About Relaxivity

Our main narrator, Jana Elizabeth, has a rich and relaxing voice. We add immersive sound effects and tasteful music - including Jana's own chants.

To see - or rather hear - what we mean, browse through our stories and have a good listen.

Our Own Story

Our producer, Hugh Fraser (aka Bertie) founded Storynory - audio stories for kids - in 2005. Jana has been reading for the service for a few years. Many of the original Storynory audience members have grown up with a love of stories and audio. Relaxivity provides audio for grownup audiophiles.

Why Audio?

Listening to audio is, of course, far more relaxing and mentally beneficial than keeping your tiered eyeballs glued to a screen. A well-read audio story is a kind of virtual reality for your mind - without the need for a chip in your brain. Audio is one of the fastest growing markets in the world of publishing because it is so relaxing, absorbing and convenient.

The Story Selection

The emphasis is on ancient stories, myths, and spiritual texts from around the world. These stories have lasted for centuries - sometimes for thousands of years - because they tap into humankind's need to understand the world through storytelling. They also inform us about the cultures that created them. If you are interested in stories for stories' sake, you are on the same wavelength as us.

Free Stories and Subscription

We've decided to have a premium business model right from the start. We've given enough free stories to the world via Storynory!

But there will always be something fresh and free to enjoy.

Our latest 12 stories will be available free, both here and through our public podcast. From time to time, we'll also open up a few favourites from our archive.

We're exploring subscriptions and individual audiobook purchases.

Our plan is that subscribers will have access to our growing collection of stories, both through the Relaxivity web app and via a private feed for their favourite podcast player

Where's the app?

This is the app.

We're building Relaxivity as a modern web app. That means you can enjoy many of the conveniences of a phone app without having to download anything from an app store.

You can:

• Keep listening while browsing. Our audio player continues playing as you move around the site.
• Create your own playlists. Save your favourite stories, arrange them in any order, and let the next story play automatically.
• Listen with your screen locked. Control playback from your phone or tablet's lock screen.
• Add Relaxivity to your Home Screen. Launch it with a tap, just like a regular app. If you choose the option in your browser to "install", our app will open with a splash screen when you tap the icon.
• Listen in your favourite podcast app. Our free podcast is another way to enjoy the latest stories.

We're also working towards subscriber accounts that will unlock our full archive and more features.

What Does Relaxivity Actually Mean?

Relaxivity is a measurement of how quickly atomic nuclei settle back after being disturbed by a magnetic pulse.

So now you know.

For us, he word suggests two opposites - Relaxation and Activity. You can relax to our audio while letting your imagination do a little work-out as it takes you to far-away places.