Dr. Dave Rabin
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And all humans are tuned actually the same in that we all breathe at around five to seven breaths per minute to enter a meditative, calm recovery state. Any human basically on the face of the earth can breathe at five to seven breaths per minute. And within a couple of minutes, enter recovery in the body and biologically increase activity in the vagus nerve.
And all humans are tuned actually the same in that we all breathe at around five to seven breaths per minute to enter a meditative, calm recovery state. Any human basically on the face of the earth can breathe at five to seven breaths per minute. And within a couple of minutes, enter recovery in the body and biologically increase activity in the vagus nerve.
So we thought, well, maybe if we send the right signal to the body as vibration, the body will recognize it and know how to get into that state. And guess what? It did. Just like hearing your favorite song on a bad day, just like getting a hug from a loved one on a bad day, your body knows how to calm down immediately.
So we thought, well, maybe if we send the right signal to the body as vibration, the body will recognize it and know how to get into that state. And guess what? It did. Just like hearing your favorite song on a bad day, just like getting a hug from a loved one on a bad day, your body knows how to calm down immediately.
And so we thought, well, maybe technology can do this for us in a wearable, in your phone. And so we studied that. We put it through multiple rigorous clinical trials at the university, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, all the things.
And so we thought, well, maybe technology can do this for us in a wearable, in your phone. And so we studied that. We put it through multiple rigorous clinical trials at the university, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, all the things.
And it kept showing that these specific patterns of sound waves were increasing vagus nerve activity and helping healthy people perform and recover faster and helping people with severe illnesses recover faster and And then we launched it in 2020 to the world as a wearable. And now this year as an iPhone experience that anyone can get for free.
And it kept showing that these specific patterns of sound waves were increasing vagus nerve activity and helping healthy people perform and recover faster and helping people with severe illnesses recover faster and And then we launched it in 2020 to the world as a wearable. And now this year as an iPhone experience that anyone can get for free.
Oh yeah, it's my pleasure. Nothing makes me happier than to know that this helped you through challenging times and that you're still enjoying it. We've been using it every day, almost every day for seven, eight years since our early prototyping days.
Oh yeah, it's my pleasure. Nothing makes me happier than to know that this helped you through challenging times and that you're still enjoying it. We've been using it every day, almost every day for seven, eight years since our early prototyping days.
And we now have 16 clinical trials, two of which have been published, six more expected to come out this year that are actually showing that just having this vibration on your body, whether it comes from your phone or from a wearable, one of our wearables,
And we now have 16 clinical trials, two of which have been published, six more expected to come out this year that are actually showing that just having this vibration on your body, whether it comes from your phone or from a wearable, one of our wearables,
within two minutes helps relax you and calm you down and reduce stress and changes your breathing pattern and your heart rate variability, which is the leading metric of vagal nerve activity and performance and recovery and longevity. So thinking about that, right, like two minutes, that's all it takes to get your body into a relaxed state again.
within two minutes helps relax you and calm you down and reduce stress and changes your breathing pattern and your heart rate variability, which is the leading metric of vagal nerve activity and performance and recovery and longevity. So thinking about that, right, like two minutes, that's all it takes to get your body into a relaxed state again.
But if you use it for three hours or more a day, five days or more a week, we see people within as little as 21 days getting 30 to 60 minutes more sleep a night. And that is wild, right? Like 30 to 60 minutes more sleep a night is six to 10 times the benefit of melatonin.
But if you use it for three hours or more a day, five days or more a week, we see people within as little as 21 days getting 30 to 60 minutes more sleep a night. And that is wild, right? Like 30 to 60 minutes more sleep a night is six to 10 times the benefit of melatonin.
And it's like two to three times the benefit of Ambien and the other leading prescription sleep aids that have a lot of side effects. And we can do that just by calming your body with a little ocean wave sound waves before bed and in bed. And you don't need to take a drug to get not as good an effect and risk having side effects.
And it's like two to three times the benefit of Ambien and the other leading prescription sleep aids that have a lot of side effects. And we can do that just by calming your body with a little ocean wave sound waves before bed and in bed. And you don't need to take a drug to get not as good an effect and risk having side effects.
So I think this is for us one of the most exciting things to work on and where we're going to see technology going in mental health because we don't need medicine necessarily as the first line. Medicine's great and it's very helpful for certain things, but there's a heck of a lot we can do before we start taking medicine. And one of those things is learning to calm your body again.
So I think this is for us one of the most exciting things to work on and where we're going to see technology going in mental health because we don't need medicine necessarily as the first line. Medicine's great and it's very helpful for certain things, but there's a heck of a lot we can do before we start taking medicine. And one of those things is learning to calm your body again.