Top Benefits of Meditation with Crystalline Sound - PART 3
“Meditation is the journey from sound to silence,
from movement to stillness,
from a limited identify to unlimited space.”
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I have been playing crystal singing bowls for twenty-five years and I never tire of them. There is always something new to discover in the layers upon layers of illuminating sound. And this I find always to be true … their sounds generously carry me into the silence, no matter where my mind wants to lead. My body ever and always succumbs to the divine harmonics, and like the lapping of ocean waves, I am lulled into stillness and transported effortlessly into infinite space. More times than I can even remember or count, I have literally lost my mind in the bliss of sound, touching places within that offered new ways of being and seeing. Release of old wounds that I had kept carefully guarded over years, perhaps even lifetimes, began to unwind. I discovered rest and renewal inside spiraling depths of comforting silence. I found my voice; my true voice. And so much more.
Keep reading to learn more how meditation with the transcendent sounds of alchemy crystal singing bowls can expand your creative juices and health and healing on multiples levels.
At the end of this blog, I’ll share with you some healing music created with alchemy crystal singing bowls that you can easily incorporate into a daily meditation practice. Lifting your meditation — lifting your life —to new heights could not be easier
benefit #6 - Soothe chronic pain
I cannot begin to tell you how many people, over the last seventeen years, have reached out to me to share about their experience with my music and the resulting release and relief from physical pain. I have heard many stories of people receiving almost instantaneous healings from listening to a song, or sometimes even just an excerpt over the internet (yes, really :-)). Did you know that in ancient times, in many cultures, musicians were considered the healers? It was completely normal and expected that people would be given a musical “prescription” to help address emotional, spiritual, mental and physical pain and distress. While it might not be mainstream in allopathic medicine, the meditative state induced through healing sound has been used for centuries to soothe chronic pain. It’s a mind/body swirl of harmonic grace that can alleviate pain perception, calm the nervous system and offer genuine relief.
Sound helps diminish chronic pain by creating a auditory environment whereby we can entrain to peaceful vibrations that encourage deep relaxation. The parasympathetic nervous system engages, allowing our breathing and heart rate to slow down, our muscles to let go, and busy minds to become quiet and still as brainwaves shift into meditative states. Energy then begins to flow more harmoniously and easily throughout the entire body, helping to reduce inflammation, release stress and decrease the experience of pain.
This is why so many people are now meditating with healing sound.
Click on the link at the end of the blog for beautiful meditative healing music that you can begin using right now.
benefit #7 - UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
When our minds are relaxed and our vibration is high, creativity can bubble up from within us like the gentlest mountain spring. We move beyond the confines of our everyday thinking to touch the spaciousness within wherein all possibilities are alive, waiting to be discovered.
Inspiration thrives in a relaxed state where we can “hear” the guidance of our inner creator and artist. Many artists and creatives have discovered the gift of playing alchemy crystal singing bowls prior to and during the creative process. The sound of the bowls takes us into transcendent states of awareness where we become more receptive to new ideas, solutions to challenges and pathways through stubborn blocks and resistance. Here’s a picture of a stunning mandala created by artist Christine Bannon, while listening to my music.
In my next sound meditation blog, I’ll share with you two last benefits of healing sound with crystal bowls (there are even more, but I’m going to stop here!). We’ll look at how meditating with bowls helps us release pain from the past and connect with the transcendent love that we are, in our own divinity.
Until then, enjoy the beautiful sound meditation “Cosmic Grace” from my upcoming online course “Celestial Alignment for Healing.” You’ll find it HERE, or you can click on the artwork. (Celestial Alignment for Healing is an 8-week online group sound healing experience proven to support significant transformation in the areas of health, creativity, inner peace and well being. Learn more about CAFH and upcoming course dates right here!)
Share this blog with a friend or family member, and bring the healing of crystal singing bowls into your lives for more creativity, healing and lasting peace.
Until next time!
