Background
Audio and audio therapies have been used for thousands of years to provide relaxation, distraction, and simply entertainment. This application is designed to provide a variety of audio types that have been traditionally used to support mental health wellness, as well as human stories and user-generated content. These files fall into the following categories...
Categories
Nature Sounds -- These are ambient sounds generally collected from outdoor locations, and include
sounds such as ocean waves and rain.
Meditation Sounds -- These sounds are man-made sounds from ancient instruments or modern synthesizers that
are commonly used to help promote the practice of mediation or relaxation.
Guided Meditation -- These audio recordings are spoken word meditations that provide instructions and
imagery to help guide the listener to relax, de-stress, or fall asleep.
Breathing Exercises -- As a tool for relaxing the autonomic nervous system (attenuating sympathetic
activation and stimulating parasympathetic activation), a few pace breathing exercises are provided.
Stories -- In order to provide different perspectives and support a sense of community, user-generated
stories are also provided. Contributed stories should be positive, hopeful, or provide some humor.
Binaural Beats -- Brain stimulting frequencies that have been linked to relaxation, positivity, decreased anxiety,
increased concentration and alertness, problem solving, and improved memory.
Indian Ragas -- Unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradition with no direct translation to concepts in western music
Vocal Chanting -- Repeditive, repeated mantras thought to direct and increase attention.