Our Story
Born from a storm.
Built for stillness.
On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Yolanda made landfall in the Philippines. It was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. Winds over 195 mph. Storm surges over 15 feet. Over 6,000 people lost their lives.
Sefy Tofan survived it.
But survival was just the beginning. In the weeks and months that followed, sleep became impossible. His nervous system was locked in a permanent state of alertness. Eyes closed, heart racing. Mind scanning for danger that had already passed. Night after night, staring at the ceiling, feeling his body betray him.
He tried everything the modern world had to offer. Melatonin. White noise. Prescription medication. Meditation apps. Some helped for a night. Nothing held.
The discovery
Out of desperation, Sefy began studying neuroscience, brainwave research, and the ancient healing traditions that had been using sound for thousands of years. Not the surface-level stuff. The real science. Dr. Joe Dispenza's work on neuroplasticity and meditation. Research on brainwave entrainment from Stanford and MIT. Studies on how specific sound frequencies affect the autonomic nervous system.
He found a pattern. The scientific literature and the ancient wisdom were pointing to the same thing: your nervous system responds to sound in measurable, predictable ways. The right frequencies, at the right time, can shift your brain from hypervigilance to deep rest.
Not in theory. In practice. Measurable on an EEG. Visible in cortisol levels. Felt in the body.
What he built from the wreckage
Sefy began composing music. Not for streaming numbers or playlists. For sleep. For the version of himself lying awake at 3 AM wondering if he would ever feel normal again.
He layered delta wave frequencies (0.5-4 Hz) into 8-hour ambient compositions. He used healing frequency tuning that research suggested was more calming to the nervous system. He designed tracks that matched the architecture of a full night's sleep: guiding the brain through natural sleep cycles rather than just knocking it out.
The first night he used one of his own tracks, he fell asleep in under 20 minutes. For a man who had routinely lain awake for hours, it felt impossible.
He shared those early tracks on Insight Timer. He expected a handful of listens.
What happened next.
14,500+
Followers
2.7M+
Plays
315+
Tracks Created
4.8/5
Average Rating
14,500 people followed. 2.7 million plays later, with a 4.8-star rating from over 29,100 reviews, Sefy realized this was not just his story. It was thousands of people. Nurses working night shifts. Parents with newborns. Executives who couldn't turn off their brains. Veterans. Students. People who had given up on ever sleeping well again.
They had all found the same thing: when you stop fighting your nervous system and start working with it, rest returns.
What Healing Waves is today
A sanctuary. Not a product. Not a brand with a marketing funnel. A place.
A place where the exhausted come to rest. Where the anxious come to breathe. Where the person who has tried everything and is quietly losing hope comes to discover that their nervous system is not broken. It just forgot how to let go.
We draw from both worlds. The ancient healing traditions that have used sound for thousands of years. And the modern neuroscience that is finally explaining why it works. Research from Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Dr. Matthew Walker, and institutions like Stanford, MIT, and the NIH informs everything we create.
Every track. Every program. Every word on this site exists because someone, somewhere tonight, is lying awake at 2 AM wondering what is wrong with them. Nothing is wrong with them. They just need the right support.
That support is what we build.
The science we stand on
Brainwave Entrainment
Your brain synchronizes with external rhythmic stimuli. Delta wave frequencies (0.5-4 Hz) guide the brain into the deep sleep state. Validated by research at Northwestern, Stanford, and in the journal Neuron.
Neuroplasticity
Your brain rewires itself based on repeated experience. Dr. Joe Dispenza's work demonstrates that consistent meditation and sound exposure can physically restructure neural pathways, creating new patterns of rest and recovery.
Autonomic Regulation
Specific sound frequencies shift the nervous system from sympathetic (fight-or-flight) to parasympathetic (rest-and-digest). Measurable in heart rate variability, cortisol levels, and blood pressure.
Your nervous system is waiting.
Start with a free track tonight. Or begin the 21 Nights reset. Either way, you are welcome here.