Not Sleeping : You literally become a different person!

Sleep is a fundamental biological process that affects nearly every aspect of our lives. Here are some key facts about sleep and its impact on various areas of life:

  1. Physical Health:

    • Restoration and Repair: During sleep, the body undergoes processes that repair tissues, build bone and muscle, and strengthen the immune system.

    • Metabolism: Lack of sleep can disrupt the balance of key hormones that control appetite, leading to weight gain and obesity.

    • Heart Health: Chronic sleep deprivation is linked to an increased risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke.

  2. Cognitive Function:

    • Memory Consolidation: Sleep plays a crucial role in consolidating memories and learning new information.

    • Attention and Concentration: Inadequate sleep impairs cognitive functions such as attention, concentration, and decision-making.

    • Problem-Solving: Well-rested individuals tend to have better problem-solving abilities compared to those who are sleep-deprived.

  3. Emotional Well-being:

    • Mood Regulation: Lack of sleep can lead to irritability, mood swings, and an increased risk of developing mood disorders like depression and anxiety.

    • Stress Management: Adequate sleep helps the body regulate stress hormones, improving the ability to cope with challenges.

  4. Productivity and Performance:

    • Workplace Performance: Sleep deprivation can impair productivity, focus, and creativity, leading to reduced effectiveness at work or in academic settings.

    • Safety and Alertness: Fatigue-related accidents and errors are a significant concern in industries that require high levels of alertness, such as transportation and healthcare.

  5. Immune Function:

    • Resilience to Illness: Adequate sleep strengthens the immune system, making the body more resistant to infections and illnesses.

  6. Aging and Longevity:

    • Cellular Repair: Sleep is essential for cellular repair, which may play a role in aging and longevity.

    • Cognitive Decline: Chronic sleep problems are associated with a higher risk of cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases.

  7. Social and Interpersonal Relationships:

    • Communication Skills: Lack of sleep can impair social interactions, leading to misunderstandings and strained relationships.

    • Empathy and Emotional Intelligence: Adequate sleep is linked to improved emotional intelligence and empathy.

  8. Mental Health:

    • Psychological Resilience: Quality sleep supports mental resilience, helping individuals better cope with stressors and challenges.

    • Psychiatric Disorders: Sleep disturbances are common in various mental health disorders, and improving sleep quality can be a crucial part of treatment.

  9. Hormonal Balance:

    • Endocrine System: Sleep affects the release of various hormones, including those that regulate growth, stress response, and reproductive function.

  10. Overall Quality of Life:

    • General Well-being: Adequate, restful sleep is essential for a sense of overall well-being, vitality, and life satisfaction.

Sleep is not just a period of inactivity; it's a vital process that influences physical health, cognitive function, emotional well-being, productivity, and much more. Prioritizing good sleep hygiene and getting sufficient rest is crucial for optimal functioning in all areas of life.

With more FREE sound healing sessions on YouTube, or the added benefits of The SoundEmbrace Membership, we can work together to reduce anxiety, depression, focus challenges, and insomnia through strategic sound healing sessions when you need them.

Sleep well. 💤

Why it is important to take Sound Healing Certification?

Taking an official Sound Healing certification course can be important for several reasons:

  1. Knowledge and Skill Development: A certified course provides structured learning and comprehensive knowledge about the theory, techniques, and practices of Sound Healing. It equips you with a deeper understanding of the subject, including the scientific principles, different sound healing modalities, and their applications. You'll learn about the effects of sound on the human body, mind, and emotions, as well as how to work with various instruments and tools effectively.

  2. Credibility and Professionalism: Obtaining a certification adds credibility to your skills and knowledge. It demonstrates that you have undergone formal training, met certain standards, and are committed to maintaining professional ethics. Clients and employers are more likely to trust and choose practitioners who have completed certification courses.

  3. Client Safety and Well-being: Sound Healing involves working with individuals who may be dealing with physical or emotional challenges. By undergoing a certified course, you learn about safety protocols, ethical considerations, and appropriate practices to ensure the well-being of your clients. Understanding contraindications, recognizing potential risks, and knowing how to create a safe and supportive environment are crucial aspects covered in a certification program.

