History is Not Made by Following the Rules
“History is not made by following the rules.” - said some person who is not me.
Sound healing was something I kind of just… fell into! Before sound healing, I wouldn’t have called myself spiritual, I would not have shared any experiences of energy, and I definitely would not have thought I would be able to make the impact I am by doing this work.
I was “suppose” to join the army!
I went to art school for photography, instead.
I was “suppose” to become a commercial photographer… I was in the industry for 11 years, got really sick, and then through my healing found sound therapy.
There are many “I am suppose to” experiences in our lives, but does that “suppose to” align with who you really are? Or want to be? Where you want to live? What you want to do? Or who you actually love!?!
I think where we can make the most impact in changing the world is actually to start by becoming curious about ourselves.
Am I happy?
Do I feel fulfilled?
Do I have fear about something?
Are my thoughts loving?
What are my biases?
What am I triggered by?
Do I feel enough, worthy, and loved?
Do I feel desirable?
Am I healthy?
WE CAN NOT follow the “rules” our past has placed on us for happiness, peace, and love!
You take control over your happiness and well-being, by becoming curious about where you are mentality , emotionally, physically, and spiritually. That ripples put into your decision making. Your love making. Your peace making. And we would all do this! We will heal the world together. We make history.
Check out SoundEmbrace.com to sign up for a free consultation call and sign up for the Sound Healing certification program! Also! Sound bath in person on August 18th, in Atlanta Georgia at @fullcircleatl new location!
Photo by @miggytapia
Quote by Oncologist Mitchell Gaynor
"If we accept that sound is vibration and we know that vibration touches every part of our physical being, then we understand that sound is heard not only through our ears but through every cell in our bodies." - Dr Mitchell Gaynor
Part of the power of these experiences is that we not only hear through our ears, we "hear" through our whole body! And in Sound Healing we create a sound environment that changes the stimuli received. POWERFUL! www.SoundEmbrace.com
Check out the SoundEmbrace Membership where you will have sound healing in your pocket, on-demand when you need it! You will also find info on Sound Healing Classes!
5 BIG Mistakes Sound Healers Make!
It's really challenging for me to go to someone else’s sound bath. I want to let my guard down and be vulnerable to the experience, but the fact is, not everyone doing this work has taken the time to learn how sound affects the body. Here are a few mistakes I see/hear often:
Mistake #1
The session is way too loud.
Loud sessions can mean a few things: the facilitator doesn’t know how to handle or manipulate the volume their bowls/instruments, they think that it needs to be loud for people to “feel it”, they don’t realize where the sound is coming from with a crystal bowl, or they are playing for themselves. YOU CAN CAUSE HARM by playing too loud. LOUDER DOES NOT = BETTER when it comes to Sound Healing. We don't just hear with our ears, we take in the sound through our body.
Mistake #2
Too many instruments or combinations.
You don’t need to play a lot of instruments to create the outcomes you want in a Sound Healing Session. Playing too many instruments can actually cause anxiety, even or trigger a traumatic regression. What is your intention for the session? Do you know how to calm the nervous system after you have created an intensity to your session?
Mistake #3
Performer versus Facilitator.
Know when you are in the performative role, and know when you are in the facilitator role. A facilitator is watching their groups for physical and psychic cues on how/when to make shifts in facilitation.
Mistake #4
No clear intention.
No clear intention breads distrust and confusion amongst your group. A lot of times when we hold space, we don't know the backgrounds of our guests. Communicating a clear intention for the group will attract the people who are a match for that session. It will also support you in knowing what instruments to lead with, and what language you are using to support the intention.
Mistake #5
Little to no guidance into a session or out of a session.
The beginning and the end of a session is incredibly important. This is where we gain trust from out participants. If you don’t know the intention of your session, you are not going to know what type of lead in you will need to adequately prepare them for the session, and you certainly won’t know what type of grounding will be needed.
I want you to succeed in this work.
I need you to succeed in this work.
Sign up for a Sound Healing Certification Program, or SEE1 class to at least get some basic knowledge. I have classes coming up August 22 that will support you in learning how to avoid making the mistakes above. Lets accelerate the growth of this powerful tool and industry. Fire can harm, but it can also do so much good!
