Maybe you're pregnant, and quietly terrified of handing your child the same nervous system you grew up with. Maybe your baby is already here, dysregulated and hard to soothe, and you're the one who has to stay steady when they can't. Both start in the same place: your own nervous system, not theirs.
From Sangheetha Parthasarathy, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Certified Safe and Sound Protocol Provider, and birth doula.
₹7,999 once · 3 months of access · no subscription, ever
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So the anxiety, the hypervigilance, the flinching you grew up with doesn't quietly become the water your child grows up swimming in.
Kids borrow their nervous system from the adults around them. Yours settling is often what lets theirs settle too.
A listening therapy, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, the scientist behind polyvagal theory. An auditory intervention, not a drug and not a talk therapy. Delivered through the official Unyte app on your phone. You listen 5 to 10 minutes a day. Connect can play through a speaker, and Core needs over-ear headphones. Most people take one to two months to complete a round. Go at whatever pace fits around a newborn. There's no deadline, and slower is not worse.
This isn't about trying harder to bond, rest more, or think positive. The Safe and Sound Protocol works underneath all of that, specially designed music that retrains your nervous system to register safety in real time, so calm stops being something you have to talk yourself into.
As a birth doula, I've sat with a lot of nervous systems in the room right after birth. As a Safe and Sound Protocol provider, I know what actually helps recalibrate one. This page brings both together.
3 months of access · about ₹2,666 a month · no auto-renewal, nothing to cancel
4 quick questions before you pay · under a minute
If a round of this softens things and you want more than the app alone, Naadham adds 19 self-paced video lessons, a library of guided meditations and a weekly live group Q&A every Sunday, so you are not working it out by yourself at 3am. One payment for 3 months, same as here, no subscription. Naadham runs in India only.
See Naadham →No. One payment, three months of access, nothing auto-renews and there's nothing to cancel.
Refunds are issued if app access fails to activate. Once access is working, we don't offer refunds for a completed purchase, so the screening beforehand matters, it's there to make sure this is actually right for you first.
This is self-led: the Unyte app with the Connect and Core pathways, a companion page to get you started, and email support. Naadham adds a weekly live group Q&A every Sunday, 19 self-paced video lessons and a library of guided meditations.
Within 24 hours of payment, by email.
Connect needs no special headphones and can play through a speaker. Core needs standard over-ear headphones, not noise-cancelling ones and not earbuds, because those filter the sound in ways that work against the protocol.
For most medications, yes, this isn't a drug and there's no interaction to worry about. If you're on antipsychotic medication or have a specific concern, mention it during the screening or check with your prescriber first, otherwise you're fine to keep taking what you're already on.
Some people notice a shift within days. Others don't feel much until after finishing a round, and even then it can show up as one thing quietly getting easier rather than a dramatic before-and-after. Both are normal, it's not a sign it isn't working.
Most people feel calm. Some feel a little tired or emotional afterward, and a few feel briefly more activated before settling, all normal responses while your nervous system recalibrates. If anything feels like too much, slow down or take a break between sessions.
You can move around and do light tasks, it doesn't have to be a meditation-style sit-still session. Sound playing is the actual requirement, with over-ear headphones once you reach Core. Everything else is up to you.
Yes. There's no deadline. If life gets in the way mid-round, pause and come back to it, your progress doesn't reset.
A handful of conditions need a doctor's okay first, active seizures, active psychosis, severe tinnitus, autoimmune or neurological conditions, and a few others. The screening before checkout walks through this in under a minute and tells you directly if that's you.
The screening asks whether you are having thoughts of harming yourself or are in a mental health crisis right now. If you answer yes, we won't sell you this, we'll point you to Tele-MANAS and stop there.
