Robert de Stefano is quickly establishing himself as a true authority on conquering stress-induced insomnia. Through his process of “Somatic Sleep Skills” that target “The Seven Sleep Negative Entrapments”, the invention of a set of holistic, innovative sleep aid tools and his motivating sleep workshops and seminars. Robert is empowering the sleep challenged with the logic, motivation, know-how and tools they need to take back their sleep without sleep drugs.

Robert’s passion is driven by the integrity of one who has lived sleep deprivation first-hand. A twenty-year career as an award-winning commercial director left Robert with chronic insomnia and severe health issues. In 2000, motivated by an intention to recapture his sleep and his health, de Stefano sold his San Francisco advertising agency and embarked on a personal journey of sleep wellness education that spanned jungle yoga retreats, master meditation classes and an immersion into the art and science of brain waves and self controlled state change.

Along the way he formed Sleep Garden with Mary Kelley, producing a line of audio and video sleep aids, including the clinically tested and critically acclaimed gold standard of sleep music, 'zMusic, The Sound Way to Sleep™', found in sleep clinics, hospitals, spas, resorts and homes across the world.

Recently deStefano teamed with organic skin care pioneer Melissa Jochim to create Nocturnals Night Spa™. Nocturnals is the first-of-its-kind, organic beauty sleep ritual that combines sleep inducement with advanced, deep dermal skin nourishment.

Now a tireless advocate for safe sleep, deStefano spends his time passionately conducting his better sleep-sleep skills workshops at top destination spas across the nation while designing Sleep Wellness Programs for destination spas, hotels and resorts. In the fall of 2007 deStefano's first book, "The Sweet Sleep Seduction™" will be published. deStefano, his workshops and his sleep aid products have been featured in national and international press, including USA Today, Good Morning America, enRoute Magazine, Spa Business International, Pulse, Yoga Journal, Body & Soul Magazine, Spa Magazine, LA Times, Women's Health Magazine, among others.