June 13, 2022 • 43 mins
Natoyia Nicole, a licensed vibrational sound healer who specializes in sound bathing for survivors of childhood sexual abuse joins to to discuss sound healing. Sound healing has so many benefits, we talk about who can benefit from sound healing, and how the process works. We are also treated to a short sound session!
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Unknown (00:01):
Hi, everyone. I'm Lila.
Hey everybody. I'm Angela Amy.
And today we are super excitedbecause we are going to have a
chat with Troy. And she is alicensed vibrational sound
therapist in her work is superbeautiful. And we really
appreciate you coming on to talkwith us today toy.
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Thank you so much for having me.
Thank you so very much.
Yeah, so welcome. So why don'tyou tell us a little bit toy
about who you are and how yougot into this beautiful sound
bathing, healing?
Absolutely. So such a longstory. And so just as like, just
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an acknowledgement, soundhealing is really my second
career. So if I can back up, Iam a licensed vibrational sound
therapist. And I specialize insound bathing survivors of
childhood sexual abuse. And I dothat by employing sound and
vibration to stimulate physical,emotional, mental and spiritual
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self healing. I got into soundhealing, it was around the time
that I was leaving the church.
So I used to be involved inchurch as a young girl and I was
a Christian by way of familyties. And so that Exodus kind of
led me on a different path. Sofrom there, I think it was early
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2000s, about 2005 or 2006. Therewas a group of mock. So we're
here on Tibetan monks in ourarea. Are you familiar? Yeah.
Yes. So you know, they go onthese tours, and I was very
interested in I wanted toexplore a little bit more. And
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that was when I was introducedto a more solidified position
and the way that I was alreadyliving my life. So my life was
more of a Buddhist Buddhistlifestyle, but I did not apply
that, you know, term to my life.
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And so during that month, thatTibetan monk tour, I purchased
my first singing bow, and I justloved it, I fell in love with
it. I've practiced it, andplayed with it. But it wasn't
until 2011 and, you know, in themidst of COVID, that I decided
to go ahead and get a licensefor a vibrational sound therapy,
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and I started my privatepractice 2020 What was that?
Two? What year was that? 20Yeah, 2020 Why excuse? I think I
said 2011.
So we knew what you meant. So weso Lila and I both have a
Christian background. And asAngel Amy, I personally feel
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that the Buddhist way of lifeis, is the way that teaches you
how to live it, like how to livespiritually, or how to live as a
whole person, mind, body andsoul. So I love that you found
this as well. And so how doesthat link into the sound
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bathing? So when did the soundbathing come into play?
So the sound bathing came intoplay, I would say, I've always
participated in them. However, Ido own my own company called
Food arts culture. And so backin 2016, I started to host these
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wellness retreats rooted inSouth kick self care, health and
wellness. And so it was thenthat I had brought in, you know,
different modalities of healing.
So, I've had yoga, I've had TaiChi I've had, what else can I
think of what other modalitiesand nothing else comes to mind.
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But through those health andwellness retreats, I started to
also do sound healing. And fromthere, it just sparked, you
know, a more private practicebecause people although you have
these public displays of healthand wellness, some people really
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still hold back, you know, someof those more private
experiences and what I'velearned is that most of them are
typically just health relatedcrisis. So some of those entered
G, this type of energy that hasturned itself into physical
ailments that people do not wantto discuss publicly. So it
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spiraled into a privatepractice. I will give you a
little bit of background. Sowhen it comes to sound healing,
I'm not sure if you all, youknow, come from a musical
family, but I've had women in mylives who introduced me to music
at a very early age. So itwasn't a stretch for me to get
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involved in, you know, soundhealing, because I'm not sure
what your relationship withmusic is.
Oh, I love music. How about youLila? Absolutely.
Somy my grandmother actually sang
with Arthur Fiedler in theBoston Pops when she was 17. So
she she was a singer. She was afigure skater but so music kind
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of runs through you know my souland for like a white girl I move
like this body this body on thedance floor toy. I move. Have
you seen we'veseen you in our real
I have no shame. I will shakethis body. I yeah, I they can't
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see me but I'm kind of moving inmy chair now. Yeah. And I can
make my my mom for that. Mymama. She moved from your mama.
Oh, yeah.
That's beautiful. Yeah. So youknow how, how music is moving?
You know? I mean, itteaches me. Yeah, the vibration
and energy that run through youand it connects right into your
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soul. Anxiety into your soul.
