In some traditions, medicine people heal wounds through chanting and seek power songs to protect and empower themselves and others and in some cultures use a keening or wailing to release sorrow and heal the grief after a person dies. It’s indeed very sad that over the years, we have lost or hidden those abilities of healing and letting go. We are a society that fears what they do not understand and yet.. feel the call of returning to a place of the breath.
As we deepen our breath, we increase the life force within us. Our auditory system and internal awareness process become more sensitive.
Remember hearing people talking about connecting with the child within us..?? remember when you got a boo boo… you cried with giving no thought to it.. or when you were hungry, tired or upset? As adults we have set a patter into place to just suppress it. After all, we Are adults, right? Sad but true, we feel we have to hold everything inside.. even our anger. I am not saying that every time someone makes you mad to scream out at them.. but you must vocalize it to not own it… experience it and let it go. You can either talk about it with the person that upset you… or you can give in private one loud… Aheeeeee!!! And let it go… release it.
Unlike seeing something where the brain processes it first. Sound enters our physical body directly before being processed unlike vision. This is the reason it can be such powerful and therapeutic. Sound can give us immediate access to our emotions and a deep body knowing, bypassing the mind. We are made up of predominantly water and bones and by using sounds/voice.. it is picked and create vibrations felt throughout.
The first step in the toning is to give yourself permission to make sounds and then exploring these sounds freely. Don’t be shy.. some that come out will sound silly and your body will respond with gestures.. you can begin by making familiar sounds to you for example… OM.. Then little by little.. you will begin feeling more comfortable with this. Perhaps, an animal sound.. such as a bear, tiger.. or perhaps a bird. Moving about exhibiting the actions of the animal will also heightened the experience. It is important to get in touch with what tensions, negative thoughts and feelings we may be holding and begin to consciously let them go, allowing natural body sounds to emerge. We can learn a lot from listening to children at play. They are natural toners. As we feel safe, we can create our own childlike sounds, perhaps remembering earlier times in our childhood and releasing different feelings.
It is through trusting ourselves and opening to our impulses that our experience deepens. As we tone, we learn to be fully in the present moment, fully with what we are experiencing, without judgment, becoming more fully alive and expressive. Our throats are the bridge between our mind and body. By opening our throats and voices, we can integrate all levels of our being. The power of the voice does not actually begin in the throat, but rather in the pelvic basin and belly, the center of our creative energy and body wisdom. We can feel the sounds rising up in us from deep in the earth, bursting upward through the pelvis and belly, releasing out the top of our heads. We can imagine preparing to throw a ball high in the sky and then letting go --- the feeling of release........letting the voice express this release ......
There are many ways of using sound vibrations including drums,crystal bowls, music, musical instruments, tuning forks to name just some but also another wonderful way to experience a letting go or healing by sound/vibrations is to learn to feel the vibrations of the earth, stones, plants, trees… nature itself.
We have just scratch the surface of this form of healing, there is a lot of information available . On this life walk, we must be open to all that Spirit would have to bring us to a place of memory… its there deep within your DNA.. just waiting, as a mother listens for the cries of her children, so does the Sacred Mother await the return of her children’s memories.
Blessings
Joyce Chandler
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