Chladni Sound Bath Meditation

Lecture

Chladni Sound Bath Meditation Frequencies You Can Hear, Feel and See
with certified sound therapy practitioner Erica Nagel

Erica Nagel, owner of Sound Healings

This sound bath meditation, led by certified sound therapy practitioner Erica Nagel, offers a rare opportunity to witness sound as a visual phenomenon. Participants will discover how specific frequencies generate distinct symmetrical patterns known as nodal lines, the areas where vibration ceases — revealing the hidden geometry of sound. This multisensory journey invites deep listening, expanded awareness, and a profound connection to the unseen vibrational patterns that shape both our inner and outer worlds. The 90-minute session is open to all. It requires no prior meditation experience, only a receptive presence. Please bring a yoga mat or a sleeping mat.

After the meditation, participants are welcome to traverse the museum’s third-floor Blair Breakout Gallery to experience the visual art of Linling Lu, whose sonically inspired paintings consist of bands of color that appear to vibrate before the viewer’s eye.

This presentation is part of the exhibition Linling Lu: Fugue in 3 Voices.

All museum lectures and public programs of The Baker Museum include same-day admission to The Baker Museum.

Erica Nagel

Erica Nagel

Erica Nagel is a sound therapy practitioner and the founder of 1111 Sound Healings, an immersive meditation practice based in Naples, Florida. Certified by Yoga Alliance — the largest nonprofit professional organization for yoga in the United States — Nagel is trusted by visionary leaders in healthcare, wellness, hospitality and spirituality. Her offerings span intimate one-on-one sessions, site-specific installations, group immersions and public series. Nagel has worked with mindful-centric brands Alo, Marriott Autograph Collections, Lee Health and YMCA.

Her work invites participants into a multisensory experience where sound becomes a medium for stillness, presence, and inner connection. Using instruments such as deep, resonant Chinese wind gongs, Himalayan double chalices, quartz crystal singing bowls, quartz crystal tetrahedron Merkaba instruments and Solfeggio tuning forks, she creates vibrational landscapes that can be heard, felt and sensed — on a cellular level and beyond.

Each experience is carefully attuned to the energy of the space and the people within it. Through the language of frequency, she guides the nervous system from overdrive into deep delta rest — awakening clarity, emotional release and a return to harmonic existence. At the heart of her work is a simple, powerful invitation: to immerse in a full-body listening experience and to remember that inner peace is a birthright.

Ernst Chladni

Ernst Chladni

Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni was born on November 30, 1756, in Wittenberg, Germany. Though he initially studied law at his father's urging, Chladni’s true passion lay at the intersection of science and music — a rare fusion that would define his life's work. After his father's death, Chladni turned his focus to physics and acoustics. In 1787, he published his groundbreaking work Entdeckungen über die Theorie des Klanges (Discoveries on the Theory of Sound), introducing what are now known as Chladni figures — the visual patterns formed by sound vibrations.