Something to sit with for ten minutes
This is for a short sit before the day gets going, not for covering noise. The bowl is the thing you keep coming back to, with long tones that ring and fade. Green noise holds a soft hush under the fade so the room never drops into full silence, and a morning dove calls from somewhere outside every so often. There is no voice and no instruction in it, so what you do with the ten minutes is yours. If a tone feels like too much of an event first thing, River and Soft Green Noise for Meditation runs without one.
Let a bowl fade out before you touch anything
Wait through a full strike and its fade before you judge the volume, because the ring fills the room far more than the hit does. Turn the dove down if the calls have you listening out for the next one, and turn green noise down when you want more silence in the gaps. Bowl tones are sharper in headphones than on a speaker, so set your level during a strike and not during the quiet. This is ambience to sit with, and it makes no promise about how you will feel afterwards. The timer runs 15, 30 or 60 minutes.
Explore the sounds in this mix
Listen to each layer on its own: Singing Bowl, Morning Dove and Green Noise. Or start from scratch in the free online sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
Is the singing bowl continuous?
No. It is separate strikes with long fades between them. The green noise is the part that runs without stopping.
Can I meditate without the dove calls?
Yes. Turn off Morning Dove and you are left with the bowl and a soft green hush.
Does this preset include guided speech?
No. There is no narration, no instruction and no affirmation anywhere in it.