Category Archives: positive reinforcement

alternative healthcare, community, energetic medicine, happiness, healing sounds, health, journal, music therapy, positive reinforcement, sound healing, tribe, Uncategorized, well-being, wellness

The Reststation Lounge Journey Continues

Leave a comment

As I started speaking with Gary Ferguson regularly, I checked out the websites and the programs offered for Veterans.

One of the conversations we had was the V.A. would rarely pay for alternative healthcare therapies.  Some of those very modalities that would go hand in hand with what healthcare the V.A. was providing for Veterans.  (Remember our prior discussion about treating the whole person:  mind, body and spirit.)

So unless a healthcare practitioner was willing to work out of the goodness of their heart, or offer reduced or discounted work they didn’t get paid.  Or couldn’t continue to offer these services for long as they couldn’t afford to do so.

Gary thought ahead about this and the commitment of the Veterans to be part of a program for wellness and well-being.  He is the expert on this and much more knowledgeable than I am about the program and how it works.  But here is the link to the website to get more information on the specifics of the program and how it works:

www.pathways2veterans.org

What Happens Next?

After checking out the websites Gary Ferguson recommended:

www.pathwaysforveterans.org and www.pathways2purpose.org

I decided I was interested in learning more and working together with Gary towards my original goal of helping and working with Veterans.

 

I’ve set up my home as a Wellness Center in Littleton Colorado and I am now a designated Research Center for the Reststation Lounge.

 

The Journey Begins

 

Gary flew into Denver and we met officially when I picked him up.  We went to the existing location of the Reststation Lounge in Colorado and moved it to my home.  This unit was not a portable unit but was easy to dismantle and move on dollies.  We then moved it into my home and set it up.

 

At that point, I was pretty tired and still needed to take Gary back to the hotel.  Mr. Ferguson suggested I do a session on the Reststation Lounge to try it out and make sure everything was working properly.

 

We programmed the session for “Energize & Re-Charge” which was exactly what I needed.  He sat outside in the fresh Colorado air and enjoyed the essence and ambiance of my yard while I was on the Lounge.

 

The instructions for a new user are pretty easy and easy to set up.  You lay on the lounge, which is at zero gravity.  You place the headphones over your ears.  The practitioner working with you will help determine the sound levels are correct and comfortable.  You place your hands palm down on the Lounge and the neck pillow behind your neck.

 

The practitioner starts the program and leaves the room.  For the next 20-25 minutes I listened to the sound frequencies and felt the vibrational frequencies through my palms and up/down my body.

 

You might be wondering how I felt?  Twenty minutes later, the program stopped.  I laid there for a few minutes to let the treatment settle, just as I would with a sound client.  I took off the headphones and sat up on the edge of the Lounge and did a personal checkin.

 

I realized the exhaustion was gone.  I did feel renewed and re-energized and knew without a doubt I could easily drive the 45 minutes back to the airport hotel and another 45 minutes home again.  Needless to say, I was impressed.

 

My agreement with Gary is to blog about my experience with the Reststation Lounge as a Sound Healer; noting my experiences, suggestions and thoughts.

 

Stay Tuned for my Daily Sessions and Observations…

 

 

 

 

affirmations, community, energetic medicine, happiness, journal, music, music therapy, passion, positive reinforcement, trees, tribe, Uncategorized, well-being, wellness

Planting Seeds

Leave a comment

Planting seeds video made me think of all the different inspirations and passions and sometimes just plain craziness that makes me do something.

And I rejoiced that after all these years I’m still doing it.

I might come up with some crazy ideas.  And I might come up with some not so crazy.  Whichever.  It doesn’t matter.

I think the important part is that I’m still trying, sharing, creating, and inspiring.  Maybe in great ways, maybe in quirky ways, maybe in some determined as crazy.

What about you?  Please comment below about one of the ways you are creating, sharing and inspiring others.

It also reminded me of planting trees in the Dominican Republic in January, 2017 with my daughter CeCe (Cecilia Cogswell).  Some trees will grow, thrive, bear fruit, give shade and succeed.  Others will perish.

I remember that feeling of placing the little seedling in the ground, holding it gently and setting an intention for it to grow strong and sure.  Placing it in a hole, pouring some water from my bottle into it and adding dirt back in and around it to provide support.  Asking the Earth Mother to nurture another new little life into full growth and realization of potential.

I found myself thinking about those little seedlings more than once over this past year.

All we can do is persevere…and allow the magic to make a difference.

