Today I had the incredible experience of a sound healing meditation offered by a Peruvian Healer, I'd love to share the connection of heart with you all!
Why did I need this?
I live in a town where wellness and spirituality offer an abundance of learning and healing opportunities. People come here to "find themselves" and "heal their inner traumas. "To be honest, these opportunities and experiences are exactly the reason I wanted to plant my roots in this magical place but then when I got all settled in, bookcase filled, kitchen equipped, puppies adopted... I always found myself saying "I can go another time!", "there will be another chance!"
I came to Bali as part of a four year, intensive journey to heal myself (more on that later- I have a big announcement coming up in the next week!) and while I have been healing on my own, isolating myself and ceasing outside communication, I forgot that connection is so crucial to the healing process and dealing with internal upsets, energy blockages and stored negativity.
Before Steemit, I was on a very rigid budget, I was just offered another teaching job and was unwillingly in the process of committing to that when Steemit fell into my lap and presented an opportunity for me to do what I love- create without any commitment (my favorite as a commitment-phobe!)
With Steemit as an added income, I can now afford to take these courses to intensify my own healing which is so heart-filling to know! I always say you can't put a price tag on your health but you can certainly be reasonable about it. Now I can splurge a little bit and share my knowledge with you in return for the support! Instead of you traveling far and wide to get here, you can just show me your interest and I'll keep on attending and sharing the healing powers!
What even is Amazonian Sound Healing?
"AMAZSONIC SOUND HEALING:"
"Over time, the indigenous grandparents of the Amazon have used sacred songs to establish a deeply connected relationship with the spirits of the jungle and the elements, as part of a living cosmic creation. Establish a perfect balance with Nature, thus harmonizing our own internal nature through sound."
"Allow each element, instrument, song and vibration, along with the harmonious intention to balance your internal elements, connect you with nature to achieve harmony of mind, body and spirit."
My interest was peaked by this synopsis as I lived in Central America for almost 2 years dabbling in anything to do with this type of tribal, traditional, ancestral healing that I could find, receiving profound impacts and benefits in my life. A shaman in the jungle was able to save my life... we can talk about that miracle another time if you'd like to hear about it!
Who is offering this? Is he 'legit'?
To be fair, a lot of this kind of hyped up, spiritually centered wellness can be inauthentic and so it can sometimes be challenging to know if something is going to be a rip-off or a truly profound experience. It's kind of a teeter-totter type of scale a lot of the time, usually one or the other.
HOWEVER I'm fortunate to live where I do where reputation is enormously important and therefore the quality of teachers/trainers and workshop leaders need to be impeccable as the competition to have a chance to work here is fierce!
Knowing that, I generally feel confident in paying for these events and haven't been let down so far.
Here's some information about Herbert from the site:
ABOUT HERBERT QUINTEROS FLORES:
Herbert Quinteros Flores was born in the city of Tarapoto, Perú. He started his path and his vocation as a healer 22 years ago. He’s been studying healing plants with Amazonian indigenous tribes masters of Shipibo, Cocama, Asháninca, as well as Quechua Mestizo ethnies based on traditional rituals.
Herbert uses the Andean flute called “quena”, the panflute (zamponia) made of feathers of the condor, the Andean guitar “charango”, the guitar and drums to accompany his healing work. This lead him to discover the power of music and expression.
“Music is the key to unlock the path of inner connection and healing and a way to express the heart, soul and body.”
Herbert fuses the traditional chants and melodies of the amazonian tribes with world music, to allow musicians to fuse their cultures and sounds together.**
My experience:
I walked in to the beautiful studio overlooking the forest below. What a gorgeous view right?
This was a workshop outside of the normal yoga membership here at Radiantly Alive so the class was quite intimate which can be nice in this type of setting to have more quality time with the teacher's healing intention!
Starting off the class was quick! Herbert didn't tell us what to do, he just set a quick intention and said something beautiful:
"Your soul is going to have a massage. The healing will come later."
Well, I was already excited for the experience but if my soul was going to get a massage- let's get started right now!
There were yoga mats ready for us all to lie back and breathe our way into a meditative state, allowing the music to take us where we needed to go.
In sound healing sessions, generally what happens is you lie on a mat, get as comfortable as you can and focus on your breathing while the compilations of sounds chosen by the teacher waft into your mind and elicit their respective effects. The effects of the music are generally listed in the title of the class or expressed by the teacher before you begin to set the proper intention. In this case, the intention was of healing through Amazonian tribal sounds played by the teacher and assistant while we all rested peacefully, allowing the music to take its effect on us.
