Throughout my healing journey, I've explored many paths, collecting useful tools along the way, and the most recent one has led me to the realm of sound healing. My relationship with sound healing began when a dear friend invited me to join her in a candlelight sound bath at Shuniya Yoga Collective in Austin, TX. As I stepped into a softly lit cozy space, I quietly placed my yoga mat down on the warm wooden floor, unsure of what awaited me. At the front of the room was a woman dressed in white, bathed in soft candlelight, seated in the shadow of a gong, behind several crystal bowls.

She introduced herself as Amber, from the Ole Sante healing practice, and she announced that as a licensed Reiki practitioner, she would be incorporating Reiki into the sound bath that evening. After getting consent from those who were interested in receiving Reiki, we began with breath…just breath. She then guided us through a series of Kundalini movements and breath work, aimed at stirring up and releasing any stagnant energy stuck in the body. As I deepened my breath and moved my body, I felt warm and slightly energized until I found the still point again, returned to my effortless breath, and laid down, ready to receive.

Once settled beneath the weight of a warm blanket, I closed my eyes and allowed my body to melt into the floor, fully supported by the Earth. She filled the room with resonance. A skilled orchestration of sound waves floated through the air. The enchanting tones of singing bowls, followed by the profound richness of the gong reverberating throughout my body, punctuated with the delicate harmonics of koshi chimes. I was transported to a celestial realm that seemed to transcend the boundaries of space, time, and physical form. The walls between the inner and outer world gently blurred, and I began to feel as though I was floating, hovering just above my body. I felt warm and cocooned by the air around me. She approached my floating body, placed her hand on my heart, and a vibrating sensation ran through me, starting at my heart and reverberating outward, like a wave rippling through my body and pouring out of my fingertips and toes. Tears formed in the corner of my eyes and a gentle smile crept across my face, as the vibrating sensation morphed into an intense rush of tickling goosebumps. I laid there in complete bliss until the sound bath was over. I don’t know how long it lasted, but I could’ve stayed there forever. When it was over, I pulled myself back together, and drew a card from an oracle deck to seal the experience. I pulled the “sound” card.

From that moment onward, my embodiment practice was never the same. That night I had tapped into something visceral and it shifted my healing forever. Since then I have attended countless sound baths and have incorporated sound healing into my regular practice both at home and with others. My relationship with sound has deepened to a new level, and now I am on my own path as a sound healer. For me, sound is medicine in the form of vibration. As a sound healing practitioner, I believe that, because we are made of vibrating particles, we have the power to interact with sound waves on a metaphysical level. It is this interaction that allows us to break down the walls of our existence, transcend beyond our physical form, and connect to the root of our souls.