Not everyone has access to a pampering spa often enough, so transforming a bath into a special oasis is a wonderful solution. This is where Cymber’s new album comes in, together with a candle, some soothing scents and oils. Don’t forget the bubbles!
“Spa in a Box” is an invitation to take a break, to let go and return refreshed after a short journey into the magical world of warmth and sound.
Seasons of the Soul is a five-part solo harp meditation, based on Five Elements Chinese Medicine. Each section addresses a specific season, which corresponds to specific organ systems in the body.
In addition, as a Reiki practitioner, I activated the flow of Reiki into my hands as I played these pieces. The end result is a 50-minute, repeatable Reiki session.
You can enjoy “Seasons of the Soul” alone or with others. Massage practitioners may want to use the CD background for sessions. Acupuncturists may use the recording in conjunction with other energy balancing techniques. Listeners may listen to the whole CD straight-through or listen to particular tracks to address specific energy issues.
Seasons of the Soul won the Big Island Music Award for New Age Music in 2011.
ABOUT “AUTUMN”
Autumn – Season of Decay and Turning Inward
Sept. 23 – Dec. 21 (north); Mar. 22 – June 21 (south)
Autumn is the season of harvest, and time to pull inward and gather together on all levels. As the growing season winds down, we store up food and fuel. We set aside time to plan and study for the approaching stillness of winter. Everything contracts and moves inward. It is the time of reflection or even grieving. It is the time when the lungs draw in energy and release all that is old. It is a time to organize for the next year, to smell baked goods and eat stews, squash and beans.
Other Autumn words
• Elements: Air and Metal
• Yin rising, lesser Yin
• Organs: Lungs, Large Intestine, Skin
• Body: Nose, Hair
• Emotion: Completion/ Grief, Sadness
• Taste: Sharp
• Climate: Drought
• Life Stage: Maturity
• Colors: White
• Meditation words: Pull inward, contract, harvest, organize
• Musical modes: Phrygian and Locrian
You can purchase Seasons of the Soul as a download or a physical disk using the play window below…
“Because of work done by the late C. Andrew L. Bassett and his colleagues at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, we know that the important frequencies for stimulating tissue repair are all in the biologically important Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) range,” says James Oschman, PhD, in his article, Science and the Human Energy Field.
Dr. Bassett’s research identified which ELF frequencies were most helpful in healing. “Two cycles per second (Hz) is effective for nerve regeneration, seven Hz is optimal for bone growth, ten Hz is used for ligaments, and somewhat higher frequencies work for skin and capillaries,” writes Dr. Oschman. The FDA first approved therapy using pulsing ELF in machines in 1979. Today there are many manufacturers. My friend, Dr. Carol McMakin, is a pioneer in this field, http://www.frequencyspecific.com/
Another study by Dr. John Zimmerman, University of Colorado, found that trained hands-on healing practitioners, including Reiki practitioners, could emit from their hands the very same pulsing ELF energy that is needed for the body to heal.
So far, science shows that the body responds to certain frequencies and that Reiki practitioners are able to produce the same healing frequencies from their hands.
In this 35-minute harp meditation, Joyce takes you on a deeply blissful and relaxing guided meditation. You’ll be guided to connect with the solid and nourishing Earth energies deep within your own mind and body. Reiki energies flow through Joyce’s voice and through Cymber’s harp music. You’ll emerge from the meditation relaxed and connected to a deep part of yourself that can serve as the foundation for the rest of your day, week and life. Invest $8.99 and enjoy being grounded with Reiki and harp meditations.
Founder and Reiki Teacher/Practitioner of Santa Cruz Reiki Works
Joyce began her adult life working in the corporate world, holding positions of customer service representative, call center manager, instructor, product and project manager, and team lead for more than 20 years.
In her late 30s, she felt a different stirring inside her and, after much soul-searching, she changed both life partners and careers and became a Business, Life, and Relationship Coach. She now helps people discover within themselves how to lead richer, happier, more fulfilling lives.
In 2005 she began to study animal Reiki under Kathleen Prasad, of Animal Reiki Source. In 2007 she began my Master’s training with Frans Stiene, of the International House of Reiki. Both Kathleen and Frans continue to be my Reiki teachers and mentors today.
She practices the traditional Japanese form of Reiki called Usui Reiki Ryoho. This form has its roots in Japan and is not the same form as is often practiced in the West. With Usui Reiki Ryoho, the focus is on personal and spiritual development, in addition to hands-on-healing.
Joyce and her husband to the Santa Cruz mountains in the summer of 2008, where I started Santa Cruz Reiki Works. In her Reiki Center, she teaches Reiki, runs Reiki practice groups, classes, and retreats, and offer Reiki treatments. She also teaches Reiki at the University of California Santa Cruz for their Holistic Health Department. She enjoys my volunteer work with Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter and Hospice of Santa Cruz County, where she also teaches and provides treatments to patients and staff.
Joyce writes: “Reiki has greatly improved the quality of my life! I am much more grounded, calm, and compassionate now that I practice Reiki on a daily basis. I experience less anger, less worry, and less fear…which is a wonderful thing! Teaching adults has always been a passion of mine, and I thoroughly enjoy teaching others the power of the system of Reiki and Reiki meditations.”
As a Reiki master/teacher and harpist, I know intuitively that Reiki and harp music are compatible. I play 10-15 minutes of grounding music (usually in the Dorian or Ionian mode) to help the client relax. I then perform a traditional head-to-toe, hands-on Reiki session. (I also have music-only Reiki podcasts on my website.)
My clients are clearly getting far more out of a musical Reiki session than one without harp music. They are able to relax more deeply, and the energy seems to seep in at a deeper level. Recently, I played as part of giving an attunement, and the attunement was clearer and stronger.
My right brain was satisfied with the intuitive connections between Reiki and the harp. However, my left brain wanted concrete evidence. In researching this article, I found Reiki and the harp, do indeed, have a lot in common: they both use vibration as a mode for healing, and they both use entrainment as the means for delivering the vibrational healing.
Vibrational Healing
Both Reiki and harp music use a vibratory model for healing rather than chemical, mechanical, etc. And vibrational healing happens most often in the electromagnetic fields of subtle body, also known as the Human Energy Field. Not so long ago, science wasn’t able to consider the Human Energy Field in healing. But as sensors and testing equipment have become more sensitive, science is more able to measure the subtle body and electromagnetic fields.
But what is vibration? At the most basic level, it is an oscillation between two points. It is a measurement of movement of a specific type and strength, through a specific type of medium. For example, sound waves, including harp music, travel through air. Ocean waves travel through water. Reiki waves travel through subtle, electromagnetic and physical bodies, as well as through media we cannot yet measure. The rate at which the waves wiggle, the direction they travel, and the medium they travel through tell us how the vibration will feel when it arrives and what effect it might have in healing.
Harp Meditations, Meditation & Harp, Relax, Spa in a Box CD, YouTubes
ABOUT “SEASONS OF THE SOUL”
The Vibrations of Reiki
