1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Awaken Together podcast. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,000 I'm Kat. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,000 I'm Jen. 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,920 And in today's episode, we're talking all things sound healing. 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,960 How utilizing the sense of sound can clear energetic blockages, connect you with your 6 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:24,200 inner voice, and help heal the collective at large. 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:25,200 Sounds great. 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:26,200 Yes. 9 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,200 Oh, you're so, you're so cute. 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:36,800 So to give you a little description if sound healing is new to you, sound healing is also 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:42,720 known as sonotherapy and it allows the body and mind to regain their full vitality by 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,640 restoring their natural frequencies. 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:50,560 And this involves applying different frequencies and therapeutic sounds around the body by 14 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:57,640 singing or using tools like tuning forks, crystal bowls, drums, flutes, bells, gongs, 15 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,240 and rattles. 16 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:00,240 Yes. 17 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:06,360 And so if you have never had like a spiritual experience, I really think sounds a really 18 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,240 cool avenue to explore. 19 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,680 It was where I definitely had some of my first moments where I was like, I think this existence 20 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,560 might be more than what I perceive. 21 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:23,160 I recently watched a documentary called The Sound of Creation that was on Gaia and they 22 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,240 mentioned a couple of fun facts that like really stuck with me. 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:32,000 One of them being that the ear to brain connection is actually three times more than the connection 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,040 of the eyes to the brain. 25 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,920 So that was one of them. 26 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,720 The other one is that sound is the very first sense that the fetus creates. 27 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:46,840 And then from that sense of sound and that perceptiveness to vibration, the whole fetus 28 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,660 continues to grow and develop. 29 00:01:48,660 --> 00:01:54,920 So clearly there is a higher link to sound and its benefit for our physical bodies. 30 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,800 Absolutely, and we're going to get a little nerdy with you to start. 31 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,320 So my science people, I hope you'll be happy for this. 32 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:07,880 We're going to talk about brain waves for a moment to really help like hammer this in. 33 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,640 So there are four types of brain wave patterns that we experience on a daily basis. 34 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:16,280 There are beta, alpha, theta, and delta. 35 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:21,360 Betas are usual waking state of alertness and beta waves, the brain is in concentration 36 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:26,600 in activity mode and it runs in a low level of stress, like a healthy level. 37 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:32,680 And then alpha waves occur when the brain is running at a slightly lower activity level. 38 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,360 The brain's in a meditative pre-sleep trance like state of consciousness. 39 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:42,260 Third, theta waves, they occur when we're in deep REM sleep. 40 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:47,100 This is when your brain processes and basically decides what to remember or store in your 41 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:49,040 greater knowledge bank. 42 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,800 Theta waves are the lowest level of brain activity, which occur when the brain powers 43 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,680 down allowing physical healing and growth to take place. 44 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:02,220 And for example, during a yoga practice, we want the brain to be balanced somewhere in 45 00:03:02,220 --> 00:03:08,280 between beta and alpha, ending in a really blissful alpha state during Shavasana. 46 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:13,040 Because it's here that the brain increases its production of dopamine, which is the feel 47 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,360 good happiness hormone. 48 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,920 And sound healing really helps regulate the brain waves to encourage an alpha state wave 49 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:22,760 pattern so that we can relax more fully. 50 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,240 Love it. 51 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,520 And yeah, I think there's been able to be a lot more profound study on sound in general 52 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:33,680 because now we can see like how it affects the brain and body like so much more. 53 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:40,040 So I think that you're starting to see a lot more accessibility to different sound methods. 54 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,760 I explore YouTube all the time for this stuff. 55 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,760 I've been falling asleep with Delta waves and finding that I like sleep so much better 56 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,480 when I have that just on in the background. 57 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,960 And it's really wild that our brain responds to the frequency so different and what that 58 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,640 looks like and how our whole body is functioning and running. 59 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:02,320 The first thing we want to delve into is going to be sound baths. 60 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:08,040 So this is something that if you Google in your area, you might be able to find some 61 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,200 people that that host sound bath meditations. 62 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:17,160 The very first one I ever went to would have been when I was still living in Florida early 63 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,160 on in my spiritual journey. 