Taught by Jim Donovan, M.Ed.
Your voice has a healing frequency. Let me show you how to find yours.
A set of simple sound practices you can do sitting in a chair โ for calm, for steadier nerves, for winding down at night. No musical ability. Nothing to buy, charge, or replace.
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Ninety seconds
Don't take my word for it. Hum.
Everything I teach is built on something you can test in the next minute and a half โ no purchase, no email, no signup.
Press start when you're ready
Close your mouth. Breathe in through your nose. On the way out, hum โ low and easy, the way you'd hum along to a song you half-remember. Let the sound sit in your face and chest. When the circle grows, breathe in. When it shrinks, hum out.
That's Brain Humming โ the first thing I teach, and the foundation for everything else. If you felt something just now, the rest of this page is worth reading.
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What you'll be able to do
This isn't a device. It's a set of skills.
There's a lot for sale right now that promises to do this for you โ collars, earclips, wristbands. They work while you're wearing them. This is an education instead: you're learning to play an instrument you've carried since the day you were born.
- 01Find your own frequencyThe pitch in your voice that resonates hardest โ and how to return to it on demand.
- 02Release tension with sound and pressureJaw, throat, neck, shoulders, sinuses, head. A specific practice for each.
- 03Settle yourself in under five minutesIn a parked car, at a desk, in a waiting room. Quietly enough that nobody notices.
- 04Wind down for the nightThe rhythm and breath sequence from my TEDx talk, plus a full evening audio library.
Nothing to charge. Nothing to replace. Nobody can take these back โ you'll have them whether you're a member next year or not.
How I found this
A room full of strangers taught me the thing I'd been missing.
For years I was a drummer. I co-founded Rusted Root and co-wrote "Send Me On My Way" โ a song that's been streamed over 600 million times, turned up in Ice Age and Matilda, and was used to wake up NASA's Mars Rover.
I was also exhausted and sleeping badly, and I ignored all of it the way you do when you're on the road and feeling invincible. It caught up with me. Twice, seriously enough that I had to stop and rethink how I was living.
So I did what everyone does. Changed the diet. Exercised. Read the books. Took the supplements. Some of it helped. None of it was the thing.
Then, after I stopped touring, a friend asked me to lead a small drum workshop. I figured I'd play a few rhythms, be charming, go home. I ran out of material in twenty minutes and had forty left to fill.
So I improvised. I started adding simple vocalizations โ humming, toning, sounds anyone can make. And the room went completely still. Afterward, several people came up and told me they'd felt something in their bodies they'd never felt before.
I hadn't done anything clever. I'd just gotten a room full of people to use their own voices. That was the beginning โ twenty-plus years, three thousand-plus sessions, and one very long research rabbit hole ago.
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Simple biology. Simple physics.
Two things going on, and neither one is complicated.
Sound is energy in motion
Put sand on a flat metal plate and play a tone through it. The sand moves โ it organizes itself into patterns. Sound isn't abstract. It's physical force, and your body is mostly water.
Your brain syncs to rhythm automatically
Set two pendulums swinging side by side at different speeds. Given time, they synchronize. It's called entrainment, and it happens in people too โ it's why you tap your foot without deciding to, and why a slow rhythm settles you while a fast one winds you up.
Every practice in Sound Essentials uses that on purpose.
And people have known about this for a very long time
Vocal practices turn up in ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. Cherokee elders told visiting researchers the voice is their greatest medicine. In northern Scandinavia there's a vocal ritual called the joik. Different continents, different millennia, same instrument. I don't think that's a coincidence.
There's no proprietary waveform here. No patented frequency. No black box you're asked to trust. Just your voice, your breath, and a method for using them.
Everything included
What comes with Sound Essentials
Some practices run four minutes. Some run eleven hours. Reach for whichever one the day calls for.
The Sound Solution
The program 60,000 people have started with. Nearly six hours in total.
- 7 full-length guided audio experiences
- 4 instructional videos, including the 12-minute Brain Humming method
- The 60-minute Solomon Frequency session
- Separate tracks for first-time and experienced practice
Whole Body Sound Healing
21 short video lessons, most four to five minutes. Open the one that matches the day.
- Jaw, throat and voice, neck and shoulders, sinuses, head
- Deep abdominal breathing and digestion
- Brain Tapping, Heart Humming, Brain Revival, Clear Mind, the Stand Tap
The Sleep Wave
Built around the technique from my TEDx talk โ the one over seven million people have watched.
