Over the past 3 years, many of us have been pushed to ask ourselves questions....
Over the past 3 years, many of us have been pushed to ask ourselves questions like:
Who am I?
What is important?
What makes me happy?
An interesting conversation with Fiongal from the Wellness Foundry about my life purpose and what fulfilling it would look like led me to start collecting crystal singing bowls and playing for myself.
Combining the notes to make beautiful harmonies was easy, having been a song writer and recording artist for most of my life but there was a moment where it became less about the beautiful sounds and more about how it made me feel. I could feel a deep calmness and freedom whilst playing, which remained when playing for friends and family who also expressed similar feelings after hearing/feeling me play.
Wanting to deepen my knowledge of sound therapy, I qualified as a sound therapy practitioner and learnt how to work with other instruments, the history of sound and the science of pain in our bodies, chakras & auras. I realised I’d always had an intuitive want to nurture others but often found myself in relationships and friendships where I was being unnurtured. I have always been a good listener and able to connect with people and animals from an honest place, understanding about where and how we hold our emotions in our bodies has been incredibly useful in my healing.
When I was able to reflect on my life, I realised that the home I had built with a man I loved wasn’t the right home or the right person for me. This painful realisation took an unexpected twist when I found out I was expecting a baby soon after the breakup and moving out.
Navigating co-parenting instead of the family unit I had envisaged has been challenging to say the least but becoming a mother to a beautiful boy has been amazing, scary, tiring, overwhelming, insightful, strengthening and a whole host of other emotions. My birth experience (you can read - entitled ‘An august birth story’) was tough and I had no idea where sleep deprivation could take you to emotionally. I was no stranger to late nights, working in recording studios, creatively assisting other artists with projects but this was a whole new kind of tired.
Throughout my pregnancy I found that tuning forks and binaural sounds helped with sleep and calmed the baby but most of all, kept me relaxed and the voice of doubt in my head at bay.
I am grateful to have had some great support from family and close friends who have encouraged my transition from the music industry to sound therapist.
'Nyomi Sounds' was created to share my healing journey and invite you to travel yours along side me.
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