I am a highly energetic 65-yr-old female attorney. I am fast moving, fast thinking and chronically distracted.  I have struggled all my life with shutting down my thoughts and falling asleep.  I have a restless system. 

The words “relax” or a “quiet mind” were always an elusive concept for me.  I didn’t recognize what feeling I was striving for and trying to manage for myself.  I had never experienced any change or positive reliable outcome from any claimed relaxation practices, because I could never quiet my thoughts or inner-distraction enough to reach a meditative relaxed state of mind.  I tried and failed for years and gave up easily.  I really had no idea what concept others were talking about. After years of frustration, I was convinced that any level of meditation to calm my nervous system must be beyond me. 

I was pleasantly surprised and blown away by my first session. My body was so relaxed I felt as though I just walked out of a massage. The results for me include:  intense relaxation during the session,improved sleep and ability to fall asleep, control to shut off my thoughts and thereby reduce anxiety and stress. The sound is so pervasive and deep that I don’t try to “negotiate” with it to keep an active high level of consciousness I feel the vibrating sound of the bowls seems to permeate the whole body. I’m shocked I am able to just swim and float in it and not ruminate about anything or feel anxious about what else I feel I should be doing with my time.I had an awareness that my breathing had a slow and steady rhythm that I was not familiar with, nor had I ever been mindful of my breathing rate before.

The most valuable outcome of my first session was that I could focus and not have distracting or racing thoughts the rest of the day.  I thought of one thing at a time and did not have the urge to multi-task so much. 

About 6 sessions later, I became aware that I had learned to control the chaos in my head. I was finally able to meditate and benefit from it.  I became aware that I had been able to feel sleepy at night, rather than edgy and that I was actually falling asleep quickly on my own when I got in bed.  All my life I thought I was winning a game because I felt I could control my body and decide that I was going to keep going, keep working and that I didn’t need sleep to function and it was not hard for me to stay awake most of the night, if I was convinced I could get more done.  I became aware that I can no longer arbitrarily decide that I am not sleeping, my body has found a better rhythm and I can’t start projects at midnight.  I am accepting that I can unwind now and fall asleep because I can feel it happening for me and I follow it.I no longer have that high energy level late at night. 

Most of the time when I was worried that I was over-wound or thinking about something at bed time, I knew I would need a xanax just to be able to get to sleep. After a few months of sound therapy, I was so surprised to realize that not only had I not needed to take xanax, I hadn’t even ever thought of it. I forgot all about it.  I have not reached for xanax to relax in over a year, since first starting sound therapy once per month.  It’s still a work in progress and I look forward to reaching a level where I can feel highly focused for several days after a session. 

Sound therapy has been life changing for me and has set me on a path to reach that goal.  I am no longer hopelessly challenged by meditation techniques.  After discovering sound therapy for a year, I can utilize my own breathing and I feel immediate calming results and reduction of stress or anxiety, wherever I am, whatever I’m doing