SOUND WISDOM, CRYSTAL BOWLS, AND MORE!

The above is a direct quote from my amazing husband, James Kawainui. We were sitting at the kitchen table, talking about a post on FB that deeply disturbed me. Someone I know personally had written the following on her page in response to all the trauma and divisiveness going on in the US today:

There is so much anxiety running through the collective right now, and believe me, I have been feeling it, too. Music is one of our greatest allies to help soothe our emotions and our nervous system, especially when they are both hellbent on leaping into fight or flight. Offering music to our precious body is one of the most nourishing things we can do for our health.

Back in 1967, a group of 90 or so Benedictine monks from a monastery in the south of France became ill. Men who had been used to sleeping four hours a night and working all day had grown irritable, lethargic, exhausted, and susceptible to illness and disease. Over a period of time, numerous doctors were called in and not one of them could understand what was happening.

The day I played my first crystal singing bowl was (without exaggeration) one of the most important days of my life. Right up there with the day, I was born and the day James and I married. I will never forget the moment it arrived. I was living in Espanola, NM, twenty years ago, when a friend called to ask me if I’d ever heard of crystal bowls. “No,” I said, and she responded, “they are right up your alley”. So without even thinking, I ordered one, sight unseen, a 14″ classic frosted G bowl (for the throat chakra, of course :-))

One of the topics I discuss a lot with my students is that Healing is not all Peace, Love and Light.

Healing is transformation. And for most people, transformation demands gritty, uncomfortable, rubber meets the road, day after day, practice as we learn to accept what’s happening, in the moment, in the now. All the sensations, feelings and vibrations pulsing through us … all the anxiety, worry, pain, discomfort, struggle, frustrations and then some. Saying “YES” to all of it and making the choice not to resist. It is the sadhana of sadhanas. Healing is spiritual practice on steroids.

I originally wrote this blog in 2012, right after Hurricane Sandy. James and I were 75 miles southwest of the “Eye of the Storm”. Our love and prayers are with each and every one of you. Stay focused, clear and present. We are holding you all in immense LIGHT.