Right? Absolutely. Just imaginethat lead High School breakup
that you needed to kind of getover it. You put on them Mary
Jace, the Mayor de Blasio,right? Not gonna cry.
Yeah. So toy tell us a littlebit about what a session looks
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like, like, how does that go?
Wow. So I have a couple ofdifferent offerings. So you
know, we do the just likeyesterday, I hosted at one of
our community healing spaces, acommunity sound bath. And so
that is what is considered anoff the body session. Okay, so
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the off the body sessions, ittypically includes different
tools that can range from quartzcrystal singing bowls, tuning
forks, chimes, and we can gointo those actual tools later,
ocean drums, it just depends. Soas far as like my sessions are
concerned, the one I conductedyesterday, it's an off the body.
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And so what happens is that youcome in, and usually, clients or
attendees are sitting on yogamats, and they have their
weighted blankets and eyemask.
And whatever else that makes youfeel comfortable, you know,
like, I really want to put youto sleep. To put you to sleep,
and so on the body is a littledifferent. So on the body, you
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use a different set of tools,because they are specifically
made for the body. So you can'tput a quartz crystal bowl on
somebody's persons, because it'sone made of glass. And it's not
very stable when you put it onthe body. So you run the risk of
dropping it, you know, and youdon't want to be disruptive
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during the session. So off thebody, I use Therapeutic Grade
singing bowls, and these singingbowls. They have a vibrational
light resonance that can lastfor up to a minute, you know, so
it's really penetrating thesales. So when I strike these
bowls, while it's on the body,placed in different areas, like
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you experienced that sense oflike deep relaxation, that you
don't necessarily get from offthe body. Okay, does that make
sense?
Yeah, it does.
So, yeah, some of my TherapeuticGrade singing bowls, they are
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comprised of copper and tin. Andthey weigh anywhere from about
like 300 to, I think my myheaviest one is 2000. I have a
2000 and it's weight in grams.
And so these bowls are placedstrategically on different areas
of the body like the sternum,the cervix, the thoracic areas
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like that. And so, once youlocalize that particular bow on
that area, that needs attention,and you strike it, what happens
to that is since thesevibrations throughout the body,
that releases the muscle, itreleases the tension, and then
allows the vibrations to travelthrough the body which promotes
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circulation. It promotes energyflow, it promotes rejuvenation.
So it's very, it's veryfascinating, very fascinating.
Yeah, so I, I find that when ahuman listens to something
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auditory, it has a certainvibration that then connects
into the physical body. And wehave talked a bunch of times on
this podcast about how theemotional component, or the
emotions live in the cellsinside the body. And then yeah,
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and then the emotions, it's allin the fascia, which is linked
to the muscles. So when a humanit will, let's say it this way,
this is such a beautiful, noninvasive way to move energy. So
if someone feels stuck in theirlife, or they're in a pattern,
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or a theme, that they just can'tmove from, this would be really
great for you to try. Becausethe vibration of the sound, your
your body naturally knows how topick it up and become one with
it. And so then the vibration iswhat offers you the healing in
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any of those emotions are stuckenergy start to be released from
the fascia or released from thecells in Mother Earth is the
thing that collects that energy.
So this is why I'm just so intothe environment, but Mother
Earth will collect the sadness,or the anger or the fear or the
trauma, right, we're going totalk more about trauma. And so
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this is a beautiful, noninvasive way to to heal. Doesn't
it sound great? Soundsso great. Yeah. And I would just
say, having listened to a littlebit of toys work on Instagram.
It is it is just It'smesmerizing captivating. Yeah,
you can go through all thesereels, and then you stop and
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hear it. And it just calls outto you like, listen, the idea of
being under weighted blanket onthe mat. And I'm asleep already.
It sounds awesome. AndI love this. And I would say to
if if if someone hasn't triedmany different alternative
methods of healing, this is abeautiful first thing to try. Or
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if you're someone like Lila andI and you've pretty much done at
all. It's a grip. It's great atany time, but I just thought I'd
mention it. It could be good forbeginners as well. Yeah,
the idea is on the body. That'sfascinating to me, because that
I hadn't heard of before.
