This Feeling is You is THE Go-To Meditation Album for Feeling Better

28 Aug

Lucy Kenny wrote about This Feeling is You and how she uses it to relax in an increasingly unnerved world. - One tool that has consistently aided me in my existentialism, however, is the hypnotherapy album "This Feeling Is You".

The album is an immersive journey of seven chapters exploring magic, music, and meditation by Jessica Boston, the cognitive, clinical and somatic hypnotherapist. Boston released the album in 2020, having collaborated with electronic band Desert and artists Crista Leonard and Charlotte Retief to achieve an album that is both accessible and cool.

Dubbed "the creators' hypnotherapist", Boston has ten years of experience offering hypnosis programmes and creative mindset consultancy and explains the album "was designed for today's world", with the knowledge that "we will often need to return power to a helpless, hopeless subconscious mind".

Listeners have described the album as a "psychedelic trip" and "pure magic", with one even stating, "this album saved me last year". For me, I'll either use tracks to top me up or carve out time for the full immersive experience. On the benefit of the album, Boston explains, "it is not simply a short-term fix for changing your state in those moments when you are hijacked by emotion, but in reprogramming your mind, body and spirit for better long term".

Speaking with Boston, I asked her how best to listen, considering time and emotional bandwidths.

For starting the day, she suggests "Positive + Plus + More" to get you "hyped up and connect back to your inner awesomeness".
Duvet-diving depression or imposter syndrome? Try "Negative - Minus - Less".
And if you need to cultivate a sense of hope, "The Knowing" and "The Awakening" have you covered.

I have consulted "Negative - Minus - Less" more times than I'd like to admit. But as a result, I've made an ally of many of my bad feelings turning them from "Flubber"-like rubbery polymers to warm glows within.

I frequent "The Knowing" when I am seeking too much outside of myself and am needing to be reminded to look inward for answers. I opt for the whole album as an antidote to helpless days, knowing I always have access to the Magic Garden.

It's not just the case that "This Feeling Is You" touts an album cover you want framed on your wall with Jessica acting as the enchanting therapist you want to befriend, but there's proof in this good-looking pudding. If you're in need of some hopeful magic, trade 1.2 hours of doomscrolling for a "This Feeling Is You" experience.