Sleep.

Wind-downs that actually wind you down.

Sleep is the highest-leverage health input we have, and most apps in this category either monitor sleep (which doesn't help you sleep) or play synthesised rain (which sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't). We do the inverse: practices that prepare you for sleep, then leave you alone.

What it is.

Eight-to-fifteen-minute wind-down sessions. Body scans, slow yin holds, breath patterns that drop heart rate. The Ink player dims as the session runs so the screen isn't lighting your bedroom by the time you're ready to put the phone down.

v1.1 ships the launch wind-down library. v1.2 adds a small set for adults paired with Hypnosis for stubborn sleep onset. Nothing wakes you up to tell you how badly you slept.

"Prepare for sleep, then leave you alone." Sthira Me does not track sleep, score it, or notify you about it. The app ends. The phone goes down. The room stays dark.

— Sthira Me sleep principle

Why this practice.

The Sleep market is overwhelmingly tracking, not training. Apps that know how badly you slept don't help you sleep better; they just rate you. We built the inverse — a small library of practices that prepare the system for sleep, paired with sensible bedtime hygiene cues, and no tracking that lights up at 3 a.m. to tell you off.

  • 8–15 min

    The wind-down session length range. Long enough to settle the system, short enough that no one falls asleep waiting for it to end.

    Sthira Me catalogue defaults, sleep pillar.

  • No tracking

    No sleep-score, no nightly metric, no streak. The app does not know how you slept and does not need to.

    Sthira Me anti-tracking position, Brand 3.3.

  • v1.1

    Sleep ships within weeks of launch. The library is ready before the first nights you'll want to use it.

    Programme Schedule 3.7, V1 release plan.

Who it suits.

Most adults need a wind-down before they need a tracker. The library is built for the four shapes of difficulty we've heard most often.

  • Adults with screen-stacked evenings

    The 25–55 window. Phone down, body scan, sleep. No app open at 11 p.m. telling you how to feel about it.

  • Midlife with sleep onset

    Slow yin holds and breath patterns that quiet a busy mind without lecturing it.

  • Seniors with broken nights

    Body scans, gentle progressive relaxation, no sleep-score in the morning.

  • Teens (with parental opt-in)

    Short wind-downs that build the habit early, before stress and screens take over the night.

What evidence supports it.

Built from CBT-I and sleep-medicine literature. Cross- referenced against the British Sleep Society's public guidance. No melatonin recommendations, no supplement marketing, no sleep-score gamification.

  • CBT-I — NHS first-line

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia is the NHS first-line treatment for insomnia. Our wind-down structure follows CBT-I sleep-restriction and stimulus-control principles.

    NICE, insomnia guidance.

  • British Sleep Society

    Public-guidance positions on sleep hygiene, screen use, and napping inform our cues without ever moralising.

    British Sleep Society public guidance.

  • Walker & Dijk literature

    Sleep-medicine work on circadian rhythm, sleep pressure, and the effects of evening light shapes how the player dims and what we say about phones in the bedroom.

    Walker (Why We Sleep); Dijk circadian research.

  • No-tracking position

    We do not measure sleep, score it, or notify you about it. The literature on sleep-score anxiety and orthosomnia is clear: the metric can become the problem.

    Sthira Me position; orthosomnia clinical literature.

Put the day down.

Sleep ships in v1.1, within weeks of launch. Join the waitlist for founder pricing and early access while it lands.

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