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How ASMR videos are becoming popular and these artists are helping you relax
Updated On: 14 May, 2023 08:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
In a world that never stops spinning, ASMR videos and artists will help you relax with innovative sounds and also remind you of those evenings when mom lulled you to sleep
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ASMRtist Vedashree Pendharkar specialises in role play videos, where she acts like a mother or a sister to help her audience feel comforted. Pic/Sameer Markande
Genuine relaxation is hard to come by. That relaxing of the muscles, that gentle tingling spreading through your body that brings with it a warmth, those goosebumps, your eyelids getting heavy... Sometimes it takes the shape of a 45-minute massage for R2,500, that loses steam as soon as you step out of the Buddha-blessed, incense-heavy AC parlour into a traffic jam. Sometimes, it’s the caress of a parent or a lover, with their fingers gently touching your hair, forehead... ah, bliss. And sometimes, there’s ASMR.
Okay, let’s start at the very beginning. ASMR is not a government organisation, or the name of a radio station. It translates into Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response—basically a tingling sensation that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. It is usually triggered by specific auditory or visual stimuli. In lay terms, it’s certain sounds and sights that relax you, make you feel tingly all over (in a good way), sleepy and comforted.
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