64 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,640 And I just remember this teacher having about five crystal bowls and she started chiming 65 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,120 them at the end of a yoga class. 66 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:33,280 And I was blown away because there was so much physical sensation in my body from the 67 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:41,320 vibration of sound that I had no problem meditating, which was just an epiphany for me because 68 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,320 I had never experienced that sort of calm. 69 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:48,580 And having those sound bowls, a lot of times you'll feel them like bounce in between your, 70 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:51,480 it feels as though they're bouncing between your ears. 71 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:57,920 It's like it clears out all of my excessive thoughts and that sensory input for me, especially 72 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:04,560 probably with my fact I'm neurodivergent and have like the ADHD diagnosis, that extra sensory 73 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:10,160 input was life changing and definitely helped me meditate deeper than I had before. 74 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:16,200 Yeah, I've had a really profound experience at a gong bath myself. 75 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:21,680 And the only real difference between a gong bath and a sound bath is that a gong bath has 76 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,560 a gong and it usually has some other tools as well. 77 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:33,840 This one had all the tools I referenced before rattles, gong, crystal bowl, tuning forks, 78 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:34,840 like you name it. 79 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:35,840 It was there. 80 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:41,720 It was, if you're in Denver, it was at this studio called Samadhi, which is one of the 81 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:46,320 like staple studios that's been in Denver for a really long time here. 82 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,920 And it was with this teacher who is very experienced. 83 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:50,920 His name is Gary. 84 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,400 I'm going to blank on his last name. 85 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:57,880 I think it's Apparel or Apparel or something like that, but he's absolutely wonderful and 86 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,920 really a magician when it comes to sound. 87 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:05,940 And so at the beginning of class, we got to come and pick some crystals that we could 88 00:06:05,940 --> 00:06:10,000 lay on our chakras for the meditation. 89 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,080 And I remember I chose one and I put it on my third eye center and then laid down, got 90 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:22,080 really comfy on my mat with bolsters and blankets and blocks and just kind of settled in for 91 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,080 the experience. 92 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:29,140 This is my first official sound bath experience, so I didn't really know what to expect. 93 00:06:29,140 --> 00:06:33,080 And he started and time just flew by. 94 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,680 I started seeing visuals. 95 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,560 Like first it started out really subtly with some ripples. 96 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:43,000 Like if you throw a pebble into a pond and you see that like ripple out, I was seeing 97 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,400 that with my eyes closed. 98 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,660 And I've shared here on the podcast before that I'm very clairvoyant. 99 00:06:47,660 --> 00:06:51,480 So that's the sense that comes through for me energetically the most. 100 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,640 I see things with my eyes closed. 101 00:06:53,640 --> 00:07:00,160 And there was another point where the frequency picked up and I was flying, zooming in between 102 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,160 tunnels and around these tubes. 103 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,580 And there was another point where everything just stopped and I saw this little girl's 104 00:07:06,580 --> 00:07:11,080 face and I'm like, what is happening? 105 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:16,320 Once it was, once it ended, I couldn't wait to talk about the experience with my friends 106 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,440 and my partner who had come with me. 107 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:24,180 And the first thing I asked was, what did everyone see just wanting to nerd out and 108 00:07:24,180 --> 00:07:25,180 connect on that? 109 00:07:25,180 --> 00:07:26,560 And they were like, oh, I saw some ripples. 110 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,200 I was like, yeah, me too. 111 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,120 But like what else? 112 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,320 And that was really it. 113 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:36,520 And I swear to God, I had a psychedelic experience completely sober. 114 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,040 And that's the power that sound has. 115 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,040 Absolutely. 116 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:46,960 And so I also had a very similar like, whoa moment, like beyond just the physical senses. 117 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:52,360 I in teacher training, we learned about all the different chakra points and we learned 118 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:59,240 that there is a root sound that can vibrate for each of the main energy centers. 119 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:05,840 And so we were doing this group chanting of Lam, Ram, just like working our way up. 120 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:11,160 And we probably did it for like 30 minutes and I had a full out of body experience. 121 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:17,440 I remember, I remember opening my eyes and I was just in this purple space and it didn't 122 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:18,720 matter if my eyes were open. 123 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,040 My eyes were closed. 124 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,160 I was just in this. 125 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,000 I could barely feel my body. 126 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,740 I felt it was a beautiful feeling. 127 00:08:25,740 --> 00:08:29,120 This purple was so vivid and so beautiful. 128 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:36,240 And when we got called out of that meditation, I was like, okay, like that was a real game 129 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:37,240 changer. 130 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,240 Like what is this existence? 