Sounds of Safety is a gentle audio offering rooted in the Black tradition of the front porch—a place of watching, listening, resting, and belonging. You'll hear everyday porch sounds: distant voices, footsteps passing by, wind in the trees, birds, quiet movement, and moments of silence. Nothing demands your attention. Nothing needs fixing. This is an invitation to let your body remember what it feels like to be safe enough to simply be.

You can listen while resting, after a difficult moment, or as part of winding down—allowing your nervous system to soften and your breath to settle.

Why Sounds of Safety Matter

Safety isn't just an idea—it's sensory.

For many Black people, danger hasn't always announced itself loudly; it's lived quietly in the body. Sounds of Safety works by offering familiar, non-threatening sounds that signal: you are not alone, you are not being watched, you are not in danger right now.

These sounds help:

• calm the nervous system
• reduce hypervigilance
• reconnect the body to presence and ease
• restore a sense of grounded awareness

This isn't escapism. It's regulation.

Why the Front Porch Matters

The front porch is not inside and not outside—it's the threshold.

Historically, it has been a place where Black life unfolded in public view with protection:

talking, laughing, listening, resting, watching the world pass without being pulled into it.

In YAIT Town, the Front Porch represents:

• shared presence without performance
• community without extraction
• safety without silence

The Sounds of Safety belong here because the porch teaches us something essential:

You don't have to disappear to be safe.

You don't have to explain yourself to belong.

You can sit, listen, and still be held.