{"id":926794,"date":"2017-12-06T23:18:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T20:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=926794"},"modified":"2017-12-06T23:18:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T20:18:22","slug":"the-best-new-sound-bath-recordings-for-relaxation-from-a-brooklyn-healer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=926794","title":{"rendered":"The Best New Sound-Bath Recordings for Relaxation, From a Brooklyn Healer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These Soothing Sound Recordings From a Brooklyn Healer Are the Key to Holiday Sanity<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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By <\/span>Laura Regensdorf<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Photographed by Arkan Zakharov, Vogue,<\/em> September 2016<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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Picture this: airplane idling on the tarmac, flight attendant rasping into the loudspeaker, miles to go before you sleep (or take off, for that matter). Throw in a winter head cold and a vocal toddler three rows back, and it\u2019s enough to bring you to the brink of shouting a Seinfeld<\/em>-ian \u201cserenity now!\u201d In the 1997 episode, George Costanza\u2019s father, Frank, bellows out the mantra in the back of a taxi before explaining the backstory: \u201cThe doctor gave me a relaxation cassette. When my blood pressure gets too high, the man on the tape tells me to say, \u2018Serenity now!\u2019 \u201d But as the catchphrase circulates\u2014driving a once-mellow Kramer to the brink\u2014it turns out to be more stopgap than fix. \u201cInsanity later,\u201d one character says, with a bug-eyed warning.<\/p>\n

Two decades later, with a churning news cycle stoking daily angst, the current vein of self-care prescribes a different auditory release: sound baths. Inside meditation centers, vinyasa studios, and wellness-minded destinations (MNDFL and Sky Ting in Manhattan; Los Angeles\u2019s Love Yoga and the Native Hotel), practitioners like Nate Martinez are creating textured soundscapes using instruments like singing bowls, gongs, and tuning forks. The sessions are transporting\u2014but only if you can transport yourself there. \u201cThe response I\u2019ve had from people is, \u2018I wish I could shrink you and put you in my ear,\u2019 \u201d Martinez says with a laugh. While it\u2019s hard to top the in-person experience\u2014the reverberating analog waves have a way of cutting through mental chatter\u2014he has landed on a worthy substitute: a just-launched series of sound recordings called Awave<\/em>. The first two, \u201cUnwind\u201d (10 minutes) and \u201cClarity\u201d (20 minutes), anchor a growing catalog to follow.<\/p>\n

For the Brooklyn-based musician, who runs a recording studio alongside his bicoastal healing practice, translating improvisational sound baths into audio files posed certain challenges\u2014one of them being that \u201cit\u2019s easy for people to shut that sound off because [they sense a] more esoteric, New Age-y, woo-woo aspect to it,\u201d Martinez explains. In other words, anything remotely close to a \u201cserenity now\u201d cassette might trigger a knee-jerk dismissal. But in his hands, the sonic experience\u2014a fluid improvisation that evolves without rhythm or rhyme\u2014marries the intimacy of the studio context with modern convenience. \u201cThat\u2019s the thing about recorded sounds: They go where they need to go,\u201d he says of the tracks\u2019 inherent flexibility. \u201cIn an ideal situation, you\u2019re in a space where you have a moment to turn off and tune in,\u201d he suggests. But he has already received thumbs-up testimonials from cubicle workers and, in one case, a New Yorker stuck on a gridlocked highway.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when the slow-rolling \u201cUnwind\u201d might dial things down. For that recording, Martinez pared back his diverse cache of instruments to just BioSonic tuning forks, showcasing their higher-pitched peals as well as the softer tones generated by striking metal against knee. \u201cClarity,\u201d meanwhile, is bubbling and alive with the interplay of Koshi chimes. \u201cThey\u2019re higher in frequency, so it\u2019s a little bit more active of a listening experience,\u201d Martinez says\u2014though \u201cit doesn\u2019t mean that somebody might not listen to it and completely pass out.\u201d Which is totally allowed. The whole idea is to offer an easy reset, a way to \u201ctap in and gain a little bit of perspective,\u201d he adds, whether it\u2019s a quiet escape in the guest room at your in-laws\u2019 or a panic-avoidance strategy during a train delay. \u201cThis 10-minute thing could become a practice,\u201d he says, quickly adding, \u201cbut you don\u2019t even have to refer to it as a practice. It could just be your moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Awave Sound Meditations by NTM Sound Healing: \u201cUnwind,\u201d $5, and \u201cClarity,\u201d $7, ntmsoundhealing.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Source URL: https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/sound-bath-recordings-music-nate-martinez-stress-relief-relaxation-energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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