Sleep Song15 Apr 2022

Strength alone is not enough

Music adapted from Silvia Vasquez-Lavado’s Meditative Story, "Choosing compassion over conquest."

Greeted by an ethereal choir, the soft echoing voices invoke a sloughing off of doubts and the revealing of untapped stores, a journey about to begin. The next movement yields an orchestral string section and waves of reverberating tones with a definitive piano theme, solidifying and grounding the listener in quiet confidence. Plucking bass and cello strings mimic carefully placed footsteps, to emphasize the precipices we reach with determination and time. Contemplative piano melodies duet with string-like synths, wrapping the song in the safety to reconsider our approach. An escalating crescendo mirrors ascent, while a penetrating piano theme asks us to stop, soften, and allow our heart's compassion to turn inwards, cradling suffering in kindness, and fostering a fresh way forward.

Original music from composer Ryan Holladay.

Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Find Meditative Story wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Episoder(56)

Sweater weather

For today's Sleep Song, composer Eduardo Rivera ran computerized string pads through an old tape recorder, resulting in the airy sound heard throughout, reminiscent of a gusty breeze alighting falling...

29 Sep 202326min

King David's Wind Chime

After hearing the sound of a wind chime floating through his neighborhood, composer Eduardo Rivera is reminded of a stay in the mountain town of Idyllwild. "The house had these huge wind chimes, that ...

25 Aug 202327min

We are not alone

Created using a new musical software called Collage, today's Sleep Song begins with a chord like a question, as if asking whether it's alone in the universe. The response is soothing and celestial, el...

11 Aug 202332min

Welcoming change

Today's Sleep Song is all about movement. Almost every track in this piece is constantly shifting with panning or through the use of an LFO (low frequency oscillator), creating a sense of undulation, ...

14 Jul 202330min

A sky full of waves

Inspired by surfer Garrett McNamara's episode of Meditative Story and his reflections on staring up at the clouds or, as he puts it, "waves in the sky", this piece reimagines the sounds of surf guitar...

30 Jun 202333min

Starting from C

Composer Eduardo Rivera shares, "I've been using a wonderful felt piano lately that sounds incredibly intimate. It's been my main instrument for our sister podcast Spark & Fire these last few months. ...

16 Jun 202330min

A world of voices

Music adapted from Varshini Prakash’s Meditative Story, "Together, we move from fear to hope."Taken from the musical world of Varshini Prakash’s Meditative Story, this sleep song is built around a wor...

24 Mar 202359min

Endless summer

Like the best part of an ’80s pop song, this Sleep Song celebrates the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, and answers the question: What would happen if a song like "Boys of Summer" was stretched like taffy and ...

10 Mar 202329min