What defines "Sacred Sound"? What's the best way to start?
When asked about the best way to start or the most powerful approach, I believe cultivating listening is something anyone can do.
Listening awareness is Sacred Sound, Step 1!
Whether you're chanting, singing, toning, or humming, you can practice this anywhere and with anyone. It is fully within your empowerment at any time to listen more deeply. This is the essence of sound healing and sound therapy, where the vibration of sound helps in aligning the mind and body.
Attuning heart, mind, word & deed is Sacred Sound, Step 2!
Becoming aware of where your voice is coming from is crucial.
Using audible sound to trace from silence to full expression and back to silence allows you to explore the different levels of volume and the capacities of speech. This process helps to understand the discrepancies between our deepest desires, our thoughts, our words, and our actions. In mantra practice, the repetition of sacred sounds aids in this exploration and realignment.
Most people, including myself, are not in perfect attunement between heart, mind, word, and deed!
It's a constant process of reassessment and tuning.
Using sound healing therapy at different levels of volume, to trace the distance between silence and full expression can help in aligning these layers.
Exploring mantra practice, humming, or vocal exercises can create a feeling of integrity with these four layers: heart, mind, word, and deed, or embodiment. This marks the beginning of a nada yoga practice.
Nāda yoga is a daily attunement process without a final result, as we constantly need tuning. Just like our bodies need continuous breathing, attunement to a musical way of being with life, oneself, and others is a continuous dance, a journey of nuanced exploration. It's not a final destination.
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