Sounder Sleep System

This video interview with Sounder Sleep System's founder Michael Krugman was filmed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in May 2016. In English with Portuguese subtitles.

To achieve deeper, more restful, more pleasurable sleep, try our REST ASSURED audio self-help program, now available for instant download.

To train as a Sleep Educator / Sleep Coach and become an Authorized Teacher of the Sounder Sleep System, join our Professional Study Group. Our Discounted Early-Enrollment Opportunity is in effect until 21 November.

Professional Study Group
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Winter Enrollment Opportunity

Discounted Early Enrollment Until
November 9-21, 2016

The Sounder Sleep System consists of gentle yet remarkably effective movement and breathing techniques that you do during the day and at bedtime to make falling asleep easy and pleasurable. If you wake up during the night, the techniques get you back to sleep in no time. In these turbulent times, these are essential tools for self-healing and inner peace. Learn more...

The Sounder Sleep System is currently taught by over 250 healing-arts practitioners in various professions including including medicine, physical therapy, psychotherapy, nursing, therapeutic movement, and somatic education. It is a valuable adjunct to any practice.

Our Professional Study Group is designed to provide healing-arts professionals with all the tools they need to help their clients overcome insomnia and achieve deeper, more restful sleep by means of the Sounder Sleep System. Study from your own home or office and learn at your own pace. Completion of this online course leads to authorization as a teacher of the Sounder Sleep System.

NEW "TRIAD" FORMAT
FOR EFFICIENT LEARNING

In this, our fifteenth online course since 2005, the unique practices of the Sounder Sleep System are presented in a highly effective "triad" format that makes the material easier to learn and more convenient to teach than ever before. Each triad consists of three fundamental techniques: one of our powerful daytime relaxation techniques, called DayTamers, and two bedtime sleep-induction techniques, called NightTamers. The course also includes extensive training in our Breath Harmony technique, which is the keystone of the system.

By teaching one, two, or three triads, you can easily create learning modules of varying lengths adapted to a wide variety of situations. Taught as a unit, each triad provides your clients a powerful, easily assimilated package of self-help for insomnia. You can also present the content of a single triad in a series of two or three shorter lessons if desired.

COURSE MATERIALS

In addition to an audio recording of each technique, you will receive a transcript and commentary plus a variety of related didactic materials, providing a well-rounded practical and theoretical presentation of the system in the context of modern neuroscience and sleep medicine. You will learn all the nuts and bolts of the system, including how to conduct individual sessions or group classes.

All educational materials for the course are delivered online via a private Facebook group, which also hosts discussion with the trainer and other participants in the course. (Facebook membership is required for participation in our online discussions.)

The upcoming course will present five triads (a total of fifteen techniques) each with corresponding didactic materials. Approximately two to three weeks will be allotted to the study of each "triad."

TRAINER

The trainer for the course is Michael Krugman, founder of the Sounder Sleep System. Michael founded the system in 1999. He has taught in fifteen countries of North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. He is the author of The Insomnia Solution (Warner Books, 2005). He has trained over 250 teachers of the system.

SCHEDULE

Educational materials will be distributed to you upon enrollment. You may begin your study immediately. Study at your own pace, and share your experiences and observations with the trainer and other students via a private Facebook group.

The course does not require you to be at your computer at fixed times. You will receive the study materials online, and study them at the time of your choosing. Each assignment takes approximately four hours to complete. You can complete the entire course in as little as approximately twelve weeks, or work at a more leisurely pace, as desired.

Private sleep coaching and mentoring by Michael Krugman is available to course participants at reduced rates.

ELIGIBILITY

Our Professional Study Group is open to all practitioners of medicine, alternative medicine, physical therapy, psychotherapy, somatic education, bodywork, counseling, and movement arts. Interested lay people and members of other professions may be admitted on a person-by-person basis at the discretion of the trainer. Please contact us.

ADVANCED TRAINING/UPDATE/REVIEW

Authorized Teachers* of the system are invited to participate in this course for advanced training, update or review at reduced cost (see below). Returning students who have not completed their training are invited to enroll for course completion (see below). If you are unsure of your status, please contact us.

