Sound Meditation Radio

In this episode you will be guided through a sound meditation with the crystal singing bowls and the ocean drum.  Readings shared from Thich Nhat Hanh's book, "How to Relax". 
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Develop a listening practice that can clear your mind.

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This episode contains a guided singing bowl meditation.  It only takes a few minutes to reset your mind. 

Our experience of time is one of the most common contributors to why we feel stress.  Listen to a brief discussion on time and how sound has the ability to alter our perception of time.   Enjoy a  guided sound meditation at the end of this episode with the singing bowls and chimes.

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Learn a melody to chant this beautiful well known mantra:
Om Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

Meaning - May all beings be happy, May all beings be free from suffering.

(Harp and vocals by Andrea Cortez)
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In this episode I talk about relaxed awareness as a state of mind and attention.  This state may feel foreign for many of us especially in the grind culture in which we live.  But we desperately need to find the "in-between", the balance between work hard, crash hard. 

Sound meditation can remind us that there is something magical to life. It can carry us into daydream states and deeper states of consciousness where we are reminded that our human existence is more than materialism.  Even if you personally tend to be of a spiritual mindset, the hyper focus of this culture on material gain, wealth, and social status are often overwhelming.  This can make it difficult to make space for spiritual experiences.  This podcast discusses how the practice of sound meditation can connect you to the spiritual aspects of yourself.

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This is a 7-minute sound meditation with the singing bowls.  Listen at anytime of the day to clear away the clutter in your mind.  Feel more grounded and give yourself a moment of self care time. You won't regret it.  Sound has a way of bringing you into calmness.

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This episode is a guided sound meditation meant to be practiced outdoors in your natural soundscape. The sound element we focus on is rhythm.  Listening and connecting to the rhythms that you hear in nature helps you to feel calm and in sync with nature.  Grab your speaker and enjoy this restorative listening practice.  
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Learn the first step to beginning a sound meditation practice.  This podcast talks about bringing your presence into listening and guides you through a short 9-minute meditation with the singing bowls.  

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This practice helps you to be fully present in the moment and reset. You can support your emotional and physical wellness using sound meditation as a daily practice. 

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This is a 7-minute piece designed with the harp and a crystal singing bowl.  The medicine in sound is in the elements of the music: tempo, rhythm, pace, frequency, harmony, and melody. The remedy for this piece is for: Slowing down, Simplicity, and Room to Breathe.

Listen as a break during the day to help reset your thoughts and brain activity.  Listen at the end of the day when you are preparing to rest at home. 

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If you are a plant lover, here's a podcast with recent evidence that your plants may be listening to you more than you know.  In this episode you will hear about Andrea's latest work with making music with plants.  You will also learn of some of the latest exciting research in the plant world.  All referenced articles listed below.

References:
1.  Jung J., Kim S., et al. (2018). Beyond Chemical Triggers: Evidence for Sound-Evoked   Physiological Reactions in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797535/]

2.  Tomkins P., Bird C. (1973). The Secret Life of Plants.

3. Shechet E., (2019). Do Plants Have Something to Say? The New York Times.[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/style/can-plants-talk.html]

4. Appel H., Cocroft R. (2014). Plants Respond to Leaf Vibrations Caused by Insect Herbivore Chewing. Oecolgia.[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-014-2995-6]

5.  Midi Sprout device now called Plant Wave : https://www.plantwave.com

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This sound meditation is a guided practice to help recenter you to your breathing and body.  The Koshi chimes are played in this 7-minute meditation. Use this short practice during the day when you need to relieve stress and decrease mental clutter.  Feel reintegrated, body to mind to heart.  

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Please listen with headphones and allow yourself space and time for this 4-minute meditation. 
This meditation includes harp and plant music. It is helpful to listen when you need a quick reset and need to refresh your mind.
Sound meditations will be added monthly to Sound Meditation Radio, with both guided meditations and unguided with only music.

You can add Sound Meditation Radio as an App to your phone by opening a browser and viewing this webpage http://soundmeditationradio.buzzsprout.com  Then look for the share button at bottom of the screen on Apple phones or find the Options menu on Android phones. Scroll down, Click 'Share to Homescreen' and  choose Add.  You will have it conveniently on your phone's home screen and it will automatically update when new meditations are added.  

*Please listen with headphones or good external speaker. The Phone does not transmit all the frequencies on phone speakers! :) 
This is a 9-minute healing sound meditation recording with the harp and plant music generated by Midi-Sprout. Midi Sprout is a device that detects the bio-energetic changes of plants in real time so that you can hear the plant’s music. This recording was done with the interaction of harp vibrations and plant with the intention to create a deep healing experience for your physical body.

This piece is called Recover and Repair because it is intended to be used as a therapeutic listening experience, to help reduce stress and to restore your mind and body. You can make this a sound meditation by giving yourself 9 minutes of *uninterrupted listening time. Listen, breathe, settle and repeat for a meditation.

This episode is a look into how music can help enhance creativity and imaginative thinking.   I will discuss some of the neuroscience behind creativity and emphasize the ideal ways of using music during the creative process.  You will discover some interesting facts about Einstein and his use of music that enhanced his work. 

The harp music recorded on this podcast was recorded by music therapist, Andrea Cortez, MM, MT-BC at Mind Body Music Center.

Episode References:

1. Six Interesting Musical Facts about Albert Einstein

https://www.cmuse.org/interesting-musical-facts-about-albert-einstein/

2. Creative Listening: How Music Can Boost Your Creativity https://brainworldmagazine.com/creative-listening-music-can-boost-creativity
3.  Einstein on Creative Thinking: Music and the Intuitive Art of Scientific Imagination.  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/imagine/201003/einstein-creative-thinking-music-and-the-intuitive-art-scientific-imagination

Calaprice, Alice. (Ed.). (2000). The Expanded Quotable Einstein. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press.

Clark, Ronald W. (1971). Einstein. The Life and Times. New York: Crowell.

Sayen, Jamie. (1985). Einstein in America. New York: Crown. 

Suzuki, Shinichi. (1969). Nurtured by Love. A New Approach to Education.

4.  The Four Stages of Creativity.  https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-4-stages-of-creativity.html
5.  Emma Threadgold, John E. Marsh, Neil McLatchie, Linden J. Ball. Background music stints creativity: Evidence from compound remote associate tasks. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019; DOI: 10.1002/acp.3532

Harmony is one of the elemental building blocks that makes up music.  This episode explores the science behind harmony and presents research that shows how the brain responds to harmony in music. 

Example of mathematics in certain sounds:
"A tuba tends to vibrate at a set of frequencies that are mathematically related by whole number ratios. When a pencil is dropped on the floor, it vibrates with a number of frequencies, producing a complex sound wave that is noisy...this object will vibrate at a set of frequencies that have no simple mathematical relationship between them." -PhysicsClassroom.com
Tuba: 200Hz, 400Hz, 600Hz, 800Hz, 1000Hz
Dropped Pencil: 197Hz, 211Hz, 217Hz, 219Hz, 287Hz, 311Hz, 329Hz, 399Hz

Research Reference: Physical Review Letters, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.108103
Web Reference: NewScientist.com, Why Harmony Pleases the Brain

If you are curious about the healing properties of sound and music, this is a good episode to listen to for an introduction to what sound therapy is and how it could help you.