Piano Whispers
Gentle ambient piano. Try it beneath a spoken passage if you want a clear melodic presence.
Full track: around 1 hour · MP3, 320 kbps
$40 per track, plus applicable tax
Buy Piano WhispersMusic for your coaching or therapy practice
LuxAuralis vs ZENmix
Both libraries support guided recordings and live client sessions. The important difference is where else the music can appear. LuxAuralis excludes music-only YouTube videos and meditation apps, limiting two ways a client might hear the same track outside your work. ZENmix allows more uses and offers a larger catalog with more affordable options.
What you get for your practice
On a small screen, scroll the table sideways to compare both services.
| For your practice | LuxAuralis | ZENmix |
|---|---|---|
| Music-led relaxation videos | Not permitted. Music-only YouTube videos and similar listening-focused uploads are excluded. | Relaxation videos combining music with nature footage are permitted, including monetized YouTube videos. |
| Meditation and relaxation apps | Not permitted, including similar digital services. | Eligible consumer apps are permitted under license conditions and revenue limits. Professional or B2B apps require additional rights. |
| Guided recordings to share or sell | Permitted for finished spoken meditations, hypnosis, affirmations, and similar works. Audible voice-over must cover at least one-third of the music used. | Guided recordings may also be shared or sold. Standalone music distribution and certain music-store releases are restricted. |
| Live sessions with clients | Paid therapy, massage, meditation, yoga, and similar sessions are permitted. No narration is needed for live playback. | Therapy, coaching, classes, and similar live uses are permitted under its venue and license terms. |
| Reusing a purchased track | Use it in unlimited compliant projects, without a subscription or fixed license expiry. | Also allows multiple compliant projects under a perpetual, nonexclusive license. |
| Track length | Most tracks run about an hour. There are shorter pieces, including a 20-minute track and an 8-minute seamless loop. | Offers 30-minute, hour-long, and longer tracks. Both libraries have music for full-length sessions. |
| Choice and download format | A focused selection of meditation and therapeutic backgrounds, supplied as 320 kbps MP3. | A much larger meditation catalog with more styles. Single-track purchases include MP3 and WAV. |
| Price | $40 per track, plus applicable tax. One-time purchase. | Many individual tracks cost $24.95; prices vary, and packs and bundles are available. |
Prices shown are in US dollars. LuxAuralis prices exclude tax; check each provider’s checkout for the final total. License summaries are explained in the linked terms.
What if a client already knows your background music?
When you use the same piece across a series of meditations or hypnosis recordings, it becomes part of the experience you create. Hearing a client say they recognize it from a relaxation channel or sleep app might not be what you want.
That's why the LuxAuralis license rules out music-only YouTube videos and meditation or relaxation apps. Those restrictions are intended to reduce the chances of the music becoming familiar through standalone listening. They do not make it exclusive: another coach or therapist can license the same track for their own sessions or spoken recordings.
ZENmix permits relaxation videos with nature footage and certain consumer app uses. That flexibility is useful if you create those products. For a practice built around personal sessions and guided work, narrower distribution may be more valuable.
What can you do with a purchased track?
You can play it during a paid massage, therapy session, or meditation class without talking over it. You can also use it in spoken meditations, affirmations, or hypnosis recordings that you give to clients or sell. One purchase covers any number of compliant projects, without a subscription.
For a recording, at least one-third of the music used must have audible voice-over. If you use 30 minutes of music, at least 10 of those minutes need spoken guidance over the music. This requirement does not apply to live playback. If you record a session with the music in it, the recording must meet the same rule.
ZENmix also allows guided recordings and live sessions. Its Standard License doesn't specify the same one-third narration threshold, but it has its own distribution and venue conditions. The meaningful choice is not whether you can run a practice with either library: you can. It's which licensing approach fits the way you want the music to reach people.
Where the larger catalog wins
ZENmix has more music to browse, more affordable individual tracks, and WAV downloads alongside MP3. It also has plenty of hour-long pieces. If you need lots of moods and instruments, or a WAV file for your production workflow, those are real advantages.
The reason to choose a track here is simpler: you like how it sounds beneath your voice, and you value keeping that music out of standalone relaxation videos and apps. Listen to the previews with a passage of your own script in mind. A track you enjoy working with is worth more than a catalog you won't use.
Using LuxAuralis with your clients
During a live session
You can play purchased tracks during paid therapy, massage, meditation, and yoga sessions. You do not have to speak over the music. Recording a session brings the recording rules into play.
In a recording clients keep
You can give or sell clients a finished guided meditation. Audible voice-over must cover at least one-third of the music used: 30 minutes of music needs at least 10 minutes with speech. Share your finished recording, not the separate music file.
For an app or music channel
The license excludes meditation or relaxation apps, similar digital services, and music-only YouTube videos. For a membership audio library or client portal, clarify whether the planned service falls within that exclusion before buying.
Your purchase covers unlimited compliant projects and has no fixed expiry. Refunds and payment reversals end the license; violations can also end it. Read the full LuxAuralis license.
Choose LuxAuralis if…
You use music for guided meditations, hypnosis, or live client sessions, and prefer it not to be licensed for music-led relaxation videos or meditation apps. That narrower distribution matters more to you than having the largest catalog.
Choose ZENmix if…
You want more styles to choose from, need WAV files, or plan to make relaxation videos or a suitably licensed app. More affordable singles and bundles may also be a better fit.
Find a sound that fits your voice
Start with these three previews. Read a little of your script aloud while listening, then leave a pause. Notice whether the music leaves enough room for both.
Soft Horizon
A spacious, minimal soundscape. Compare it with the piano when you want less melody around your voice.
Full track: around 1 hour · MP3, 320 kbps
$40 per track, plus applicable tax
Buy Soft HorizonSacred Pause
Minimal textures with a contemplative character. Listen through a quiet pause as well as your spoken guidance.
Full track: around 1 hour · MP3, 320 kbps
$40 per track, plus applicable tax
Buy Sacred PauseThese previews let you listen before buying. Purchase a track to download the licensed file for your projects. Explore the full LuxAuralis collection.
Questions before you choose
Does this mean my clients will never have heard the music before?
No. The license is nonexclusive, so other practitioners can use the same track. Excluding music-only videos and meditation apps reduces two ways it could become familiar through casual listening, but it is not an exclusivity guarantee.
Can I publish a guided meditation on YouTube?
Yes, if the video meets the recording conditions. It must be a qualifying voice-led work with the visual content and voice-over as the main focus, and at least one-third of the music used must have audible narration. A music-only relaxation video is not permitted.
Can I sell a guided meditation as a downloadable MP3?
Yes. You may sell or give away the finished spoken recording if the narration requirement is met. The underlying music cannot be offered separately, and buyers do not receive a license to reuse the music in their own projects.
Can I play a track during a session without speaking?
Yes. The one-third voice-over rule applies to recordings, not to permitted live playback during therapy, massage, meditation, yoga, or similar sessions. If you record the session with the music included, the recording rules apply.
Why choose LuxAuralis when ZENmix offers more affordable tracks?
The difference is not exclusivity, track length, or unlimited reuse; both offer long music and reusable licenses. The reason to choose here is that you like the particular piece and value restrictions that keep it out of music-led relaxation videos and meditation apps.
Ready to make your first recording?
Choose music you like, check that the license covers how you will share it, and build a short test recording before working on the whole session.