Meditation is an age old human concept. It is truly an ancient and well-worn practice, bringing people across cultures, across nations, across the world, and across human history, into rich and vibrant states of wellness and awakening, with the potential to deeply explore their own nature, and their connection to the greater cosmos.
When we meditate, we rest, attend, awaken, realize, and cultivate those coherent states within us.
Moden science and ancient lineages both show meditation brings heightened states of clarity, well being, and fulfillment to us, with extraordinary potential for self healing, insight, and much, much more.
Conscientious use of sound, even the most simple sounds, support the meditative process in dynamic, yet very simple ways.
The power of sound, combined with focused intention and attention, actuates and elevates our meditative practice.
For instance, where before, it may have been difficult to pay attention to the breath, now with sound, it is easier. The auditory nerves, for instance, bring our brain into a more clear, coherent focused state, with simple, clear, coherent sounds, such as the simple ringing of a bell, a crystal or Himalayan bowl, a set of tuning forks, or the soft rhythm of a drum.
Where before, we were distracted by thought, sound opens us to the present moment so we may attend more directly to our mindset, our heart and feelings, life situations, and beneficial insight through heightened states of clear and cohesive awareness.
Sound is a gateway to and amplifier of those states of awareness. In that quality of awareness, we may realize such rich insights, we may have epiphany, inspiration, or revelation; we may find it easier to see clearly through life situations, to make better choices in times ahead. As we align with those more heightened, clear states, it becomes easier to let go of what holds us back, or binds us, emotionally, mentally, and so forth; we can work with the power of sound, to resolve those issues, and to move energy and emotion more fluidly and conscientiously. In these rich states of awareness, we can awaken our inherent goodness, and wisdom, which arises of its own nature when we rest in this stillness; it helps us discern, to know, and directly see from a more open, spacious, clear view. In that awareness we may come to know peace, joy, love, and equanimity more readily, and clearly discern right action, in any life situation.
As a practitioner, we can use this simple power of sound to help with our clients, or groups, such as in a sound bath or meditative practice.
We can keep it very simple, and trust in the power of simple sound. Its resonance can carry us, awaken, enliven us, by its own action; but, coupled with simple mindful practices of inner awareness, it will carry us even deeper.
With the right tools, we can very simply produce harmonic tones or a simple rhythm, and let that beautiful sound support our focus on that coherence. A simple drum rhythm outside, can literally bring us to a state in which we feel a vital part of, and harmony with the Earth around us. We 'hear' her subtle breath, as we quieten, listen, and feel, guiding the rhythm of the drum in relation to what we sense and feel in this beautiful environ around us.
You can learn such fundamental principles and practice of sound healing, and much, much more with our online Certificate of Training program, Foundations of Sound Healing™.
This program, led by our teachers Zacciah Blackburn and Dorothy Stone, covers not only the core principles of sound and healing, but carries us much further into understanding and utilizing those principles in our lives and practice, whether you want to use sound for your own wellness and growth, help others therapeutically, or integrate sound into your existing practice.
And, it is the gateway to an even more cohesive ongoing mentoring program that will be outlined in coming months! You can watch for it here.
Zacciah & Dorothy have, collectively, over 85 years of experience in the arts of sacred sound and holistic healing. They bring this experience forward, in cohesive and easy to learn lessons, incorporating the vast level of knowledge they carry, as elders in this field. Whether a beginning practitioner, or experienced one wishing to go deeper, you will find rich elegance in these lessons.
This program offering began over 25 years ago, and has taught dozens to hundreds of students, many of whom now have a professional practice in therapeutic/sound healing, or integrate it in their own professional modality, from yoga and reiki to massage, nursing, hospice, psychotherapeutic and medical practitioners.
It is now offered in an Evergreen format, meaning the entire program is available to you at any time, online, and you can take it at your own pace. It includes over 108 lessons, over 50 hours of video and audio lessons, including many experiential sound meditation practices, enriching your understanding and knowing, with this direct experience. This program is meant to empower you with the authenticity of knowing and wellness, to become a sound practitioner, and help others in their own path of knowing and reaching toward their greater potential. It includes membership in our online community, where you can explore, communicate, share, and transform with others through the years as you develop and enhance your practice, and the ability to gain access to our coming "Light Library" with decades of articles, interviews, sound practices and more within its vast collection.
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Experience the power of sound, in all of its authenticity and simplicity, to its deepest ways of knowing.
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