Hawaiian fern unfolding
Last summer, I took a ten-day sound Healing Intensive with Jonathan Goldman. One of his central equations is sound + intention = healing. Every time I teach a Vibrant Voice workshop, I am reminded of that simple truth. What this means is when we combine our conscious intention with our chanted sound, the body energetically returns to alignment with itself in what feels like healing.
For example, in last month’s workshop in Hawaii, we began by chanting our names with the intention of getting centered in our bodies and grounded in the space. Our names have an energetic charge unique to each of us. Chanting our name immediately realigns our energy with our core identity. Within a couple of minutes, I could feel the shift in the room. People had come in to the workshop from their busy morning with their personal concerns and were now a circle of women resonating together, present, shed of the distractions of the day. It works like magic every time.
TRY THIS: Close your eyes and begin sounding your name silently to yourself. Listen to the sounds of your name. Then speak, chant or sing your name aloud. Feel the consonants and vowels. The emotional connection is carried in the vowels. Explore and play with the sounds of your name. Let the vibrations ripple throughout your body. Follow your name until it spirals its way into a hum. Hum. Vibrate. Breathe. Give thanks for you!
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