“Soundscapes for Meditation, Relaxation & Daydreaming”
SOUND
What Is Sound Meditation & What Does It Do?
Sound Meditation is a method of self-care that promotes deep relaxation. In my sessions I play crystal singing bowls, gongs and wind chimes to create soundscapes for meditation, relaxation and daydreaming that often inspires deep rest, and an expanded awareness.
The frequencies and vibrations emitted from the instruments can ease brain activity into a calm state. It’s very similar to how your favorite music shifts your focus from day- to-day life to recreation.
Sound waves have a pleasurable physical massage-like effect on the body as well. The experience has been described as sounds and frequencies washing over your head, torso, arms, legs, and feet. A “sound bath” much like a water bath is something you relax your whole mind and body into, rather than something you just listen to.
My clients find these sessions to be refreshing and nourishing, enjoyed comfortably seated or lying down.
* Sound meditation and sound baths are not replacements for medical care. They are complimentary support for well being.
Benefits attributed to Sound Meditation & Meditation
* Can activate the parasympathetic nervous system to relax, promoting stress and anxiety reduction, which helps with deeper sleep.
* Can improve focus, as meditation is an excellent tool for learning self discipline.
* Can promote deep relaxation through an alternation of brain waves.
* Can increase creativity, intuition, and motivation.
What are these Crystal Tones Singing Bowls made of, and why are they different from other singing bowls ?
I exclusively use Alchemy Crystal Singing BowlsTM made in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Crystal Tones®:
"The crystal singing bowls are made of the highest quality (99.992% pure!) quartz crystal, making them incredibly resonant. The tones produced by crystal bowls are not just heard by the ear, you feel them in your body, with certain tones affecting your energy centers (chakras) for healing, balancing & meditation... All these bowls are made with only pure quartz crystal, and the finest in gemstones and precious metals such as 24 karat gold, silver and platinum.
ABOUT
Welcome…
My name is Paula, and my aim is to support you in deeper relaxation, better sleep and to share tools for self regulating tensions and managing anxiety for better coping skills with the stresses of modern life.
My love of nature, and the tranquility it offers has been a well I return to time and time again, to find balance and grounding in my life.
The sounds of nature always so soothing and timeless, have inspired me to learn a skill set, and keep studying to facilitate a tranquil environment where clients can restore, be nurtured and feel replenished even indoors in an Urban environment.
I’ve explored many modalities, studied with ground breaking teachers and musicians who are elevating, and expanding on historic modalities in sound, breath work, vocalizing, yoga, meditation and Sufi whirling.
These studies, and my desire to facilitate tranquility are what inspire me to create soundscapes for meditation, relaxation and daydreaming.
Partial List of | Clients | Performance | Exhibition | Education
Paula is trained and certified in the field of therapeutic sound, trauma informed somatic practices, and Hatha Yoga. For the past eight years, she has shared her work internationally at renowned spas and retreat centers, Seattle Veterans Hospital, University Kansas City Medical Center, and upscale retirement communities.
As a sound artist she has co created with fine and performance artists providing soundscapes for their installations in Seattle at On The Boards and Town Hall Seattle. The Nerman Museum of Art in Kansas City, and Konstfrämjandet Uppland, in Uppsala Sweden.
Corporate
Aegis Living Mercer Island WA, Assisted Living, 2021 - 2022.
University Kansas City Medical Center staff of doctors and nurses. 2021 - 2022.
Woman To Woman, at the University of Kansas health system, a program for ovarian cancer research alliance, online. 2020
Aegis Gardens Newcastle WA, Memory Care Unit. 2018
Seattle Veterans Hospital Cancer Care Unit, for the patients, and nursing staff. Seattle 2018
Retreats
Life Over Loss : Finding Joy Again, a women’s grief retreat, Seattle 2019
Performance | Exhibition
SOUND HEALING FESTIVAL
RESONANCE STOCKHOLM 2024 ~ Crystal Bath ~ Eric Ericssonhallen, Stockholm Sweden, November 2024
Site-specific Soundcollage “Fathoming Effervescence” in collaboration with artist Sean Nash for his installation at the Nerman Museum of Art, as part of the Charlotte Street Fellows 2023. Overland Park, Kansas. November 16, 2023 - April 14, 2024.
Site-specific soundscape in collaboration with Swedish artist Ulrika Sparre for “The Healer”. Träden de Tala, Konstfrämjandet Uppland. Uppsala Sweden, October 2023
Supporting sound artist for Timothy White Eagle’s durational performance “The Violet Triangle : Revival”. On The Boards, Seattle Washington March, 2022.
