What is hypnagogic light therapy?
Hypnagogic light therapy, delivered through the Lucia No.3, is a non-invasive, eyes-closed light experience designed to guide the brain into the hypnagogic state – the deeply restorative threshold between waking and sleep. The Lucia No.3 was developed by Austrian physician and researcher Dirk Proeckl, who specialised in psychosomatic medicine and neuroscience. His work focused on creating a safe, drug-free method for accessing altered states of consciousness that support emotional processing, nervous system regulation, creativity and insight. Using precisely engineered pulses of white light delivered through a specialised lamp, the Lucia gently entrains brainwave activity, allowing the mind to slow while remaining aware.
During a session, you recline comfortably with your eyes closed as rhythmic light frequencies interact with the visual cortex, encouraging the brain to move naturally into theta and alpha states. The experience is often described as deeply calming, expansive and immersive, with visual imagery, emotional release, creative insight or profound rest emerging organically. This work is particularly beneficial for people experiencing stress, burnout, anxiety, poor sleep, cognitive overload or creative stagnation, offering rapid access to clarity and deep restoration without substances or effort. You can work with me through individual sessions for personal wellbeing and integration, party bookings for shared, memorable experiences that enhance connection and curiosity, or corporate wellbeing days designed to support teams with stress reduction, focus and meaningful nervous system reset. Each pathway offers the same core outcome: profound rest, mental clarity and reconnection – delivered in a way that fits modern lives.
Helen, Hove
“The whole experience was quite incredible.
During the session I relaxed into an epic journey of stimulation of the senses!
I was transfixed by the lights, the range and intensity made me giggle and gasp.
Its like a euphoric and hallucinogenic experience that is completely natural and healthy!
Afterwards I felt like my brain had been thoroughly spring cleaned and 'reset' so who knows what this will lead to!"
Karen, Hurstpierpoint
"I’ve just had light therapy treatments with Jo, just wanted to capture how I’m feeling immediately afterwards. I feel a little bit calmer now that I’ve got in my car, but walking down the high street just a very short distance was very very intense. Just a hugely intense–like feeling of a shot of seratonin or numerous shots of seratonin. Really really strong blissed out feeling, felt very rabbit in the headlights and like people noticing that. But as I feel a little bit calmer now that I’m inside in the calm and this less stimulus. It was very intense, it was powerful."
Adrienne, Horsham
"I feel like I went really deep. I felt like I saw all the beautiful colours and the shapes, and they were incredible. I was totally drawn in, and I think that’s what helped me go into quite a deep meditative state quite quickly. But there was so much blue in the colours and so much depth, I actually felt like I was in water and I was tumbling and turning inside the waves which is quite strange experience, but at the same time I felt so held and completely safe during the whole thing, so thank you so much. I look forward to doing it again soon."
How It Works
Individual
Light Therapy Sessions
Individual hypnagogic light therapy sessions offer a deeply restorative, non-invasive way to address many of the pressures modern life places on the nervous system. This work is particularly supportive for people experiencing stress, burnout, emotional fatigue, anxiety, sleep disruption, mental overload or creative stagnation. The Lucia No.3 works directly with the brain and nervous system, helping the mind slow into a hypnagogic state where deep rest, emotional processing and insight naturally occur. There is no need for medication, talking therapies or conscious effort. The light does the work.
A key feature of this work is privacy and autonomy. You are not required to share personal details, explain your experiences or relive difficult events unless you wish to. Many clients find this deeply reassuring, especially if they are tired of explaining themselves or feel overwhelmed by traditional therapeutic settings. You simply recline comfortably, close your eyes, and allow the precisely calibrated light frequencies to guide your brain into a state of profound rest and integration. The experience itself is often described as immersive, expansive and healing, with visual imagery, emotional release, clarity or a sense of deep inner calm emerging organically. Each session is unique, but the outcome is consistent: a nervous system that feels reset, regulated and restored.
Private
Party Bookings
Light therapy parties offer a truly unique shared experience that guests consistently describe as magical, joyful and unforgettable. Using the Lucia No.3 in a group setting creates a kaleidoscopic inner journey filled with colour, movement and dreamlike imagery, allowing participants to explore altered states of consciousness together. The result is a powerful sense of connection and collective wonder that bonds guests in a way traditional social activities rarely achieve.
This experience provides the heightened, psychedelic-like qualities people are curious about, without the use of substances. Guests remain fully safe, grounded and in control throughout, while still accessing expansive states that feel playful, surprising and deeply immersive. Perfect for celebrations, retreats or intimate gatherings, hypnagogic light parties invite curiosity, laughter and shared awe. They create lasting memories and a sense of togetherness rooted in something genuinely different, meaningful and beautifully out of the ordinary.
Corporate Wellbeing
In corporate and professional environments, hypnagogic light therapy offers a fast, effective way to reset the brain and nervous system within the working day. The Lucia No.3 works through rhythmic light stimulation that interacts with the visual cortex and pineal gland, supporting shifts in brainwave activity associated with focus, creativity and cognitive clarity. This process encourages mental refreshment, improved problem-solving and a noticeable lift in energy without overstimulation or caffeine reliance.
Even a short session of around ten minutes away from the desk can have a significant impact. Employees often return feeling mentally clearer, more creative and re-energised, with improved emotional regulation and reduced stress. This makes hypnagogic light therapy an ideal addition to wellbeing programmes, innovation days and leadership retreats. It offers organisations a modern, science-led approach to supporting productivity and mental resilience, while signalling genuine care for employee wellbeing in a way that feels both progressive and impactful.
