Christopher Lloyd Clarke's video: Deeply Relaxing Sound Healing Music with Tibetan Singing Bowls

This music was created almost entirely with Tibetan singing bowls which I bowed gently with a padded wooden mallet. This brings a soft, melodic tone from the bowls without any of the bright scratchy sounds that can often be heard when a hard wooden mallet is used. One of the largest singing bowls in my collection provides a very deep, sustained tone that is the backbone and the heartbeat of this music. The deep pulsing sound it makes is very hypnotic. Accompanying this layer of deep, pulsing sound are the sounds of additional Tibetan bells and bowls that mingle and intertwine in interesting ways. The deep tones tend to work on the body, inducing feelings of heaviness and drowsiness, while the higher tones have a more cerebral role to play - they give an active mind just enough gentle stimulation to replace excessive thinking with a state of relaxed clarity. This palette of sounds is certainly musical, but I’m sure you’ll agree that it is quite abstract at times. The music as a whole has quite a surreal feel to it. Deep Beneath the Dreaming is the result of intuitive performances played out over dozens of meditation sessions in my recording studio. In these meditative states of consciousness, the music would often stimulate visual imagery in my mind. In these deep states, musical tones would appear to me as slow moving coloured lights, like softly lit neon beams that would meander slowly through empty spaces - spaces that felt to me like some sort of cathedral or spiritual sanctuary. The word “Sanctuary” came into my mind often during this process and so I like to think that this is music that provides a feeling of sanctuary. It is wonderful music for when you want to retreat from both the noise of the outer world and from the noise that your conscious mind can make during daily life. It can take you even deeper than dream states (hence the title) to a place of wholeness and stillness. This subdued inner locale is a profoundly quiet, subtle realm – a sanctuary of deep rest and quiet nourishment for the soul. I realize that my description of the music might seem a little exotic, but using this kind of symbolic language is the best way for me to describe the kinds of images, feelings and experiences that this music led me through. I refined this music over the course of more than four months of testing (aka meditating) and careful consideration. I’m happy to say that it has helped me during some stressful times in my life and has been my musical friend for many afternoon naps. I can tell you from experience that, even though this music may seem a bit abstract at first, with repeated listening you’ll find that musical moments that seemed abstract initially, all start to feel perfectly natural and perfectly placed. Over time a familiarization and attunement process takes place and I think that for some people this will be quite transformative. IMPORTANT - Please listen at a VERY quiet volume, preferably with your eyes closed. Headphones are desirable but not essential. You can listen to this music while sitting for formal meditation and it is also very, very relaxing to enjoy while lying down. It will help to settle your nervous system and guide you into a deep state of rest and sleep. The full length album is one hour long and will be released very soon. Licensing of this music is available from Enlightened Audio: https://enlightenedaudio.com/deep-beneath-dreaming To follow me: Website: https://christopherlloydclarke.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/christopherlloydclarke/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/christopherlloydclarke/ Licenses and Credits Footage: In addition to my own original footage I used footage under a Royalty Free License from motionworship.com. Audio: My original recording. © 2016 Christopher Lloyd Clarke. All rights reserved. © 2018 Christopher Lloyd Clarke.