Feeling Sound

Racing heart. Foggy brain. Sleep that won't come easily, however tired you are. If that sounds familiar, hormones might be part of the story - and Clare Savory wants you to know it's not something to push through alone. In this episode she goes deeper into the science behind perimenopause, menopause and andropause, exploring how hormonal change affects the nervous system, and what sound therapy, m...

Have you ever had a difficult day and found your mind running away with itself long after the moment has passed? I have. In this episode I'm sharing something personal - a moment when someone said something hurtful about my work, and how I found myself doing exactly what I teach others not to do: spiralling. Because knowing the tools and remembering to use them when you're hurt are two very differ...

Silence is not empty. It's full of what we drown out. In this episode, recorded beside a stream in the Peak District, Clare Savory explores one of the most underrated tools for rest and restoration — doing nothing. Drawing on the work of John Cage, Nils Frahm and the neuroscience of silence, Clare makes the case that stillness isn't a luxury. It's a skill. And most of us have forgotten how to prac...

It's 11pm and your mind won't stop. You're exhausted, you know you need sleep, but something just won't let you switch off. In this episode, Clare Savory takes an evening walk through the lamp-lit streets of Glossop to talk about one of the most requested topics she hears from sound bath clients: sleep. How to get more of it, how sound can help, and why rest is a habit your body needs to learn. In...

Why is meditation so hard? If you've tried and given up meditating more times than you'd like to admit, this episode is for you. Clare Savory digs into the neuroscience of habit formation, explores why consistency matters more than duration, and shares what Dr David Hamilton's research reveals about the extraordinary power our thoughts have over our brains — and our bodies. In this episode: Why bu...

You haven't failed at meditation. You just haven't found your technique yet. In this episode, Clare Savory shares the moment her own practice finally clicked — and it wasn't on an app. Drawing on her training with the British School of Meditation and over a decade of personal practice, Clare introduces ten different ways to meditate, and makes the case for finding the one that actually fits your l...

What if the sounds you resist tell you the most? Most people come to a sound bath hoping to relax. Fewer realise it can be a genuine therapeutic tool — one that reaches places the thinking mind simply can't. In this episode, Clare Savory demystifies the instruments behind the magic, from Himalayan singing bowls to gongs to crystal bowls, and explores why understanding them can completely change yo...

Your body already knows the answer. That low hum of anxiety, the dry mouth before a big meeting, the exhaustion that no amount of sleep seems to fix — that's your nervous system trying to tell you something. In this episode, Clare Savory breaks down the science of why so many of us are stuck in fight-or-flight, and how sound, music and meditation can help us find our way back to balance. In this e...

You know you need to slow down. You just don't know how — and nobody's really explained why it feels so hard. In this first episode of Feeling Sound, Clare Savory (sound therapist, musician, meditation teacher and self-confessed data nerd) unpacks the neuroscience behind rest, burnout and the tools that can genuinely help. In this episode: Why most of us are stuck in "fourth gear" — and what happe...