*Authorized Teachers are those who have previously completed a full training in the Sounder Sleep System and have been authorized to teach by head trainer, Michael Krugman.

LANGUAGE

The program is presented in the English language only. Trainees not fluent in English are encouraged to seek live training in their own language. Michael will teach in Argentina in November, and in Spain, and Switzerland in May 2017. See the training page on our web site for dates and details.

PAST PARTICIPANTS COMMENT ON THE PROGRAM

Read what our past participants have to say about the course.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

If you have any question or concern that is not answered here, please contact us. We will be happy to help.

ENROLLMENT OPTIONS AND FEES

Newly entering trainee: Regular tuition, $1400 USD.
• Discounted tuition: $950 (until November 21)

Returning students, for course completion:* Regular tuition, $700 USD.
• Discounted, early-bird tuition: $550 (until November 21)

Currently Authorized Teachers, for update and review:** Regular tuition, $550.
• Discounted, early-bird tuition: $450 (October 21)

Enrollment Options (Please choose):

Newly entering trainee: Complete Course $950.00 USD Teacher-In-Training: Course Completion $550.00 USD Authorized Teacher: Update/Review $350.00 USD

The breath can be one of our most powerful tools in the quest for optimum vitality and well being. And it's even more so when it's our sleep that needs healing.

However, it's important to understand that the breath of sleep is markedly different from the breath of waking. Understanding this paradox is one of the keys to getting the deep, restful sleep we need.

When we're awake and active, our breath volume is at its highest, as much as five or six liters per breath during vigorous exercise. At rest, breath volume declines considerably, to perhaps half a liter. Lie down, and it drops even further. Then, at sleep onset, breath volume sinks another 15%. At the same time, there is a shift away from diaphragmatic breathing toward more "costal" breathing in which there is relatively greater movement of the ribs and chest.

Now, many people consider "deep diaphragmatic breathing" to be a kind of panacea, a cure for all diseases. But, as we've just seen, the breath of sleep is neither deep nor diaphragmatic. We may never have noticed this, but our body knows it perfectly well. Every time we fall asleep, our breath automatically makes that shift, whether we know it or not.

How, then, should we breathe to enable easy sleep? Just breathe naturally. That's easy! As you breathe in, simply allow your breath to arrive. As you breathe out, just let it go. Allow your breath be light, easy, soft, and unhurried.

When you do that, the innate wisdom of the body and breath determines how much breath you need from one moment to the next. In that way, you are setting the scene for peaceful, restorative sleep.

Light, easy, natural breathing is the foundation of all of the sleep-inducing techniques of the Sounder Sleep System. The system's gentle, slow, physical movements and unique mental focusing techniques will lull you to sleep before you know it. If you awaken during the night, those same techniques will get you back to sleep quickly and easily. These are invaluable tools for deeper, more restful sleep. 

Whether you suffer from insomnia or merely want to achieve deeper, more restful sleep, the Sounder Sleep System can help you sleep better, feel better, and enjoy life more. We call it "The Golden Key to Better Sleep."

To learn the basics of the Sounder Sleep System, we recommend our REST ASSURED Audio Self-Help Program, now available for instant download.

To train as a Sleep Coach and Sleep Educator, please consider joining our Professional Study Group leading to Authorization as a Teacher of the Sounder Sleep System.

Sounder Sleep System® is a trademark of Michael Krugman.

La clave de oro para buen dormir!

Los dias 8, 9, y 10 de Diciembre

Un nuevo modulo de la Capacitacion profesional del Sistema de Sueño Sounder. Dictada por @Michael Krugman (EEUU), creador del sistema, esta dirigida a aquellos que quieran aprender sus fundamentos, y enseñar los gestos y tecnicas ejercicios inductores del sueño, a personas con problematicas vinculadas al insomnio.

"Auto-curación para el insomnio y el estrés de la vida."

PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN O PARA INSCRIBIR:
María Clara Reussi   •   Rafael Barsky