Quote by Alexandra David-Neel
“All things are aggregations of atoms that dance & by their movement produce sound.
When the rhythm of the dance changes, the sound it produces also changes... Each atom perpetually sings its song, and the sound at every moment creates dense subtle forms.”
- Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969)
It’s no longer a “WOO” thing to say.
It’s no longer a “WOO” thing to say.
As more and more scientists, and doctors study the mind-body connection, we know without a shadow of a doubt! that the body is connected to our mind.
When we feel tension or discomfort in our bodies, there’s something happening on a deeper level. We may be holding something energetically or emotionally that has manifested physically.
Wednesday, August 18 join me in person at @fullcircleatl new location for what may be an intense sound bath experience. Intense in the way, that this facilitation’s intention is to move this energy, and perhaps release stuck emotions in the body that are keeping you in monotonous feedback loop.
Those of you in the SoundEmbrace membership, grab your headphones, and get cozy! You can tune in virtually for free!
(The link will drop the week of.)
I already have 5 sign ups! So sign up now. This session is already filling up!
Quote by Pythagoras
“The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment”
-Pythagoras (569- 475 BC)
Sound Healing takes us beyond the illusion of reality and helps us connect to truth. How are you using sound or music to create a deeper connection with Self?
Dreams are only dreams if there’s no action behind them
Dreams are only dreams if there’s no action behind them.
It was written on a post it about 10 years ago… Big ideas written in list form. Having my own school was one of those line items. It’s been 2 year’s since I launched the SoundEmbrace Sound Healing Certification Program and the ripple affect of that program is already leaving its mark on the world.
My students are facilitating in hospitals, nonprofits, schools, yoga studios, corporate wellness programs… they are doing sessions at festivals, nutrition centers, apps, retirement homes, and opening up their own sound healing store and studios!
I wish I still had that post it… but hot damn if I aight a living manifestation of a dream come true!
And the coolest part is, it’s still evolving. With every student, the dream becomes better than I could have ever imagined. I can see the legacy…
Please share about my sound healing classes and certification program. I am humbled by the work my practitioners are doing in the communities they are passionate about serving, and have so much faith that WE CAN create the change we want to see in the world.
Quote by Mozart
“The wonders of the music of the future will be of a higher and wider scale, and will introduce many sounds that the human ear
is now incapable of hearing.
Among these new sounds will be the glorious music of angelic chorales. As men hear these they will cease to consider Angels as figments of their imagination.”
- Mozart (1756-1791)
Hey there! I’m Danielle Hall!
Hey there! I’m Danielle Hall!
There are a lot of new people here so thought I would introduce myself and share what we are doing over here at SoundEmbrace.
I am an entrepreneur, sound healing practitioner, speaker, and catalyst for change helping you live a life you love waking up to everyday!
I am passionate about supporting others finding empowerment through their own health and life challenges because for most of my life I had simply
"accepted the cards I was dealt".
I didn't know that living a life without pain and discomfort was within my power. It wasn't until I was faced with my own mortality that I became open to other ways of thinking.
This was the catalyst for SoundEmbrace.
SoundEmbrace changes lives.
Named a "Pioneer in the Sound Healing Industry" by the Shift Network and interviewed on CNN, Fox5, and 11Alive, our work in the field
is gaining more notoriety.
Through sound healing sessions for the public, therapy centers, hospitals, corporate wellness programs, and in non-profits, offering a certification program and classes to support Sound Practitioners in gaining valuable knowledge in the field, sound bath membership program to help make sound healing more accessible, SoundEmbrace has created a movement of Self Empowerment through sound healing experiences.
We have created a conscious community of sound healing practitioners who uplift a mission that serves and we continue to grow and elevate the sound healing industry as a non invasive, complementary tool for health and wellness.
We support you in being a catalyst for change!
Whether you are focused on your own personal growth or supporting others in their journey, we are here to encourage, inspire, and cheer for you in your goals and dreams.
Thank you for being here and contributing to the conversation. Sign up for upcoming Sound Healing classes and certification program, or the SoundEmbrace membership.
Photo by @thisisjess
Quote by Hazrat Inayat Khan
“The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.”
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Inner Journey
The inner journey.
What does it take to change?
What does it take to live in an aligned life?
What does it take to be healthy?
