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The Voice of Consciousness
The Voice and Consciousness
Adapted from The Big Book of Relaxation
Every person holds a map of consciousness within their voice. The energy inside
the voice directly affects the mind and body. Using the voice is an efficient and
natural way to massage the bones, organs and skin from the inside out. It is a
natural accessory for the release of tension, the stimulation of the mind, the
expression of thoughts and bridging the emotions with the mind.
Forms of drumming, singing, and chanting all create endorphin releases that
reduce pain,calm the mind, lower brain wave patterns and balance the body. Music
therapists are using the voice as a tool for healing the link between conscious
expression and physical disabilities.
New forms of healing and relaxation insist that the generation of the vibration come
from within the client rather than through the instrument, the drum, a recording or the
voice or music of the therapist. New systems are encouraging you to do it
yourself…to tune in and tune up.
Self-created relaxation is actually a repatterning and retraining of the mind and body
through various levels of sound production from the voice and muscle rhythms of the
body. With the voice and the awareness of making inner sounds in the mind, you can
begin to find effective and readily available ways to tune in and tune up your
consciousness, body and emotions.
Below are some exercises you may want to begin experimenting with to help induce
relaxation. Although they sound easy, obvious and quite unsophisticated, give
yourself two weeks to explore their power, their ease and remarkable results.
Exercise 1: I AM VIBRATION
Sit comfortably in a chair so there is a feeling of relaxing upward. Close your eyes
and imagine your whole body as a balloon. Inhale, sensing your body expanding with
ease. Then exhale,visualizing your body releasing air from every pore in the body.
Continue to sense the balloon gently expanding and releasing with deep long
exhalations and inhalations for about 2 or 3 minutes.
When you feel comfortable with the breath, then relax the jaw and allow a HUM to
begin. It is not a melody, a chant, or a tune…it is a tone. This tone is not being made
for the purpose of making beautiful or musical sound. It is being made for the purpose
of massaging the body from the inside out. The jaw is loose, the teeth are slightly
apart and the lips are together. The sound is low and soft. In your mind, think:
I am exhaling tension by massaging the body and mind with vibration
I am inhaling harmony and well-being
I am vibration
Complete this exercise for 4 to 5 minutes each morning and evening a week to tune
up your world! Let your critical, verbal brain to take a rest and allow the rest of your
brain and body to naturally attune itself.
Exercise 2: Relax with Vowels
Set aside a time where you can explore the vowel sounds. Sit comfortable in a chair
and exhale a few times releasing thought. Then for 3 -5 minutes begin to tone with a
relaxed jaw. Place the palm of your hand just below your throat so that it rests
comfortably on the upper part of your chest. Bring the other hand to your cheek and
allow your head to gently rest on your hand. Close your eyes.
Day One: Open the lips slightly and make an “eh “ sound.
Day Two: Relax the jaw and make an “eee” sound
Day Three: Make a gentle “ah” sound
Day Four: Make a long restful “ oh” sound
Day Five: Make a gentle “ouuuu” sound
Imagine you are deaf and that all the energy of the sounds is massaging your body
from within. Let you hands be your ears and sense the vibratory power. Do not look
for an outcome, just be aware of the presence.
After your time of toning, put your hands in your lap, keep the eyes closed and
deeply sense your body and mind.
Each vowel at every pitch has a different power. Each person responds differently.
Let you voice be lower in pitch as you begin this tonal awareness. Keep the same
pitch for most of the time your are toning. If you ever feel strain or stress, just stop
or thirty seconds, the begin again. If you feel it is just time to stop, then just stop.
At times an emotion or a memory may arise. You can choose to tone right through
that memory and allow it to be cleared away, or you may come to rest and know that
you will work with that feeling at a later time. There is wisdom of the vowels in the
body, become aware of their power to charge, relax and heal.
Adapted from The Big Book of Relaxation
Every person holds a map of consciousness within their voice. The energy inside
the voice directly affects the mind and body. Using the voice is an efficient and
natural way to massage the bones, organs and skin from the inside out. It is a
natural accessory for the release of tension, the stimulation of the mind, the
expression of thoughts and bridging the emotions with the mind.
Forms of drumming, singing, and chanting all create endorphin releases that
reduce pain,calm the mind, lower brain wave patterns and balance the body. Music
therapists are using the voice as a tool for healing the link between conscious
expression and physical disabilities.
New forms of healing and relaxation insist that the generation of the vibration come
from within the client rather than through the instrument, the drum, a recording or the
voice or music of the therapist. New systems are encouraging you to do it
yourself…to tune in and tune up.
Self-created relaxation is actually a repatterning and retraining of the mind and body
through various levels of sound production from the voice and muscle rhythms of the
body. With the voice and the awareness of making inner sounds in the mind, you can
begin to find effective and readily available ways to tune in and tune up your
consciousness, body and emotions.
Below are some exercises you may want to begin experimenting with to help induce
relaxation. Although they sound easy, obvious and quite unsophisticated, give
yourself two weeks to explore their power, their ease and remarkable results.
Exercise 1: I AM VIBRATION
Sit comfortably in a chair so there is a feeling of relaxing upward. Close your eyes
and imagine your whole body as a balloon. Inhale, sensing your body expanding with
ease. Then exhale,visualizing your body releasing air from every pore in the body.
Continue to sense the balloon gently expanding and releasing with deep long
exhalations and inhalations for about 2 or 3 minutes.
When you feel comfortable with the breath, then relax the jaw and allow a HUM to
begin. It is not a melody, a chant, or a tune…it is a tone. This tone is not being made
for the purpose of making beautiful or musical sound. It is being made for the purpose
of massaging the body from the inside out. The jaw is loose, the teeth are slightly
apart and the lips are together. The sound is low and soft. In your mind, think:
I am exhaling tension by massaging the body and mind with vibration
I am inhaling harmony and well-being
I am vibration
Complete this exercise for 4 to 5 minutes each morning and evening a week to tune
up your world! Let your critical, verbal brain to take a rest and allow the rest of your
brain and body to naturally attune itself.
Exercise 2: Relax with Vowels
Set aside a time where you can explore the vowel sounds. Sit comfortable in a chair
and exhale a few times releasing thought. Then for 3 -5 minutes begin to tone with a
relaxed jaw. Place the palm of your hand just below your throat so that it rests
comfortably on the upper part of your chest. Bring the other hand to your cheek and
allow your head to gently rest on your hand. Close your eyes.
Day One: Open the lips slightly and make an “eh “ sound.
Day Two: Relax the jaw and make an “eee” sound
Day Three: Make a gentle “ah” sound
Day Four: Make a long restful “ oh” sound
Day Five: Make a gentle “ouuuu” sound
Imagine you are deaf and that all the energy of the sounds is massaging your body
from within. Let you hands be your ears and sense the vibratory power. Do not look
for an outcome, just be aware of the presence.
After your time of toning, put your hands in your lap, keep the eyes closed and
deeply sense your body and mind.
Each vowel at every pitch has a different power. Each person responds differently.
Let you voice be lower in pitch as you begin this tonal awareness. Keep the same
pitch for most of the time your are toning. If you ever feel strain or stress, just stop
or thirty seconds, the begin again. If you feel it is just time to stop, then just stop.
At times an emotion or a memory may arise. You can choose to tone right through
that memory and allow it to be cleared away, or you may come to rest and know that
you will work with that feeling at a later time. There is wisdom of the vowels in the
body, become aware of their power to charge, relax and heal.