  4. Networking and Community: Official certification courses often provide opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals, practitioners, and experts in the field. Building a network within the Sound Healing community can be invaluable for ongoing support, collaboration, and mentorship. It allows you to stay updated on new research, techniques, and advancements in the field.

  5. Legal and Regulatory Compliance: Depending on your jurisdiction, there may be legal or regulatory requirements to practice Sound Healing professionally. Completing our certification course supports you in finding the necessary standards to operate within the legal framework. It helps protect both you and your clients by ensuring you adhere to professional standards and guidelines.

  6. Personal Growth and Development: Beyond the practical aspects, a certification course can facilitate personal growth and development. It provides a structured learning environment where you can explore your own relationship with sound, develop your intuitive abilities, and deepen your understanding of the mind-body connection. It can be a transformative journey that enhances your own well-being and enables you to assist others more effectively.

While certification is not a legal requirement in all places, it can significantly contribute to your professional growth, credibility, and the ability to serve others responsibly and effectively in the field of Sound Healing.

What a great turn out for last night’s session

What a great turn out for last night’s session in Atlanta called Emerge.

It was a mix of journaling, yoga, breathwork, and sound healing. What a beautiful way to bring in the new energy of Spring!

You are your own healer. I am simply a guide along the journey. You are powerful beyond measure. And you are worthy of your deepest hearts desires.

So many great experiences coming up in Georgia and Alabama for April! I can’t wait to see you, hug you, and remind you of the depth of your own being!

Click soundembrace.com for more information, and to sign up!

@christinawedge

What a great turn out for last night’s session

What a great turn out for last night’s session in Atlanta called Emerge. It was a mix of journaling, yoga, breathwork, and sound healing. What a beautiful way to bring in the new energy of Spring!

You are your own healer. I am simply a guide along the journey. You are powerful beyond measure. And you are worthy of your deepest hearts desires.

So many great experiences coming up in Georgia and Alabama for April! Check the link below. I can’t wait to see you, hug you, and remind you of the depth of your own being!

https://www.soundembrace.com/calendar?view=calendar...

Spring is a time of awakening

Spring is a time of awakening, and rebirth. The dark months are now over and we're moving into the warmth of the light.

Nature is waking up + being reborn, and this is happening within you as well!

As we begin to shake off winter and emerge from our cozy dens, we discover that the landscape is beginning to change. Often, what we see happening with nature and the seasons, we see within ourselves. As we step into the light, we are faced with the truth of visual change in front us, as well as the change needed within to adapt and grow to support the life we want moving forward.

Let’s bring clarity to what you are yearning to create for yourself.

This Wednesday, March 22 in Atlanta, @sarah.brackmann and I will be leading a session called Emerge. We will begin with journaling prompts connecting us deeper to the meaning and intention of the session. You will be guided into gentle movement which will then evolve into a comfortable position where you will experience a deep and restorative breath work practice. To integrate and soothe the mind body we will evolve into an etheric sound bath experience.

Our intention is to awaken your spirit to the energy of spring and EMERGE grounded and empowered to step forward into this new season.

Bring a journal, pen, blanket, pillow, and anything else that will support you in feeling cozy. (This session has limited space.)

So many great sessions coming up in Georgia + Alabama! (Link in bio!)

It brings me so much joy to walk with you on your journey!

https://www.soundembrace.com/.../emerge-a-journey-through...

Today is the day, Alabama

Today is the day, Alabama.

@romarin_corbeaux is hosting @aftons.bodywork and I to share a pretty special experience with you.

I think Afton shred it best:

A funny thing just occurred to me as I changed out my old phone case and screen protector I've used and abused this past year.... it felt like a brand, new. phone! I've been walking around feeling micro-cuts on my thumb for a while now, and that old phone case was SO worn out. All it took to feel new again was 25 dollars and 30 minutes of my time... why didn't I do that sooner!?

