Ayurveda Tips and Reminders- “Sounds” good.
Dear friends,
What distinguishes Ayurveda’s approach to health in comparison to other holistic models is the use of the five senses for healing- seeing, touching, tasting, hearing, and smell. A person visiting an Ayurvedic practitioner will leave with recommendations such as essential oils, a healing mantra, tastes that balance or create an imbalance ( sweet, sour, bitter, pungent and astringent), yoga poses, self-massage ( abhyanga), or sounds to open the chakras.
In my upcoming book, I devote an entire chapter to “Vibrational Healing” including sound and gemstones as healing modalities. I provide many aspects of vibrational healing for you to try and experiment with so that you can reap the health benefits of these “frequency” gems.
I’d like to share an excerpt from my upcoming book entitled “Enough! I am a woman and can heal naturally. A practical and useful guide to feeling your best.”
Sound
“The pitter-patter of falling rain. The sound of a babbling brook. The crackling of burning logs. Why is it certain sounds soothe us and help us relax or fall asleep?
Of course, the opposite is also true. Nails on a blackboard. A crying baby. A high-pitched shriek. For most of us, such sounds are grating and irritating.
From firsthand experience, we grasp the power of sound to affect us. Each of us is sensitive to a person’s tone of voice and hear and feel the difference between someone barking, “Come here!” versus a hushed, sweet invitation to “Come here.”
While we experience sounds as pleasant or unpleasant, we may fail to recognize the power of sound to heal. Specific sounds, be it a gong, singing bowl, mantras, chants or music all share a vibratory quality or frequency that can heal and soothe the body and mind.”
The entire chapter offers easy and applicable information that can allow you to transform through sound and other vibrational modalities including gemstones, essential oils and color- energy “Is” the medicine. The book/guide is intended to be available before the holidays.
This past weekend our oldest son Zack visited from Baltimore. We spent our time one afternoon at the Chattahoochee Coffee Company on the Chat river in Marietta. We each rocked on an Adirondack chair overlooking the river, listening to the water rolling over the rocks, the birds singing in the background and the wind blowing the leaves on the trees. We engaged in great conversation surrounded by a picturesque atmosphere. As we walked back to the car we both noticed a quiet calm had come over us, a soothing bath for the mind and spirit. We drove home peacefully… amidst the traffic.
These are three ways you could apply sound into your day:
1. Consciously listen to music- flute, ocean waves, waterfall, dolphin sounds. It goes without saying, soothing sounds are best when not driving. On the contrary, you might listen to music to energize. In that case, dance, hip-hop, disco, salsa can get your energy moving and make the start of the day a happy one. Or if you have kids, just turning up the music after dinner can be a fun break before homework. A hip-hop, jazz class, or salsa class can transform a mundane day into an exciting one.
2. You might want to place a fountain in your home or office and consciously make time to sit and listen to the water sound over a cup of hot tea. It’s amazing how restorative just a few minutes can be especially with the busyness of the holidays coming up.
3.Join me for an upcoming sound event from the Institute of Cymatic Therapy here in Atlanta on Saturday, Nov 11th 7pm. This is what the invite says,