Oh, yes, yes, it's fantastic. Itreally is. And it goes to your
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point and Angel, how noninvasive it is. Because the on
the body approach, the client isfully dressed, which to me,
especially for my clientele,they feel a lot more comfortable
being dressed, because these areindividuals who have been
subjected to unwanted touch tobegin with, you know, and so for
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them to be allowed that spacewhere they are fully clothed,
but they're also experiencing arelaxation method that's very
close to just a general massage,you know. So I love the idea
that my you know, my clients cancome to me for a specialized
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treatment, where they still feelprotected, where they don't feel
like they have to be on alertwhen they're experiencing a
service, you know. So yeah, it'sa non invasive approach. My
clients are fully clothed. Thatis what on the body. vibrational
sound therapy is about. And asfar as my fee, I think you also
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mentioned I want to go back toone of your points as far as the
the synchronizing, you know, thevibrations, it actually
synchronizes with the brainwaves, you know, and so, once
you Yeah, once you put the boltson the body, or even if it's off
the body, it activates adistress response in the body.
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And the distress response isreleasing that tension from the
muscles. Because when yourmuscles are tense, it crowds
your nerves, you know, itpinches your nerves and the
nerves is what sends signals ofpain throughout the body
discomfort throughout the body.
And so, I just love the idea ofbeing able to treat people in a
way where they feel comfortable,you know, because I've had
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massages where I'm like, okay,was that supposed to happen? I'm
like, I don't know. thought thatway? And so, you know,
right. So it's a beautiful safemodality has, have you worked
with anyone that has addiction?
Like I'm even thinking maybesmoking people that struggle
with smoking or are drinking orfeel urges that they don't feel
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like they have full controlover?
Yeah, absolutely. I've workedwith individuals of several
different I want to call themlimitations. And so addiction is
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one of them. And I know,personally, you know, there are
different groups, you know, thehave various groups that help
individuals with those who areliving with addictions. And at
times, it seems like there canbe a tone that you don't have
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control, you know, over yoursituation, when in fact, you
actually do. And so, in thesemeetings, I've heard individuals
feel as though the reasons thatthey have started, the path of
addiction is due to their familyconstruct, you know, they didn't
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fit in, they experienced traumathat they needed to cope with.
And so once you get to thoseroot causes as to why there is,
you know, and underlining theaddiction, you can start to work
on the addiction itself is justa manifestation of root cause
issues.
Amen, sister. Yeah. So I asAngelina, I also offer my whole
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practices basically built off ofangels, and inner child work.
And so everything I do comesback to the inner child. And so
I could see that how the soundbathing could be this, this
beautiful, non invasive way tospeak to someone's inner child,
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even if they're not even sharethat that's what's happening to
them. So that's, that's really,really beautiful.
Absolutely, absolutely. When youthink about, for instance, in my
practice, you know, I specializein sunbathing survivors of
childhood sexual abuse. And sowhen you think about the chakras
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that have been impacted inchildhood sexual abuse, one is
the root chakra. And that isthe, you know, it's located in
the complex. And so the RootChakra is largely responsible
for how safe we feel how rootedand grounded, we feel, and
connected, we feel withourselves, our family, our loved
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ones, you know, it's a sense ofcommunity. And so typically,
when you have an individual whohas been affected by childhood
sexual abuse, in theperpetrator, about 90% of the
time, is a person that they knowand trust. And so your trust has
been broken. So your judgment isoff, like you don't know how to
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articulate what has happened toyou, you don't know how to voice
you know, your, your boundaries,and so your throat chakra is
affected. And so those are someof the root causes that occur
when you're sexually abused,along with the sacral chakra,
and the sacral chakra isconnected to our reproductive
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system, you know, that is this,obviously, the one that is most
effective when you are sexuallyabused. So we want to get to the
root cause of those issues as towhy they have to subject
themselves to coping mechanisms.
And I think Furthermore, whenyou think about addiction, I
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think we always look at certainvices, not necessarily patterns
of behavior, you know, the wayin which we eat you know, how we
respond to certain you know,complications of life, we
typically look at drugs andalcohol as the default you know,
addiction where we are addictedto so many. Your phone, right?
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Yeah.
Absolutely. So do you place thebowls on the body toy along the
chakras? Is that where you'replacing them?
