If you look closely, you may notice a speaker peeking out from between the tree trunks.

This speaker was once used when a zoo stood here in the park. Over many years, the trees slowly grew, their trunks expanding as if they were gently absorbing the speaker into the forest itself.

Now, the speaker is silent. Still, if you pause here and let your ears open, something else begins to emerge.

The rustle of leaves, the quiet calls of birds, and the distant laughter of children at play. A new kind of forest music reaches only those who stop and listen.

You might also imagine the sounds that once filled this place—the calls of animals, the announcements that echoed through the zoo grounds. The speaker, wrapped by the trees, may still be holding those memories somewhere within it.

Keeping your ears open to these lingering echoes, you’re invited to continue from here into a moment of sound meditation.

Sound meditation is not about trying to listen closely, or focusing your attention. It’s simply a small pause, where you allow sounds to pass through you as they are.

As the sounds of the forest blend with the music that follows, they may gently open your senses even further.