Events > Didg Sound Healing/Meditation Testimonials
"Very relaxing." ~ Rochelle, Author and Japanese Intercultural Consultant
"I arrived stressed from an intense day at work. Afterwards, I felt very relaxed and grounded, and some relief from my tense shoulders and the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome/RSI pain in my arms and hands. Just what I needed. What a wonderful, transformational, grounding experience. Thx so much to you and Nidia for hosting and your kindness too." ~ David, Corporate Training Manager
"I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the wonderful sound healing evening. It was truly fabulous and I was so energized.... It was so powerful to experience the Didgeridoo and how different each instrument was from the other. It seemed to invoke ancient memories that came not in words but in something more earthy and powerful. I had such a sense that this is how the ancestors communicated with their people and felt them so strongly there last night communicating information to us through you. Very hard to describe but very intense and moving. Thank you for your generosity in giving all of us such a gift. You are clearly called as a healer!"
~ Erica Sofrina, Earth Spirit Adventure Travel Founder/Guide and West Coast Academy of Feng Shui Founder, MM, CFSC"I found our extended, private didgeridoo session very relaxing. Other than deep relaxation, tho, I didn't sense much of a shift while you were playing. Then, that night, I had a major, heart-opening breakthrough in the area that is the root cause of the Parkinson's Disease I'm recovering from." ~ M
"The drumming was very grounding and brought us all present in our bodies. The rattling felt like a cleansing that also seemed to expand the room to larger than its actual size. When you started playing, I could tell by the immediate shift in the room that this is something you're meant to be doing. Your playing transported me, and I was pleased to be feeling connecting with people on an energy level."
~ David, Musician"Rich, your digeridoo sessions are incredible! I think you've tapped into an ancient ritual. I felt the vibrations and lost all track of time. Thanks so much!"
~ Jackie Ann Patterson"It is a co-creative experience as you have your own intention while being in the 'sound bath' with other circle participants...pleasant, relaxing and transformative." ~ Karina Ghor, Sound Healer, Network Engineer (God Help Me to find a job :)
"I liked having the didge focused on the parts of my body I requested. I felt like I was in a trancey, altered state most of the time...jumping back and forth between past and future. My hearing was exremely acute when you stopped playing, and I could hear outside sounds in a way I didn't before." ~ P
"The group session was relaxing and meditative. But, having experienced a private session in which the didgeridoo was focused on me the entire time, the group event felt like just a teaser." ~ N
NOTE: These effects are amplified with increased frequency and duration: The ability to incorporate and utilize the sonic energy grows each time one experiences this. Also, the more time the drum, didgeridoo, etc is focused directly on the body, the shorter the learning curve and the more profound the effects. This is what makes your customized, individual sessions much more powerful than the group sessions.
Events > Effects of the Didgeridoo
"Auditory signals induce trance states in two ways. They either blot out the ordinary internal dialogues or switch the focus to proprioception [ie, feeling your body], since rhythm and music can also be felt physically, not just heard." ~ Arnold Mindell, Working on Yourself Alone - Inner Dreambody Work
For anyone to be in the same space as a didgeridoo being played is usually a healing experience, even though many people would not even be aware of it. Most people report that they feel relaxed and yet energised when listening to the didgeridoo being played.
Here are some more comments people gave when asked for their first experience of didgeridoo sound: deeply touching, in tune with the world, takes away from thinking, awe inspiring, magical, feels like a voice from the earth, ancient, haunting, powerful, primal, other worldly, mesmerizing, calming, enchanting, soothing, mystical, hypnotic, relaxing, earthly feeling, primordial.
Listening to the didj seems to awaken deep and ancient feelings creating emotions within us which are soothing and healing, especially the deep relaxation the didj allows people to experience. There is no doubt that listening to the didj is a very effective treatment for stress and many of our regular visitors use the didj to wind down after a stressful day at work. So just playing the didj in the same space as other people is healing for those people. In fact I have been told by a well-known Aboriginal elder that they used to play the didj near sick people to help them heal.
I like to call the didgeridoo a psychic vacuum cleaner except that it's rather a psychic blower. It seems to dissipate tensions, stress and any negative energies stuck anywhere in the body and to harmonise the energy.
Didgeridoo healing is also called vibrational healing since the recipient can actually feel the vibrations in his/her body which are caused by the low frequency sound of the didgeridoo. Interestingly ESA (the European Space Agency) is currently investigating the beneficial effect of vibrations on bone, muscle and hormone function for long space travel. I would love to see a scientific study into the effect of didj vibrations on the body and I would bet that beneficial effects would be found.
- From: http://www.didjshop.com/didgeridoo_healing.html
For more on the healing effects of sound and vibration read this wonderful article by Simon Heather, published in Positive Health Magazine, about the astonishing results of sound upon blood, water, cancer cells, neurons and a range of conditions!
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