Voice, soundscape, and the state you’re in.
Notes from building Restate. What we measured in our own library of forty soundscapes and seventy-eight practices, what the research does and doesn’t say, and where the honest answer is still that we don’t know.
Practice
Why does guided audio always mean sitting down?
You don’t need to stop your day to change how you spend the next few minutes. On walking, folding laundry, and what guidance has to do to fit an activity.
Sound
Why looping soundscapes make you restless, stuck, or numb
Irritation, an earworm, or a sound that quietly disappears. Three outcomes, one stimulus — and a recorded loop ruins the third, which is the one a soundscape is for.