 What's up ladies and gents welcome back to the channel. It's been a while since I released a video For various reasons, but we're going to go straight back in with a review of a product Which I think you'll find really interesting called a sleep shepherd now before I go much further I should explain that this product uses what's known as binaural beats now For those of you who aren't aware binaural beats are sound waves which are played through stereo headphones So one sound in each ear different sounds We thought they can be at least the idea is that by having a different frequency played to each ear Your brain sort of compensates and makes up for the difference in the middle and by making up for the difference It sort of adjusts the brainwaves to a certain state depending on the frequencies and how the binaural beats have been created So it's sort of like when you hit a tuning fork, right? It sort of vibrates and changes to the frequency Or if you say if you if you had a pond of flat water, right? And you kept on tapping the surface of the water eventually The ripples would get bigger and bigger until they change the whole frequency or the movement of the whole pond of water, right? Starts off small with a little tapping on the side of the pond But then eventually it's moving the whole the whole body of water That's all the same idea with binaural beats. So let's just jump right in and show you this. This is the box And when you get it, you'll notice that it's actually quite tightly packed So much like a product when you take the box off You feel that sort of suction of air and they've done that Well, I know Apple have done it at least to create a sense of value and to make you feel like it's more Important more special, right? Anyway, I don't know if that's why they've done it, but that's why Apple have done it So it's a good effect. It makes you feel like you've got something more valuable to hold on to now The first look at the product Is this okay? So essentially it's a fabric band with a little computer box here and Let me just let me just explain It looks like this Okay, and you'll notice that there are several different pads here So you've got these two pads here, which are headphones There is actually there are actually headphones inside the fabric underneath if you feel them like that You can get a sense of where they are But generally they sort of you know if you put your ear anywhere on this pad here You'll be able to hear them and so the idea is that you would put this on like this Computer box on your forehead like that Wrap it around and do up the velcro on the back and the pads would be over your ears Now this is where it gets a bit clever. This is where it gets really interesting So I've explained that binaural beats change the frequency of your brain your brainwaves, right? They put you into different brain states alpha day beta delta theta that sort of thing Theta is the state that you're aiming for to lose a dream, right? But in order to get there you need to deeply relax and you can't just go from your awake state to a lucid dreaming state It's just difficult to do. It's almost impossible, right? You need to slowly like going down a staircase. You need to go step by step Okay, you can't just jump to the bottom because it'll be painful and you know It's not what you want. So the idea with this product is that this computer box here Can sense The brainwave state you're in. Okay, so it has an ECG sensor I'll find some more information as well about the technical the tech spec if you like of this and put in the description But anyway, a tech sensor is in here, which senses the brain state you're in and the idea is that the smart computer chip here Will play you in real time binaural beats that are at the right level that they need to be to move you down a notch Into towards the theta state. So I hope I've explained that right. Let's say you're awake, right? They will sort of lull you to sleep by slowly lowering the frequency So it will sense what state you're in. Obviously if you're relaxed already, that's that helps and it will sense that and It will gently lower the levels of binaural beats that it plays you through these things in real time It's like a feedback loop. Okay senses brainwave state plays binaural beats to change that senses the change plays another Not sure I mean, so it goes down the staircase until you're eventually lucid or asleep Now I should explain You can't use this on its own and lucid dream. I mean you can but it's very unlikely What you need to be doing is understanding how it works understanding that it senses your brainwaves You're aiming for a theta state to lucid dream. Okay? And it plays binaural beats which gradually move you towards that state So you can't just put it on an expect to lucid dream. You need to have a bit of You know knowledge about how it works and how you want it to work. So what you need to do is understand that Firstly the more relaxed you are to start with the easier this will be and the quicker it will work. Okay? Secondly, you're more likely to lucid dream in the early hours of the morning when you're having your longest lengths of REM sleep rapid eye movement sleep This is universal across all lucid dreaming techniques all supplements They all work better in the early hours of the morning because you dream longer and you're more likely to be lucid at that time So you can use this from you know from when you go to sleep first at night But it works better in the morning. So what I'd suggest to do is to get get one of these. Okay Get you know read up a little bit about how it works I'll try and write a blog post explaining more about how you you know the best ways