The Hum Within

Lately, I’ve been humming.

Not just while cooking or walking or trying to remember why I walked into a room. But while meditating.

It started as an experiment—one of those quiet inner nudges that said, “Try this.” I sat, I hummed, and something shifted. The hum gave shape to my breath. The breath gave resonance to my body. And my body, slowly, began to settle.

Now I begin nearly every sit with humming—just a few minutes—and what it brings is a taste of surrender I rarely reach by silence alone. The humming, somehow, opens a door.

How to Begin

There’s no formula here. No right way. No prescribed pitch or perfect posture. Just an invitation.

Start with a gentle hum on the exhale. I suggest letting the hum vibrate in your chest, your throat, your head. I like to hum toward three centers—Heart, Throat, Head—and I find each one naturally invites a different pitch and a different energetic tone.

Sometimes I stay with one for a while. Sometimes I wander. Other times I lose track of time in a soft buzz that dissolves into stillness.

A Quiet Science