Supporting sound artist for Timothy White Eagle’s durational performance at Town Hall Seattle. Seattle, Washington, June 2021
Retreat Centers
Esalen Institute, Big Sur California, December 2017
Hollyhock, Cortes Island B.C. Canada, September 2017
Volunteer
An introduction to sound meditation for an anonymous elementary school in Seattle grades K- 5, 2019
Workshops
Introduction to Therapeutic Gong with Mateusz Krawiec of Art of Union. June 2023 Sweden
Introduction to Trauma-Informed Yoga & Somatic Practice with Hala Khouri, MA, E-RT, SEP . 2021 Online
Certifications
Quantum Alchemy Crystal Bowl Practitioner Level 1,2,3 with Yantara Jiro, United Kingdom. All three courses certified through the CMA (Complimentary Medical Association). 2018 - 2019 . UK
USUI Reiki I & II, with Nawal Fleihan, 2018 Beirut
CoCo Connection Coalition Trauma Training, 2018 LA
100 Hour Embodied Flow Advance Module Body with Tara Judelle & Dr. Scott Lyons, 2016 Mallorca
Hatha Yoga RT200 with Tara Judelle & Dr. Scott Lyons, 2015 Bali
Their Words
I find it more interesting for recipients of the Sound Meditations and One-On-One Sessions that I offer to express in their own words what experience was for them, rather than sharing my projections as a practitioner.
“I’ve spoken about you so many times over the last few weeks- so much connection to sound therapy/baths and you always come to mind!
I actually had a really terrible experience of a sound bath recently, and assured many ‘first timers’ to please try it again with you!! ”.
Hanouf G.
"I wanted to say thank you for your words and session, that a week later still resonates through me ... I'm using it as a meditative well or pool that I can go back to and remain calm when I need to.”
Jim G ~ Mixologist & Artist
“I felt tender, open and connected after my 1:1 with Paula”...
“ Sound is an amazing part of my healing process. It works like nothing else. And every time is different. When Paula first played for me I felt so relaxed and refreshed. The register of my voice often goes down after a sound session ”.
Kate P. / Personal Chef
“It was work at such a high vibrational level that it had exceptional healing quality” …
“ Paula offered us a 'sound ceremony'. The result was quite definitely a 'peak experience' for all those who were lucky enough to be there.
'I was completely bowled over by the beauty, gentleness and power of your sound ceremony, and continue to feel tangible benefits whenever I tune into the memory again - I feel that this will continue for all of us who were lucky enough to experience it.
I woke up several times during the night that followed and found myself smiling - 'turning to gold' indeed! Thank you so much again........
Please let me know whenever there might be an opportunity to experience it again in Europe and I'll do my best to get there!
I hope very much that you may have an opportunity to present at a Soul-voyagers retreat one day”
Jen W. Soul Voyager
"It felt like a massage of the grey matter of my Brain.” …
"The Sound Meditation created a space where my subconscious mind became active in waking life".
Rachel G. Dancer/Choreographer.
“It felt magical.”…
“ I felt like every cell in my being was vibrating and some how cleaned. I slept so well after this session. ”
Brita Å. / Octogenarian
“The sound meditation felt intellectually freeing and invoked some clarifying breakthroughs.” ..
"I’ve attended several sound meditations with Paula, all of which resulted in deep relaxation. But during a recent session, I accessed productive inspiration on a project I’ve been developing. The sound bath felt intellectually freeing and invoked some clarifying breakthroughs."
Deirdre T. Filmmaker/ Writer.
"The sound seditation I received was a deeply moving experience." …
"A dear friend had recently passed away & I was overwhelmed with emotions. The experience of releasing myself to the “Sound” of the bowls was comforting and touched me deeply. I felt truly lifted up out of my sorrows … and felt the path to healing had been awakened in my mind.
I wholeheartedly recommend Paula's One-On-One sessions to you . The “Sound Meditation” is a tool to healing and so much more. I will be incorporating this experience into my life forever."
Bruce W.
"It really does help stop the mind chatter" …
I wanted to thank you for the lovely sound meditation last night. It was so relaxing and it really does help stop the mind chatter. My body responded in various ways to the different vibrations and it was very healing. Thank you for sharing your wonderful gift with us.
Krisanne H. Real Estate Agent.
"I am still glowing from the sound meditation" …
"It was so healing - I feel as though I've been restored to the person I was before all the conflict at work started a year ago! I've spoken to several colleagues who want very much to experience one."
Nodie S. Nurse Practitioner
“ the sound meditation gave me the opportunity to dream bigger.” …
“It was wonderful to meet you and attend your sound bath meditation in Santa Monica tonight.
I've been doing a lot of self-care, work on myself and deep digging over the past year and a half. I've been meditating on my own, and I feel as though I'm making strides in my own self-discovery.
What your sound bath meditation gave me was the opportunity to dream bigger. It allowed me to go deeper than usual and give myself an unfettered, tactile view of where I see myself in 5-10-15 years. It gave me a lot of clarity when I feel like I'm sometimes peering into my future with fogged-up goggles.
I've spent a lot of this year working really hard and maybe stretching myself a little too thin, and your sound bath meditation gave me a lot of focus that I plan on utilizing from tonight on forward. I could see a bigger picture for the first time maybe ever(?). I loved it.”
Sean C.
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