What does it take to be happy?
What does it take to step into your desires?
What does it take to feel good in your body?
What does it take to feel love?
I know… What does any of this have to do with Sound Healing? Well, Sound Healing is not just about dinging bowls pretty bowls or banging gongs. It’s about self-empowerment.
It’s about tapping into the unconscious parts of ourselves and allowing ourselves to see what is there. Because when we have awareness, we then have a choice. We have a choice to make a change that we want to see in our lives.
How did you answer the questions above?
That may already give you insight into how to begin creating a life you love waking up to every day.
We are all being asked to level up.
Quote by Dr. Ira Altschuler
“Eventually, musical therapists will compose prescriptions after the manner of a pharmacist...”
- Dr. Ira Altschuler (of the Eloise State Hospital) (1942)
Quote by Dr. Carl Jung
"Deeply listening to music opens up new avenues of research I’d never even dreamed of. I feel from now on music should be an essential part of every analysis."
- Dr. Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Coming up! :::::Sound On::::
Coming up! :::::Sound On::::
Got back-to-back free virtual community sound baths coming up August 4 and 5!!!
Two students are ( @heartandsoulandacoupleofbowls and @chelseashag ) graduating the Sound Healing certification program and it would mean the world to them, and me! If you joined us in celebrating their final project!
Check out the link in bio to sign up for FREE!
Your presence will be supporting a new graduate in stepping into the world as a certified Sound Healing practitioner!
Automatic Nervous System and Music
Music connects with the automatic nervous system (brain function, blood pressure and heartbeat) and the limbic system (feelings and emotions).
I am so excited to share more with you about Sound Healing as well as support you on your health journey. Check out www.SoundEmbrace.com
Grieve The Old You to Step Into The New You
Sometimes you have to let yourself grieve the old you in order to fully step into the new you.
I may never know...
I may never know...
I may never know the depth of the impact from these sound bath experiences for these kids... but still so humbling to be a part of their journey.
Check out Kate’s Club to learn more about their mission. 💕
<3 Danielle
Spaciousness between sound.
Spaciousness between sound.
Spaciousness between words.
Spaciousness between breath.
Spaciousness between thoughts…
is what allows us to feel the life we are living.
Sound exists to create the experience of life while the silence allows you to feel it.
Silence is the most important place to be because it is here that the greatest shifts occur. Silence creates the breadth… it creates the depth, of consciousness. It is in the After Sound, that allows for the dust to settle so we may see clearly.
The next sound bath is tomorrow night, Wednesday Sept 4th. Allow the sound to FILL your being so that it may push everything else out of the way and you may FEEL clearly, in the silence.
<3 Danielle
📸 by Miguel Tapia
I’m honored to be among more than 35 of today’s HIGHLY sought-after experts, sound-healing pioneers, and practitioners.
I’m honored to be among more than 35 of today’s HIGHLY sought-after experts, sound-healing pioneers, and practitioners — including Eileen McKusick , Jonathan Goldman, John Beaulieu, Christine Stevens, Chloë Goodchild, Deva Premal and Miten, Barbara Borden, Steve Halpern, Mona Delfino, John Stuart Reid, and others — sharing the latest science and leading-edge techniques in sound healing!
During this FREE groundbreaking 5-day ONLINE event by The Shift Network you’ll discover:
💓Sacred healing chants, breathing, mantras, and sonic meditations to empower you and balance your mind
💓The nature and inter-relationship of sound, healing, and consciousness
💓The role of tone, tempo, and pattern as primary components of therapeutic music and sound
💓The intersection between stillness and sound — for heart coherence and resonance with the field
💓How simple sound and meditation techniques can help you reset your nervous system, boost your immunity, and cultivate compassionate relationships
💓The power of drum-sing-dance… how to de-stress in 15 minutes or less and bring more joy into your life
💓Exactly how sound and vibration work — physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually
💓Practical tips for expanding your personal sound practice and sharing it with others
💓New science and research uncovering the true potential of music in integrative medicine
💓Conscious listening as a bridge to creativity and connectivity
💓Acoustical bridges to your spiritual self, essential nature, and highest purpose and so much more!
I cant tell you how excited I am to share this with you and be a part of this panel! Please sign up and share the link. .
<3 Danielle