131 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,080 That was my takeaway. 132 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:43,700 So yeah. 133 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:44,700 So cool. 134 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:45,700 So cool. 135 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:50,760 And yeah, it has been proven that the different chakras are linked with different frequencies. 136 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,280 This is something that you can look up. 137 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:57,920 They have lots of charts if you literally Google chakras and their frequencies and it 138 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,440 will tell you the different notes associated with each one of them and then the different 139 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,680 frequencies in numeric form. 140 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:04,680 Yeah. 141 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:08,400 And they have sound bowls that actually will stay in tune to those frequencies. 142 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:14,400 So if you know you have a chakra that is especially troublesome for you, you can take like they 143 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,960 have quizzes online where you can look at that, or maybe you get that kind of input 144 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,440 from going to an energy practitioner. 145 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:25,100 But yeah, if you focus on that frequency, you can often get that energy wheel working 146 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:27,080 a little bit stronger. 147 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,200 Absolutely. 148 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:36,860 And another big place that you can experience sound healing is music shows, festivals, experiencing 149 00:09:36,860 --> 00:09:38,560 music live. 150 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:42,760 There's something really special that happens when you can even just close your eyes or 151 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,840 even close your ears and just feel the sound waves vibrating around you. 152 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:54,680 It's a full body experience and there's something really, really special that happens. 153 00:09:54,680 --> 00:10:00,720 For me, I get the thought of when the bass drops and everyone's charging up for the moment, 154 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,400 start hopping around and going crazy and just thinking about tea kettle and releasing all 155 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:10,120 of its steam, it's just that moment of celebration and ecstasy and joy. 156 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:16,360 And everyone's cheering at the top of their lungs and it just feels like a sea of unity, 157 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:24,080 having this communal experience of celebrating sound and life, making your own sound, celebrating 158 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:28,800 in the sounds that you're all hearing and just feeling like a hug of the energy waves 159 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:29,800 around you. 160 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:30,800 Yeah. 161 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:35,720 I have not yet had the chance to go to a full blown music festival. 162 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,840 I know Kat will drag me one of these days. 163 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:38,840 We're changing that soon. 164 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:39,840 Very soon. 165 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:44,320 But it's funny, I reflect back. 166 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:45,960 I grew up in the Christian church. 167 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,360 That was my upbringing. 168 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,080 I was in church three to four days a week. 169 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:55,720 I even dated two musicians from the church at different points. 170 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,680 And it's just funny because I think really my link to church for so long and one of the 171 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:06,680 reasons that it just felt like such a special space for me, even amidst a lot of the things 172 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:10,220 that I've had to definitely unlearn and heal from. 173 00:11:10,220 --> 00:11:15,600 But the music at church and singing with an entire group, I remember I used to get goosebumps 174 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:16,600 all the time. 175 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:22,260 I would feel really deeply connected, almost like I could draw a line to all of the people 176 00:11:22,260 --> 00:11:23,260 in the space. 177 00:11:23,260 --> 00:11:26,440 I remember that so vividly. 178 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:31,520 So there was definitely an element where the music and coming together really mattered 179 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:37,520 and really felt like it was coming from a higher source or just a higher sense of connection. 180 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,440 I think that's what kept me in that space for so long without really doing a lot of 181 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,160 reflection on some of the other components, to be honest. 182 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:46,160 Yeah. 183 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,160 Yeah. 184 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:52,040 Chanting is a really, really powerful way to connect with yourself, with God, goddess, 185 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,360 universe, whatever you'd like to call it, and each other. 186 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:03,080 So we see that in the ways that we shared, but we also see it in studies that have been 187 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,080 done. 188 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:05,080 Yeah. 189 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,200 So a few things to go into. 190 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:13,080 I think that there, I learned a lot of these in teacher training, but the science is definitely 191 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,680 there and there's a lot of different ways you can look into this, but they have really 192 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:24,800 been able to study the significance of our voice and how the words that we say and speak 193 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:30,360 actually can make a really profound difference on how things form. 194 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:35,560 So one of the biggest studies that we talked about in yoga teacher training was the study 195 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:42,240 of water, where they would speak to water in this beautiful way or even sing to it as 196 