4o Day Morning Check In Affirmations
Daily Affirmations to check in with yourself, shift outdated patterns, and create new behaviors that transform your life!
If you can change your thoughts, you can change anything!
Affirmations are vibrational expressions we aim at our mind in order to shift our thinking patterns and transform our lives. They not only motivate and help keep you focused on your goals and how you want to feel, but the change in thought helps you change your behavior so that you feel the way you want to feel in life!
Like any habit, it takes time for affirmations to stick to the brain. So, to change your thoughts, and to ultimately change your behavior, affirmations should be practiced daily.
Join me here every morning for 40 days as we take a moment to sit with our morning beverage of choice and repeat the affirmation of the day at least 3 times.
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Sound Healers Journey to the Top.
Journey to the top.
5am, up, pack, go. It was a whim. A feeling. I walked to the foot of the mountain and stared up into the darkness. Took a deep breath, and took the first step.
One foot in front of the other I began the climb. As my journey upward become steep, and I could only see a few feet in front of me, my body, mind, and emotions were challenged. My heart rate and breath started to increase. My mind filled with all the TO DO’s, and I became aware of the emotions of being on this journey alone.
I stopped. Took a breath. Connected within, and took another step. I focused on the sound of my feet connecting with the Earth. Another breath. I told myself, “The reward is worth the journey.” Another breath, I looked up and thanked the moon for lighting each single step. With every new step I allowed gratitude to fill my being. I just... kept... going.
And then, there I was. At the top! With time to spare I set myself up for the perfect view. Sunrise did not disappoint. Her shine grew as she rose from the horizon. Her rays embracing the world with her warmth. The animals rejoiced and welcomed her. .
As I witnessed her gentle rise, I also noticed my body felt strong. My mind clear. My emotions at peace. I made it and had found that I wasn’t alone after all. There were others, like me, who challenged themselves and believed in the beauty that waited for them at the top.
Deep breath.
Starting something new can challenge parts of your being you didn’t know were uncomfortable. But to align means to move through what’s uncomfortable so you can experience ease and flow.
<3 Danielle
8 Free Social Media Sites all Sound Healers Should Consider
8 Free Social Media Sites all Sound Healers Should Consider
How do you as a Sound Healing Practitioner get the work you what you do, especially when you are just getting started and don’t have much cash flow?
Hopping on the Social Media train is a FREE way to get the word out on what you do and who you care to serve! But knowing which platform to spend your time on will give you a little more insight on how to be strategic in spending one precious commodity… you energy!
So let’s take some time to unpack the nuances relating to a few of the BIG GUYS in the game!
1. Facebook
Whether we like it or not, Facebook is the undisputed heavyweight champion of social media platforms and has fundamentally changed the way humans interact with each other.
Facebook is the largest social network in the world, and your follower are most likely to use on a daily basis. And so! It’s a great place to start if you want to host and create a knowledge-sharing/discussion space, and share long form information and stories.
Facebook Stats!
2.74 Billion Active Users! (Second in usage to YouTube!)
In the US, 73% of all Facebook users log in on a daily basis.
The average American user spends up to 38 minutes per day on Facebook.
Despite continued criticism of Facebook’s role in spreading disinformation, 36% of US citizens say they regularly use the platform as a source of news.
75% of Facebook users are women, 63% are men. 76% of people between 18-24 and 84% of people between 25-30. 79% of people 30-49. Another 68% between 50-64.
Facebook also allows you to receive very detailed analytics about your audience. This insight can help you further refine your target audience.
2. YouTube
ANYONE can enjoy YouTube content, regardless of whether or not they are a registered user. Here video content it king!
YouTube Stats!
2.29 billion registered users.
80% of parents say their children watch YouTube videos.
National demographics says that 30% of all YouTube’s traffic originates from only three countries. At 16.4%, the United States contributes the biggest percentage. India is second with 9.2% and Japan grabs the bronze with 4.8%.
The largest age demographic for YouTube is 18-29 year olds, with 91% using it. 30-39 year olds at about 87% and 13-17 year olds at about 85%
3. Instagram
Yes! The land of “influencers” and inspiration! For better or worse, this popular photo-sharing app is packs a punch!