- 8 guided sixty-minute evening sessions
- The Sleep Frequency Collection โ Sleep Sound Bath, Sleep Tapping, Sleep Humming, Sleep Breathing, and the Solomon Frequency for Sleep
- 90+ hours of long-form nature audio โ Pink Noise Ocean, Northern Lights Winter, Wind in the Pines, Cozy Crackling Fireplace, Rain Sounds. Most run ten to eleven hours, so they last the whole night through
- The extended "How to Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep" tutorial
The Sound Supplements
Five brief guided sessions, plus three longer audio programs.
- Calm ยท Happy ยท Relief ยท Memory ยท Clear
- Speed Healing โ a 60-minute deep rest session
- Brain Awake and Brain Focus
Whole Life Sound Healing
Start here if you want to understand what you're doing and why.
- Four lessons on how sound works in the body
- A Full Body Sound Sequence mini-workshop
- The complete ebook
Membership benefits
- Practice of the Month โ a new featured practice from me, every single month
- Saved by Sound โ my 96-page book, with photographs and step-by-step instructions
- The Donovan Sound Health app โ everything on your phone, works offline
- Our private community โ a members-only group where people share what's working
- Real support โ Monday through Friday, by email or by phone, with an actual person
From people practicing
What members say
"I feel more centered. Thank you for the moments of calm."
Kate M. โ Essex, UK"Wow. I've been doing Brain Humming daily and it really works. I'm adding this to my daily routine."
Bob G."I feel much more in control in managing my life."
Samuel L. โ Bloomington, IN"I love these exercises. They give me a feeling of wellbeing. Thank you."
Christine W."I think there would be so much less stress in the world if more people had the chance to experience these techniques."
Kim T."I'm using his audios each day and loving it. I feel more centered."
Jaime V. โ Pittsburgh, PATwo ways to join
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Try it for 30 days. If it isn't for you, I'll refund you.
I've never believed in keeping someone's money when they didn't get what they came for. Join, use it for a month, and if it isn't doing anything for you, email customersupport@bluebeatmedia.com or call and we'll refund you in full. No forms, no hassle, no retention script.
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Who's teaching you
Jim Donovan, M.Ed.
Assistant Professor and Director of the Music & Wellness program at Saint Francis University.
He has led more than 3,000 rhythm and sound sessions since 1999 โ at conference keynotes, on the TEDx stage, at wellness retreats, and inside companies including FedEx, Morgan Stanley and Comcast. He's worked with NCAA athletic programs, and with organizations serving people with disabilities and people in addiction recovery.
His TEDx talk, "How to Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep," has been viewed more than seven million times. He's the author of Saved by Sound, Whole Life Sound Healing and Drum Circle Leadership, and hosts the Sound Health Podcast.
Before all of that, he was the drummer.
Questions
Before you join
Do I need any musical ability?
None at all. This is the question I'm asked most, and the answer is always the same โ if you can hum, you can do everything I teach. Plenty of members have told me they can't sing a note.
How much time does this take?
Some practices run four minutes, some run an hour. Most people start with one short practice a day and build from there. There's nothing to finish and no schedule to fall behind on.
Do I need headphones or equipment?
No. Your phone's speaker is fine. Headphones are nicer for the evening audio, but nothing is required โ and there's no device to buy, charge, pair or replace.
Is there an app?
Yes. After you join you'll get instructions for the Donovan Sound Health app, so everything travels with you and works offline.
What if I'm brand new to all of this?
Then start with Whole Life Sound Healing and the first Sound Solution audio. Between them they'll have you practicing within about fifteen minutes.
Can I cancel?
Anytime, from inside your account. No phone call, no retention script, no cancellation fee.
What if I want more later?
Sound Essentials is the starting point. Members can move up to the full library, or to monthly live sessions with me, at any time. There's no pressure to โ everything described on this page is yours at $9.
Can I order by phone?
Yes. Call 443-524-2670 and you'll speak to an actual person at Donovan Sound Health.
One last thing
The door is open.
Years ago I toured with Carlos Santana. Near the end of his set he'd call me forward for a drum solo.
First night, I flubbed it. Nervous, over-thinking, missed it completely. Second night, same. And the next. Every single night of that tour I blew it โ and every single night he called me up again anyway. I couldn't understand why he kept asking.
Last night of the tour. San Francisco, packed house. By then I figured the damage was done and I had nothing left to lose.
I played the best solo of my life. The crowd roared. And Carlos turned around and gave me that big smile of his.
That's when I understood. He'd been waiting for it. He kept the door open until I walked through.
I'd like to do the same for you. The door's open, and I've made it as easy as I know how to walk through it.
But you have to take the first step.
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