Claire Grabham talks about how a late-night impulse buy led to her owning one of just three Harmonic Eggs in the UK - housed in Sunderland.
And Sunderland Echo reporter Neil Fatkin tries it out.
And Sunderland Echo reporter Neil Fatkin tries it out.
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00:00I was like, what is that?
00:01What is that massive egg with light shining out of it?
00:04Clicked on it.
00:05It just sort of hit us in the chest.
00:07It was like, yeah, I need that.
00:10I need a harmonic egg.
00:11I think that was about 11 o'clock at night that I looked into that.
00:14When was this? How long ago was this?
00:15It's about June 2020.
00:16And it's the first thing, did you go and experience it yourself first or?
00:18A seeing person would have went to experience it themselves first and then bought it.
00:24No, I just bought it.
00:25It had to be built in the US.
00:30And then shipped over.
00:31At the time, there was an egg in Chester, in a place called Doddleston in Chester.
00:36And I purchased the egg, went along.
00:40I just had this, it's like this knowing that it was going to be the thing.
00:43So I understand there's only three of these in the country.
00:46Yeah.
00:47Yours being one here in Sunderland.
00:48At the time, I was working within schools as a relaxed kids coach.
00:53And that was helping children with their emotions and helping them calm the nervous systems.
00:59Personally, I was going to sound baths.
01:02And when you go to a sound bath, they use lots of different instruments
01:08that help calm your nervous system.
01:10And different instruments can have different effects.
01:12So I was going to sound baths.
01:14I realized it was calming my nervous system.
01:17And I started using it in school, in my classes.
01:21And I found that kids with autism, kids with ADHD,
01:26might not be able to do my meditation part of the class.
01:29But when I use sound, it would calm the nervous system.
01:32So I was using it in my classes.
01:35I was using sound in my classes.
01:37I was going to sound baths.
01:38I was sharing the information with friends.
01:40And they were like, we've got to go to the next sound bath.
01:42It was amazing.
01:42I was, you know, it really helped us with my sleep.
01:45It really helped us feel calm.
01:48And there was one day I said, I'm going to Google when the next sound bath is.
01:51And when I Googled it, the egg came to the top of the Google search.
01:55And it just hit us in the face.
01:56And we went to try the harmonic egg.
01:59And on the way back, nobody was talking.
02:02And I said, hey, I'm really sorry.
02:03I've just got nothing to say, which is unusual for me.
02:07And they were like, Claire, it's all right.
02:09We've got nothing to say as well.
02:11And it literally calmed us so much.
02:13I just had that sort of peacefulness where
02:16when you're a child and you're going on a school trip
02:20or you're going on a journey in the car
02:22and you're looking out the window
02:23and you haven't got to think about emails
02:25and you haven't got to think about bills.
02:26Your mind's totally clear.
02:28That was the feeling.
02:29So it was shipped over.
02:31And then two people from America, Daryl and his partner, came in and built it.
02:36And originally we started in Newcastle.
02:38Claire soon moved to the business and the harmonic egg
02:41to the North East Business and Innovation Centre in Sunderland, also known as the BIC.
02:46I'd been watching the BIC for a while.
02:48A friend that I knew had brought a cakery business here.
02:52And I noticed that she got a lot of support.
02:54Another friend had bought the orthotics business here.
02:57And I noticed they had a lot of support.
02:59So I started looking into the BIC and what they could offer.
03:01And it felt like more of a community.
03:03When I was in Newcastle, it was just, I was in an office
03:06and I was sort of by myself and there wasn't really a community around us.
03:11I've come to the BIC and I know everybody.
03:14Sunderland Echo reporter Neil comes to the end of his 15-minute session.
03:18Yeah, it's a few minutes now since I've come out of the harmonic egg.
03:21And I must admit, I still do feel sort of lighter across my whole body.
03:26I'm very relaxed, very chilled.
03:28You do feel you go on a bit of a journey.
03:30I used to do a lot of travel when I was younger.
03:32And since settling down, don't get the chance.
03:34And whether it was the sort of the Indian theme music or the sounds of nature.
03:40Yeah, I sort of felt that I was almost sort of somewhere like the foothills of the Himalaya
03:44or on a beach next to the Indian Ocean.
03:46And yeah, it just was very relaxing, very tranquil.
03:52And yeah, I certainly feel a lot more relaxed and chilled than when I came in.
03:56And yeah, if you have got a stressful life, do have anxiety issues,
04:02I'd certainly recommend giving it a try and seeing what works for you.
04:05I had one guy who was quite high-flying businessman.
04:09And I think he was a bit sceptical when he came in.
04:12I'm going to try this thing, he said.
04:15And I'm going to see how it goes.
04:16And I was like, right, OK.
04:18And he come out and he said, it made me thoughts more clear.
04:22And he said, but it took the emotion out of the thought.
04:25So it gave him clarity and focus on some of his thoughts.
04:29But it took the emotion out so that he could actually have that clarity.
04:32And he would come in to solve problems.
04:35So I'm feeling that Sunderland is the place to be.
04:38You've got all of the businesses that are in Newcastle now,
04:43transferring into Sunderland, all of these new places opening.
04:47You've then got the new film industry coming along too.
04:51So it's going to be like the next Manchester, I think.