Instagram Stats!
1.221 Billion Active Users
72% and 67% of thirteen to seventeen year olds and 18-29 year olds. This drops to 47% for 30-49 year olds and 23% for 50-64 year olds.
popular platform for B2C marketing
Offers incredible engagement rates in comparison to Facebook
4. TikTok
Kind of an overnight success story! The video-sharing platform seemed to unapologetically burst into the scene with its quick and hilarious content!
TikTok Stats!
Young adults are by far the most frequent users of TikTok with 41% of users between the ages of 16-24.
Users spend an average of just under an hour on the app per day.
90% of users access the app multiple times a day.
The more creative your videos are, the more noticeable they will be.
It is available in 155 countries and 75 languages, making it possible to reach people you may not be able to on other platforms.
5. Snapchat
This app defied the norms! Rejecting the notion of “once it’s on the internet, it’s forever” and said “I’m doin my own thing y’all!”
The photo and video-sharing platform became famous for only displaying users’ posts for a limited time before it’s deleted. Forever. Talk about creating a sense of urgency!
SnapChat Stats!
59% of all US internet users between the ages of 13 to 24 are on Snapchat.
Since 2016, Snapchat has been the most popular social network amongst teens and young adults.
69% and 62% of thirteen to seventeen year olds and eighteen to twenty nine year olds use Snapchat, respectively. This decreases greatly to only 25% of thirty to forty-nine year olds. It is considered the most important social network by 41% of teens.
6. Pinterest
An image-sharing, pin to your hearts desire type platform! Dream board your life and get pinned!
Pinterst Stats!
442 Million Active Users
Demographically, Pinterest has largely been dominated by female users. Currently, the gender split is sitting at approximately 60/40 percent. This gap is narrowing, however, with the platform reporting a 50% increase in male users in 2020.
Pinterest provides great SEO opportunities because your pins are also clickable links which can drive traffic to your website. Another great aspect is that pins have a long lifespan, meaning that the more your pin is re-pinned, the longer it circulates on user boards and it can be visible for years.
7. Twitter
Short and sweet. But don’t blink! You may miss something! 280 characters only please.
Twitter Stats!
Twitter is another app favored by younger people. 44% of 18-24 year olds in the US use Twitter, and 31% of 25-30 year olds use it. The vast majority of Twitter users come from outside the United States. With 330 million global monthly users, 262 million of them are from outside the US.
Twitter is a platform that allows you to connect with your audience on a personal level. Interactions are generally casual and this gives your business a real face to the people.
8. LinkedIn
Shine a light on that resume! LinkedIn is a space to showcase your professional career. The US has significantly more LinkedIn users than any other country in the world with 160 million users. However, this social media platform is used much less regularly than many of the others. Although.. I do see them trying to make a combat with their new features.
LinkedIn Stats!
160 million users
The largest age demographics for LinkedIn are 25-30 year olds and 30-49 year olds.
A LinkedIn profile can improve SEO rankings for a small business, as it comes across more legitimate.
Can Children Experience A Sound Bath?
SoundEmbrace has worked with children in private and group sessions, as well as through children’s therapy centers.
While children of all ages are welcome, please note that it may be challenging for some children to remain quiet and still for long periods of time.
We trust that you know your child best. If this is a public group sound bath session please take into consideration that any movement, fidgeting or talking is disruptive to other participants as it becomes a sound sensitive environment.
Ultimately, we find great results working with children!
Who Should NOT Do A Sound Bath?
You should not have a sound therapy session if you are in the first trimester of pregnancy, or have thrombosis. In person sound bath sessions may produce monaural beats, while virtual experiences may produce binaural beats, so it is recommended to consult your doctor if you are prone to seizures. Please let your practitioner know if you have a pace maker or any other device.
What Should I Bring To A Sound Bath?
Really, anything goes!
Please bring anything that will support you in laying down for the duration of the session.
Items may include a yoga mat, pillow, eye mask, and blanket.
Dressing comfortably will also support you in becoming more relaxed during the session.
Participants often feel thirsty after a sound bath session, so feel free to bring water.
