When I measure something in nature, it’s easy to expect clarity and precision. Numbers that stay still. Patterns that behave exactly as planned.
But living systems rarely work like that.
During a Bio Music Vibrations session, I recorded the bioelectrical activity of a pine tree and translated it into tempo changes over time. What I saw immediately surprised me. Instead of a constant value, the tempo was always moving — slowly rising and falling, without sharp jumps or sudden breaks.
To understand this better, I processed the raw data into a smoothed graph. This helped remove small momentary fluctuations and made the broader behaviour easier to see. What appeared was not chaos, but structure: a living rhythm shaped by adjustment and balance.
The States Revealed in the Graph
When I look at the smoothed graph, I can clearly see that the pine tree’s rhythm moves through different phases over time. These are not emotions in a human sense, but states of regulation that feel surprisingly familiar.
Activation / Contact
At the beginning, the tempo rises. This reflects a moment of response — the system becomes active and alert, reacting to interaction or environmental change. It’s a natural state of engagement.
Stability / Trust
The rhythm then settles into a relatively stable range. Small variations remain, but everything stays within balance. This suggests a regulated state, where the system feels safe enough to maintain consistency without rigidity.
Deep Rest
Later, the tempo gradually slows down. This is not collapse or shutdown, but a state of low activity and high efficiency. Energy is conserved, and internal processes appear calm and coherent.
Reintegration
From this slower phase, the rhythm begins to rise again, gently and without sudden jumps. The system reorganises itself, transitioning back toward activity in a smooth and controlled way.
Calm Presence
Finally, the tempo stabilises once more, at a calmer level than before. Nothing is forced. The system appears balanced, responsive, and at ease.
Scientifically, these phases represent changes in system behaviour.
Experientially, they closely resemble how I — and many others — move through states of attention, rest, and presence during meditation or deep relaxation.
Variability Is Not a Problem — It’s a Sign of Life
From a scientific point of view, this behaviour makes sense. In biology, variability is not a mistake. It’s often a sign of a healthy, well-regulated system.
Living organisms constantly adjust to their environment through feedback. Their internal processes are always responding to changes around them. A perfectly fixed rhythm would actually suggest something mechanical, not alive.
The pine tree’s bioelectrical activity showed this clearly. The tempo moved up and down within stable limits, revealing different states of activity rather than disorder. This kind of dynamic balance exists everywhere in nature — from human heart rate variability to the daily rhythms of plants.
What the data shows is not intention or emotion in a human sense, but self-regulation.
Time Beyond the Clock
Looking at this data naturally made me question how we think about time.
Albert Einstein showed that time is not absolute — it depends on movement and energy. While his work belongs to physics, the idea becomes very intuitive here. When rhythm comes from a living organism instead of a machine, time no longer feels like a rigid grid.
It stretches.
It contracts.
It responds.
The pine tree isn’t measuring time.
It’s expressing it.
This doesn’t contradict science. It actually fits well with it, showing the difference between mechanical time and biological time — not as a metaphor, but as something observable.
Why This Feels So Familiar to Us
When I look at the smoothed graph, I can see clear phases: moments of activation, stability, deep rest, reintegration, and calm presence.
Scientifically, these are changes in system behaviour.
But emotionally, they feel very familiar.
Many of us experience similar transitions during meditation, deep rest, or moments when we finally relax. The mind starts active, slowly settles, reaches a quiet stillness, and then gently returns with more clarity.
This doesn’t mean the tree feels emotions like we do. But it suggests something important: slow, regulated rhythms are calming across living systems, whether human or plant.
Where Science and Spiritual Experience Meet
Across many spiritual traditions, there is a strong emphasis on listening, presence, and aligning with natural rhythms. What is often described in poetic language can also be observed scientifically: when systems are not forced, they tend to move toward balance.
For me, the spiritual aspect here isn’t about belief.
It’s about experience.
When sound follows a living rhythm, people often report feeling calmer, less mentally busy, and more present. Neuroscience already supports this: slow, coherent sensory input helps regulate the nervous system.
In this way, spirituality doesn’t oppose science.
It gives it meaning.
Why This Matters Today
We live in a world driven by schedules, notifications, and constant stimulation. Much of our time is organised by machines, not by biology.
The pine tree’s bioelectrical data quietly reminds me of something simple:
life does not operate on rigid clocks.
By allowing music to follow living systems instead of controlling them, Bio Music Vibrations explores new ways of supporting emotional regulation, deep listening, and meditative presence.
This work isn’t about romanticising nature.
It’s about learning from it.
A Final Thought
Measuring the bioelectrical activity of a pine tree doesn’t give answers in words. It gives patterns — slow, adaptive, alive.
Those patterns reveal something essential: in living systems, time is not fixed, and balance comes from variation.
When I truly listen, I don’t just hear sound.
I reconnect with a rhythm my body already understands.
And in that moment, something shifts —
not because nature speaks loudly,
but because I stop trying to control it.
MUSIC LINK: Pine Tree Meditation