My mind is always racing and so for the first 30 minutes, I have to admit I was thinking about my puppies and what I wanted for dinner and if I was going to go to this documentary screening later.
As the sounds passed over me and I could feel a body above me working on my "soul massage" from above, I decided to commit more to letting my mind find the healing through the sounds and so at this point, I slipped away into the music.
For me, being very energetically sensitive, a lot of times in workshops and healing exercises like this, I kind of black out as my brain gets overloaded with release of massive stores of emotion and so that's what I found happening today.
The beautiful sounds floated into my mind and I didn't feel anything different or see any visions which can happen in this kind of session so I began to think "This isn't working for me."
That's a call on my past, scientifically centered brain where I refuse to admit that any of this "mumbo-jumbo" works however, I can't lie to myself or to you, I have experienced far too many profound experiences to afford to think that way. This stuff does work and it's powerful, so long as you give into it and let yourself believe in it's healing potential.
I decided to stop trying to make something happen and just listen to the beauty of the sounds and that's when things started changing for me.
I was overwhelmed with an intense desire to spread this knowledge, to share this healing, to learn myself and to teach and cultivate these incredible potentials available to us. I have had this revelation before but every time I do, I am met with extreme resistance as my brain challenges me and tells me I am not good enough.
- What if I am not strong enough to be able to help others?
- I am not healed enough myself to help others.
- I can't possibly learn this!
- This is too complicated and far-fetched for me!
- No one will want to listen to me anyway!
These are my self doubts that always triumph over my passion which is to heal people by connecting them back to their hearts!
Your support is incredibly appreciated as these workshops are unfortunately not free!
Herbert's Soundcloud here
Sending love through healing, today and every day a new way!
In other news, I write wild adventurous stories of my traveling days and the chaos that came with them, I create healthy, vegan, gluten free delights and I do my bestest to share inspiration and smiles on a daily basis! If this sounds like fun to you, come on over to my page!
Until next time,
XO,
PS: I am really excited to share a huge piece of my heart with you this week so stay tuned!
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a moving story. Have a good day. Keep spirit @heart-to-hearth
Thank you, I will continue to share this wonderful healing as much as I can <3
Really great post! upvoted and resteemed !
Thank you so much, I wish this healing to help as many as possible <3
very nice article ny friend
Very good
OMG! I've been to this studio in Ubud. I took dance class there and did a little acroyoga with the teacher! AWWW I miss Bali so much! :) I made some really cool friends out there.
How awesome! So we've in a way, touched paths <3 I love the studio overlooking the forest, it's so tranquil and unique!
Bali is seriously such a special, magical place! Hopefully you'll find yourself back here soon <3
awww yes! It really is. The people are wonderful! :) The have free acroyoga jams on Sunday at the Barn. Have you had a chance to check that out? :)
I LOVE THE BARN ;) They change their schedule constantly, acro was today but I missed it which is so devastating to me however- I got caught up in replying on here so I guess I have to blame you all for my lack of physical exercise 😘
HAHAHH! OKAY next session! Acroyoga is so much fun! :) Omg drink a fresh smoothie for me... ahhh so yummy.
Sounds like a pretty great experience. Always so good to find drug free experiences that offer the same kind of experiences, but in a clean and healthy way. Well written and nicely presented post by the way :)
Yes exactly! That's been my problem for years- my formative adolescence was spent working in nightclubs so I had a hard time transitioning into something more positive, healthy and beneficial but there are so many opportunities that I have learned about and explored and I am vowing to continue on, whilst sharing them here :)
Thank you so much for your compliment as well. I like to pour my heart into everything I share <3
I hope you find some benefit from this! The sounds are incredible! Have a great day!
Same here! Not that I would take those days back but I'm glad they are over. Looking forward to more of your posts.
I am actually going to meet with this healer tomorrow to talk to him so I will definitely share that 😘
Very interesting information and I will pray for your continues healing as well. You always have a way of hooking me into your next stories.
I am so excited for this!!
I came to Bali as part of a four year, intensive journey to heal myself (more on that later- I have a big announcement coming up in the next week!)
Thank you <3 I have had an AMAZING last couple of days committing myself back on my healing path, I am so excited to share however now that I am out and engaging more IRL, I have less Steemit time so I might need to figure out how to make videos soon so I can express all that I want to share <3
Wow, thanks for sharing this experience with us. A soul massage sounds interesting :)
This journey you are on is amazing and I hope one day I can drop the ego enough to start healing as I have also had a troublesome past.
