What We've Been Talking About On Our Feeling Sound Podcast: April 2026
April was busy month on our Feeling Sound podcast — four new episodes covering sound bath instruments, meditation techniques, the neuroscience of habit formation and the science of sleep.
Whether you've been listening along or are just finding us, here's a summary of everything we explored, plus all the books, research and resources mentioned.
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Transcripts are available on the embedded players below.
Episode 3: More Than Relaxation - The Therapeutic Power of Sound Bath Instruments.
Published 6th April 2026
What Do Sound Bath Instruments Actually Do?
One of the most common questions Clare hears: what are all those instruments, and why does it matter which ones are used?
Himalayan singing bowls are often Clare's starting point for people experiencing grief, bereavement or emotional stuckness — softer and more accessible than many instruments, and playable in multiple ways including with a violin bow.
Gongs offer a deeply physical experience and are associated with reducing pain, tension, headaches, insomnia and even supporting conditions like MS and ME.
Crystal singing bowls produce pure frequency with no harmonics — particularly powerful for quietening a busy mind.
And therapeutic percussion — rain stick, ocean drum, Koshi chimes — is always used to close a session, bringing people gently back to wakefulness.
One of the most thought-provoking ideas in this episode: the sounds we resist in a sound bath can be just as revealing as the ones we enjoy.
Clare's training in resistance, resonance and release — from the British Academy of Sound Therapy — explores why sitting with uncomfortable sounds can build real resilience.
Episode 4: The Meditation Myth - There's No One Right Way
Published 13th April 2026
Finding a Technique That Actually Works For You
This episode is for anyone who's tried meditation, found it didn't stick, and quietly concluded it's just not for them.
Training with the British School of Meditation introduced Clare to ten different meditation techniques — from walking meditation and zazen to loving kindness, external contemplation and mindfulness of sound.
The key message: what you need from a meditation practice at 11pm when you can't sleep is probably completely different to what you need at 3pm when you can't focus. One technique, one app, one style is rarely enough.
External contemplation — using a physical object to engage the senses and create a mental break from difficult emotions — was a personal revelation for Clare. Read more about her personal transformation via the blog ‘Meditation Didn’t Fix My Life But It Changed How I Live It’.
The soothing power of touch, she found, is a brilliant and often overlooked way to activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
Clare also discusses adapting meditation for people with ADHD, where movement-based and touch-based techniques can be genuinely transformative.
Episode 5: The Science of Stick-ability - How To Make Meditation A Habit That Lasts
Published 20th April 2026
The Neuroscience of Making Meditation Stick
This time Clare tackles the question everyone wants answered: why is building a meditation habit so hard, and what does the science actually say about it?
Drawing on Dr David Hamilton's book How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body, Clare explores neuroplasticity — the brain's ability to physically grow and change through repeated practice. His memorable analogy: thoughts leave physical traces in the brain just like footsteps in sand.
The prefrontal cortex — associated with focus, compassion and emotional regulation — literally thickens with consistent meditation practice.
Research by Sara Lazar (2002) showed that eight weeks of daily meditation can structurally change the brain.
Consistency matters more than duration — even a few minutes a day is enough to start.
Clare also covers oxytocin — the love hormone — and the finding that loving kindness meditation can boost it just as effectively as a hug. The brain doesn't always distinguish between what's real and what's imagined, which is part of what makes meditation so powerful.
Episode 6: Sleep Deeper - What Binaural Beats, Solfeggio Frequencies and Sound Baths Can Do For You
Published 30th April 2026
The Secrets to Better Sleep
Binaural beats are sounds — best listened to through headphones — that encourage the brain to sync with slower brainwave frequencies through audio entrainment. Clare's free 30-minute delta sleep recording uses exactly this technique.
She also introduces solfeggio frequencies — ancient tones with roots in Gregorian chant — and explains why 174 Hz, associated with releasing pain and tension, features in all her sleepscape recordings.
A key theme: the body won't sleep if it doesn't feel safe.
Sound baths and meditation work in part because they signal to the nervous system that it's okay to let go — shifting from the sympathetic nervous system of fight-or-flight into the parasympathetic rest-and-digest state.
Clare also draws a useful distinction between breathwork (which changes the body first) and meditation (which calms the mind first) — both useful tools for sleep, just working from different directions.
Listen and Explore
Clare Savory is an accredited sound therapist and meditation teacher based in the Peak District, with over 20 years of experience and accreditations from the British Academy of Sound Therapy and the British School of Meditation. She holds regular sound bath and guided meditation sessions in Glossop, Whaley Bridge and online.
You can explore free guided meditations, mini sound baths and a 30-minute delta sleep recording at FeelingSound.co — and find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or where ever you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Monday.
