Message #6 “My Worries and Anxiety”
Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30
Speaker: Todd Perkins
November 16, 2025

God is Greater Than... 11-16

Mightnight Waltz

Sunday

Chelou

Dear friends, you are warmly invited to listen to Rev. Simon Page's teaching on Spiritual rest and refreshment. We pray that you will be mightily blessed as you listen!

Victoria Community Church, Blackpool, UK

How to find spiritual rest and refreshment

Peacefulness

Thoughts Of One

Lie In Slumber

After completing another project in March, I was anxious to get back out there and record another session. It had been so long since I had a sound bath, and my mind and body really needed it. I recorded Noel about a year ago and still needed to record her last track for the project, so I contacted her and set it up. 

We met in the heart of Central HK on a Sunday afternoon at a small yoga studio where she sometimes holds her sessions. The room had a softer Hong Kong din that coincidentally featured in her previous recordings. The hushed static of distant traffic and passersby below contrasts with the calmness in the room. You belong.

The second recording begins with chimes and a rain stick while the hums waft in from the few windows of the space. I love how Noel uses two hands to transition between instruments, creating this gentle crossfade of textures and layering. In her calm style, she varies the length of time between strikes, letting the bowls sing either alone or with friends.

https://insighttimer.com/sbsessions/guided-meditations/sound-bath-sessions-173-noel-chan

Insight Timer

Sound Bath Sessions 173: Noel Chan

A meditation on rest, stillness, and sadness as essential parts of the rhythm of life. This song reminds the listener that silence and low moments are part of the music, not evidence of failure.

[Intro]
Some songs don’t rush.
Some hearts don’t either.
Let’s breathe in the silence together…

[Verse 1]
Every melody needs spaces,
Empty bars between the sound.
Every heart needs quiet places,
Where the echoes settle down.

We keep thinking life is rising,
Always building to a high -
But the downbeats are the moments
Where our souls don’t have to try.

[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t have to shine all the time -
Light and shadow dance, aligned.

[Chorus]
The downbeat is beautiful -
The silence in between,
Where breath becomes music
And stillness can be seen.

We’re not only made for crescendos -
Even rests are sublime.
The downbeat is beautiful -
Part of the rhythm of time.

[Verse 2]
I thought I broke the song inside me
When I couldn’t sing for days.
But the quiet was composing
Something deeper than my praise.

We’re not failures when we falter,
Or when life slows to a crawl -
We’re just living in the measure
Where the heart remembers all.

[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t need to rise just to be seen -
Low notes make the chorus lean.

[Chorus]
The downbeat is beautiful -
The silence in between,
Where grief becomes devotion
And pain becomes serene.

We’re not broken when we quiet -
Not abandoned when we sigh.
The downbeat is beautiful -
The pulse that asks, “Why not try?”

[Bridge]
Rest is not a failure-
Rest is part of the score.
Life’s not all crescendo-
We need the soft, and slow, and sore.

Even stars breathe in the blackness,
Their light becomes return.
Even hearts need nights of stillness
For their daylight songs to burn.

[Final Chorus]
The downbeat is beautiful -
The hush before the cry,
The catching of a heartbeat
That reminds you that you’re alive.

You’re not just the loud or triumphant -
You’re the pause that makes it whole.
The downbeat is beautiful -
It’s the space that saves your soul.

[Outro]
Hold still now.
You’re not done.
This quiet is not the end -
It’s part of the rhythm.
And you are the song.

The Downbeat is Beautiful

"Sound Bath Sessions" fuses sound art and wellness by recording sound baths around Asia. The main purpose of the project is to be a platform that connects local practitioners and listeners together. 

These are not your usual sound bath recordings. Recorded live and on location, they are honest portraits of what a live sound bath sounds like to immerse you in their world. They capture the flavor of each location giving them a sense of identity and culture for everyone to hear and belong. 

Please note that some recordings may contain noises that could make the experience quite challenging, but listeners of all levels will be able to find a track to enjoy. Sound Bath Sessions is a Bivouac Recording project.

More tracks on our Insight Timer page.
https://insighttimer.com/sbsessions/

Lewis Bolland is a modern classical composer & pianist from Hampshire, UK. His compositions have a storytelling like feel and consist of carefully arranged piano, beautiful live strings, and light cinematic pads full of feeling and emotion.

Inspired by soundtrack and modern classical composers such as Craig Armstrong, Justin Hurwitz, Hans Zimmer & Ludovico Einaudi, Lewis has a passion for bringing out visual imaginations with his music.

Alongside composing, Lewis is a professional pianist and has privately performed for some of the wealthiest families in the world including members of the royal family. His residecenies include the Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Chelsea Flower Show, and The Wimbledon Championships. Lewis has toured the country as a session pianist & keys player for multiple artists which has seen him perform at BBC’s Reading & Leeds festivals and Capital FM radios sessions,.
Lewis is heavily supported by BBC introducing and regularly has his solo piano compositions added to a selection of their BBC sounds playlists carefully curated for reading, meditation, and sleep.

"Lewis has toured the country multiple times as a session musician and now he's turning to a fantastic artist in his own right! Incredible stuff." - Alex West, BBC Introducing.

‘A real kind of delicate piano style, which is so modest and unobtrusive. The best thing you can do at this very moment, is to dive into the wonderful world of Lewis Bolland’. - Nagamazine.

I’m just a guy trying to make cool stuff before the heat death of the universe. Occasionally, I succeed. Hopefully this is one of those times.

Simon Page is a minister at the Victoria Community Church and an author (Si Page). He lives in Blackpool, UK.

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