From the movements of the planets to the beating of our heart, every atom, cell, tissue, organ and bone in our bodies is vibrating and that vibration produces sound, whether or not the sound is audible to the human ear. Each of these parts of our body are vibrating at a specific rate, that together create your own resonant frequency.

When you’re in a state of health and vitality, you are actually vibrating at a specific rate. When you become stressed, sick or simply feel out of balance, your frequency changes, literally causing internal and external dis-harmony.”

This is how Stacey Griffin, Mindfulness Teacher and Sound Healing Practitioner at Shift Meditation, led us into our first MassiveMusic Sound Bath meditation, an experience we shared with our friends from the industry.

Thanks to their candles and fragrances, Rituals added that extra spiritual touch we needed, to help us set the mood and create a relaxed, warm atmosphere.

As explained by Quartz, “a sound bath is a shortcut to the deeply relaxed state that eludes many newcomers to meditation. As the name suggests, it immerses participants in soothing sonic resonance emitted by instruments such as crystal singing bowls, tuning forks, and gongs”.

When Samuel and Ebony (respectively our Creative Development Manager and Account Manager Music & Brands) introduced this brand new concept to our company, the aim was to focus on sound and music as a way to heal ourselves.

Because, let’s admit it once and for all: we live in such a frenetic world where everything is urgent and last minute BUT, guess what, we are notthat good at multitasking. Actually, we might even suck big time. Still, we would rather act as if we’re capable of anything. We’re not superheroes. We’re ordinary heroes who can focus on one, maybe two things at a time.

Yet instead.. Attend that meeting. Hop on that call. Cross off all tasks on your never ending to do list. Do this and that. And that as well.

Oh, and also, chores. Walk the dog. OMG, that bill! Is it too late if I pay it now? Pick up kids from school. Check. Go get some groceries. And clean the house. Do the laundry. Check your emails even when you’re off because this is urgent. And this is urgent too. Maybe go to Mars but make sure you’re back within 24 hours, ok? Whoah. Feeling overwhelmed, anyone?

The venue we picked for our sound healing session was Shelter, the Amsterdam haven for quality dance music, based in the A’DAM Toren – which is also home to our headquarters.

All we needed to do was to lay down and let Stacey guide us through this sound bath experience. She brought along 24 instruments, more precisely:

• 7 100% quartz crystal singing bowls (each note corresponds to a chakra) • 5 tibetan singing bowls • A wind gong • A large frame drum • An ocean drum • Koshi chimes • A set of 7 tuning forks • Kalimba

It was such a magical experience. Almost surreal. I remember it took some time to get in the zone, but when I got there everything made sense.

In fact, I got covered by the sound, as if the sound was my blanket. At some point I couldn’t feel my legs and arms anymore so I had to check in if they were still there. They were.

It was as if I were below the sound, in a different dimension that could protect me from anything that attempted to interfere. And no, if you’re thinking this is the product of binge-watching the latest season of Stranger Things, you’re doing it wrong. No upside down here. Still freaking cool though so go watch it if you haven’t done it yet.

It took 30 mins for my mind to stop wandering and that’s when I fell asleep. Not sure if it was just for a few seconds or 10 minutes but it happened. I woke up to the gong, feeling refreshed and recharged but kept my eyes closed.

Stacey walked around with her instruments, to make us feel the vibrations when placed close to our body. If you paid attention during your high school science classes, you should know this: our bones work as conductors. The feeling was similar to when you activate stereo-mode option on your speakers and you hear the sound going from left to right and back.

I cried. I smiled. I felt at ease and connected to my inner self.