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My Journey as a Sound Therapist with the RestStation Lounge

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12/28/17

My next session with the RestStation Lounge after being away from it for two weeks.  First, I’ll say that I felt the effects within 3 days of not being on the Lounge.  Muscles that I had released tension from were tense again and I had limited range of motion in my neck.

 

I decided to do the Hypothyroid to give my metabolism a jump-start during the busy holiday season.

 

It was late at night when I did this sound session.  I crossed ankles left over right.  I could feel the vibration in my thyroid and throat chakra.  It was also running up my arms from where my hands were placed palm down on the Lounge.   The vibration traveled down my legs to my knees but didn’t seem to go lower

 

]It felt really long when it was only 20M.  At one point, I bent my knees and put my feet on the Lounge because I know my whole body can be treated on the points on my feet.  At one time, I had the thought this might not be the best session to do before going to bed.

 

I was thinking about a weight-loss treatment for folks with hypothyroidism; and what I would accompany the session with to take it to a whole person treatment.

 

I was thinking about the person who might want to come once a week for a session for weight loss – either man or woman.  The session I would do in conjunction with this is for the lymph system; which will help with water retention and blockages in the emotional body.

 

Together with the thyroid treatment, it is a powerful combination to treat the physical and emotional aspects of weight gain, helplessness, the lymph drainage and stimulation of the thyroid gland.

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My Journey as a Sound Therapist With the RestStation Lounge (18)

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My next session with the RestStation Lounge …

It didn’t happen!  My laptop went on the fritz!  Something was wrong with my laptop, not the Lounge.  I spent two days with a blue screen and a message that said, “We are updating your online security.”  What??!!

 

I had never seen anything like this on my computer.  It stayed there for two days.  Just a blue screen with that sentence on it.  Honestly, it freaked me out because so much of what I do is stored on that laptop.

 

Fear can be all-consuming sometimes.  Does anyone know what I’m talking about here?

I was so afraid that my laptop was irreparably broken and then what would I do.  I certainly didn’t have the money to replace it right now.  Additionally, I couldn’t use it with the RestStation Lounge.

 

It took me 3 days to get everything working correctly on my computer again.  God bless troubleshooting.  Although the additional systems installed with Windows 10 can be extremely frustrating if you choose to not use them as they slow the other functions down.  I’m not going off into a computer lesson or tangent here, so back on track.

 

What I did notice, blew my mind.  By the fourth day of not being able to use the RestStation Lounge, I noticed my neck was getting stiffer and my range of motion was getting more limited.  You might remember, I had been diagnosed with pinched nerves in my neck resulting from an injury at work.

 

My immediate response was to get my tuning forks and get on the BioMat.  For those of you who are not familiar with the BioMat, it is a 1 1/2″ thick mat that goes on a massage table or floor.  It has amethyst crystals in it, moves infrared heat through it and negative ions to create an energetic field of about a foot around it.  That includes the person laying on the mat.  (I’m a distributor of the BioMat as well.)  The pillow that comes with the mat has different crystals in it and creates a cooling sensation in the head as the infrared works with the rest of the body.

 

Anyway, I digress.  I spent hours on the BioMat.  Seriously, 3-4 hours a day to try to continue the progress on my neck and head that I had achieved on the RestStation Lounge.  I used OM Unison and OM Octave tuning forks on my head and neck to try to release the increasing tension I could feel building up again.  The migraine was like an echo circling on the right side of my head.  Nothing like before when I had to get a nerve block after 3 weeks of having it; but it was a shadow back where the migraine had been.

 

It’s been a week without the RestStation Lounge! while I’m trying to figure out how to get another electronic device to hook up the sound and vibrational frequency programming to the Lounge.  The potential sessions are on the internet.

 

I also discovered during this time, you can use YouTube and put those sound sessions through the Lounge as well.  That means not only do I have access to all the sessions programmed through http://pathways2purpose.org for the Lounge, but access to thousands of sound and vibrational sessions on YouTube

 

Here’s the part that really threw me.  My range of motion in my neck has decreased significantly without the daily use of the RestStation Lounge.  Wow!!

