sound healing

Sound Healing

Sound Healing

Sound Healing is a therapeutic practice that has been used for centuries in many indigenous cultures around the world. This ancient practice harnesses the powerful frequencies of sounds to promote healing and balance within the body, mind and spirit.

All living beings have their own unique vibrational frequency. When this frequency is disrupted or out of balance it can result in disharmony on all levels - physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

Sound Healing helps to restore harmony by utilising he powerful frequencies of various instruments including Tibetan singing bowls, tuning forks, gongs and drums. Each instrument produces a unique sound frequency that has a distinct effect on the body and the mind.

Sound healing works by promoting resonance, the process in which two objects with similar vibrational frequencies synchronise with each other. The body will naturally begin to match the frequency of the healing sound, bringing a state of balance and promoting healing.

This process has been shown to reduce stress, alleviate pain, improve sleep, boost immune function, reduce anxiety and enhance overall well being.

Full info on the benefits of different sounds can be found below.

Experience an Immersive Sound Healing session

Have your chakras tuned and balanced with the healing resonance and vibrations of the Tuning Forks. Bathe in a pleather of sounds as they surround you and vibrate throughout your body bringing healing, balance and deep relaxation.

Simply lie down, close your eyes, relax and allow the sounds to gently lull you in their embrace as the blissful vibrations penetrate and heal your body at a cellular level. Wrap yourself in beautiful sound that brings healing, balance and restoration for mind, body and spirit.

Initial Offer – ends 8th February 2025.

Immersive Sound Healing session of 60 minutes (including 10 -15 minutes consultation and aftertime) £40 until 8th February. £45 thereafter.

Immersive Sound Healing session plus Reiki Healing 60 minutes (includes 10 – 15 mins consultation and aftertime). This will be 20 – 25 minutes of Sound healing followed by 20 – 25 minutes of reiki healing. £40 until 8^th February. £45 thereafter.

Immersive Sound Healing session plus Reiki Healing, 90 minutes (including 10 - 15 minutes consultation and aftertime). This will be 45 minutes of Sound healing followed by 30 minutes of Reiki healing. £60 until 8th February. £65 thereafter.

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Group Sacred Sound Immersion Sessions Regularly at Fisherrow Centre, Musselburgh. Full information and booking here

Video below show just one of my instruments in action - the beautiful wind gong

The Benefits of Sound Immersion

Simply bathing in a pleather of sounds that have been used for centuries in ancient cultures is a powerful way to achieve a deep state of relaxation promoting healing on all levels of being.

Studies have shown that a multi-sensory journey with sound can have profound positive effects on our health and wellbeing. With the use of different instruments, each new sound is an invitation to let go and to open yourself new experiences and ways of being. It is in these moments of surrender and openness that deep healing can occur. The interplay of high and low frequencies that this combination of instruments offer, creates a neuro-acoustic experience that is both energising and calming, awakening and grounding. As the various tones and vibrations weave in and out, they guide the brain through a dynamic journey, stimulating different areas and fostering a sense of wholeness and integration. Below are the instruments I use and their benefits.

Tibetan singing bowls:

Promote deep relaxation

Reduce chronic pain

Improve sleep

Reduce anger

Balance blood pressure

Regulate respiratory rate

Reduce anxiety

Lift mood and ease depression

Ease the symptoms of neurological disorders such as Fibromyalgia and Parkinson's Disease

Wind Gong:

Reduce stress

Lowers cortisol levels and activates the parasympathetic nervous system.

Quietens the mind and improves sleep.

Releases tension in the muscles and fascia, potentially alleviating chronic pain.

Promotes emotional healing and balance by enabling deep emotional release and processing. Can enable release of trapped emotions or traumas.

Shamanic Drums:

‘The drum quiets your mind and stirs your untamed soul’ Alison Lowther

Studies have shown that shamanic drumming has been shown to boost the immune system, reduce anxiety and stress and even alleviate chronic pain.

The low frequencies of drums and lower toned bowls can entrain the brain into slower alpha and theta waves, promoting deep relaxation, meditation and even altered states of consciousness.

Ocean Drum, Rain stick, Rattles and chimes:

These additional instruments create a rich multi layered soundscape that engages the brain. The high frequencies of rattles and chimes stimulate the brains gamma waves associated with heightened perception, learning and problem solving.