So absolutely, when it dependson what the person is coming in
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for so if my client is coming inspecifically because they're
still having, you know,complications around childhood
sexual abuse, so I will place iton the the coccyx to where the
root chakra is located. I willplace it on the sacral chakra
which is two inches below thenavel. So I will place it in
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that area. I will also place itand place it in the And of
course, I can't put it on thethroat. However, I can also play
a throat to my throat chakrabone for them to be able to open
up that chakra. There aredifferent chakras along the
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body, other than the seven mainenergy centers that you can
place these bowls. But when theycome in for a specialized
treatment, I tried to make sureI placed it on those areas of
the body that will open up thatparticular chakra.
Can you do this over zoom?
So you can absolutely do thisover zoom? Absolutely. However,
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I will say it's better to do itin person first, at least once
so that you're because whathappens is your muscles have
memory, your cells have memory,your body has memory. So that
way, once you do it on the body,the body can capture, you know,
the feel of the vibration, thesound of the note, the type of
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bow that was on the body. And sowhen you plant over zoom, or if
you hear it on you to your bodyremembers that, you know, just
like your body remembers. Yeah,so we're Where are you located?
Where are Lila and I coming tofly? Like we're gonna fly? Are
we flying? I can't remember.
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Yeah, so I am in Kansas Cityright now. I was Yeah. I went
through my licensing whileliving in Chicago. And yeah, so
I also traveled for soundhealing, too. So I do retreats.
I do private sessions. I offeryou know, home based, you know,
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spa days and girls nights, youknow, things like that. So
good. Yeah, I know, I love that.
I know, you come to Boston, wecould definitely fill a room for
you easily. Yeah,I'm gonna hold you to that, like
I corporate wellness, I also docorporate wellness.
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So yeah, corporate America needsyou toy big time. Big time in
hospitals, the medical communityis, absolutely, I'd actually
like to speak to something thatyou brought up a little bit ago.
And it has to do with the theemotions and being routed where
we were discussing addiction andhow addiction is really rooted
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in something different, or evenchildhood sexual abuse, usually,
you know, happens early on fromsomeone that you now when I move
through life as Angelina, and ifsomeone is angry at me, or sad,
or instantly in my body, I say,okay, they have a wound. And I
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actually start to talk to themfrom a place of love my heart
center, which then which islove, and compassion, which then
connects to their inner child.
So I actually talk to peoplethat are upset through whether
it's angry, sadness, whatever itmay be, through their inner
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child without the maybe knowing.
And I find that it de escalatesthe situation, where time,
right, so not not in mirroringtheir own pain. And so anyone
listening to this, if you haveloved ones that are that are
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going through depression, orthey're sad right now, or
whatever it may be, that is allrooted in something so much
deeper. And I think the worldneeds to hear this because we
need to hold space for otherpeople's wounds. And many times
we get triggered. And so I'vepersonally done a lot of inner
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child work on my own triggers.
And anytime that I get atrigger, I tend to say, Ooh,
what's that really about? Andthen I work on it that way. But
we need to start to see more andmore people get into this inner
child work and start to realizethat humans are carrying around
deep seated wounds, and it's nothappening to you, everybody.
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It's happening for you. And it'shappening for you to see
something about yourself. And soI'm so glad you touched upon
that. It's just reallybeautiful. Yeah,
yeah, I would I tend to do thesame thing. And I also, you
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know, I'm still doing inner workon my own.
Samia joy. It's like the HairClub for Men like I am. I am a
client I'm seeing for healersright now everybody so Yeah,
I just call it Life work, youknow, I call it Life, this is
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something that we're gonna haveto work on until eternity. And
so when you know, you havesomebody who's angry or sad or
whatever, overwhelming emotionthat they're dealing with, I
look at that as coming from anunhealed space, you know, and I
also come from unhealed spacesevery now and again to I am 40
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years old, and I have justliterally, I have committed to
therapy, I would say within thelast six months, because I use
therapy as just a dumpingground, and I will leave walk
out the door and never comeback.
Yeah, I love that. Yeah, I have.
I have a few clients thatactually pay me monthly just to
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listen. Like there's tons thatpay me for advice and wisdom in
summer. Like, I actually justfeel safe with you Anjali me and
just want you to listen to me,it just feels good to get it all
out. So I could see that. Yeah,absolutely. Well, sometimes that
process of preparing, whatyou're going to say to someone
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is, it's the first part of ofhealing it figuring out like,
you know, if you're gonna gotalk to what am I going to talk
about with Amy? Oh, because Ikeep picking the wrong person to
have a relationship with, like,you've begun the process
acceptance, right for you evenand then kind of thinking about
it, you know,fix sentence that then turns
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into ownership. Yeah. Right. I'mso glad that you pointed that
out. Which is, you know, onething that I always you have to
step where you are, in order tomake any adjustments in life in
order to acknowledge the hurtthe pain and where you are, you
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have to accept where you are.
