Frequently Asked Questions

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Imagine you're going to a huge slumber party, and your comfort is paramount! 

Bring a yoga mat and a blanket. Additionally for your comfort, you can bring a small pillow, eye mask, a bolster and a water bottle. You may even like to bring a journal for new creative insights and new awarenesses received during the sound journey. 

Wear loose fitting, comfortable and warm clothing.

A sound journey typically lasts 75-90 minutes, or longer depending on the event.

There are moments of silence before, during and after the sound journey. It is in this spaciousness of silence, in between the sound, where one can experience an expansion.

I will let you know when the sound journey is over so there is no guesswork and you can just ride along.

Feel free to quietly shift from side to side, or even lie on your stomach. Many regular sound receivers enjoying receiving sound vibration through their backside, closer to where our energy centers (chakras) are located.

The sounds and tones are omni directional; traveling through space and our body. Often the sounds are louder further away.

In a state of relaxation, the sound waves of the instruments penetrate the physical body and change the vibration of every cell in the body. This is what is known as sympathetic resonance. The sound vibration entrains the brain waves and energy systems of the body--bringing harmony where there was disharmony. Deeper states of meditation can be reached with the aid and focused attention of sacred sound.

During the sound journey you may see colors, receive insights, inspiration and new awarenesses, and/or deeply restorative rest. I encourage you to write anything down! It has been my experience that when you receive inspiration or an insight during a sound journey--follow through! It's always 100% right for you!

Sound waves simply move the energy around, harmonizing through entrainment of the sound vibration. Crystal singing bowls and gongs are particularly effective sound vibration instruments, resonating and harmonizing at higher vibrational frequencies at low volume and tone.

After a sound journey, there is a heightened sensitivity to sound and light which can last for a few hours, and sometimes a couple of days.

Ideally you want to remain alert and awake. Similar to meditation.

Receiving sacred sound is deeply restorative and relaxing. You will begin to drift into the place between being awake and drifting toward sleep.

Part of my work is to facilitate brain wave change. When you arrive, you are in an alert, active state. This is correlated with Beta brain waves.

The goal is to bring the brain waves into Alpha and Theta brain waves where deep relaxation and restoration can take place. Check out the cool graphic below if you like pictures!

I encourage you to stay awake if you can. You will still receive all of the same benefits if you fall asleep. I once experienced physical healing in a gong-puja (a 9-hour gong bath) while I was asleep.

If you have a tendency to snore, please consider laying on your side.

You may experience subtle discomfort, feelings and/or thoughts during a sound journey.

Don't worry if the sound journey brings forth some unexpected emotions. That just means it's working for you in a deep way.

We now understand that memory and trauma is stored in our cells. When we are immersed in a sound bath, what is stored in our cells can begin to release through organized entrainment. 

To heal, we often must re-visit old wounds and view them in a new accepting, loving, compassionate and forgiving perspective. I like to say, "What's coming, is going." If something uncomfortable arises, simply observe it and then let it go. It's that simple.

Similarly, as the sound vibration travels through your whole body. The waves are literally moving energy around, harmonizing where energy is blocked, and engaging the body's natural intelligence and healing capabilities.

My work is to intuitively create and hold a sacred sound space for your body's natural, innate intelligence to arise and for self-healing to begin.

Crystal Singing Bowls

I work exclusively with Crystal Tones® Alchemy Singing Bowls®. Our entire human body is crystalline in structure, down to our very DNA, and responds and resonates with the extraordinary frequencies associated with quartz crystal. Combining pure quartz with other elements including precious gems and minerals results in exquisite crystal singing bowls. Not only are they beautiful to look at, but they produce beautiful, rich tones.

Gongs

I work primarily with planetary gongs. Planetary gongs are tuned to the orbits of the celestial bodies in our solar system. These frequencies are made audible thanks to the groundbreaking work of Hans Cousto, author of The Cosmic Octave.

I offer Mars, Mercury, Aquarius and the Platonic Year* gong.

*The Platonic Year is the time it takes the Earth's axis - that is the imagined line that goes from North Pole to South Pole in the center of our planet - to go through one whole precession, or otherwise known as precession of the Equinoxes. It takes the Earth about 25800 to 26000 years to go through one Platonic Year. It is a big deep cycle.

Additional sacred instruments

I also offer the following instruments in my sound journeys: Chakra Sonic Energy Singing Bowls, various hand gongs, chimes, bells, Quartzophone®, Quatzophone Duo®, drums, tuning forks, and more.

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