to use it Um and then set your alarm for four to five a.m I know it's early, but if you normally wake up at about eight that's about the right time. Okay? Excuse me So set your alarm and as you would normally do a wake up to bed technique or whatever Put this on and turn it on you literally that's all you need to do because it knows This is designed to make you more likely to lucid dream. You just turn it on literally press the switch Okay, and I'm not sure if I have charged it so that a little blue light will come on there And then a green light and the idea is that it will start playing immediately Sounds through the headphone pads. I'll see if I can actually let you hear it. I'm not sure if It's very quiet because obviously it would press it. It would be pressed against your ear So if I turn it right up I'm not sure where the microphone is on here, but maybe you can hear that If not, don't worry because like when it's pressed against your ear. You'll definitely be able to hear it It's like right on your ear drum, right? So like I said turn it on Relax go to sleep, but go to sleep with the intention of becoming lucid You can't just go to sleep and just you know Put this fancy band on and you'll instantly enter a new world You need to have the intention of lucid dreaming much like with any technique any supplement Any mask and any device like this? Okay Now into the more technical aspects of what you get in the box Uh So you'll obviously get the band, right? You'll also get this So you've got the two pin charging adapter Which connects to your usb lead And then you'll obviously get the usb lead as well This plugs directly into the computer box here. This plugs into the two pin charger This can also plug into your computer or any other usb plug What I should mention is that if you're outside of I'm not sure which countries use this type of adapter Maybe it's universal Maybe it's just a shaving adapter, but the pins look slightly closer together Then a shaving adapter would be Anyway, you're going to need to find an adapter if you don't have a usb charger or a computer But i'm guessing if you're watching this, you know, you have a computer because how would you charge Your phone, how would you watch this video that sort of thing? So yeah, not a huge problem, but they don't give you You know, if you're in the usa or the uk i'm not sure if If this is a shaving adapter, but this is the charging unit you get so this Plugs into that But you can unless you plug this into a computer you need a charging adapter for this. That's the only thing so That's pretty much it You get this in the box It doesn't come with much sort of unless i've thrown the instructions away. It doesn't come with many instructions I don't think as far as I remember So that's why I sort of thought i'd make this video just so that if you are thinking of getting one or have one already You can get a bit more of an understanding about how it works now. It does come You know included it's intended to be used with an app a mobile phone app And the app i think it's just called sleep shepherd. Yeah, you can see on the back of the box there The app sort of tracks things like your REM sleep your different stages of sleep when you go to sleep When you wake up that sort of thing and how restless you were during the night It's a fairly simple app and it doesn't as far as I remember Tell you when you're lucid it can't sense that so that's something you just have to remember right down in the morning Gives you a little sleep like a sleep score sleep quality score much like Fitbit does And it also has an alarm Which will wake you up gradually I've got to mention this so The main problem with you know Common alarm clocks and tones is they instantly put you into a state of panic They release adrenaline when you hear them that sort of blaring beeping noise right in your ear It's not a good way to start the day whereas with this it will set like a gradual alarm and using binaural beats as well it will Gently wake you up and move your brain state from a deep sleeping state You know delta Or theta even into a waking state. So it's actually really good that it can make you wake up Feeling more refreshed. So even if you don't want to lose a dream This is a great way to wake up and it's a great Well, it's a great way to fall asleep because it gently relaxes you into the right brainwave state It's also a great way to wake up because it doesn't panic you and you start your day feeling more refreshed Now I wanted to keep this review under 10 minutes. So I want to sort of end it there Like I said combine using this with the weight back to bed technique And you'll have some pretty good results like I've had quite a few lucid dreams just from using this because it then it tends to relax me and One other thing I should mention when you're asleep already If it senses that you're waking up or your brainwaves are getting a bit more active It can actually sort of soothe you back to sleep and back into a dreaming state So it's really good for that if you're a restless sleeper if you find yourself waking up a lot during the night This will sort of keep you Not almost like a sedative, but obviously it's not sedative. It's a brainwave Simulation device. I guess you could say a brain a binaurobic Player So it sort of soothes you and keeps you in the right state of mind So I hope that's helped hope this review has been helpful if you do want to get a copy of the copy a, you know Unit of sleep shepherd if you want to get one for yourself try it out I'll put a link in the description or I might edit one here. If not, then I don't know why I just did that with my fingers And yeah, I'll see you in the next video