Calming sounds resonate deeply and transport us back to a time that is tranquil and hypnotic. The intensity of the swell and the swiftness of the retreat is the balance by which stress is measured. When given the opportunity to sit beside the ocean for a moment, one can gauge the motion and balance the internal rhythm. It might not be a coincidence that more than 70 percent of the earth is covered in ocean. Perhaps we are too immersed to listen.