Testimonials
You are a wonderful teacher. Thank you for sharing all the information that you do it is so helpful to understand where some of this comes from and to really feel and watch you lead by Spirit. Your humor and humbleness are a tribute to your who you are and where you come from.
I credit our work together with the transformation of my relationship with my Mom. We’ve been in regular contact that has been characterized by mutual appreciation and laughter. She visited two weekends ago. Our time together was better than ever. I’m able to see “the person” she is without focus on her previous “negative” impacts on me.
You may remember the animal that came to me in the healing session with you was the Red Tail Hawk. Well, I did lots of research on that after- some of which I really get and some of which I KNOW will be revealed in time. What’s interesting is that since then, Red Tail Hawks come visit me frequently. I had never even seen on before in my life. Now they just swoop way down, close to me, make sure I see them and then fly away or even stay perched up high just watching me. It’s a trip. Even makes a believe out of my skeptic wife. 🙂 I love it. So, I know I’m not alone and I love that.
I am doing great after our weekend together. Sounds and songs are coming to me often, and I find myself using music to connect to spirit in a way I didn’t previously understand. Sound healing even found its way into a session I was giving to a patient last week. Big changes for sure! I am so grateful. Thank you for your beautiful teaching and guidance, and for facilitating the opening of this door for me.
It was a pretty amazing day yesterday. I have taken some time today to think about some of the details and images that I experienced ~ I feel amazing. Even with some things that are happening around me and my loved ones right now, I felt it easier to get re-grounded and stay calmer about it. Thank you so much for helping me find this part of me and experience these wonderful journeys.
I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you and your way of sharing your knowledge with us. Thank you for your amazing class and Thank you for the soul retrieval – I feel like I am on top of the mountain! The tribal healing was so powerful and awesome. What a great honor to be in that circle. You were amazing! Looking forward to seeing you soon.
I am greatly shifted. Yes. In my first days back in real life I’ve actually had two different people who didn’t know about my healing, or the retreat, comment about my energy being noticeable. This gave me a thrill that I kept to myself. I’ve noticed a lightness of being and a sense of peacefulness like I’ve never felt before. I must be cleared, because it feels a little bit like emptiness, but not loss or sadness. It’s more like an openness. At the same time I feel light, I do feel physically tired. But I also notice an improvement in my peripheral vision! What’s that about? 🙂 I also took pause when my dentist made a rather random reference to shamans while he was putting in a permanent crown yesterday morning (I hadn’t told him a thing about my weekend).
As you know I new nothing about sound healing. This was a wonderful learning experience.I have some confidence and feel that the confidence will grow as I put sound healing in practice. I really appreciated all of the exercises we practiced. I really appreciated being able to sit in the middle of the floor and play with each bowl.It was like getting acquainted with a new friend. Singing our journey’s out loud for our partner was very powerful.Using our drums a long with the sounds that came from our inner being, sometimes we were quit loud and others times very gentle sweet sounds came and sometimes very very funny sounds. Laughter and tears and many emotions were a part of our songs. Giving and receiving sound healing was one of the most profound experiences I have ever had. I had a major healing at the very end of our sound intensive for which I am so grateful for. Also we built a very safe trusting container of love among us, thanks to Lauri.
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Ecotones: A Shamanic Sound Expedition:A Rich Inquiry Into Our Edges and Boundaries
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Broad Purpose & Intention
This series of shamanic sound experiences is meant to be an expedition into the ecology of the soul.
We engage here in a fruitful spiritual and soulful investigation into the edge or boundary between “this” and “that”--two adjacent or polar states, conditions, ideas or beliefs.
Between them there may be a solid boundary or threshold we flirt with, or a grading from one form into another. Here we look, and listen, and work with an edge or boundary that yearns for resolution or dissolution.
Ecotone: Its’ origin:
The ecological concept of ecotones has been coming in vibrational waves through the senses, during my nature journeys and everyday livingness.
In ecology, an ecotone is defined as a transitional area between two adjacent ecological communities (Merrium-Webster).
There exists a unique set of dynamics and characteristics of the species present and facets of the physical environment, as we move from one ecological state to another, through the ecotone, to the other state. In ecological studies of biodiversity in forests, we call these stand conditions. So there is a parallel when we address boundaries or edges in our life between “this” and “that”.