And then at that point, you canstart to make adjustments. It's
so difficult, when you are in asituation that you know, should
be, it should look different,you know, you're in a situation,
it should look different. Youdon't know where to start, or
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how to go about, you know,seeking therapy or any other
healing modality. That's whenyou reflect inward? Because
that's where that's where theanswer lies. Yeah. inward, it's
inward. And so when people cometo me about, you know, their
circumstances, and happenstancesI always make them aware that,
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you know, I'm a licensedvibrational sound therapist, I'm
not an actual doctor, I'm not atherapist in that sense. And so,
just so you know, I cannotpractice outside of my scope,
you know, but I am here tolisten. But I, you know, there's
there's, that will be doingmyself and yourself a disservice
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if I tried to perform outside ofmy scope of practice. But some
people just need that space, youknow, and so that's what you've
given them. That's what you'veprovided them a safe space.
pieces of the puzzle, right?
Yeah. Parts of the recipe. Yeah.
That secret sauce, you gottalove it. She's been listening
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everybody.
Secret songs?
Definitely, I would say that Iwould think sound healing for
people, especially people thatsay, like, oh, I can't meditate,
or I can't relax, giving, youknow, the sound of it sort of
mesmerizes you into thatrelaxation, and allows you to
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get to that quiet mind that youwant to a little easier, maybe
than sitting in silence andtrying to, you know,
yeah, I think so. Butabsolutely,
it does. And so if even if youcan't, a couple of things I
would like to say to that pointis just commit to sit and
breathing, you know, is a start,you know, if you just inhale and
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exhale about three deep breaths,just within a one minute span,
you know, that's meditative.
Take a moment to yourself and goto the restroom, or lock
yourself in a closet and justinhale, wherever you can get
that space. You know, justinhale and exhale. And you will
find that it's, it's not thatdifficult. I think there's a
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misconception that meditationmeans that your mind is
completely empty. You know,you're not thinking about
anything. In fact, you're superaware. You know, you're
extremely aware. It's just thatyou're not holding on to any
thoughts. Yeah, like I'mallowing this thought to just
pass by. So I'm not going tohold on to it. And so you know
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what? happens in a session isthat, you know, you relax, like
you relax in ways that allowsyour body to just recalibrate,
you know, you know sound healingis relaxation therapy. So we
have, you know, parasympatheticnervous system, a sympathetic
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nervous system, you guys areaware. Yes, yes, yeah. Okay. So
when you have a session, such ason the body or off the body, or,
you know, Gong wash, whateverterm you want to put to it, your
parasympathetic nervous systemis activated. And so your
parasympathetic nervous systemis ultimately your rest and
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digest system, it allows thebody to just rest. And so
typically, as humans areoperating in the sympathetic
nervous system, which is ourfight or flight response, and
that's where we operate in mostthe parasympathetic nervous
system, it actually compressesthe sympathetic nervous system,
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and allows the body to rest.
like free stuff. Fascinating,isn't it? It really is. Yeah.
Andit, you know, I always like to
kind of defend slightly thestress response, because it's a
really amazing thing that yourbody is doing. Like, we don't
want to be trapped there as weare all the time. But it's
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pretty awesome. When you look atwhat's happening in your body to
prepare you to run, or fight.
Or this phrase to humans, it'sabsolutely necessary. Yeah,
humans have adapted to freezemode. And that's common, that's
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when you maybe have like a stackof bills, and you you know, you
have to pay them, but you can'tbring yourself to do it. Or
you're packing to move and youknow, you need to pay I thought
that was denial. Oh, it's on itsown. But there's a root cause
right? Toys.
Pretty, you know, what is theroot cause
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it's unpredictable, equalsunsafe. So when someone comes in
for a session with me, and wecan use this with toy as well,
in their in freeze mode, andthey're like, I need to move and
I have to move in two days, andnothing's packed. Because I
can't I can't get off the couch,then we start to quickly work on
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unpredictable equals unsafe. Sofear of change. Yeah. So and
that stems from childhood innerchild, right? Absolutely. Yeah.
Andthat one, I think, is also sort
of, you know, universallythought of as a truth, right?