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:49,440 it was freezing and it would form these very beautiful symmetrical patterns that had all 197 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:55,040 this complexity to it versus when they yelled at the water as it was freezing, it would 198 00:12:55,040 --> 00:13:00,800 create these really rough patterns and just no symmetry to it. 199 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:08,220 They've also been able to replicate that study with rice, where they took a jar of rice that, 200 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:13,440 they took three jars of rice, one that was left alone, one that was spoken to positively 201 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,680 and one that was spoken to negatively, the one that was isolated and the one that was 202 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:23,000 spoke to negatively molded, didn't have any growth versus you saw this beautiful fermenting 203 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,960 in life being established by the one that was spoke to positively and they've been able 204 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,560 to replicate that study over and over again. 205 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:37,880 I think as an energy healer and someone that's worked with many people and their energy bodies, 206 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:43,980 I think one of the biggest things I feel most consistently is people's throat space being 207 00:13:43,980 --> 00:13:47,520 smaller than some of the other energy centers in their body. 208 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:48,520 That's me. 209 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:56,640 Because it's like so, our culture, it's tricky to use your voice because there can be a lot 210 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:01,160 of ramifications from speaking certain things. 211 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:02,160 Shame. 212 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,160 Yeah. 213 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,560 I think there's a lot of shame behind, yeah, you probably have a story where your voice 214 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:11,400 at one point ended up not being heard or being taken the wrong way. 215 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:17,360 We can get a lot of pushback on wanting to actually say what we're meaning, what we're 216 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:22,720 thinking, but our throat and our words, they create a vibration for our body and especially 217 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:29,400 when we get used to using our voice with intention and making sure that what we're speaking is 218 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:36,920 actually adding to someone's experience, not taking away and we use our words for good, 219 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,840 not for bad. 220 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:44,680 I think there is definitely a way to state something that's hard without having to do 221 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:49,000 it in such a harsh way because I do think the words that we speak matter because our 222 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:55,240 body listens to that, not just in the tightening that comes with saying something difficult, 223 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,960 but also there's a vibration component when we're speaking our truth as well. 224 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:00,960 Absolutely. 225 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:07,000 When you think about it, the voice is the vehicle in which your inner world becomes 226 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:13,000 external, in which you're able to bring your magic from inside, all of the thoughts and 227 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:20,200 feelings and emotions and energy really from yourself and you're able to share that. 228 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:25,800 It's a really incredible and beautiful tool that I don't think we necessarily think of 229 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,760 it that way a lot of the time. 230 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:34,960 Then the other study that I thought was so cool that if you have not ever watched this, 231 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:41,480 I highly recommend going on a deep dive, but they've been able to play with these plates 232 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,880 that they can vibrate at different frequencies and they've been able to put sand on those 233 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:51,480 plates and practice the patterns that develop at different frequencies within those little 234 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,200 sand particles. 235 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:59,440 What they have determined is the higher frequency that they shake the plate, the more evolved 236 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,280 these shapes and patterns come out. 237 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,720 If you see them, it is these beautiful shapes. 238 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,280 They're not just a little fun arrangement. 239 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:14,400 There is something really, really profound there that I think you can tap into in a lot 240 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:21,920 of ways and as you meditate more and you see these patterns and shapes evolve, even looking 241 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:30,040 at mandalas and just this, the beautiful sacred geometry, I think we can see that there's 242 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:34,520 these beautiful shapes within nature that consistently pop up. 243 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,420 I think those shapes, when you look at some of the patterns that are created by different 244 00:16:38,420 --> 00:16:43,440 sound and vibration, it looks similar to some of the patterns we see in nature. 245 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:49,320 I think sound in itself, yeah, higher realm, higher connection, connection to the universe, 246 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,320 definitely worth exploring. 247 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:52,440 Absolutely. 248 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:57,120 And every frequency that is known can be found in nature. 249 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:03,760 And that I think is so special because nature is so wise and so intuitive and all knowing 250 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:09,320 that it just creates naturally all the things that we're able to hear. 251 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:16,320 And one way that I've been taught the sound of the universe is om. 252 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,560 That's what we learn in yoga teacher training. 253 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:24,000 And when we all chant om together, basically without even saying it, we're all connecting 254 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:32,200 to the sound of the universe, which is universal, speaks no language, and it's just a sound 255 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:33,640 that we can all get behind. 