When the physical body isWhen the physical body is comfortable it is easier for the mind to be as well!
What Can Sound Healing Sound Baths Help With?
Sound Therapy has been shown to have positive outcomes and support:
Relieving Stress
Reducing Pain
Reducing Anxiety
Insomnia
Depression
Achieve Higher States of Meditation
Digestive Issues
PTSD
Fibromyalgia
Cancer
Brain Function
Added Mobility
Increased focus
Increased clarity
Increased creativity
Increased sense of calm
Increased blood flow
Increased oxygen flow
“Through the process of entrainment, sound can transform negative, repressed emotions into a state of psychological equanimity that has direct and immediate effects on our physiology. Sonic entrainment can also restore harmony between our innermost selves— our essence— and the universe, thus reawakening our spiritual connection.”— Mitchel Gaynor
How Can I Become a Sound Healing Practitioner?
You want to do your homework on who will be the best teach for you and your goals. Here are SoundEmbrace, we offer a FREE Consultation call to answer all your questions about the industry and advise on whether or or not a single class or full certification is best for your goals.
The SoundEmbrace Sound Healing Certification Program is robust. You will not only the history, practical application, and science, you will also be mentored and be supported through business and marketing classes so that you have a realistic foundation to launch from when you complete the 4 month program.
Can Anyone Buy Sound Healing Instruments?
You are absolutely right! On one hand, this is a good thing! On the other, well, if you don’t know what you are doing you can certainly cause more harm than good!
On the good side of it, these instruments are relatively accessible to start a self meditation practice. This is helpful in finding self empowerment for yourself and creating that time to learn to self regulation.
On the other hand, I still recommend that there is some training for the beginner. You may have immense detox symptoms and need to be able to know what these are and how to prep your nervous system to handle the vibration.
There’s no governing body for Sound Healing to maintain standards of best practices and ethics. There are many programs, classes, workshops, and “Certification Programs” popping up all over the place without any real validity, extended knowledge in the practice of health, coaching, or trauma. And good intentions are really only that. Good intentions. If you do not have extensive training you really don’t know what responsibility you really have as someone facilitating this work.
What is a Sound Bath?
It is called a Sound Bath because it feels like the sounds are washing over you.
Participants typically lie down on yoga mats (welcome to sit up), close their eyes and focus on their breath as wave after wave of sound washes over them. A sound practitioner facilitates using combinations of frequencies to prepare the nervous system to go into the parasympathetic nervous system state. This creates the environment for the body to go into its own natural healing often relieving stress, and reducing pain.
Instruments used may include, but are not limited to : quartz crystal bowls, himalayan bowls, gongs, drums, shakers, chimes, bells, tingshas, and voice to name a few.
Where Does Sound Healing Come From?
I get this question a lot as well!
Sound healing isn’t new. Sound Healing is more of an umbrella term for ancient healing practices all over the world, both spiritual in nature, and not spiritual. Many Eastern spiritual traditions use these instruments for ceremony and healing thousand of years ago. Sound Healing practices span over every continent and continent and culture, and so it is the responsibility of the practitioner to not only know the practical application of the instruments in our modern day, but also maintain the integrity and ethic of the practice from what if came.
It is worth mentioning that we may also categorize ultrasound and frequency therapy as an accepted and frequently medical intervention. While a Sound Healing Practitioner, Therapist, or Facilitator may not use these interventions, it is using vibration and frequency as a tool for healing.
How Does Sound Healing Work?
Everything we experience in the universe is simply our perception of waves. We all know that according to the law of physics everything in the universe vibrates and if it vibrate it has a frequency. Everything, from human beings, the device you are reading this from, your hair, skin, organs all have their own frequency, also known as its natural resonance.
Loaded question but here is the short explanation and something you may have heard before… but bare with me!
Everything we experience in the universe is simply our perception of waves. We all know that according to the law of physics everything in the universe vibrates and if it vibrate it has a frequency. Everything, from human beings, the device you are reading this from, your hair, skin, organs all have their own frequency, also known as its natural resonance.