Please comment…

alternative healthcare, community, energetic medicine, happiness, healing sounds, health, journal, music, music therapy, passion, positive reinforcement, sound healing, tribe, well-being, wellness

My Journey as a Sound Therapist with the Reststation Lounge

Leave a comment

In August 2017, I decided to follow an idea that I’d been tossing around for a while.  When working with group sound therapy frequencies to release stress, I realized there was a whole area of the population deeply in need of this kind of therapy:  Veterans.  I thought of the frequency combinations I would use to aid in the release of Post Traumatic Stress for Veterans and anyone who had gone through a traumatic event.  That includes just about everybody on the planet at some time or another in my opinion.  Traumatic events come in all shapes and sizes.

As the Universe would have it, plans started to come together for this to happen.  When it is right, the doors fly open.  Needless to say, we have all experienced the battle when it is MY (Your) plan instead of the Divine’s (Universe’s) Plan for you.

I started doing stress buster group sound tune UPs at my Wellness Center every week.  Even though this was a great way to experience sound and vibrational work, very few people took advantage of the opportunity.  Another sign of a closed door and to check out a different way.

I met a man in Colorado who volunteered at the V.A. and worked with Veterans.  We talked.  I asked for a few references for folks I could call about this.  He said he would let me know.

Now it’s October.  I was contacted by a man in Sacramento, CA.  His name is Gary Ferguson, a Vietnam Combat Veteran and CEO/Founder at Pathways for Veterans which is a non-profit organization founded by him in 2010. Gary is also President/Founder of Pathways 2 Purpose.  Gary and I ‘chatted’ by email a few times and I researched him on Google.  Pathways 2 Purpose is dedicated to healing the emotional and spiritual wounds of war.  Pathways 2 Purpose creates a safe environment where all veterans can experience being heard.  They are then given tools to re-purpose themselves in mind, body and spirit.

At that point Gary and I started talking about how an international sound therapist could work with, use, research and evaluate the reststation lounge.

With my abilities to ‘see’ the energetic pattern in a person’s field and how sound and vibration can change that pattern in a positive or negative way, I thought it would be interesting to try.  We both did.

I appreciated the Universe’s quick response to my request and later that same day received two local contacts at the V.A. in Colorado.

Gary and I exchanged paperwork and information.  We agreed to see what the energy around this potential alliance would bring about if anything.

Stay Tuned for daily updates on this journey.

affirmations, community, happiness, healing sounds, health, music, music therapy, passion, positive reinforcement, sound healing, tribe, Uncategorized, well-being, wellness

GRATEFUL A Love Song to the World

1 Comment

GRATEFUL

A Love Song to the World

Published on Nov 26, 2013

Freely Download the “Grateful” song and Full album as a gift from nimo at: http://www.emptyhandsmusic.com/album-…

Musicians Nimo Patel and Daniel Nahmod brought together dozens of people from around the world to create this beautiful, heart-opening melody. Inspired by the 21-Day Gratitude Challenge, the song is a celebration of our spirit and all that is a blessing in life. For the 21 Days, over 11,000 participants from 118 countries learned that “gratefulness” is a habit cultivated consciously and a muscle built over time. As a famous Roman, Cicero, once said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” This soul-stirring music video, created within a week by a team of volunteers, shines the light on all the small things that make up the beautiful fabric of our lives.

affirmations, alternative healthcare, community, energetic medicine, happiness, healing sounds, health, journal, passion, positive reinforcement, sound healing, tribe, well-being, wellness

Where the Heck Have I Been?

Leave a comment

Hi Everyone!

I know I haven’t posted anything on my own websites in a long time.  I’ve missed you.  You might be wondering what I’ve been up to?

I was working with the www.soundhealersassociation.org website and became the new Managing Director.

I’ve also been building up my social media presence and accounts.  All of these things take time.  You might wonder why?  I’m trying to get the word out there!!

You see I have a vision to change the face of healthcare in the world.  Some might think that is pretty grandiose.  I think it is necessary.  With the current healthcare system which is extremely expensive and not available to all, something has to change.  I’ve spent the last two years working with hospitals, doctors, red tape and technology.

I’ve been working with and experimenting with sound and vibration for healing intentions for years.  I’m my own guinea pig and I am not a doctor or work with a hospital.  And seriously, I don’t want to after all the red tape, prescriptions for opioids, and suggestions for treatments when the real problem is undiagnosed.  I think there are better ways to attain health through the treatment of the whole person.  I think western medicine is missing a big piece and has for a long time.

On the other hand, eastern medicine treats the whole person:  the owie (injured body part), the mind (what were you thinking about when it happened) and the spirit (the energy about the whole event in your field).

I agree wholeheartedly with this approach.  I’ve even discovered in my years of research (over 25 years) and working with clients that things  which happened a long time ago can gather in your energy field and reflect in current injuries you are experiencing now on a repeated basis.  Reference:  right knee replacement ACL (forgiveness/male side energy).

I’m back to regular blogging and posting on my social media accounts again.

I’ve got an exciting journey to share and I hope you will take it with me.

What exciting thing is happening in your world right now?