Timeless Intention
Sound has been utilized in various cultures for thousands of years as a tool for healing. Sound therapy has the intention to move us from a place of imbalance to a place of balance. Sound helps to facilitate shifts in our brainwave state by using entrainment. Entrainment synchronizes our fluctuating brainwaves by providing a stable frequency which the brainwave can attune to. By using rhythm and frequency, we can entrain our brainwaves and it then becomes possible to down-shift our normal beta state (normal waking consciousness) to alpha (relaxed consciousness), and even reach theta (meditative state) and delta (sleep; where internal healing can occur).
A sound journey is both a passive and participatory experience. The passive aspect is that you become more relaxed by laying down and slowing your breath. By doing this, you prepare yourself to become the receiver of sound. It's in this place of stillness that you participate by becoming more open and aware of each sound that comes in. Sound helps create the pathway to this place of stillness the same as a mantra helps you to arrive at the still point of meditation.
Sound created by instruments such as the himalayan singing bowls stimulate all brain regions that are considered the core of emotional processing. The singing bowls are placed on and around your body and played gently to assist your body back to harmony, in a loving and gentle way. This allows the sound vibrations to be transmitted directly to the body's cells, circulatory system, organs and tissues as our bodies are over 65% water which easily resonate with healing sounds. In addition, you can add Holy Fire Reiki and iRest® (Integrative Restoration) meditation to the session.
Two different styles of sound journeys offered
Reiki Infused Group Sound Journey + Meditation
The Reiki Infused Sound Journey +Meditation is 75 minutes immersed in the powerful synergy of Holy Fire® Reiki, sounds from various instruments, along with a guided meditation that flows into a Holy Fire® Reiki Healing Experience. Once you’ve settled in, you’ll be guided along a journey of sound, where healing vibrations and sensations will weave their magic over and through you. This intuitively guided and meditative journey helps clear the energetic and physical body while bringing harmony to the system. Be open to receiving Holy Fire® Reiki and as it washes over you, reacquaint yourself with your true authentic Self from within and explore an intuitive session blending Reiki, sound, spirit and expansion.
Sound Journey +Meditation
Spend a magical time to experience sound mixed with an iRest meditation. This 75 min stress reducing session allows you to pause for self-reflection in a relaxed setting. By the use of sound you can create a level of peace within yourself & renew the body at a cellular level. The aim of the journey is to bring your being to a state of bliss; alleviating tension, anxiety and pain. Allow yourself to be transported with the sacred sounds of the Himalayan singing bowls, frame drum, wind gong, my voice, quartz crystal singing bowls and other stress reducing instruments. This immersive and meditative journey helps clear the energetic and physical body while bringing harmony to the system. iRest® — short for integrative restoration — was created by clinical psychologist Dr. Richard Miller at the request of the Department of Defense to help military members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or who experienced trauma. iRest is designed to reduce stress by promoting deep rest and relaxation, calming the nervous system, leading to less stress and better health.
Upon Arrival Arrival time is 15 minutes before the journey begins so you have plenty of time to set up your sacred space. You’ll make yourself a cozy nest of blankets and pillows for comfort.
What to Bring: An open mind along with plenty of support such as a camping, pilates or yoga mat, a couple of blankets and two pillows (bolsters) and an eye cover. You'll be laying on the floor so the more props, the better! If you’re unable to lay on the floor, a chair can be provided. In addition, a journal to write down your experience afterwards is helpful. After you’re all set up and ready to begin, there’ll be nothing for you to do but to listen to my voice and meld into the experience.
What to expect: During the journey you may experience a number of different sensations, including: visions, emotional shifts, blockages releasing, answered questions, inspiration, a sense of deep connection with intuition, retrieval of memories, physically vibrating/tingling, deep relaxation and healing. You may also experience none of these things and just have the pleasure of lying still for a while being bathed in healing sounds and vibrations!
I love to describe a sound journey as a form of meditation based in science, sprinkled with fairy dust... the best explanation is in the experience.
Group sessions
Looking for a unique way to celebrate a special occasion like a bachelorette, birthday, retirement or girls weekend etc.? Book a sound journey group session. Private group sessions can be curated to meet your groups needs. Let’s chat about it!
Other modalities used during sessions
Tuning Fork Therapy
Tuning fork therapy uses vibrating tuning forks on acupuncture points and over the chakras. It works on the same premise as acupuncture to unblock stuck or stagnant energy to improve energy flow throughout the body. Tuning forks are used to stimulate the relaxation response. The theory is that these sound waves help to normalize imbalances and synchronize the chakra’s frequency back to its natural healthy state of vibrational resonance. This vibroacoustic therapy uses low frequency weighted tuning forks to increase cellular movement and to “retune” the body. Unweighted tuning forks are also used to retune the auric field and energy centers of the body. I love to pair the tuning forks with a Holy Fire® Reiki experience.
Crystal medicine
I use crystals in my private home studio Holy Fire® Reiki sessions. Holding crystals or placing them on your body is thought to promote physical, emotional and spiritual balance. Crystals supposedly do this by positively interacting with your body's energy field. While some crystals are said to alleviate stress, others purportedly improve concentration or creativity. Various crystals are placed on or around you to induce deep relaxation, release stress and pain, and promote energy balance within the physical and subtle bodies. Crystals are placed on sites of pain, on meridians, or on subtle energy vortexes called chakras.
Why would the specific placement of crystals have any effect on the well-being of our bodies?
It is said that there is no such thing as a miracle, just undiscovered laws of physics. Crystals have the ability to hold and emit energy vibrations. When a crystal is put in a watch the battery sends a constant charge through the crystal. The crystal absorbs the charge, and then releases it at such a precise rate it is used to make the watch keep perfect time. Crystals affect our electro-magnetic energy fields or subtle bodies which surround and permeate the physical body. These include the etheric, emotional and mental bodies, which are collectively called the aura.
Crystals absorb, focus, direct and diffuse our energy fields to enable a diseased or out of balance body to find it's natural energetic rhythm once again. The appropriate crystals can be placed on the seven main chakras, which look like different coloured spinning wheels of subtle energy, running up the centre of the torso. These link the subtle energy fields of our aura with our emotions, glands, organs, physical body parts and subtle and physical circulatory flows. This is why wearing certain crystals such as yellow citrine may uplift you, rose quartz may help to ease heartache, and amethyst may calm a busy mind and help you to sleep.
We make use of crystals to initiate a specific effect on the energy balance of chakras, meridians, energy, organs and emotions. Usually crystals with the points facing away from the problem area move the energy away from that area, and crystals placed with the points facing inwards recharge the body with subtle energies.
Color Light / Spectro-Chrome Therapy
I use color light therapy in my private home studio sessions. It is an effective, subtle and gentle therapy done at no extra cost for the client. I was trained at The Naturopathic Institute of Therapies and Education (N.I.T.E.) in Mount Pleasant, MI where they own one of the original Spectra-Chrome Therapy machines created by Dinshah P. Ghadiali. Beaming color light to large areas of the body using a lamp is called tonation. It was first introduced to the public by Dinshah P. Ghadiali in 1920. The book "Let There Be Light" by his son Darius Dinshah shows healing protocols for various physical conditions.