It’s not every day you meet a tradie-turned-sound-healer. But then again, Scott Rowlands - known to many as Himavan - isn’t your average bloke. Raised on the Northern Beaches, Scott spent years working on tools before his life took a quieter, more conscious turn. What started with a single meditation CD two decades ago has since evolved into Cosmic Earth Crystals - a tucked-away Brookvale sanctuary where crystal bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, drums and bells take centre stage

Somewhere between the first note and the last beat, music finds a way into us. Not through logic or language, but somewhere deeper, bypassing the gatekeepers of thought and slipping straight into the part of us that feels. It comforts, moves and stirs us. Music is the background to our first kiss, our worst breakup, the long drive home after something we can’t quite talk about yet. And that’s exactly what makes it so powerful - and so underestimated. We think of music as ente