In an enlightening interview with MysticMag, Rebecca Abraxas, a seasoned singer/songwriter turned sound healer, shares her discovery of the profound connection between sound and healing.
Her audiences often noted the soothing, transformative power of her voice, inspiring her to fuse sound with spiritual consciousness for healing. Abraxas uses vocal and instrumental frequencies to calm the nervous system, balance energy centers, and facilitate personal transformation with ease.
Through mindfulness and intuitive guidance, she helps clients release vibrational “cobwebs,” guiding them toward their authentic selves with a swift, holistic approach.
How did you discover the connection between sound and healing?
Sound healing was natural for me. Before becoming a sound healer, I was a singer/songwriter. Many people in my audience and at the senior health care facilities I sang at commented that my voice was very healing for them to listen to.
As I was becoming a musician/singer, I was also doing a lot of spiritual discovery. My songs reflected that journey, and so did the frequency that came through my voice. I’ve always wanted to combine these worlds to support higher consciousness and connection.
What are the key benefits of using voice and sound in personal transformation?
Using sound frequency has some benefits that help healing and transformation be received more easily. Sound healing with voice or instruments helps calm and reset the nervous system, helps focus brain waves for specific tasks, and can harmonize the chakra centers to relieve a source of tension in the body. When tension and stress are released, transformation, shadow work, and healing, as you can imagine, flow way more easily, as it relieves some of the resistance to healing that may be unconsciously there.
This reset also paves the way for sitting in stillness and one’s Soul’s authentic self more easily, which offers the participant a portal to deeper spiritual connection.
Can anyone use sound healing, or do you need musical experience?
That’s a loaded question in the field lol. Even though I’ve been a singer/songwriter for 25 years and I’m an advanced certified sound therapist, I do a lot of my work intuitively and spontaneously. I find my work is most potent when I am out of the thinking mind and offering it up to my Higher Consciousness to guide me.. But if you are using a lot of sound healing instruments, I’d say a basic knowledge of contraindications of each instrument is important, and how to create a sound bath for the intention you are seeking is important.
For example, A calming sound bath for older, weak dementia clients would be very different in contrast to the sound bath you would create for young ADHD clients. It’s important to know why, and it’s important to know how to create these two different experiences.
What role does mindfulness play in your sound healing practices?
I’d say mindfulness plays a HUGE role, as your intention and your space of being is carried on in the sound frequency, especially when using voice. It is my perspective that vocal sound healers must practice mindfulness and have a leadership sense that is based in spiritual presence. I came up with an apprenticeship program because I feel this is so important. I teach a process I call “Being Sung”.
I’ve been to yoga classes and sound events where the practitioner did not seem to have a regular practice and did not seem very mindful, and it is very uncomfortable to me, and I am sure others as well.
How have your personal experiences shaped your approach to healing?
I came out of the womb ready to heal and get happier .. I literally remember as a younger teen saying to myself, ‘I just want to be happy.’ I was an anxious, shy kid who didn’t really understand or fit in with my peers. I was always told I was an old soul and that I seemed older than I was. My journey was about finding my spiritual center, unleashing my soul’s calling, and processing the shadows that were in the way of that.
This is how I work with my clients and my groups as well. I feel we are already whole, healed, and complete. We just have some vibrational “cobwebs” to let go. This simple approach to healing helps me and my clients find a strong sense of self based on our spiritual nature rather than the experiences and trauma we have been through. I’ve found this approach to healing to be way swifter.
What simple sound healing practice can someone start using today?
The simplest sound healing practice one can start doing now is humming. The vibration of humming creates a vagal tone in the body, which starts to calm and reset the nervous system. When you add an intention to the hum, it becomes even more potent.
Find out more at: www.rebeccaabraxas.com
