The Healing Power of Your Own Voice
The Healing Power of Your Own Voice
The Healing Power of Your Own Voice
We will uncover and free your inner voice from patterns of suppression. Your voice is unique. It has
the power to bring you into balance, restore harmony and generate vitality. When you accept your
true voice without judgement, you accept yourself in totality and your life will be forever changed.
Resonance: When a sound is made that matches the natural frequency of something, it begins to
vibrate as well.
OM (pronounce as AUM) It is considered the seed vibration from which all of creation
began. Chanting OM connects us with All That Is. It is capable of aligning all of the chakras
and cleansing unbalanced energies and purifying the body. It brings inner peace.
HU (pronounced “hue”) is a seed syllable. Used by Sufis, Eckists, yoga. Believed to activate
your blueprint. Energising. Chanting HU for up to 15 minutes per day can open your heart to
God’s love and transform your life.
Five Tibetan Warrior Syllables (see separate page for detailed instructions)
Eee is an activating tone, good to use when you are feeling tired and want to be more alert
Ooo is a calming and soothing tone
Ahh is also calming and soothing
If you have a difficult time getting still and quiet enough to meditate
If you desire higher states of consciousness
If your communication centre (throat chakra) seems blocked
If you breathe too shallowly
If you need immediate grief or stress release
If you’re depressed
If you need more confidence and zest
This is a very powerful practice to work with on your own, to release negative emotions trapped in
the body. It can also help to discover the emotional issue linked to a physical condition/disease.
Prepare yourself for this meditation by finding a quiet place where you can sit comfortably
with your eyes closed. Take several deep breaths. Breathe in through your nose. Then exhale
slowly through your mouth. Concentrate on each breath. Next, observe your breathing for
several minutes without trying to control it.
Find an emotional/psychological issue or physical issue you want to work on today.
Ask the body what part is linked to this issue.
What is the physical sensation?
Breathe into it, feel it completely.
What colour? – breathe through the colour, listen to the colour
What is its shape, what is the feeling and emotion?
Is there a word to describe the issue? (naming it can help to release it more easily)
When was the first time you recall having this emotion. (doesn’t need to be accurate)
What sound does it want to make? Allow the sound to vibrate in your throat, opening your
mouth to allow the tone to grow. Let it express itself for about 5 minutes. (Don’t censor
what wants to come out, simply observe it.)
Gradually shift your awareness to your essence (or your Higher Self/unconditional love),
seeing it in your mind’s eye as located above the crown of your head. What is its shape,
colour, feeling, sound? Let it express itself to the wounded part. Look into the eyes of the
wounded part. Create a sound to express unconditional love.
Feel how this allows the issue to dissolve and heal.
This has been adapted from Mitchell Gaynor’s book The Healing Power of Sound. The main
objective is to allow the negative emotion or physical problem in the body a chance to express
itself through the voice, and in this way, acknowledge it, heal and dissolve it.
Playing a singing bowl or listening to a recording of singing bowls or relaxation music can
enhance this practice.
Overtone Singing
“Overtone singing, also known as throat singing, overtone chanting or harmonic singing, is a type of
singing in which the singer manipulates the harmonic resonances created as air travels from the
lungs, past the vocal folds, and out the lips to produce a melody.” From Wikipedia
Overtones or harmonics are always present in the voice but are usually inaudible. These
sounds are amplified by the way one changes the shape of the resonant cavities of the
mouth, larynx and pharynx
These sounds are pitched above the voice, with no fixed spatial location, but appearing to
come from all around.
Technique
Entrain the body and mind to enter deep levels of trance and relaxation
Helps increase breath capacity
Helps to open up the body/mind and can seemingly transport one to other dimensions of
consciousness
Can be projected to other people as a deep healing technique
Develops the inner ear for more focused bodily awareness
Deepens brainwave states while concentration levels rise
Can improve hearing
Five Tibetan Warrior Syllables
Chant each syllable for about 5 minutes, remembering to focus on the colour and the intention also.
You can then chant the syllables in sequence: A..Om..Ram..Hung..Dza.. , over and over.