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When Silence Changes in Meditation

When I first tried meditation, I sat in stillness and silence. It was nice to be able to clear my mind and focus on my connection with the positive energy in my environment. After a few years, and with additional life stressors, silence started to feel more challenging. I found myself picking up mental restlessness. Because of that, I began to notice tension and discomfort in my body.

I didn’t know what I was supposed to feel, so there was constant wondering about whether I was “doing it right” and what was supposed to be happening.

Guided Meditations and Music: Helpful Tools With Hidden Distractions

I decided to try guided meditation to help focus my mind. It was helpful for a while. Then I noticed that I was listening to the people instead of the guidance. I kept trying to find familiarity in their voices—almost like I was searching for a tone that felt like home or family.

Eventually, I started critiquing their speech and pacing. At that point, I realized I was becoming distracted by the very thing meant to remove distractions. So I stepped away from guided meditation and tried something different.

I began listening to meditative music. Some of the music put me into a very calm state where I could focus on my breathing and get lost in the resonant sounds of the instruments. Over time, the music brought nostalgia, and sometimes I found myself breathing to the rhythm and anticipating the next note.

It was helpful—but it also made me curious about something deeper. That curiosity led me to transition from music to healing sounds.

Music follows certain rules and is designed to be pleasing to the listener. Healing sounds don’t always follow those rules. They aren’t always melodic. Sometimes they shift in unexpected ways—or don’t shift at all. That’s when I began exploring pure frequencies and Tibetan healing bowls.

Healing Frequencies and Tibetan Bowls: A Deeper Energetic Experience

At first, the pure tones from healing frequencies, and Tibetan bowls felt a bit grating. But sitting with those sounds actually helped clear energy, and the tones became calming. It reminded me that growth can cause discomfort—sometimes the initial friction is part of the expansion.

I didn’t know what to expect from quartz singing bowls, so when I heard them and felt gentle sensations around my energy centers, it was a pleasant surprise.

Energetically, when I came out of sessions with healing frequencies or bowls, I felt more clarity than I ever did with music or guided practices. The most transformative experience for me was a specific YouTube video of Tibetan bowls—an hour and a half of someone simply playing the bowls. I loved that track. I listened to it for months. I couldn’t get enough of it.

Returning to Silence: Finding My Own Frequency

Today, meditation in silence feels like home.

Silent meditation helps me connect fully with the energy in my body. After practicing for years, I can settle into a meditative position comfortably, with new levels of mental presence. The silence is so deep and restorative that I can sometimes hear the energetic hum of my body.

The shift toward silence happened naturally over time. You become familiar with your tools—music, guides, tones—and eventually your spirit craves something different. For me, that “different” became silence.

This shift aligned with a deeper spiritual journey toward self-awareness and remembering who I am. Now I can recognize the sound of my own frequency.

For anyone new to meditation, I suggest starting with whatever feels most comfortable. Don’t shy away from listening to what you already enjoy; comfort is often the doorway into deeper practice.

If you want to experiment:

• Try pure tones one day

• Guided meditation the next

• Tibetan bowls the day after

• Or your favorite music with lyrics

• Compare the results

• Notice how each experience shapes your state of mind

Whatever your level of experience, the most important thing is to make meditation yours. If you meditate while sitting, great. If you meditate while running, that’s valid too. If the sound of your breath creates a meditative environment, then that is your practice.

The point is to build a meditation experience that you want to return to because of the benefits it gives you. Our partner Vibe Media has some curated Spotify playlists that you may find useful on your meditative journey.

Love, Light, Joy, Peace and Abundance,

Malik