Like, so rarely do people saylike, oh, it's all gonna work
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out. In the end. Everybody'slike, Oh, you have to move. Oh,
no. Like, what a wonderfulopportunity for something
amazing to happen.
Well, we're socially conditionedto think that change is bad.
But listen, people win thelottery out of the blue,
everybody. Unpredictable, canequal adventure. Exactly. Go on
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unpredictable adventures. Yeah,having a lot of fun laughter and
shenanigans in the process,right?
Absolutely. Absolutely. So inYeah, like when when we are in
though this space of like thefight or flight, you know, we
have these, this like rush ofhormones, you know, that tells
us how to react like it sendsour body on this like high
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alertness. And it increases likeyour heart rate. And so when you
have that state of beingconstantly like your your body,
the downside is that your bodyis in this constant state of
alert. And it does not allow thebody to recalibrate. And so that
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is what is so significant aboutmaking sure that you even rest
outside of sleeping, you know,you have to be able to reset
yourself throughout the day.
One of the biggest limitingbeliefs that humans carry is I
can't handle it. And when wecross over on the other side,
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one of the first things that yourealize is how powerful your
words and your thoughts areenergetically. Yeah. And then
secondly, you realize how muchyou could have done while you
were here. How much you canhandle everything. And so it's
fascinating.
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Yeah, I'm remembering that thewoman who founded Windrush who
we just had on was on the beliefthat you are capable of more
than you think it's just such abeautiful thought.
Yeah. And it helps all kinds ofchildren. It's just so
beautiful.
Yes, yes. Absolutely,absolutely you say we listen to
some of this beautiful yes sounddo you
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want a sound session? Well giveme a moment here.
Okay, I might get cozy in mychair. Lila Absolutely.
guide you right through it.
Okay.
I have some chakras that needssome work toy.
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I'm gonna give you a littletaste I'll probably narrowed
down to two minutes, threeminutes
that okay, whatever you offerus, thank you, okay,
if we can start by just closingour eyes breathing in through
the nose and out through themouth. Inhale and exhale? Come
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back to us remind yourself thatyou are in a safe space
that you are cared for. And youare loved. You're protected.
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Just gently open your eyes andfind that gentle stretch that
makes you wake up in the morningcontinue to be gentle with
yourself throughout the day.
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Thank you, Troy.
Yes, thank you. So Troy, inaddition to survivors of
childhood sexual abuse, whatother clients do you see?
Well, I must say that, you know,although I specialized and, you
know, survivors of childhoodsexual abuse, excuse me, we are
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all survivors of somethingTherefore anyone could benefit
from sound healing. So I seeclients who have been diagnosed
with chronic conditions,autoimmune diseases. My most
frequent clients come in form,stress, you know, stress that
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has manifested itselfphysically. And typically that
those physical ailments aremuscle tension, back pain, and
specifically like lower backpain and also anxiety.
Join me with that. Wow, sheturned back at me joy whipped
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aroundand made a point of fear. Yes,
and so when you talk aboutindividuals with that, I don't
mean diseases a lot of timessome of the common symptoms are
like achiness fatigue, troubleconcentrating anxiety. And so
what happens is like when youexperience a sound bath, you
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know your stress is lowerlowered, you have decreased like
mood swings, lowered bloodpressure, the inflammation that
the body experiences is reducedquite significantly, you have
reduced anxiety, you haveimproved sleep. And so these are
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all things that anyone couldbenefit from. So those are a few
of the individuals and clientsthat I see.
And do people see you multipletimes dupe is that generally a
certain amount of ofappointments they would have
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with you.
So it typically depends on theirneeds. You know, I have people
that come in for maintenance,you know, once a month, and then
sometimes there are individualsthat are in high stress
situations, and they need twicea week. I do not recommend any
more than twice a week, that canget a little intense. How about
however, it depends on theirparticular needs. So even those
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with my depression, PTSD, likeit is very helpful for those
individuals who have suffered inthat space.
Beautiful. So Troy, this was soenlightening today, and we
appreciate you taking the timeto talk with us. And if someone
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wants to schedule a session orfollow you on social media,
where can they learn more aboutyou?
Well, I am on Instagram at thetoy in a comb. That's na TOYIA
and IC o l e. And I also takebookings through Calendly. And
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that's on my Instagram page aswell. And then feel free to
email me and Latoya Nicole atGmail.