How many of us get used to our small, seemingly insignificant pains and anxieties until they build and build causing "death by a thousand cuts" !?

We minimize our "small" pain just hoping for it to magically go away, or not wanting to bother because it doesn't feel big enough. Meanwhile, we could have made small changes alongside the pain instead of suffering for so long.

There are opportunities around us all the time to awaken our intuition, and listen to that gentle voice in our heads urging us to counteract and heal those pains!

@sound_embrace and I are providing one of those opportunities this afternoon. We are hosting an intentional, healing space at Romarin et Corbeaux.

There will be a journaling prompt inspired by a tarot card that embodies the new beginnings this Spring Equinox energy is calling in. Following will be a guided meditation accompanied by cranial massage, to help keep your mind connected to these new possibilities. To bring everything to culmination, you will be led deeper into an integrative Sound Bath experience.

Come make a small change with us, and help yourself lessen those little (or big) pains.

P.S. There are still a few spaces open to sign up! Click SoundEmbrace.com to sign up!

Self-Love as our Foundation

Self-Love as our Foundation

We are coming upon a special session I am collaborating on with @aftons.bodywork over at @romarin_corbeaux in Oxford AL. As I shift gears to lean into our topic and intention of Awakening, I am reminded of the astrological aspects we are about to swim in for the next few weeks.

If you are new to the astrology conversation, my invitation to you is that you take what serves and leave what doesn't. I think of astrology as another tool for curiosity of self. Kind if like a Myers Briggs sort of thing, only using math of the planets and stars! MOVING ON! 

“Venus’ transit in Taurus brings the spotlight on our relationship with ourselves, on how we nurture ourselves, how we love ourselves, how we take care of ourselves. It reminds us that to love another we have to, first and foremost, be committed to loving ourselves and meeting our needs. This transit inspires us to pay attention to our attraction patterns and how they reflect what is going on within ourselves.”

This is an opportunity to begin witnessing patterns in our relationships which may bring us face to face with underlying feelings of worthlessness, of not deserving what we truly desire, scarcity patterns, and blocks that limit our receptivity.


“During the upcoming weeks, we may realize what kind of work we have to do on ourselves in order to create the relationships we aspire to have, what changes need to be made in how we relate to ourselves, and in how we relate to others as a consequence. This transit is an opportunity to choose self-love as the foundation for all our decisions, particularly in terms of relationships, and commit to loving ourselves as we wish to be loved by another.”

Begin to ask yourself the hard questions. This is the only way we may begin to Awaken to the truth of who we are, who we want to become, and taking personal ownership of the role we play in our lives. Move out of victimhood, codependency, and release the crutches holding you back from your own empowerment.

You are worthy.

You are enough.

I know you can do this!

Post inspired by @moonomens Thank you, for your work.

As one Journey comes to a close another one begins

As one Journey comes to a close another one begins.

Birthdays are sort of like that for me. One chapter gently coming to a conclusion, while the next is ready to have life breathed into it.

As I take some time to reflect on the past year I see that there were so many endings and beginnings, beginnings and endings…

40 was chaotic, disruptive, and beautiful.

They say, “Your new life will cost you your old one.” Well, I guess thats true. 40 stripped me down so I had the room to grow. I’ve allowed the old versions of myself finally lay to rest, and it feels good to water this new foundation.

This past Sunday, March 12, I walked into 41. It was a little shaky, but I’ve swam in the oceans of the unknown before.

Let’s do this!

@wolfuntamedphoto for @ddytravels @ddyatl

No mask is thick enough to hide everything

No mask is thick enough to hide everything.

Many times it’s the things we feel shame around that we want to hide. This hiding creates interest on the story we tell ourself about it, and can then manifest in different ways.

It can affect our health.

It can affect our relationships.

It can affect our self worth, decision making, and so much more!

Come to a sound bath with me and begin to lovingly chop away at the accrued interest from shame, and build the courage to begin stepping forward free from its weight.

Life will begin to look and feel a lot different!

COMING UP!