When sound waves reach our ears, they are converted into electrical signals that travel up the auditory nerve into the auditory cortex, the part of the brain that processes sound. But it is not just through our ears that we take in frequency from the environment, it is also through our skin. Once the signal reaches our brain it trigger various responses in our bodies.
Stress, environmental factors, internal dialog, what you eat can all affect the signal but also give their own vibratory signal. This process can altar our emotions, and release hormones. Working with frequencies can bring your body back into healthy vibration. In neurological studies, it has been proven that certain sounds and music can help us be more productive and creative, as well as relieve stress and improve our mental and emotional state. Much of this is due to our brains being flooded with dopamine after a trained Sound Healer/Sound Practitioner have facilitated. These sessions also release oxytocin which is a natural painkiller, and is a hormone that allows us to bond with others.
Sound Healing Practitioners and Therapist use vibratory instruments to induce the relaxation response. When we can support someone in achieving a state of deep relaxation there are a cascade of biological and biological and physiological effects that take place.biological and physiological effects that take place.biological and physiological effects that take place.
There is research on the affects of crystal singing bowls, Himalayan bowls, drums, and gongs in which the findings show they produce a wide range of frequencies, which you not only hear but also experience at a physiological level. Human bodies are 70% water which makes for great conductors of sound, so when you have a sound healing session or a sound bath, the frequencies have the potential to correct imbalances of dense stuck energy deep down at a cellular level.
These highly vibratory instruments promote relaxation and raising consciousness. When your brainwaves are out of balance you will experience corresponding mental, emotional and physical health challenges. Over or under arousal of the brain is linked with problems like anxiety disorders, sleep difficulties, hyper-vigilance, anger, depression, and migraines to name just a few.
A trained Sound Healing Facilitator uses these highly vibratory instruments to shift brainwaves states from Beta waves, which dominate your waking state and take up a lot of your energy, into Alpha waves, a nice resting state, to Theta waves, where you go deeper into relaxation and meditation, and might access and process subconscious memories or worries, to the low frequency of Delta waves, where profound healing can occur.
What is Sound Healing?
WHAT IS SOUND HEALING?
Sound Healing is also known as Sound Therapy or Vibrational Medicine. Sound Therapy works on the principle that everything is vibration. Sound healing therapy is the therapeutic application of sound and vibration in order to create the environment for the body to go into its own natural healing processes. It is the practice of using sound and frequency for relaxation, healing and personal development.
Sound can facilitate shifts in our brainwave states by entrainment. Entrainment synchronizes fluctuating brainwaves by providing a stable frequency to which the brainwave can attune. Combinations of rhythms and frequencies make it is possible to shift from our normal beta state (alert, waking, concentrating, reacting) to alpha (creative, relaxed), and even theta (meditative state) and delta (deep sleep; where restoring and healing can occur). Shifting brainwave states elicits the Relaxation Response in the body, turning on the parasympathetic nervous system state.
There is a large following and deep curiosity about Sound Healing, more specifically Sound Bath sessions. We are seeing the media including articles in national newspapers, magazines, and events across social media raising awareness of this powerful tool. For a trained Sound Healing Practitioner or Sound Healing Therapist non traditional instruments like quartz crystal singing bowls, Himalayan bowls, tuning forks and even gongs are used in a therapeutic way to facilitate outcomes for health and wellbeing.
“With the capacity to slow down your respiratory rate, relax your brainwaves patterns, lower your heart rate variability and calm your nervous system, sound healing is at the cutting edge of healing along with meditation and yoga. It’s non-invasive and can be inexpensive and social.” - Well Doing
Sound healing can reduce your stress and anxiety, improve your sleep, create a deep sense of wellbeing, and promote healing that goes well beyond simple relaxation. Participants with conditions such as Parkinson’s are benefitting, as are the elderly, and those with PTSD and other mental health difficulties.
Music is the art of the prophets
“Music is the art of the prophets, the only art that can calm the agitations of the soul.” - Martin Luther
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Finding a trusted ally within oneself
Finding a trusted ally within oneself.
How many promises have you broken to yourself?
How many times have you told yourself you would do something and haven’t?
Do you trust yourself?