Weekly Sound Baths

Sacred Sound Immersion Sessions every Thursday evening at Fisherrow centre, Musselburgh. Experience deep relaxation and healing with the beautiful vibrations of sound.

Full information and booking here.

Cacao Communion - Half Day Healing Retreat - heal your heart and feed your soul

Saturday 22nd February 2025 12.45pm - 5.30pm

Join me in the beautiful Willow room overlooking the gardens at Cockenzie house, for a powerful healing experience that will aid to you to release what no longer serves your wellbeing and find your true purpose.

Cacao Communion: You will connect with the sacred Cacao plant to open your heart chakra as Cacao increases the flow of blood to the heart. Mama cacao spiritually connects to mother earth affectionally known as pacha mama and the spirit of the west. This is the spirit of the mother, water, flow, emotion and the divine feminine. Pacha mama and the spirit of water connects to swadhistana (sacral chakra) aiding the release and flow of pent-up emotions. This also aids the flow of creativity and inspiration. This sacred plant medicine is a powerful tool for the clearing away of emotional blockages held in the heart centre.

Ceremonial cacao is a true supernatural food; rich in magnesium, chromium, copper, calcium, manganese, zinc, sulfur, iron, and phosphorous, abundant in antioxidants. It boosts the immune system and lowers cholesterol and blood pressure. It increases blood flow to the brain and encourages the release of endorphins like Dopamine, and two neurotransmitters PEA (phenylethylamine) nicknamed the love molecule and Anandamide, the bliss chemical named after the Sanskrit word Ananda which means bliss and joy. All this leads to euphoria and a deeper spiritual connection. As a result, we feel happier, and our creativity is boosted.

What to expect:

We will combine this sacred heart medicine with journaling and powerful guided meditations designed to heal, hear what is in your heart and find your true path.

Reconnect with your inner child.

Identify what needs to be healed at this time to then begin to heal.

Receive a cord cutting with a guided meditation and Reiki Healing to release negative energetic cords and attachments that are holding you back, freeing you to move forward toward your goals.

Connect with the beat of the Shamanic drum combined with movement to release the stagnant energies from the physical body and get back into flow.

The afternoon will conclude with a one-hour immersion in the sacred healing sounds of the Tibetan singing bowls, Wind Gong, Ocean drum, Shamanic drum, Rain stick, Koshi chimes and tingsha bells. Simply lie down, close your eyes, relax and allow the sounds to gently lull you in their embrace as the blissful vibrations penetrate and heal your body at a cellular level. Wrap yourself in beautiful sound that brings healing, balance and restoration for mind, body and spirit.

Important Cacao contra indications:

You should not consume cacao if you are taking any MAOI based anti-depressants as cacao naturally contains tyramine which is contraindicative.

Cacao is a vasodilator and is therefore not suitable for anyone with a serious heart condition, low blood pressure or if you are taking any medication to thin blood or lower blood pressure.

If any of the above apply to you, you can still participate and consume a rose tea or other alternative instead. Please advise when booking.

It is not advisable to consume a full dose of Cacao if you may be pregnant or if you are breast feeding. You may however have a much smaller dose, so please advise when booking.

Sound Immersion contra indications: You should not participate in sound immersion if you are in the first semester of pregnancy, have a pacemaker or suffer with seizures.

My credentials:

I am a Reiki Master Healer and Teacher and have been in practice for 16 years. I am fully trained and certified to facilitate the preparation and consumption of Cacao, including the required Food Safety certification. I am also trained and certified in Sound Healing, Relaxation Therapy, Psychotherapy, Counselling and Life Coaching. As a Reiki Master I have 15 years’ experience in energetic cord cutting and safe removal of negative energies. I also have over 30 years’ experience in facilitating group work. I am currently studying Shamanism.

This will be a small group. Prior booking is required. Book your place here

Disclaimer.

No service, course, or product offered by River Healer is in any way a substitute or replacement for licensed medical care. In addition, the information and techniques on this site do not constitute medical advice. Holistic Healing may form part of a holistic treatment plan, and is not meant to take the place of standard medical or psychological treatment, but to accompany and work along with it. The information contained on this site, and all of the services, products and courses offered, Reiki or otherwise, are metaphysical in nature and do not claim to cure anything.

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