![]() Of the ambience genre, she said: “It gives you at least a little piece of what we’re missing.” ‘Harry Potter’ and Chill Elizabeth, 31, misses the random conversations she used to have with strangers and the little moments she’d witness, like an engagement that played out on the other side of the window while she was working at a Starbucks. Lindsay Elizabeth, a freelance copywriter from Central Florida, fell headlong into the ambience genre last year because she wanted to recapture the experience of working in coffee shops. “I have a subway ambience, where a person said - from New York, I think - that they weren’t able to take the subway in a year and it was nice for them to listen to this ambience because they like taking the subway and they miss it.” “I’ve gotten comments that emphasize how helpful these videos were to them during the pandemic,” said Melinda Csikós, a 33-year-old ambience creator from Budapest who operates the YouTube channel Miracle Forest. They are part of a long tradition of audiovisual products and programming designed to make a space feel a little more relaxing, a little nicer.Ĭonsider the black-and-white footage of a crackling yule log that the New York television channel WPIX debuted on Christmas Eve 1966 - grandfather to the many digital yule logs available today - or the rise of white noise machines that fill a room with the sound of crashing waves, chirping crickets or falling rain. Welcome to the world of so-called ambience videos, a genre of YouTube video that pairs relaxing soundscapes with animated scenery in order to make viewers feel immersed in specific spaces, like a jazz bar in Paris or a swamp populated with trilling wildlife. Or maybe, you’ll feel so relaxed, you nod off to sleep. You might look up from time to time to see a book drifting through the air or stepladders moving around on their own. Rain falls outside, a fire crackles across the room, and somewhere offscreen, quills scribble on parchment. Maybe you only have a few minutes for calm, and this video can help you focus that time productively.Picture this: You’re in the Hogwarts library. The shortest of the bunch, it’s like a jolt of relaxation watching time-lapsed sunset and sunrises. It’s very bare bones, but to the point.Ħ) “Time Lapse: Beautiful Ocean Sunrises & Sunsets” Sunsets, peaceful beaches, and more sunsets help you get in the relaxation (and vacation) spirit.ĥ) “The deepest most relaxing music and video ever – Air (15)”Īt almost 10 minutes, this cloud video featuring a song called “Air” might hit the sweet spot for relaxation: It’s just enough time to get you calm, but not a full hourlong commitment. If you need a quick relaxation and have no time for frills, this video hits the spot. The Honest Guys produce many of these meditation and “talkdown” videos on YouTube, and it must be working: They’ve racked 435,000 subscribers and millions of views. ![]() Maybe music and images aren’t what you need to relax, but instead a calming voice and quiet meditation with relaxing visuals along the way. The visuals alone are nothing to write home about-it’s just a static image of a forest-but if you’re looking for some auditory relaxation (perhaps enough to last an entire night’s sleep), this video is for you.ģ) “Guided Sleep Meditation Talkdown – Insomnia – Relaxation” What you see is exactly what you get: a solid 10 hours of trees rustling, birds chirping, and other woodland noises. If you want to turn your own computer into a spa experience for at least an hour, look no further. With high-quality shots of a variety of waterfalls and unobtrusive music, this video would fit right in at any spa across the country. From sunsets to waterfalls to starry skies, we’ve gathered nine of the most relaxing YouTube videos to help you find your zen. YouTube might be the source of your entertainment, but when you want to chill, there’s also a wealth of videos promising to help you relax with sounds and visuals. There’s more to YouTube than just vlogs, pranks, and pop song covers done on guitar.
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