A Gift for Starters

Too much thinking makes you dumber!

So here’s a gift of three high-quality 20-minute nature sound recordings for your personal meditation. The benefits of meditation are well established. It’s especially great for tech folk who run highly-utilized noggins. Do yourself a favour and slow down, so that your brain can recover and run fast when it’s needed.

The Recordings

1. Bar Beach at Merimbula

The first recording is from Bar Beach at Merimbula. It was early morning and I was on a boardwalk with my new stereo Zoom H6 Handy Recorder. There are a few noisy bumps etc. but mostly it’s the sounds of gurgling water as Merimbula Lake and the Pacific Ocean mix together.

You’ll hear two boats early in the recording going out for the morning fish, crossing from right speaker to left. Otherwise it’s peaceful water sounds, with birds and occasional distant dog barks.

2. Pambula Beach

The second recording was taken at Pambula Beach the same day overlooking the surf. It was a great morning for surfers with light winds and long clean breakers. Half way through this recording a group of greybeard surfers congregate nearish to the recorder to discuss how good the surf is.

3. Pambula River

And finally I recorded nearby around the point at Pambula River. One of my most favorite spots in the world. The surf is more distant in this recording, but there is the continuous sparkling chatter of bird life.

My favorite part is when two women walk past and one says: ”…I love it…. I love actually…”. A few minutes later a young boy and his dad walked past with their fishing gear.

How to Use These Recordings

Find a comfortable place to sit or lie down, put on headphones if possible, close your eyes, and simply listen. Let the natural sounds wash over you without trying to analyze or control anything. Twenty minutes of this can reset your nervous system and improve your focus for hours afterward.

These recordings are best experienced with headphones to appreciate the stereo field and spatial qualities of the sound.

Recorded with a Zoom H6 Handy Recorder at various locations around Merimbula and Pambula, NSW, Australia. These recordings are offered as a gift for meditation and relaxation.