Music is universal medicine to all happiness and distress. When we are happy, we want music and when we are sad, we again want music to soothe us. Hence, music is the language that anybody can understand, regardless of age and gender.

All of us know Meditation is not an easy exercise to the mind. It takes courage and grit to sit still with the monkey mind quite. One needs to practice for months to get habituated to meditation. If you are planning to start your meditation daily, meditation music will be of great help to hold you together.

Here are some handpicked collection that you can download from the Internet or YouTube to accompany you.

Resultantly, the meditation music collection will help you unwind your thoughts, soothe your mind, relax your body and help you focus whilst practicing meditation.

The key properties of good meditation music

1. Relaxing Soundscape

Any good meditation uses a soundscape of relaxing sounds that the brain will naturally associate with relaxation.

2. Persistent

Meditation music should be persistent in composition and not distract the listener when changes are introduced.

3. Lengthy

Of course, meditation music should preferably be more than 20 minutes to get involved in it completely.

4. Good Quality

For meditation music to be compelling, it must be a  high-quality recording and compressed to the point that it is neither too bassy nor rocky and with lesser file size.

5. Guided or Enhanced

For beginners or intermediates, guided meditation features the voice of a talented meditator, who will assist by guiding you into a meditative state. Importantly, the voice should be low and pleasant.

Recommended music for meditation

1. Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer of religious and classical music. Pärt has worked in a minimalist style and this composition is the most popular piece for a deeply calming sound. The title means ‘Mirror in the Mirror’, thus making it appropriate for a moment of reflection.

2. Radiate by Alexis Ffrench

Alexis Ffrench is a native of the United Kingdom and is a contemporary composer and pianist. One of his best unique style taps is ‘Radiate‘ and this is certain to help you calm. With a mesmerizingly simple piano melody, this is a must pick.

3. Det är en ros utsprungen by Jan Sandström

Jan Sandström is a Swedish classical music composer. His compositions are the best soothing melodies and he is known for his wild Motorbike Concerto for trombone. Nevertheless, this piece is more divine and ethereal.

4. Dream 3 (in the midst of my life) by Max Richter

Max Richter, a German-born British composer has been an influential voice in the intersection of contemporary classical and post-minimalist composition. When you listen to this complete music whilst keeping awake, you will realize that it equally gets you into deep serenity.

5. Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. This lilting piano piece titles ‘moonlight’ and it is every inch worth meditating upon.

6.  The Last Sleep of the Virgin by John Tavener

Sir John Kenneth Tavener was an English composer, famous for his output of religious works. This music will be played very quitely taking you to a different world altogether. It symbolizes the theme ‘Let those handbells resonate deep within your soul’.

7. O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen

Morten Lauridsen is an English composer and a professor. This is a christmas song narrating the story of Jesus Christ’s birth. Hence, this masterpiece is a work of humongous spirituality and sensitivity.

8. Gnossiennes by Erik Satie

Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. This colorful figure had composed this lovely album of piano music. This album is considered the perfect way to relax and calm for a longer meditation session.

9. Any Other Name by Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman is an American composer known for his many film scores. The piano and atmospheric electronics combination make this wonderful piece from Newman’s soundtrack to an American Beauty, a treasured among Classic FM listeners.

10. The Bluebird by Charles Villiers Stanford

Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer, music teacher and a composer. His setting of Mary Coleridge’s poem is a classic. The soaring soprano line elevates you into a transcendent realm.

On the whole, each of the aforementioned meditation music has its own great thing in it. It is inexplicable and beyond words if the music has to be described. You will understand the serenity, beauty when you really close your eyes and are ready to immerse in yourself. Hence meditation music.