Sound Energy Healing with Buddhist Monk Lama Jam and Sound Specialists: Thomas Upjohn and Naomi McCarroll-Butler

Combining personal meditative practice with the guidance of a Buddhist monk specializing in Sound Energy Healing has led to profound insights and inner transformation. The synergy between meditation and sound healing facilitates relaxation, focus, and a deeper connection with oneself and the surrounding environment. Sound Specialist Thomas Upjohn created a field recording of the Sound Energy Healing and the sound of me working with the salt in the studio. I notice how the vibrational sounds of the bells and gongs enhance my senses. There are waves of sound energy that can heal the body and soul as they lift my mood. In this room, you might hear sounds that shift frequencies. These sounds are believed to assist in releasing energy blockages throughout the 7 chakras.

The sounds of salt rocks shifting and with these vibrations can transfer frequencies from low energy to higher vibrations. It can release energy blockages in the seven chakra energy system. The singing bowls have the capacity to realign the 7 chakras and even the hundreds of other energy centers within the body.

Based on the sound healing experiences, intuitively, I place the salt on the mandala installation. The sound and resonance of the singing bowls were magical and powerful to even inanimate objects like the salt rocks. I noticed how the vibrational sounds enhanced my meditative state while creating my mandala design as it relieved stress.

The use of medical Tibetan singing bowls, Buddhist chants, and mandalas in meditation serves to create a sacred space where individuals can experience profound healing.

Listen and witness the power of sound. This surround sound experience is an evolution of this project. It went from visual, performative, and physical to an auditory experience. As I created this piece, I was surrounded by salt rocks. The sound you hear is of me placing salt on a mandala installation accompanied by the Buddhist monk Lama Jam who performs a sound healing treatment using medical singing bowls. Does it bring you to a conscious and meditative space?

The seven primary chakras are energy centers situated in different parts of the human body, and they inspired me to create the colored stained salt rocks for my mandala. The making of the mandala design is about the recognition of time, intention, and focus on the inner self. In deconstructing this practice of making the mandala into sound, materiality, and color, the piece allows for an exploration of individual emotions and energy. What do you hear?