sound bath

Over the years, I have tried meditation a few times but it just never stuck. However, different paths have seemed to guide me towards the practice in my journey to bliss. For the last two months, I have made a more concerted effort to get into the routine of daily meditation, with the help of apps starting with guided meditation. In one session, tears flowed down my face, and in the spirit of freeing my mind from thoughts, it was not clear to me whether it was from sadness or happiness.

During this period, I also had a dream that seemed to be the answer to my dreams from ftale, waking me with 'wow' on my lips, my body collapsing from the weight being lifted and happy tears departing my closed lids.

While I have discovered that there are plenty of schools of meditation, as with other aspects of my life, I was open to exploring different experiences. Sound baths are an ancient meditative sound-healing practice based on sonic frequencies from Tibet. The acoustics of Grace Cathedral made the sounds reverberate throughout the walls, floors and ceilings of the structure. I felt so immersed in the vibrations that I could not determine whether the gongs, harps, chimes, triangles, Tibetan singing  bowls, tanpura, didgeridoo, and angelic voices began and ended. 

Time seemed to stand still yet flew at the same time. While I thought I would fall asleep during the hour and a half, I was not prepared for the rush of emotions. My face was soaked and in letting go, my body released any tension or past hurt in the tears. The tears did not seem to be attached to any negative, nor positive, emotions. It just was, in its singularity.

While Karl the fog encircled the city, the air was crisp and sounds were vibrant while leaving the cathedral. With a spring in my step, I also got clarity in also letting go of relationships that no longer served me in a positive way.