Rest and Restore Protocol
 

Lifeworks of Maine

Integrative Coaching for

Autonomic Balance

 

Heather MacDuffie MSW PhD

 
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The Rest and Restore Protocol is HERE!

Welcome

Welcome! I provide integrative health coaching in combination with the Rest and Restore Protocol for individuals and families. Access to this five hours of specially engineered music throws open the doors for change by reducing vigilance and resistance to the outer world, its people, and the required tasks of life. Stimulating input through the vagus nerve has been shown to have extensive benefits in ways that include calming emotional regulation, decreased sensory avoidance and improved motor coordination.

I welcome those with complex medical conditions who need careful monitoring and attention during their listening period.

The Rest and Restore Protocol-what is it?

This protocol is five hours of music, in 30 minute segments. The music is engineered to help your stressed mind calm and your body to synchronize and ‘reset’ the rhythms of organ systems. The experience of the music has been described as floating on ocean waves, as ethereal and deeply moving. Long term effects include improved sleep, greater calm and focus, regulation of bowel and menstrual function, reduced/resolved hypervigilance and reorganization of posture and movments.

Reports from my (68) pilot study participants:

“I find myself craving the music”, “I was able to remain flexible, calm, and clearheaded, while also having strong emotions that I might otherwise have disconnected from”, “I have appreciated my experience with the RRP protocol in helping to activate my parasympathetic nervous system and digestion. After working through the program I am able to regulate nearly any stress reaction state within five minutes or less”, “It warms the heart”, “I find myself less trapped in OCD, more relaxed and being in the moment”, “Now I realize that you can talk as much as you want to therapist, but there is something inside of you that needs to be healed.”

**Despite all of the positives, the RRP is not a toy and those who listen may experience uncomfortable or unfamiliar sensations while listening. Delivery of the protocol is slower for those who have various complications, in order to maintain comfort and functioning during the listening period. This is especially true when someone is ill, has an autoimmune condition or a chronic illness (including long Covid). Those with trauma histories may also need to pay special attention to their process and allow for adjustment to the rate of delivery.

 
 

RRP Delivery

  • 12 month access to the music: initial autonomic assessment, two check-in meetings (sliding scale available)

    $600

  • One on one listening time (you must have access) $30/hr

  • Additional consultation or coaching $25/.25 hr

  • Professional consultation for RRP Practitionners $30/.25hr

 
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