By significantly, I mean back to 1-2″ range of motion in all directions with my neck.  The pain has escalated to where I’ve been giving the pharmaceuticals they prescribed for me longing glances.

 

I’ve managed the pain and avoided taking pharmaceuticals with tuning forks and the BioMat.  However, without the RestStation Lounge included in my treatment protocol, I seem to be stuck.

 

I knew the RestStation Lounge was doing amazing things with the pain, nerves and range of motion in my neck; but even I did not realize how amazing!

 

I’ve made arrangements to get a Chromebook to enable me to get back on the Lounge and do additional sessions.   I’m expecting that to arrive today.  I’m excited to see the difference in my physical pain, range of motion and general health and well-being once I am again able to use the Lounge.

 

Stay posted!

I don’t know if you are half as excited as I am at this experience!?  I intended to be my experimental guinea pig in this process; but even I did not realize how much that would be true.  The universe is definitely in control here.

 

Thanks for being a part of this journey with me so far.

 

If you would like additional information on how you can become a research center or have a RestStation Lounge included in your own practice, please use the contact me form below.  I will respond quickly.

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My Journey as a Sound Therapist With the RestStation Lounge (16)

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My next session with the RestStation Lounge…

Healing Regeneration and Wound – Duration = 29:49

I started this session with my legs crossed, left over right and could feel vibrations strongly in my calves.  From there, it went to my back behind my heart very strong.

 

I could feel it resonating down my legs and across my mid-back the strongest.  I reached the same spot on the sound/frequency program and the system popped and shut down.  Twice.

 

The first time, I thought it was some kind of glitch and maybe I had set things up incorrectly.  I couldn’t figure out how, because it is very straightforward and simple to set up and connect to your electronic device.

 

I was using my laptop and it shut off my computer both times.  I went through all the motions to get it back up and running and in the same spot it did it again.

 

I give up today.  I don’t believe in coincidences, so I will try again tomorrow and see if the same thing happens again.

 

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My Journey as a Sound Therapist With the RestStation Lounge (15)

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My next session with the RestStation Lounge:

Hypothyroid – Duration = 21:17

Having been previously diagnosed with hypothyroidism, I thought this might be a good session for me to help heal that issue.  If you have this condition, you know it has many, many effects that are unpleasant from extremely dry skin to hair loss, to lack of sleep or constant exhaustion to just name a few.

 

At first, I just enjoyed the vibrations coming from the Lounge.  I had automatically crossed my ankles left over right this time.  Within the first two moments of laying down on the Lounge, I could feel the vibrations in my thyroid.

 

The vibration itself seemed more centered in my hips/legs in the physical Lounge; but I could REALLY feel it in my throat.

 

It was like it skipped over everything in between and went directly to where it was needed the most to bring my body back into resonance.  I fell asleep.

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What a lot of people don’t realize when it comes to thyroid issues is it can become pretty common in men when they reach their early fifties.  In some cases, men even younger.  Many men don’t think of this as a medical issue which can affect them, as it is considered more of a female disease or problem.

 

Whether you are male or female, having hypothyroidism can be very challenging on a physical level when trying to meet the demands of your life.

 

I will be doing this session more often to see the long-terms effects I notice on a physical level.

 

If you would like more information about the RestStation Lounge, please use the contact me form below to express your interest.  I’ll follow-up with you as soon as I get the contact.

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My Journey With the RestStation Lounge (11)

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My next session with the RestStation Lounge…

Nerves – Neuralgia and Nerve Inflammation, Duration = 41:56

 

I’ve been suffering from intense pain in my neck and headaches severe enough to make it impossible to find relief.  I was in the hospital for tests on my neck and head.  They ruled out stroke or heart attack and prescribed all kinds of medications.  Some of them were dangerous to be taken together for more than 2 days.  Of course, those were the ones that stopped the headaches.  Then I realized my neck was so tight and painful that I could not move it more than an inch in any direction…side/side or up/down.

