Before light, there is Sound

“ They who know the secret of sound, know the mystery of the whole universe”

-Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Sound is Supreme Consciousness, the world is sound” — the Nada Brahma teaches us that all the

content of the universe; everything we see, touch, feel, and are from the subtle to the gross… begin as frequency. As resonance. This is the language through which matter manifests.

In fact in our creation myths and philosophies, all things arise from a base vibratory field and it is

the power of the‘Word’ that calls form into being. .From the Mantric power of Goddess Vāk in India, to the sound architecture in the chambers of Egyptian pyramids, from Sumerian temple laments, to Keening, Shamanic Icaro songs, and SacredVowel chants over thousands of years — sound is an extraordinary technology and doorway to intelligence, harmony, reconnection and healing.

This is not a mere metaphor as this wisdom is deeply within and around us, with every cell in

our body literally singing. This is the beauty of biology, physics and spirit coming together.

In Tantric and Feminine Mystery School teachings, the universe is the body of the goddess who

is made of sound and music and we are actually a microcosm of her. Ancient and guarded

Shakti Tantric practices use very specific Shakti Mantra to awaken this incredible force in 51

places of the body

Our body truly is a fascinating house of resonant chambers akin to a musical instrument….

The organs, bones, nervous system and tissues are in constant vibration, much like a symphony orchestra, and can be stimulated to repair and regenerate with various tunings and frequencies.

Cymatics pioneer, Hans Jenny, showed how sound waves generate living geometry — spirals,

mandalas, and cellular forms — proving visually that vibration shapes matter. The wonderful John Stuart Reid, has taken this further with an immense body of work and an instrument called the cymascope, based on his own experience of healing his back through activating the sound resonance in the architecture of the Egyptian King’s chamber Sarcophagus in The Great Pyramid.

A beautiful study showed that when a cat purrs happily, it is usually at a frequency of 20-50HZ.

This is the frequency that stimulates our own bone repair! We are currently living in an exciting time of sound research as science is finally affirming this ancient wisdom and utilising its qualities in current day medicine.

Research has shown

• Sound and vibration initiate tissue regeneration and support cellular repair.

• Low-frequency sound can heal bones, dissolve plaque, aid inflammation and pain

• Joyful music increases dopamine and stimulates immune function.

• In Alzheimer's and dementia patients, familiar music reawakens memory, speech, emotion, and identity. The brilliant project ‘Alive Inside’ demonstrated this to a deeply touching degree.

• Sonic practices activate the vagus nerve, reducing inflammation, reversing stress, and slowing cellular aging.

• Music oxygenates membranes, regenerates cells, boosts dopamine, and activates red blood cell production.

• Ultrasound repairs tissue..
  

Through specific vocal toning, vowel sounds and guided music, we all have the ability to directly

influence and access the deeply intelligent, self healing system of our bodies reducing the

stress and inflammation that cause illness, shifting from fight or flight into presence, embodied

wellbeing and a restoration of balance.

The Mysticism of Sound and Music becomes medicine for the modern human, reconnecting us

to a vast technology and awakening the wisdom that lives within.

“As for us, we do not use simple words but sounds all filled with power.” -Asklepios to King Amman

Here is a simple yet effective practice you can do to quite swiftly calm the mind, activate the vagus nerve and the ‘happy chemicals’ like dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, nitric oxide and our endorphins.

Sit comfortably, preferably spine erect and take 8 deep diaphragmatic breathes : inhaling

and exhaling to come into the moment, the sensations in your body, presence.

1. Bring your awareness to your perineum , adrenals glands and your entire Root chakra. Chant UM into that area, literally placing the sound there with our intention with the lowest pitch you can sound. Repeat this 7 times.

   Pause and be in the Silence for about 30-60 seconds afterwards.

   
   

2. Attention comes now to the Sacral chakra. Your genitals, womb/hara, ovaries, testes. Chant UUH in your guttural pitch. Have the intention of this sound vibrating and resonating in this area. Repeat for 7 times.

   Pause and be in the Silence for about 30-60 seconds afterwards

   
   

3. Coming to your Solar Plexus, located between your belly button and ribs. Chant ME-AI-EE at a pitch that is higher than your guttural. Placing this sound in the area. Repeat for 7 times.

   Pause and be in the Silence for about 30-60 seconds afterwards

   
   

4. Bring your awareness to your Heart area. Chant HUU in a pitch that resonates for you with your heart, and is a higher pitch than the Solar Plexus. Repeat 7 times.

   Pause and be in the Silence for about 30-60 seconds afterwards

   
   

5. And now the throat chakra: Placing the sound AHH there…a pitch higher than the one you made at the heart. Visualise and sense this whole area imprinted with the AH chant vibrating, lighting up. Repeat 7 times .

   Pause and be in the Silence for about 30-60 seconds afterwards

   
   

6. Coming to the area of the third eye chakra. THe middle and back of the head, and also skull, nose, eyes, ears. Chant OWNN, sensing how the ‘ nn’ resonates the bones of the face, the teeth. Repeat 7 times. Pause and be in the Silence for about 30-60 seconds afterwards

   
   

7. And now the Crown Chakra, the area just above and around your head.. Chant EEE at the highest pitch you can make. Notice the quality of your voice when it makes this sound.., is it easy, cracked, strained or smooth? Repeat 7 times .

   Pause and be in the Silence, this time for 60- 120 seconds afterwards.

   
   

   What do you notice, has anything shifted or arisen?

   
   

   Have the intention to welcome all parts of yourself , all phenomena with no judgement, recognising you are the sacred witness, the silent compassionate space that holds all. And if judgement towards something arises, we welcome that too with Non judgement.

   
   

8. You can then start to descend through the Chakras with the same process you did when ascending. This is very important as it closes the Chakras and energetic field again while grounding the body.

   
   

Ava-Rebekah Rahman is a concert violinist, artistic director, practitioner of the Feminine Mystic

Arts and certified Shamanic Energy Medicine Woman.

She has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls across the globe, curated and directed Music Festivals in Europe ,America and India exploring Music Mysticism and Phenomenology and also facilitated retreats for Feminine Embodiment.

Ava has been initiated into both Vamachara Tantra and the Q’ero Andean Shaman lineages. She is honoured to deepen her Sadhana in both and is devoted to open pathways and support people to embark on their own profound journey into mysticism, medicine and liberation .

To find out more and how to work with her : www.avarebekahrahman.com