Monday, Feb 27 / Emory University Students Relax in Sound Emory University] Emory Recreation & Wellness] @rsphengage

Wednesday, March 1 // Sound Journey in Atlanta at F U L L C I R C L E Studio]

Tuesday, March 7 // Instagram Live chat w/ + mini Sound Bath

Wednesday, March 15 // Rest + Restore Virtual Sound Bath // Pay what you can

Sunday, March 19 // Awakening - Spring equinox session in Oxford, AL at @romarin_corbeaux . Collab w/ @aftons.bodywork

Wednesday, March 22 // Emerge - Journey through breath + sound in Atlanta at F U L L C I R C L E Studio] Collab with @sarah.brackmann

Friday, March 24 // Emory University Students - Relax in Sound Emory University] Emory Recreation & Wellness] @rsphengage

Click soundembrace.com to sign up!

Even the most beautiful experiences come and go

Even the most beautiful experiences come and go…

With the weekend drawing to a close and awareness of my to do list creeping in , I remind myself to “be here in the now.”

Everything is working in my favor…

abundance is all around me…

and love fills my being.

Please + tag when you share so I can show you some love and gratitude.

You don’t know what you don’t know! Fast track your progress by signing up for the SoundEmbrace Sound Healing Certification Program. Get the education + experience you need for a leg up in your sound healing goals while saving time + money!

In person Sound Bath Journey Feb 8 in Atlanta at @fullcircleatl

Click soundembrace.com for more information.

Dinner and Blanc!

Dinner and Blanc!

It was a whirlwind trip out to Albany, GA to support a friend doing a big thing for the community.

The Dîner en Blanc concept began in Paris in 1988 when François Pasquier invited a group of friends to an elegant outdoor dinner at the Bois de Boulogne, asking them to dress in white so they could find each other. The event's presence has grown to over 85 cities, with almost 17,000 gathering for the 30th-anniversary event in Paris.

May we always find each other as friends and move through this world with love!

@inherentsound so proud of you and and inspired! Thank you for an awesome time!

And my hot date Adam for spinning me around on the dance floor! Glad we got to experience this together.

So much coming up!

Wednesday, Oct 12 Virtual Sound Bath to ground before the Holidays hit!

And then we are turning up the dial of intensity for this months in person sound bath sessions with Sound Journey! You’re ready for it!

Sunday, Oct 16 Sound Journey in Auburn, AL at @beyogaauburn

Sunday, Oct 23 Sound Journey in Atlanta, GA at @fullcircleatl

Tuesday, Oct 25 Sound Journey in Oxford, AL at @onyxandopalshop

Click soundembrace.com/calendar tosign up now. Spaces are limited.

We are inching into mid October!

We are inching into mid October! Can you even believe it?!?

Feels like a good time for a virtual live sound meditation to check in before all the Holidays hit!

Let’s come together for a guided meditation sound bath session to check in with your inner knowing, and find some grounding before we hit this whirlwind called the Holidays!

Link in bio or soundembrace.com/calendar tosign up for this virtual sound bath session on Wednesday, October 12.

Sound healing experiences

Sound healing experiences.

There are many different types of experiences guests can have during a session. Sometimes people see colors, or shapes. Sometimes guest have a “knowing” sense about something. Some see animals, flowers, and other visuals. While others may feel tingling sensations, or body temperature shifts. And others… well, they may just fall asleep!

While experiences range from the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual your experience will be unique to you and what you’re currently holding in your body.

It’s fascinating. And I am STOKED to support you in connecting the dots on what your experiences are about.

See you at a sound bath soon!

Sunday Oct 16 in Auburn, AL at @beyogaauburn

Sunday Oct 24 in Atlanta, GA at @fullcircleatl

Thank you all for coming out to last nights sound bath

Thank you all for coming out to last nights sound bath at @onyxandopalshop

Regulars, those who have become family, and the newbies, I appreciate and love you all, and I am continually inspired by you.

We are all trying to do the best we can with the information we have and life experience up to this point. Recognition of this allows us to show more compassion to the situation. More importantly, to Self.