 

I chose this treatment because I thought I had a pinched nerve in my neck.  I did this session first thing in the morning when I woke up at 5am.  The session was relaxing and the vibrations worked from my feet to my neck with the sound coming through the headphones.  At times, the sound was loud but if I turned it down, I lost the strength of the vibration.

 

Immediate Results – When the session ended, I didn’t have a headache but had a different feeling (not pain, but unusual) in my head, kind of like an echo of a headache.  Sounds weird.

 

I did have improved range of motion in my neck – side/side and up/down with an additional 1” range of motion.  Headache is not as prominent as it has been for 3 weeks.  It has kind of taken a back seat to neck pain as something more manageable.

 

The Neurologist wants to do 4 injections of cortisone/steroids in all the cervical vertebrae in my neck.  I don’t want to do that and am looking at sound and vibration therapy as an alternative.  The RestStation Lounge is offering me hope in this area.  In the meantime, I continue to do work in the emotional and energetic body to see what is causing this to happen in my head and neck.

 

If you want to know more about the Lounge, please click the link below and complete the form on that page.  It won’t sign you up for anything other than letting someone know you want more information.

http://pathwaysforveterans.com/littleton/

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My Journey With the RestStation Lounge Continues (10)

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My next session with the Reststation Lounge…

Back Pain and Spasms – Duration = 45:08

 

I really liked this one.  The vibration was very strong through my legs, back and bottom.  It then built in strength.  I went with the music which talked about releasing it all to dolphins and waves and whales.   I felt the instructions at the beginning of this one would be helpful for some folks.  It helped me realize I could do this shifting and releasing safely and let go of how that would have to happen.

 

I imagined the sound and vibration as bubbles against my skin and the different world of being underwater.  As a scuba diver, I love the weightlessness of floating in water or allowing a current to carry you somewhere effortlessly.  There is such beauty around; and literally millions of different beings.  When diving, I discovered I breathe differently underwater.  I realized I was now breathing that way.  Deep, effortless, balanced breaths were coming from my diaphragm.

 

A few times the intensity was strong. I almost got up to turn it down, but realized I must be shifting something as I had already checked the sound in the beginning.  Then it would shift … or I would and we would start over again.

 

This session felt extremely calming and relaxing and yet invigorating and energizing in a balanced way.

 

By this time, you might want to know more about the Lounge logistics and the program we offer.  Please go to the following link:

http://pathwaysforveterans.com/littleton/

 

Once there, complete the form at the bottom and you will receive additional information on the Lounge and how it works.  There is no commitment here, just information.  Please let me know if you have done so.

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My Journey With the Reststation Lounge (9)

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My next session with the Reststation Lounge…

Angel – Duration = 30:28 min

I didn’t feel any vibration.  I kept expecting it and missed it.  There was one crystal bowl – very loud, frequency was off for me.  I found it very annoying, and actually took the headphones off my ears.

 

There was another spot where I expected the sound and vibration to get lighter and more etheric and it did the exact opposite and got lower and thunderous.

 

It felt agitating to me.  I could guess it was for grounding to then take it to a higher level, but it felt yucky to me for some reason.  I wanted it to stop.  It felt/sounded like the “da da DA” in a movie or something.  I’ll do a balance because my energy field feels really off in my higher chakras now.

 

This was completely unexpected for me.  I expected to have a totally different experience.

 

Same Day

Immediate next session with the Lounge

Chakra Balancing – Duration = 30m

 

It definitely felt like my chakras were balanced with the sound and vibration of the bed.  However, I still felt a loss in the upper chakras.

 

I wanted more of the vibration I feel when working with other sound tools like tuning forks and/or bowls when they are placed on the body of a person.  I intend on trying it with a bowl at a later time, or the Chakra Tuning forks for the upper levels.

 

The Lounge vibration and energy feels like it is targeting the lower physical body and chakras than coming all the way up through the 6th, 7th and 8th chakras.

 

I’ve since had this conversation with the designer of the Lounge, Gary Ferguson.   We’ve discussed how to include things in the design of the Lounge to bring the sound and vibrational attunement up into the higher levels of the body.

 

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The Reststation Lounge Journey Continues

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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…