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ButtonRest and Restoration Protocol
A clinical-grade listening therapy to restore internal physiological rhythms, support recovery, and guide the nervous system toward homeostasis.
Developed by composer Anthony Gorry and neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Porges, the Rest and Restore Protocol (RRP) is an innovative, clinical-grade listening therapy based on homeostatic entrainment within a behavioral neuroscience framework. It guides the nervous system back toward balance, supporting the transition from chronic stress and fatigue toward deep physiological restoration.
RRP uses specially composed, rhythmically embedded algorithmic soundscapes to help reset your internal physiological rhythms. I like to think of it as a calming recalibration for your lower nervous system—supporting the organs below your diaphragm and inviting a profound sense of internal settling. It increases internal rhythmic coherence, emotional awareness, and stress coping capacity, while decreasing chronic fatigue, tension, and sleep disturbances.
This non-invasive application of behavioral neuroscience helps you access a baseline state conducive to recovery, digestive health, and deep rest. It is a completely passive intervention; you don’t have to focus or think about anything in particular while listening. You can simply sit back, close your eyes, relax, and let your body absorb the grounding auditory cues.
The 10-Session Restoration Protocol
Unlike other listening therapies, RRP is structured as a dedicated, progressive 10-session course. Each track is uniquely created through proprietary engineering designed to gradually increase your physiological accessibility and autonomic comfort over time.
Composition-Constrained Soundscapes
This is not a standard "relaxation playlist" or generic commercial music. Each track is uniquely engineered to deliver steady, predictable, and soothing rhythmic environments that feel safe to the nervous system.
Titrated Progression
The program consists of 10 distinct 30-minute listening tracks (totaling 5 hours). It is typically delivered over 10 to 30 days depending on your unique nervous system. You will track your somatic activation alongside your provider to find the perfect listening pace.
Deep Parasympathetic Support
By acting on subdiaphragmatic processes, the listening experience provides a stepped, controlled path toward autonomic stability. It helps clients move out of deep defensive states (like shutdown or chronic fight/flight) into a restorative stillness where real healing can happen.
What to expect from Rest and Restoration Protocol
The Rest and Restoration Program is a structured listening therapy utilizing rhythmically informed soundscapes to encourage calm, physiological settling, improved sleep architecture, digestive ease, and a higher capacity to navigate stress. You will have a full year of access to the program, allowing you to take full advantage of the tracks and repeat the protocol multiple times to lock in long-term benefits.
RRP can be experienced conveniently through at-home remote sessions or fully integrated directly into your ongoing therapy appointments.
- Initial Consultation: You will meet with a provider to determine if RRP is a good fit for your current physiological state and to outline your general listening plan.
- Nervous System Assessment: Before starting, you will complete an intake assessment of your nervous system and track your starting symptoms (such as sleep quality, anxiety, or fatigue) to measure progress.
- App Setup: You will receive an invite to download the MyUnyte app to access your dedicated RRP tracks on your smartphone.
- Guided First Session: You will schedule an initial listening session with your provider to learn how to track your body’s responses, utilize regulation tools, and ensure proper headphone settings.
- At-Home Listening & Support: You will complete the remainder of the sessions at home (or continue with provider-supported sessions if preferred). You’ll receive email check-ins from your provider (Monday–Friday) to support your timing, help you notice somatic shifts, and offer guidance.
- Integration Equipment: RRP can be delivered via a smartphone app. For remote delivery, you will need a smartphone and a high-quality set of over-the-ear headphones (or standard external speakers—phone or computer speakers cannot be used). No noise-canceling functions should be active during listening.
During and immediately after sessions, clients generally report: A profound sense of quiet, physical unwinding, deep yawning, a desire to rest, changes in sleep depth, physical release of chronic muscle tension, and a soothing reduction in heart palpitations or stomach tightness.
Is Rest and Restoration Protocol for me?
RRP is an excellent clinical resource, but because it actively engages autonomic regulation, a consultation with your coach is required to assess if it's the right fit for your nervous system profile.
RRP promotes an internal platform for physical healing, sending deep "rest and digest" cues down to your core systems.
Areas of Potential Improvement with Rest and Restoration Protocol
(Often emerging during or shortly after the course)
Significant reduction in chronic stress and deep exhaustion
Improved sleep architecture (falling asleep easier, deeper sleep, waking refreshed)
Alleviation of stress-triggered GI and gut-related issues
Reduction in physical tension, body armor, and chronic pain
Decreased panic attacks, internal looping anxiety, and depressive heaviness
Improved heart rate variability and breathing patterns
Enhanced capacity to be present and embodied during somatic therapy
Decreased long-COVID fatigue symptoms and physical burnout
What does Rest and Restoration Cost?
The fees for the Rest and Restoration Program are based on the personalized design most appropriate for your goals. This plan will be discussed during your initial intake. The basic packages include 12 months of app access and a dedicated session with your chosen coach.
Packages are designed for home listening with a support person or can be seamlessly integrated into your current counseling treatment if you are an active client.
Rest and Restoration Package Cost
Individual RRP - $450 - 12 month access.
- $300 is the Base Price for SSP access for a full year. That's just under $30/month.
One-Hour Intake / Initial Guided Session with your provider ($150 value included).
- New RRP clients are required to attend one online or in-person session at the start of the RRP process.
Included in cost:
- Email check-ins, Monday - Friday
- Access to the SSP app for up to 12 months
- You may need additional listening sessions with your coach. Those can range from 30 to 60 minutes.
- Additional sessions can be used for check-ins, provider-supported listening, or additional relevant services and integration of other modalities.
- If you would like access after the full year it will be another additional $300 and an assessment of your current nervous system and goals.
Parent and Child RRP
We see the most profound restorative shifts in families when parents co-regulate and restore their own nervous systems alongside their children.
Included in cost:
- Required: One online session for each family member
- Email check-ins, Monday - Friday
- Access to the RRP app for 12 months
- Additional sessions can be used for check-ins, provider-supported listening, or additional relevant services and modalities.
- Additional yearly access is $300/year.
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The Synergistic Power of Combined Listening: SSP + RRP
Are you navigating both trauma/social disconnection AND chronic physical exhaustion/burnout?
Because both programs are grounded in Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory, they can be beautifully sequenced or combined. While SSP works through the auditory portal to stimulate the social engagement system (above the diaphragm), RRP targets homeostatic processes and physiological settling (below the diaphragm). Together, they offer a complete top-to-bottom reset for the nervous system.