That's great. Thank you so muchfor coming on. We really
appreciate it.
Thank you very much for havingme.
And thank you, everyone, forlistening. We hope you found
this enlightening. Please besure to subscribe to the podcast
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And we're on Instagram at spillthe ginger tea podcast. So if
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ami.com And thank you all somuch for joining us today. And
thank you once again Troy anduntil next time, be well
Hi, everyone. I'm Lila.
Hey everybody. I'm Angela Amy.
And today we are super excitedbecause we are going to have a
chat with Troy. And she is alicensed vibrational sound
therapist in her work is superbeautiful. And we really
appreciate you coming on to talkwith us today toy.
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Thank you so much for having me.
Thank you so very much.
Yeah, so welcome. So why don'tyou tell us a little bit toy
about who you are and how yougot into this beautiful sound
bathing, healing?
Absolutely. So such a longstory. And so just as like, just
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an acknowledgement, soundhealing is really my second
career. So if I can back up, Iam a licensed vibrational sound
therapist. And I specialize insound bathing survivors of
childhood sexual abuse. And I dothat by employing sound and
vibration to stimulate physical,emotional, mental and spiritual
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self healing. I got into soundhealing, it was around the time
that I was leaving the church.
So I used to be involved inchurch as a young girl and I was
a Christian by way of familyties. And so that Exodus kind of
led me on a different path. Sofrom there, I think it was early
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2000s, about 2005 or 2006. Therewas a group of mock. So we're
here on Tibetan monks in ourarea. Are you familiar? Yeah.
Yes. So you know, they go onthese tours, and I was very
interested in I wanted toexplore a little bit more. And
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that was when I was introducedto a more solidified position
and the way that I was alreadyliving my life. So my life was
more of a Buddhist Buddhistlifestyle, but I did not apply
that, you know, term to my life.
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And so during that month, thatTibetan monk tour, I purchased
my first singing bow, and I justloved it, I fell in love with
it. I've practiced it, andplayed with it. But it wasn't
until 2011 and, you know, in themidst of COVID, that I decided
to go ahead and get a licensefor a vibrational sound therapy,
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and I started my privatepractice 2020 What was that?
Two? What year was that? 20Yeah, 2020 Why excuse? I think I
said 2011.
So we knew what you meant. So weso Lila and I both have a
Christian background. And asAngel Amy, I personally feel
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that the Buddhist way of lifeis, is the way that teaches you
how to live it, like how to livespiritually, or how to live as a
whole person, mind, body andsoul. So I love that you found
this as well. And so how doesthat link into the sound
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bathing? So when did the soundbathing come into play?
So the sound bathing came intoplay, I would say, I've always
participated in them. However, Ido own my own company called
Food arts culture. And so backin 2016, I started to host these
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wellness retreats rooted inSouth kick self care, health and
wellness. And so it was thenthat I had brought in, you know,
different modalities of healing.
So, I've had yoga, I've had TaiChi I've had, what else can I
think of what other modalitiesand nothing else comes to mind.
(04:23):
But through those health andwellness retreats, I started to
also do sound healing. And fromthere, it just sparked, you
know, a more private practicebecause people although you have
these public displays of healthand wellness, some people really
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still hold back, you know, someof those more private
experiences and what I'velearned is that most of them are
typically just health relatedcrisis. So some of those entered
G, this type of energy that hasturned itself into physical
ailments that people do not wantto discuss publicly. So it
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spiraled into a privatepractice. I will give you a
little bit of background. Sowhen it comes to sound healing,
I'm not sure if you all, youknow, come from a musical
family, but I've had women in mylives who introduced me to music
at a very early age. So itwasn't a stretch for me to get
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involved in, you know, soundhealing, because I'm not sure
what your relationship withmusic is.
Oh, I love music. How about youLila? Absolutely.
Somy my grandmother actually sang
with Arthur Fiedler in theBoston Pops when she was 17. So
she she was a singer. She was afigure skater but so music kind
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of runs through you know my souland for like a white girl I move
like this body this body on thedance floor toy. I move. Have
you seen we'veseen you in our real
I have no shame. I will shakethis body. I yeah, I they can't
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see me but I'm kind of moving inmy chair now. Yeah. And I can
make my my mom for that. Mymama. She moved from your mama.
Oh, yeah.
That's beautiful. Yeah. So youknow how, how music is moving?
