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Sound healing: the woman who began to hear

Some years ago, during a workshop about the Goddess, having nothing to do with the power of sound, a miraculous thing happened. A woman in the group I was working with over ten weeks, who was deaf, began to get a "tingling" sensation in her right ear when I was chanting "over" the group. A practice I did each week with the group.

That particular week, I had spontaneously used overtoning without even realising I had done so. She had never experienced any sensation at all in either ear before that moment. Three years ago, after resisting for many years, I did Chris James’ weekend workshop on the healing power of sound. I was hooked. I did all the workshops required to be admitted to the 16 Day Teacher Training Intensive and my life changed.

The Sound Therapy Practice

I began the year by putting into place my Sound Therapy Practice. The 16 day intensive course I had completed with Chris James had really brought all my singing and teaching skills together, and I felt ready to take on clients. I began with two women coming regularly to work with their voices to open their throat chakras. So many women suffer from the inability to “speak their truths”. In this culture, it is no wonder, when we are conditioned to believe that what we have to say has no value, and that if we do speak out, we are “aggressive” and “masculine”. The results began to express themselves within the first two weeks of therapy. Sore throats, colds, and lots of crying were the outward expression of the clearing taking place as the Throat Chakra led the way for all the chakras to open and release. My clientele grew to six regular clients and a number of “sporadic” clients who came on a “needs” basis. The beauty of the process and the truly humbling effect of seeing women who have been told all their lives that they cannot sing, open up and begin to belt out chants and blues numbers cannot be described. In the new year, I plan to promote my Sound Therapy Clinic and increase my clientele.

Anique Radiant Heart