Relaxing Nature Sounds

Gentle Indonesian Rain (No Cicadas For Sleep) | One Hour

Picture yourself lying in a bamboo hut. Outside the forest is misty. Rain falls through the trees and slides down the leaves. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the gentle rain pull away your anxiety.
Focus on the soothing sound of nature. Your heart rate slows. Everything is calm and serene.
Why I made this podcast:
To start 2022 I wanted to make something simple and calming. This week we will begin recording some guided meditations and I think this gentle rain will ended up being the background for one of those. This rain soundscapes should work for sleep. I guess I’ll find out when I try it out later this week.
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Photo by Adam Cohn: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamcohn/30414199992/
 

Gentle Indonesian Rain with Cicadas | One Hour

Picture yourself sitting in a bamboo hut. Outside the forest is misty. Rain falls through the trees and slides down the leaves. Cicadas call to you in an overbearing hum. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the gentle rain pull away your anxiety. Focus on the soothing sound of nature. Your heart rate slows. Everything is calm and serene.
Why I made this podcast:
This one is similar to the Varanasi soundscape, which I’m still unsure if I like or not. When I listen to it I find myself constantly reevaluating. Right when I find the hum of the cicadas overbearing it changes for me and becomes soothing.
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First Night Distant Fireworks | One Hour

Picture yourself sitting on a haystack. Crickets sing in the wind. In the distance fireworks explode. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the first night of the year pull away your anxiety. Focus on the soothing sound of nature. Your heart rate slows. Everything is calm and serene.
Why I made this podcast:
I live in a small town in Mexico. When the pandemic started they shut down the main squares and all the parades and fireworks for the year were pretty much canceled. At first I enjoyed the silence. I mean there is a celebration with fireworks almost every weekend here. But as the silent nights went from a few weeks to months, I began to miss the fireworks. If you live in a Latin country like me, this soundscape is for you. Maybe it will help you sleep or maybe it will bring back the feelings you had when you listened to the night before the pandemic.
If this soundscape gets a lot of listens, I will make more Mexican oriented soundscapes like noche en el jardín.
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Crashing Waves at Pulpit Rock (No Birds For Sleep) | One Hour

Picture yourself lying on the rocks. Ocean waves crash below. A cold wind blows. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the sea pull away your anxiety. Focus on the soothing sound of nature. Your heart rate slows. Everything is calm and serene.
Why I made this podcast:
I had started sleeping better. Maybe it was being home for the holidays. Who knows? But then this last week I’ve found myself up at 3:00 AM again. So last night, I tested out the Crashing Waves at Pulpit Rock with birds. (When I make these soundscapes I edit them with headphones on so I never know if they will work on a speaker or through a phone until I actually test them out.) I have to say the version with birds wasn’t working for me.
Here is a new version for sleep without birds, but with a harsher, more constant wind.
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Some Audio Recorded by Straget https://freesound.org/people/straget/sounds/437204/
 

Crashing Waves at Pulpit Rock | One Hour

Picture yourself hiking across the rocks. Ocean waves crash below. A cold wind blows. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the sea pull away your anxiety. Focus on the soothing sound of nature. Your heart rate slows. Everything is calm and serene.
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Some Audio Recorded by Straget https://freesound.org/people/straget/sounds/437204/
 

Bamboo Fountain & Lotus Music | 15 Minutes

Picture yourself sitting in a botanical garden. A bamboo fountain pours water into a stone basin. Music finds it's way through the foliage. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the fountain pull away your anxiety. Focus on the soothing sound of nature. Your heart rate slows. Everything is calm and serene.
Why I made this soundscape
This is the first time I've tried mixing in music. I was digging through sound files when I happened upon something called "Lotus Music" by nemaavla. You can hear the original file here: https://freesound.org/people/nemaavla/sounds/507957/ Well, as I was listening I started thinking this might be nice mixed with the bamboo fountain I'm working on. So here we are with our first guided relaxation/ meditation soundscape with music.
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Japanese Bamboo Fountain | One Hour

Picture yourself strolling through a botanical garden. You happen upon a bamboo fountain splashing water into a stone basin. Your fingers touch the meniscus. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the fountain pull away your anxiety. Focus on the soothing sound of nature. Your heart rate slows. Everything is calm and serene.
Why I made this soundscape:
When I was young my father used to take me to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. There’s a Japanese garden in the park. I remember climbing over this round bridge and thinking that was one of the coolest things in the world. I’m sure you could probably hear the sounds of the city in the distance. But this is how I recall that park sounding.
I hope by listening to the bamboo fountain soundscape you find happiness and calmness.
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English Garden with Wind Chimes | One Hour

Picture yourself sitting in a back garden in the English countryside. Birds swoop through the trees and down through the flowers. A light wind blows moving wind chimes every so often. Relax and close your eyes. Let the sounds of the countryside pull away your anxiety. Focus on the soothing sound of nature. Your heart rate slows. Everything is calm and serene.
Why I made this soundscape:
My friend Josh has a back garden in Brighton. The last few times I’ve talked to him, he’s always been trying to get some precious few hours of sun in that garden. It’s almost like at any moment a rain cloud might happen by and spoil his back garden time. So, this one’s for Josh. When it gets cold outside he can put this on, turn up the electric heater, and pretend it’s summer in his garden.
I hope by listening to it you find happiness and calmness.
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