Whether you have made some big New Years goal, or something small and personal like getting up earlier, fulfilling your commitments and promises to yourself build the courage to do everything else you want to do. To trust YOU can and will follow through.
This Mercury Retrograde period is helping us remember those commitments made to Self.
Reevaluate.
Redefine.
Recommit.
Join us tomorrow Sunday, Jan 16 for :::SoundOn::: where graduating student @yoangie will be facilitating a sound bath session for us!
And! Join me in person Wed, Jan 26 for an in person session in Atlanta!
Interested in learning Sound Healing? We have ONE MORE opportunity to get in on the program before we take a summer break. No experience necessary it instruments required for level 1.
Link in bio or soundembrace.com for more information.
For the love RE!
For the love RE!
I see January as a month of “RE’s” : REdo, RE-create, REassess, REinvent.
Its like a REawakening to self. Deciding that “things will be different“. That “its time” to REwork the old parts of ourselves.
There’s been a REframe. A moment of REflecting and REclaiming how powerful we really are. REcommitting to the power we inherently hold within ourselves.
As we REconsider and REthink all that was and all that could be, I invite you to also REmember and REestablish your values.
REkindling, REevaluating, and REconnecting to those truths.
REaffirming what truly matters to you. REaligning with these fundamental truths will help in this REbalancing process.
REempowering you in whatever it is that you were looking to REstart, or REnew.
2022 is going to ask a lot of us. I am confident that in REconnecting with your values you will REunite with the parts of yourself you thought you’ve lost. Parts of yourself yearning to be found again. And you will have the stamina to take bold, courageous action, not only your passions, but what is right and just for our world.
Check the link in bio or SoundEmbrace.com for virtual and in person sound bath sessions! If you were interested in Sound Healing classes, Registration for Level 1 (SEE1) of the SoundEmbrace Sound Healing Certification Program will be opening up again soon!
Tomorrow we have :::SoundOn::: with @dmindfulsoul
Tomorrow we have :::SoundOn::: with @dmindfulsoul !!!
Description for the evenings sound bath:
My intention for the session is for my participants to sense each breath as a blissful homecoming back to themselves.
Often times we look to the outside to bring us solace, ease and balance when the pathway to peace exists within...waiting to be found/uncovered underneath all of the experiences we’ve had or had to endure. Sound and vibration are a vehicle to experience the balance we seek.
Here are states of being accessed from previous participants in Devon’s SoundBaths:
Relaxed. Peace. Calm. Rested. Peaceful. Heart filled. Focused. Nourished. Energized. Soothed. Headache free. Refreshed. Free. Held.
If you’d like to see what’s possible personally, come through with an open heart and mind.
Devon will lead you through a deeply relaxing mindful meditation of breath into the pure harmonious sounds of the crystal bowls (and other instrument)to bring balance and a sense of ease to your body, mind and spirit. …Which is simply a pathway back home to your intended natural state of being.
No previous experience with meditation or sound needed. If you’re a living human looking to relax- that’s enough ;)
Link in bio!!
Settling in to day 2 of the virtual immersion
Settling in to day 2 of the virtual immersion.
One of the best parts about teaching is witnessing the dots connect. When the student surpasses their own expectation of what is possible.
I can’t wait for them to do their first EVER facilitation this afternoon!
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Check the link in bio or www.SoundEmbrace.com for upcoming classes and sound bath sessions.
Close your eyes, and Relax in Sound
Close your eyes, and Relax in Sound.
Join us for Atlanta, Relax in Sound. An in person Sound Immersion to support you in shaking off some of the residual energy of the past year, reconnecting with your values, and setting a new foundation to boldly step into your life in a new way.
Lead from a place of calm in a chaotic world.
Create from a place of abundance though all you hear of is lack.
Love from a place of understanding and compassion when faced with spaces consumed in darkness and hopelessness.
Your experience is going to be truly individual and unique to the person next to you. All you have to do is show up for yourself, and relax into the sound.
Notice blocks and tensions wash away, leaving you centered, refreshed, energized, and fully present and connected with the world around you.
Link in bio or SoundEmbrace.com to sign up for this in person sound bath session in Atlanta, on Wednesday, January 26 at @fullcircleatl