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Enter a sacred space where incense rises, temple bells drift through the air, and a gentle breeze carries the sweet fragrance of nag champa through the stillness.

Temple Breeze begins with a short visual meditation—an invitation to cross the threshold, slow your pace, and enter the atmosphere of the temple. From there, the Journey opens into a two-hour ambient soundscape designed for rest, meditation, reflection, or simply being present.

There is nowhere to arrive, and nothing to accomplish.

Only smoke moving through light, bells sounding in the distance, and the quiet breath of the temple around you.

Floating is a work that has taken on a life far beyond anything I imagined when I first created it.

Over the years, it has been played more than twenty-one million times, accompanying countless private moments of rest, stillness, reflection, and release. Its reach has always seemed less important to me than the thought of those individual listeners who have returned to it again and again.

This Journey begins with a brief reflection on that unexpected history, followed by the complete work itself.

Perhaps Floating has become, in its own quiet way, a place people return to.

You are invited to enter it for yourself.

Throughout this 10 day course, we'll take a close look at the history of ambient music, what is has done to forever change the musical landscape, how and why it has developed as the unique, dogma-free manifestation of musical thought that it has. We'll look at how the components of ambient music differ from those you'll experience in traditional musical forms and musical approaches, and what their physical and psychological benefits are. And we'll also explore how different styles of ambient music have evolved, and what each is best suited for.