kind of sound that helps it land.

Calm Music: Five Tracks, and What Each One Is For

Five of ours, ordered by how loud it is in your head when you press play, and what each one is actually for.

Music for Deep Sleep: What to Put On, and How Long to Leave It

Why the length matters more than the track, what to leave running all night, and what to do when you wake at three.

Stress Relief That Doesn't Ask Anything of You

What to put on when the day has already taken everything, and why the fixes that ask something of you fail exactly when you need them.

Anxiety Relief Music, and What Actually Helps at the Time

What to put on while it's happening, why length matters more than the track, and what to skip.

Ambient Drone Music: Why It Works When Songs Don't

What a drone actually is, why sound with no melody settles a person, and what makes ours humming drones.

528 Hz: What It Actually Is, and What We Can and Can't Tell You

What the frequency actually is, what can and can't honestly be claimed about it, and why most 528 Hz music has no 528 Hz in it.

Black Screen Sleep Music: What It's For, and Whether You Need One

Why people look for them, the simpler ways to get the same thing, and what actually matters more than the screen.

The Solfeggio Frequencies, Plainly

What each of the nine is, what it's traditionally associated with, and which of our tracks actually contain it.

Music for Mornings, for Three Different Kinds of Morning

Not a morning routine. Mornings aren't all the same, which is why the advice keeps failing. Three kinds, and what's worth putting on in each.

What to Put On in the Car Before You Go Back Inside

The seam between two roles. What to put on in the few minutes after the engine goes off and before you open the front door.

Sound for Working, and What This Isn't

Someone told us she uses SOVA at her desk. That isn't what it was built for, so here is when it actually helps while you work, and when it doesn't.

What to Put On When You've Got Ten Minutes and a Full Head

Ten minutes is enough to change the state you're in, as long as you don't spend it deciding. For the gap between one thing and the next.

A Power Nap, and How Long Is Actually Useful

A short sleep taken deliberately in the middle of the day. The length is the whole question, and it's the part people get wrong.

When You Wake at 3am

Why starting something long feels impossible at that hour, and how to set it up earlier so there's nothing left to decide when you get there.