Experiencing Sound Healing with Tibetan Singing Bowls
Presented by Marilyn Fogerty, RN, BSN, BA, LMT, NCTMB
Aromatherapy Certified, Vibrational Sound Healing Certified
Marilyn Fogerty
This workshop is designed to experience the Himalayan singing bowls to create sacred space, to enhance our quest for inner peace, consciousness, intentionality, presence and focus. Being in this space opens up our world to love, compassion, caring, courage required to be fully engaged. The vibrational sounds of singing bowls are ideal for stilling the mind and bringing it into a centered clarity.
Jean Watson’s words:
“Within contemporary thinking, we already see the intentional conscious use of sound(for example, music, sounds of nature, wind, sea, chimes and chants are familiar sounds) being made for healing purposes and therapeutic ends.” Watson 2010. P. 207.
"The use of music and sound in healing is as old as mankind. The ancient healers drew upon our sense of sound and soundness for health and harmony." Watson 2010. P. 206
Faculty
Marilyn Fogerty RN BSN BA LMT Certifications in Therapeutic Singing Bowls and Essential Oils.
Experiencial
A quiet place where the sounds of the bowls are not interrupted with outside noise/talking. A place where people if desired can sit on the floor in a circle.
Objectives/Subjectives
At the end of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To describe how sound vibration works in the body for healing and relaxation.
- Identify at least 3 visible/measurable effects of relaxation therapies.
- Identify how to choose your own singing bowl.
- Explain how singing bowls are made in Tibet.
- Identify 3 ways how to use singing bowls in their personal and professional lives.
Centering Exercise
Each participant will stand in a grounding singing bowl as instructor plays it and participants can feel the calming, and centering effect of the bowls.
Description of Core Concept and connection to Caring Science and Caritas Processes
Transpersonal caring relationships are the foundation of Jean Watson’s work. Transpersonal caring occurs when the one caring connects with and embraces the spirit of the other through authentic, full attention in the here and now, and conveys a concern for the inner life and personal meaning of another. A caring relationship and a caring environment attend to “soul care” the spiritual growth : the spiritual growth of both the one-caring and the one being cared for.
Use of this Tibetan bowls and vibrational healing is an excellent Caring Healing Modality to achieve this state for both nurse and client.
“Cultivate the Practice of Loving Kindness and Equanimity Towards Self and Others.” (Watson, 2002, pp. 47-67). This concept being the basis of all 9 other caritas processes. It is crucial that nurses attend to self care practices to access the ability to connect with others from a grounded and healing place/presence.
“Cultivation of One’s Own Spiritual Practices and Transpersonal Self, Going Beyond the Ego Self” (Watson, 2008. Pp. 67-70)
This modality helps in practicing self-reflection from a calm relaxed state. Allows for the opening and willingness to examine ones own feelings and spiritual beliefs so as to be present and nonjudgemental to others beliefs.
Description of the Experiential Activity
Participants will be sitting around 7 Himalayan singing bowls, placed at the 7 chakra points. After the centering exercise, the class will begin with the instructor explaining the singing bowls and its effects on relaxation, healing and opening of the heart. The most important chakras are energy centers that form connections between the physical body and ethereal body. The chakras play an important role in physical and psychological health. This allows for nurse to maintain the desire to be in the present moment and assisting clients from a heart centered space.
- Video showing the physics of how the singing bowls work as a healing modality (1 min)
- Demonstration by instructor of the video and available to students to personally experience the physics.
- Video of how Tibetan singing bowls are made (4 min)
- How to choose your own singing bowl. (5 min)
- Videos interspersed with lecture and experience.
Remaining hour will be participants choosing partners and working together experiencing “on the body vibrational sound”, with Tibetan bowls. Conclusion will be participant discussion the experience and how they will use this modality.
Reflective Questions to Ponder
- How do you feel after being in the energetic presence/vibration of Tibetan bowls?
- How will you personally use these bowls?
- How will you see using the bowls in your work/home/family/friends?
- Do you think you will get further education in vibrational sound?
References
- Landry JM Physiological and psychological effects of Himalayan singing bowl in meditation practice :a quantitative analysis. American J Health Promot. 20144;28:306-309.
- Shrestha S. How to Heal with Singing Bowls. Boulder, CO. Sentient Publications.
- Huyser, A Singing Bowl… Exercises for Personal Harmony Binkey Kok Publications-Havelte/Holland.
- Watson, J. (2010) Post Modern Nursing and beyond. (Rev. Ed.). Boulder, CO. Watson Caring Science Institute.
BIO
Marilyn Fogerty, RN, BSN, BA, LMT, NCTMB
Aromatherapy Certified, Vibrational Sound Healing Certified
Marilyn graduated with a BSN from the University of Colorado in 1977. She has practiced in many different areas of health care. In 2000 Marilyn added a Massage Therapy Degree to her skills and has been in private practice in nurse/massage and integrative therapies. She is able to integrate the Caritas heart-centered values in her daily practice with all types of private clientele from medical massage for post-op and injured clients young babies and mothers to teens, elders, and athletes. As a Nationally Certified Massage therapist, Marilyn has extended her studies to include another year of Chinese medicine, joint mobilization and myofacial work.
Marilyn’s passion for integrating health practices across disciplines has led her to a variety of continuing education programs.
Some of her training includes:
- Tibetan Singing Bowls; Old Tibet, Boulder, Colorado 2011
- Aromatherapy Certification: Integrative Aromatherapy Boulder, Colorado 2009
- Cranial Sacral Therapy; Institute of Integrative Healthcare Studies, Montgomery New York
- Reflexology; College of Massage Therapy, Boulder, Colorado and Cross Country Education Brentwood, Tennessee 2013
- Chakra Therapy Boulder, Colorado 2005
- Full body warm water massage therapy; New Mexico
- Polarity Therapy; Boulder, Colorado 2004
- Balance Technique Boulder, Colorado 2010
- Life Alignment Technique; Boulder, Colorado 2011
- Heart Math; introductory course Boulder Creek, CA 2008
Marilyn’s nursing background as a hospice nurse has made her a variable assistant to the Conscious Dying Institute Programs. She has worked with the founder, Tarron Estes. The focus of her teaching was to restore death and dying to its natural place in the sacred circle of life by creating a new wisdom-based culture of healing caregivers to elevate and the experience of end-of-life care.
Since 1980, Marilyn has been in collaboration with Jean Watson as a teaching assistant. She has also been a faculty member with WCSCI’ since the inception of the Institute in 2007. While she has been with WCSI she has coordinated aspects of the Caritas Coach Education Program (CCEP). Her role with the CCEP was especially integral to the 10 Caritas Processes Stations, which she taught and facilitated set up and operations. Marilyn’s clinical nursing background serves her greatly as a she mentors nurses through a six-month WCSI certification program. In addition, she was among selected faculty chosen to teach a three-day introductory course on Caring Theory to more than 400 Kaiser Permanente nurses in Northern California. Since 2007, she has assembled and operated a Healing Center for nursing participants at the ICC (International Caring Conference) to administer self-care with healing modalities. Marilyn is proud to continue to foster these relationships.
Marilyn is an excellent resource for all Faculty and Caritas Coaches in generating ideas of ways to integrate complementary and alternative modalities into their institutions, their own practices and personal growth journeys.
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