“West Virginia waterfalls in a National Geographic Contest!” by Forest Wander,
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The Breathing Spaces podcast is a weekly podcast for everyday people who face different types of stress, whether it is at work, school, or home. It is meant for anyone to quickly listen anywhere at anytime and be able to reduce whatever stress they might be going through at that particular time in order to enable them successfully end the day on a good note. Workers might choose to listen on their lunch break to empower them throughout the rest of their work day. Every episode plays different sounds that transports listeners to different locations with different postures/stretches to do. This episode puts listeners next to a waterfall while they comfortably seat down and close their eyes or focus on a point.
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This podcast contains a sound effect, speakers voice, and a soothing ambient sound. The included sound effect of a bell was used to launch the podcast as a way to bring listeners to a calm level. Then the ambient sound of waterfall was used throughout to keep listeners relaxed all through the podcast while they listen. As the sound of the bell is about to end, the ambient sound of the waterfall starts playing with the volume gradually increasing. It is then reduced to a subtle level once I started to speak, and left to run in the background to augment my voice and achieve the goal of providing tranquility to listeners while they meditate.
Audio Credits
- “Temple Bell” by Mike Koenig licensed under Attribution 3.0
- “Small waterfall in mountain forest.WAV” by BonnyOrbit licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
Photo Credit
Hello! I love what you came up with. It really sounds like something I’d listen to as a meditative podcast, so I’m impressed that you were able to make something that sounds so professional and well produced. The ambient music and sound effects were nice to listen to, and your tone had a good rhythm. I also appreciate your cover image; both the text and the atmosphere of the picture work together to create an image that encapsulates what the audio feels like. Overall, I really enjoyed your contribution. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Adam, thanks for your post this week! Your voice is very soothing and the cadence with which you speak is perfect for a meditation podcast. The natural background sounds you have throughout the podcast is really lovely, but I might increase the volume of it juuuuust a touch; it got a bit lost in the background, or maybe I was just too drawn in, lol. With your album art, I wonder if you even need the transparent box behind your title? With how blurred the image is, and how bold the text, you could probably get away without it and that would create even more harmony in the image. Overall very well done this week!