This concept of inquiry streamed into the forefront as a result of my work my sensing and working with thresholds (A hot topic inBill Plotkin’s SoulCraft)
Here the term ecotone can be used to denote where to any two adjacent states butt up against each other– in the mind, heart, thoughtscape, belief system, energy field, or any other aspects of our physical & metaphysical lives.
One of My Personal Ecotones
When I used this first sound journey for myself after it was completed, I found the edge between “safe and not safe”.
As I worked with my spirits from the bird nations, this ecotone feathered into, ascended up to a third way– neutrality–a spiritual practice/mindset/life skill/ soulscape quality is-ness. We have been cultivating, merging with, inviting, whooing neutrality very intently at in LightSong’s Mystery School teachings and learning experiences/ceremonies. So what a beautiful weaving of messages from the Divine to help me with my fears and courageousness.
Birds as Emissaries of the Divine: Singing Hearts on wings
We ask for help from compassionate spirits from the Bird Nations. Birds life our eyes from the heavy Earth to the sky with their glorious choruses, laments, and excitations! Their power of flight assists us to rise, and see our soul’s landscape from their bird’s eye…with eagle vision, a different, higher perspective.
Power and Practice of Part 1 of Ecotones, Edges & Boundaries:
This part 1 of the Shamanic Sound Journey Ceremony initiates us into the power of sound and spirit which we invite to help us discover and transform edges, boundaries, ecotones.
First, the invitation: The Invocation–Calling in the bird nations. You can include any of your known, vetted compassionate spirits. Rattle, sing, hum, drum, or simply vibrate with intention. INTENTION IS EVERYTHING. As close as you can get toa sense of love of your soul, and connection with your ability to hear your heart yearning...Call forth to the compoassionate universe!
There is an opportunity to make offerings, a simple altar, add to your own. You can pause the audio if so moved to do some listening and finding altar items and offerings.
Then we are propelled on a Sound-empowered Spirit-guided journey. My (Lauri’s) spirits and sounds assist us in this journey, holding the Intention to find an edge or boundary…of spiritual/mental/physical significance. It may be an abrupt line or a gradient/gradation between 2 conditions, this or that.
The spirits will guide us to see-feel-sense-know more about a particular edge, boundary that you are needing to transform around. Nature spirits–in particular the birds–show us something surprising and important about the landscape of our soul/life and an edge that is revealed. As in forest ecology, the tree spirits may show up and reveal patterns that help us understand and sense our ecotone, as one state (“this”) fades into another state (“that”); graded or abrupt.
We engage compassionate spirits from the Bird Nations to be primary guides on this sound journey. This journey is meant to help provide a birds eye view & experience. The eagle’s view.
Mato Lauri’s bear drum, and her Abundance (G) crystal bowl, along with lakeside birds Lauri recorded in July 2020 provide sonic drivers, cleansers, fillers, songs, spirits all!
We ask for trust that Lauri’s guiding ones will collaborate with yours in the biggest way, and support you in your own experience. Journey and use the sounds coming through me (Lauri), my instruments, you, your instruments, our altars, to inspire curiosity!
Ask the spirits that you be surprised!
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Begin!
Take a moment to breathe, contemplate...
Be comfortable, and make your space safe to do whatever you are guided to do!
If you are guided to set up a simple altar. and/or gather offerings.
Do not worry if you dont cant wont its all good!!
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Afterwards:
Come back; have some water, stretch.
Walk around. Then write.
What did you notice?
How did that make you feel?
What do you think this means–what story are you telling yourself about it?
Feel free to send writings of contemplation and sensation and manifestation, or whatever is in your heart.
lauri@shamanicsoundhealing.com.
Part 2 coming shortly!
Afterwards:
Come back; have some water, stretch.
Walk around. Then write.
What did you notice?
How did that make you feel?
What do you think this means–what story are you telling yourself about it?
Feel free to send writings of contemplation and sensation and manifestation, or whatever is in your heart.
lauri@shamanicsoundhealing.com.
Part 2 coming shortly!