• Shows how sound, even humming, can change the body's tissues, rearrange posture, and release long-held emotional trauma and stress
• Explains how to listen deeply to the body and discover the rhythms of the areas to be treated as well as how to intuit the sounds required for healing
• Offers practices to help you immediately release tension and explains how to use your voice to release emotional conflicts so your body can naturally heal
You are made of sound-listen deeply to the rhythms and stories of your audible body that ask to be noticed and integrated. With the power of the voice, you can heal your body layer by layer, awakening your cells while releasing long-held tensions, stress, and emotional trauma.
In this guide, pioneer sound healer Vickie Dodd shares her system for addressing trauma locked in the physical body with the potent healing quality of sound. Touching on the functions of the nervous system and the parasympathetic breath, she explains how sound travels the inner pathways of the body, eliciting responses from the memory of tissues and muscles while bypassing the mind. Sound can change the body's tissues, rearrange posture, and release undigested emotional experiences. With experiential exercises, you can explore how to listen precisely and discover the rhythms of the areas of the body to be treated as well as how to intuit the sounds required for healing-your unique soundprint. Singing love songs to your shadow, you will transform negative patterns into harmonious ones and discover the grace and peace that arise as your body's tales and tissues come to rest. Sound truly allows you to dialogue effectively with your body for release, restoration, and renewed vitality. Vickie Dodd, M.A., has been a sound healing therapist, bodyworker, workshop leader, musician, and internationally recognized pioneer of healing through sound for more than 50 years. She has collaborated with Don Campbell and is an adjunct faculty member at the Globe Institute in San Francisco. Vickie lives in Port Angeles, Washington. Foreword by Rosemary Gladstar
Preface
Why We Sound
Sound as an Evolutionary Possibility Seeds of Sound Frequency Root Patterns
Introduction
The Lineage of Sound Healing
The Teachings of the Grandmothers Grandma Baggott A View from the Porch: Observing What Is in Front of Me Do I See the Disconnect? Seeing the World as Energy Tapping the Emotional Rhythm She's Got the Nerves Awakening to a Larger Purpose
Chapter 1
It's All in the Listening
The Issues Are in the Tissues The Formula Is Revealed We Sound to Get Quiet Enough to Listen If You Love Something Enough Client Session: Mending the Body Is in the Listening Trusting the Innate Wisdom of the Body Listening and Sounding the Soul Signatures Keys to Perception Physicality of Codependency The Teachings of the Trees How to Mind My Own Business Overview of the Oak Tree's Sacred Teachings
Chapter 2
The Power of the Hum
Keys to Accessing the Humming Voice Acceptance of What Is-The Key to Transformation The Hum Soothes and Reduces Stress Go with the Flow! Physical Benefits of Humming The Hum as Resonance Protection The Hum as Healer Energetic Feng Shui Hum as Meditation Trust and Not Knowing
Chapter 3
Vocabulary of Sounds
The Wisdom of Vowels The Sound Palette-The Vocabulary of Sounds Client Session: Soothing Trauma Aerobic Sounds-Sounding and Emptying the Inner Noise
Chapter 4
Emptying
Whatever Is Unexpressed Runs the Show When Do We Need to Empty? The Jaw-The First Emptying Gate The Hum as Integrator and Closing Sound Sound Increases Our Capacity for Breathing Exploring Sound and Breath Possibilities Practice Reclaiming Our Exhale Sound as a Prayer Health Benefits of the Sounds of Laughter
Chapter 5
Honoring the Body's Innate Wisdom
The Evolutionary Possibility of Bodywork Our Fluid Body Client Session: Listening to the Layers of Grief Deep Li
