The Rest and Restore Protocol: What If Healing Could Start with a Song?

How rhythmic sound can help you sleep better, digest easier, and feel like yourself again.

Tired of Trying Everything to Feel Better?

If you're reading this, chances are you’ve already tried the “usual” wellness recommendations — more sleep, more self-care, maybe even meditation, supplements, or therapy. But something still feels off.

Maybe your anxiety isn’t budging, your digestion is a mess, or your body just won’t relax no matter how many deep breaths you take. You’re not lazy or broken. You may simply be stuck in a chronic stress response, and your nervous system doesn’t feel safe enough to shift into healing mode.

That’s where the Rest and Restore Protocol™ (RRP) comes in.

What Is the Rest and Restore Protocol™ (RRP)?

The Rest and Restore Protocol™ is a music-based program that gently stimulates the body’s relaxation pathways — using rhythm, frequency, and flow to shift your system out of survival mode and into healing.

It’s not meditation. It’s not therapy. It’s a passive, body-based tool designed to help you reclaim calm, improve sleep, and regulate your stress response over time.

All you need to do is listen.

How Does the RRP Work?

RRP is designed to entrain the natural rhythms of the brainstem and body systems — helping shift you out of dysregulation and back into a more balanced, regulated state.

The music you’ll listen to isn't random. It’s crafted to include low-frequency, rhythmic sounds that your brain and body can attune to. Over time, this entrainment effect supports better communication between internal systems (like your heart, gut, lungs, and muscles), helping you feel calmer, clearer, and more connected.

Rather than "talking" to your brain through thoughts or emotions, RRP communicates directly through rhythm and tone, giving your nervous system a nonverbal path to reset.

What Can the RRP Help With?

Clients have used the Rest and Restore Protocol to support a wide range of physical, emotional, and energetic concerns. These include:

• Better Sleep: Deeper, more restorative rest that lasts through the night.

• Digestive Ease: Relief from bloating, IBS, nausea, or gut-brain tension.

• Reproductive Vitality: Improved menstrual cycles, hormone balance, and fertility support.

• Chronic Stress & Fatigue: Reduce tension, shutdown, and nervous system overload.

• Muscle Relaxation: Release of long-held tension from the jaw, neck, back, and hips.

• Mood & Emotional Health: Calm anxiety, lift brain fog, and ease emotional swings.

This is especially helpful if you’ve already done great work with Reiki, therapy, or coaching — but still feel like your body hasn’t caught up with your mind.

Can It Work with Other Therapies?

Yes. RRP is designed to enhance and integrate with many forms of healing. It complements:

• Occupational, physical, and speech therapy

• Mental health and trauma therapy (EMDR, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, etc.)

• Talk therapy (CBT, DBT, MCBT)

• Bodywork, yoga, and somatic practices

• Energy healing (including Reiki)

• Listening-based therapies like Safe and Sound Protocol™

It’s a nervous system "primer" that helps your body better absorb and respond to all the good work you’re already doing.

Who is the RRP for?

You don’t need a diagnosis to benefit.

The RRP was created for anyone whose body is showing signs of stress dysregulation — and who wants gentle, science-backed support. If you're tired of surface-level fixes and are curious about getting to the root of your symptoms, this may be the missing link.

Start Small, Reset Deep

Healing doesn’t have to mean more doing. Sometimes it begins with listening.

Want to know if the Rest and Restore Protocol™ could help you?

👉 Book a free consultation and let’s explore what your body needs to feel safe, steady, and strong again.

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✍️ About the Author

Andrea Goodwin is a Somatic Coach and the founder of Retune Health, a science-backed, heart-centered wellness practice that helps high achievers and wellness seekers regulate their nervous systems, release subconscious stress patterns, and restore balance in body, mind, and spirit.

With over 20 years of experience as a healthcare executive, Andrea brings a unique blend of real-world leadership, clinical insight, and holistic care to her work. Because burnout and overwhelm show up in our bodies, minds, and energy, she offers deeply personalized, mind-body-spirit support to help clients feel more grounded, clear, and alive — often in ways they never thought possible.

Through 1:1 sessions, group programs, and integrative experiences, Andrea guides clients toward a more intuitive, connected, and joyful way of being.

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