From health, relationships, or big life changes, we can only begin to move forward when we allow ourselves to begin exactly in the truth of where we are. Even if the truth doesn’t feel good to look at, it’s the only way to begin healing.

Otherwise, what remains ignored will become the monster we truly feared to face in the first place.

Check SoundEmbrace.com/calendar for upcoming sound bath sessions. Confirming some date new dates for Oct and will have those posted ASAP!

Also! Reminder that the Sound Healing Certification Program begins again in January, 2023. DM me with your name and email address if you would like to be contacted when registration and complementary consultation calls open up!

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow!

I hope to see you at tomorrows for Relax in Sound, sound bath session at @onyxandopalshop !

Below are some details for the session and link in bio or SoundEmbrace.com/calendar to sign up!

Close your eyes, and Relax in Sound.

Join us for "Relax In Sound", an in person sound immersion supporting you in relieving stress, reducing pain, and strengthening your mind body connection.

You will be guided into the relaxation response through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction practices using acoustic sound therapy instruments such as quartz crystal bowls, chimes, gong, and drum.

Notice blocks and tensions wash away, leaving you centered, refreshed, energized, and fully present and connected with the world around you.

Your experience is going to be truly individual and unique to the person next to you. All you have to do is show up for yourself, and relax into the sound.

Doors open at 6:50pm CST

No entry past 7:10pm CST (Doors will lock)

Click soundembrace.com to sign up now.

Listening to the birds chat after the light rain

Listening to the birds chat after the light rain and gathering my thoughts for tonight’s sound bath in Auburn, AL. @beyogaauburn

There is just something so special to me to be doing these sessions here in AL. It fills my heart in a way I can’t describe. Unexpected.

Has there been something that’s surprised you (a pleasant surprise) or something that keeps surprising you? Comment below. I’d love to hear it!

Click soundembrace.com to sign up for tonight sound bath in Auburn, Alabama! Next sound bath is in Oxford Alabama on Tuesday, September 27!

People avoid the truth because they are afraid that it will destroy their illusions

People avoid the truth because they are afraid that it will destroy their illusions.

Ready to face your truth and come out stronger on the the other side?

THIS Sunday, Sept 25, join us for a special addition of Relax in Sound in Auburn, AL at @beyogaauburn

AND Tuesday, Sept 27 in Oxford, AL at @onyxandopalahop

Click soundembrace.com to sign up.

Moments of clarity emerge

Moments of clarity emerge like the dappling sun outside on my back porch. What seems random and chaotic is instead, a rather elaborate set of instructions.

All is being revealed.

Click SoundEmbrace.com for sound bath sessions, classes, and membership.

Bruce Lipton, PhD.

Bruce Lipton, PhD. (Developmental Biologist best known for his discoveries in the science of Epigenetics) says, "When you receive music such as sound healing music that has a nice flow and harmonic resonance to it, it entrains you, it causes the mind to stop all the stress, and calm down, and work to become more harmonious and more flowing.

If you can just do that, it would be a primary incentive for the body to heal itself. The body heals itself when you stop your stress. This is why the nature of sleep is so important. Sleep says, “SHUT OFF THAT MIND! The mind is interfering with the system.

When you go to sleep, all the stresses shut off and that’s when the body says, 'Great! This is our opportunity to heal!' but why wait until nighttime?

Energy healing is rising in our civilization because of Quantum Physics and new technology to measure the effects of Energy Medicine."

September Public Schedule:

THIS Sunday, Sept 18 - Sound Journey in Atlanta, GA at @fullcircleatl (3 spaces left )

Sunday, Sept 25 - Relax in Sound in Auburn, AL at @beyogaauburn

Tuesday, Sept 27 - Relax in Sound in Oxford, AL at @onyxandopalshop

January 5, 2023 Level 1 Sound Healing Certification Program begins! You can begin online classes now and then join Jan 28 +29 to finish with the live virtual class! Complementary consultation calls available starting January 5!

Click soundembrace.com to sign up now!