The Big Quiet

In this meditation designed to help you sleep, Jesse guides you to synchronize your inhalations and exhalations to the deeply relaxing sounds of vibrating crystal bowls played by Jackie Cantwell to quiet your mind and body before bed....

Begin your day in a state of calm contentment as you use your imagination to create a vividly detailed seashore at sunrise, where gentle breezes rustle the palms and full-body breaths center you....

Start your day with an enveloping sense of joy, love, and clarity as you imagine yourself filled with positive light and grounded in your strength....

Even if you know the benefits of meditation, actually starting can feel daunting. This brief and easygoing introduction from Jesse Israel, founder of The Big Quiet, breaks it down - and shows you how effortless starting your own practice can be....

Become mindfully awake as you sharpen your focus on each of your senses. Deep breaths and the music of shruti and chimes underscore this guided meditation....

Visualize your life as a series of different rooms, and see each room filled with the powerful golden light of your own self-compassion and fullest potential. Let go of your doubts and fears and start the day experiencing your best self....

Let the harmony of crystal bowls and ocean drums gently pull you from sleep and into a guided body scan that reminds you how everything is connected....

Sometimes, waking can feel like surfacing from deep underwater. The overlapping notes in this piece seem to come from that place, and like the dawn, they dissipate the cool mist of sleep....

Reverberating guitars give a feeling of renewal, and the high sound of string instruments create images of tender yellow-green buds shooting from the earth....

Ease into the day with the high, sweet sound of string instruments that evoke the feeling of walking through a misty forest at daybreak....

Think of five things you're grateful for and five things you're looking forward to today - one can even be simply the sun on your skin. Soak in these good feelings and use this frame of mind to set an intention for your day....

Float into wakefulness with these fuzzy, minimalist, and mesmerizing tones that evoke a feeling of welcome solitude and introspection....

Ride the momentum of a guitar galloping through a golden haze while the sustained tones from a violin soar above you....

There's no avoiding stress in life, but there's a better way to counteract it (which will also improve your sleep). In this brief educational piece, Jesse Israel, founder of The Big Quiet, shows you how meditation is the yin to stress' yang....

Immerse yourself in a guided breathwork exercise that leads you into a detailed body scan over music featuring chimes, an ocean drum, and the harmonium-like shruti....

Jackie Cantwell, sound meditation practitioner, guides you to deliberately think about what's weighing on your mind for tomorrow, then release that tension through a series of inhales and exhales....

Relax before bed with sound meditation practitioner Jackie Cantwell, as she guides you in a deep-breathing meditation over the soothing sounds of an ocean drum and vibrating crystal bowls....