I have dabbled in various types of healing but It never works, I am thinking about a dark room retreat or some ayahuasca sessions but now sound healing has definitely sparked an interest.
Thanks for sharing,
Resteemed.
Hey @markwhittam, I am reading this comment after I read your post today.
I think this would help you tremendously! Also, I am deep in healing my own past traumas at the moment. I have kind of nose dived into it after rejecting it for some time and have noticed a profound difference just in the last couple of days, it's incredible. I have made some new plans for my life which include sharing all that I plan to learn. I am meeting with the man from this post tomorrow to gain more insight into the Amazonian world he is influenced by. I will share that too.
Ayahuasca as I am sure you know, need to be done in a very legitimate, authentic space with an experienced sitter or ideally, a shaman to guide you- I encourage you to thread lightly with that unless you feel especially called to enter into the experience. Everything I have ever heard (running in these circles of those who exchange healing of this nature) say not to go find it but to let it come to you when it comes to that level of experience.
Dark rooms and sound healing though, I would strongly recommend, then maybe move into the more intense stuff, if you have tons buried, you'll want to surface some of it first (in my opinion)
I am happy to share with you all I find and learn! <3
Thanks for sharing this. I feel like it's all coming back to me at a right time.
To be honest, I tried and rejected meditation a long time ago as I used it to heal my anger issues. The problem was, I never knew what was eating me up inside. I didn't know what was the problem. The meditation was hence a a temporary reprieve as I swept it under the carpet.
It was only recently when I went for professional therapy that I have learnt to understand myself more. I can't say that I am all for meditation yet, but slowly I guess I will get there.
Oh awesome, well I am so happy I was able to share this with you! I will actually be speaking to the healer tomorrow and will share more on this after he and I speak! <3
I know that meditation can be difficult in many ways- for starters to commit to doing it, then to try to silence the mind enough for it to be effective, then to admit to yourself that you have felt benefit and that there is value to it and that it's not hocus pocus.
I am making assumptions that you might be experiencing these thoughts based off of how I felt about it when I was beginning to get into it. Hell, I actually feel that way now even though I know it's not true my mind always wants to trick me!
Let me know if you give his music a try. It's quite intricate. It's not guided, it's a transcending melody using specific keys and notes learned in the Amazon so it's really interesting.
I hope it helps you and will continue to share more of my own healing in this way to hopefully serve as a bit of a reminder or inspiration <3
I will check i tout. Thanks!
I guess it's about approaching it with an open, and realistic mind.
I approached it wrongly, in the sense that I was hoping for an overnight cure. Hell man, I even met one life coach dude who claimed he NEVER felt anger again because of meditation and biaural beats. Man, that's INHUMAN!
Hmmm... I would say that would be an extraordinary situation if that were the case but great for him if so! Personally, I have found that these things tend to take time, patience and will to keep trying 🤗
As you know I am a big proponent of sound healing. Been a big part of my life for over a decade. Use it daily and have helped so many.
∞§∞Bless it be∞§∞
Yes I know, I was thinking of you when I signed up for this actually <3
Your video sparked a reminder inside me of how helpful this healing can be. By the way, your daughter QiQi has stolen my heart. I am having intense baby fever after seeing how adorable she is, living in the way I want my children to be brought up <3
hahahahahahahhaha OMG!
Yes I have awakened that bay fire in quite a few. QiQi may be even more prone to it than I......Hahahahaha
So glad you found her. I hope to help her get more going here on Steemit, just takes a lot of time on top of everything else. She is a natural for it and such a joy to see.
😘 Can't wait to see more from her! Tell her I loved her mom's earrings ;)
ok I will!
Thanks for sharing the love~*~
Great post! I never believed in any healing session or superpowers - I may be too much of a realist, but your post kind of made me thinking and forced to do some research and change my perspective a bit :)
Sounds amazing I i a sound healing here in the not too long ago had an amazing visualisation of a past life was very intense :)
Oh wow that is really cool! I have a lot of experience with these healings and love being able to share them and bring them to the attention of those who may not know about the art of it! Past life visualizations have so many benefits... what kind of sounds were you using? I love hearing experiences <3
They had all sorts bells every possible size singing bowl made out of bronze, crystal, shakers singing. It was incredible unfortunately I don't live there anymore. On the look out for something i my new area.
Oh wow that sounds incredible! There are so many different instruments with their own powers and specific healing purposes! I love being in a place where I can experience so many different modalities. I am actually attending another workshop tomorrow different than this though under the same umbrella. I'll share and see if I can get "at home" links too ;) <3
Would love to see it