256 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:38,040 And that creates a lot of soothing, relaxing sensations. 257 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,000 Yeah. 258 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,920 And thinking about my plants at home, it's something I love to practice. 259 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:50,640 You were just sharing, Jen, about speaking sweet nothings and seeing how they flourish. 260 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,120 And we have 32 plants in our house. 261 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:58,160 I mean, it could be a full-time job just speaking sweetly to all of that. 262 00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,960 Someone's got to do it. 263 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:00,960 I'm just kidding. 264 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:06,640 But it is fun to see and to put that extra level of care and love into living things. 265 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:07,640 Yep, absolutely. 266 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:13,640 And yeah, when we were doing our cacao ceremony at the retreat, I was speaking love to the 267 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:14,640 cacao. 268 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,600 I told everyone in the kitchen, while you cook, just our words have such an impact and 269 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:20,880 are a form of sound. 270 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:26,360 I think remembering that will help you bring some intention back into that space. 271 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,000 I wrote the quote from Tesla. 272 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:36,000 If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration. 273 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 I love it. 274 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,000 It's such a good one. 275 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:43,000 And Tesla, wow, I'm impressed. 276 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:50,400 So then kind of on the flip side, we wanted to end with silence because silence, it's 277 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,400 the polarity of sound, right? 278 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,640 It's kind of the inverse, the opposite. 279 00:18:54,640 --> 00:19:02,560 And it's super important to create space for a silent vortex, especially as an integration 280 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,720 space after listening to sound. 281 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:12,040 You might, if you listen to loud music like me, hear a ringing in your ears afterwards, 282 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:16,860 tinnitus, which, you know, that's why it's also important to have the silence to kind 283 00:19:16,860 --> 00:19:20,840 of let that settle down and give your ears a little bit of a break. 284 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:26,720 Dead time allows you as a practitioner to absorb the therapeutic effects of sound. 285 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:31,440 And really, it's just as important as sound itself. 286 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:39,600 Sometimes we play music constantly in order to avoid silence when really silence is such 287 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:45,680 an important portal to really just open up our perspective to what might be lying underneath 288 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,480 the surface that we've been distracting from. 289 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:49,480 Yeah. 290 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,520 And if silence is difficult for you, I definitely have had a journey with that. 291 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:59,240 I think that was the top thing I avoided and had to work on and develop in my practice. 292 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:04,680 Yeah, playing around with ways to get out energy first, or yeah, even working through 293 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:09,160 a sound bath and then ending in silence, doing some kind of added sensory input or a way 294 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,720 to get rid of excess energy will allow you to sit in that silence better. 295 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:18,680 So don't think that you're abnormal for not being able to just sit and drop into silence 296 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:19,680 right away. 297 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,560 Like using some of these practices to build on each other to lead up to a more silent 298 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:28,800 practice is definitely a good system to play with. 299 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,480 We hope this episode was interesting for you. 300 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:36,900 We'd also love to learn about your relationship with sound and music. 301 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:44,640 You can find us on Instagram at Awaken Together podcast or our Instagram pages, Katarina O'Erikson 302 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,680 and Sons Full Wellness. 303 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:53,600 And just like we did last season, we are going to be hosting an end of season two event for 304 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:54,600 you. 305 00:20:54,600 --> 00:21:00,680 The last episode of the season is going to be next Friday and then on Sunday the 19th, 306 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:06,360 we are going to be offering a summer solstice event free to all of our listeners. 307 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:11,840 To sign up for that, go to SonsFullWellness.com and look under the events. 308 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:16,080 It's a free sign up, but just so you receive the Zoom link to enter, we're going to be 309 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,080 doing some yoga. 310 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:21,280 We're going to be guiding you through intention settings for the summer. 311 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:26,080 And then we're also going to leave open space to discuss anything you want to bring up for 312 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,700 season two. 313 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:33,480 This is also where you can chime in and give suggestions for what you want out of season 314 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:34,480 three. 315 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,320 Once again, thank you guys for all your support. 316 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,200 Yes, and we hope to see you there. 317 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:41,680 We will see you next time. 318 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:42,680 Bye. 319 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:51,680 Bye.