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Gong baths: Meditating through sound
A gong bath is a sound bath that "cleanses" the mind and the body. It's a tradition that goes back 4,000 years but Suraya Sam's 90 minute sessions are popular with millennials in Singapore.
Produced by Olive Faure and Karishma Chanrai
Filmed by Tariq Hawari
Photo: A woman sitting in front of a gong Credit: BBC
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