sound wellness and biophilic soundscapes

Welcome to episode 49 of the Green & Healthy Places podcast in which we discuss the themes of wellbeing, sustainability and social impact in real estate today. I’m your host, Matt Morley of Biofilico healthy buildings, and in this episode I’m in London talking to Brian D’Souza, a.k.a DJ Auntie Flo, founder of Open Ear Music and Swell sound wellness.

We discuss sound therapy’s mental health benefits, how music can be a window into our soul, urban noise levels and the role of nature sounds in restoring a sense of calm amidst the chaos, how he creates sonic identities for hotels, restaurants and gyms, deep or active listening vs passive, and how to re-create the sonic experience of forest bathing.

Brian is erudite, dynamic and just the kind of guy you want on your team for a musical adventure one Saturday night I suspect.

sound wellness conversation highlights

• Sound therapy was for me an exercise in trying to discover the inner workings of a soul.
• Sound therapy is triggering different emotions, brainwaves and elements of the nervous system, to put people in a place of relaxation, where they can experience more mental clarity, calm and an objective perspective on life, away from the stresses of their day.
• One thing that's going to come to bear post industrial revolution is the amount of noise that we as human beings have created, which takes us away from that natural environment and into this noisy urban environment. We lose touch with the sounds, the beauty and the essence of nature in cities and that's potentially problematic for our mental health. his latest initiative crafting biophilic sounds for interior spaces
• If you're able to find time and space to consciously listen, then you will receive added health benefits in the same way that you might from meditation practice for example.

GUEST / BRIAN D'SOUZA

• https://openearmusic.com/soundwellness/
• https://www.swellstudio.io/
• https://www.ambientflo.com/

HOST / MATT MORLEY

• https://www.mattmorley.net/ 
• https://biofilico.com/
• https://biofit.io/