You know? I mean, itteaches me. Yeah, the vibration
and energy that run through youand it connects right into your
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soul. Anxiety into your soul.
Right? Absolutely. Just imaginethat lead High School breakup
that you needed to kind of getover it. You put on them Mary
Jace, the Mayor de Blasio,right? Not gonna cry.
Yeah. So toy tell us a littlebit about what a session looks
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like, like, how does that go?
Wow. So I have a couple ofdifferent offerings. So you
know, we do the just likeyesterday, I hosted at one of
our community healing spaces, acommunity sound bath. And so
that is what is considered anoff the body session. Okay, so
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the off the body sessions, ittypically includes different
tools that can range from quartzcrystal singing bowls, tuning
forks, chimes, and we can gointo those actual tools later,
ocean drums, it just depends. Soas far as like my sessions are
concerned, the one I conductedyesterday, it's an off the body.
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And so what happens is that youcome in, and usually, clients or
attendees are sitting on yogamats, and they have their
weighted blankets and eyemask.
And whatever else that makes youfeel comfortable, you know,
like, I really want to put youto sleep. To put you to sleep,
and so on the body is a littledifferent. So on the body, you
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use a different set of tools,because they are specifically
made for the body. So you can'tput a quartz crystal bowl on
somebody's persons, because it'sone made of glass. And it's not
very stable when you put it onthe body. So you run the risk of
dropping it, you know, and youdon't want to be disruptive
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during the session. So off thebody, I use Therapeutic Grade
singing bowls, and these singingbowls. They have a vibrational
light resonance that can lastfor up to a minute, you know, so
it's really penetrating thesales. So when I strike these
bowls, while it's on the body,placed in different areas, like
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you experienced that sense oflike deep relaxation, that you
don't necessarily get from offthe body. Okay, does that make
sense?
Yeah, it does.
So, yeah, some of my TherapeuticGrade singing bowls, they are
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comprised of copper and tin. Andthey weigh anywhere from about
like 300 to, I think my myheaviest one is 2000. I have a
2000 and it's weight in grams.
And so these bowls are placedstrategically on different areas
of the body like the sternum,the cervix, the thoracic areas
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like that. And so, once youlocalize that particular bow on
that area, that needs attention,and you strike it, what happens
to that is since thesevibrations throughout the body,
that releases the muscle, itreleases the tension, and then
allows the vibrations to travelthrough the body which promotes
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circulation. It promotes energyflow, it promotes rejuvenation.
So it's very, it's veryfascinating, very fascinating.
Yeah, so I, I find that when ahuman listens to something
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auditory, it has a certainvibration that then connects
into the physical body. And wehave talked a bunch of times on
this podcast about how theemotional component, or the
emotions live in the cellsinside the body. And then yeah,
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and then the emotions, it's allin the fascia, which is linked
to the muscles. So when a humanit will, let's say it this way,
this is such a beautiful, noninvasive way to move energy. So
if someone feels stuck in theirlife, or they're in a pattern,
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or a theme, that they just can'tmove from, this would be really
great for you to try. Becausethe vibration of the sound, your
your body naturally knows how topick it up and become one with
it. And so then the vibration iswhat offers you the healing in
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any of those emotions are stuckenergy start to be released from
the fascia or released from thecells in Mother Earth is the
thing that collects that energy.
So this is why I'm just so intothe environment, but Mother
Earth will collect the sadness,or the anger or the fear or the
trauma, right, we're going totalk more about trauma. And so
(11:53):
this is a beautiful, noninvasive way to to heal. Doesn't
it sound great? Soundsso great. Yeah. And I would just
say, having listened to a littlebit of toys work on Instagram.
It is it is just It'smesmerizing captivating. Yeah,
you can go through all thesereels, and then you stop and
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hear it. And it just calls outto you like, listen, the idea of
being under weighted blanket onthe mat. And I'm asleep already.
It sounds awesome. AndI love this. And I would say to
if if if someone hasn't triedmany different alternative
methods of healing, this is abeautiful first thing to try. Or
(12:35):
if you're someone like Lila andI and you've pretty much done at
all. It's a grip. It's great atany time, but I just thought I'd
mention it. It could be good forbeginners as well. Yeah,
the idea is on the body. That'sfascinating to me, because that
I hadn't heard of before.
Oh, yes, yes, it's fantastic. Itreally is. And it goes to your
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point and Angel, how noninvasive it is. Because the on
the body approach, the client isfully dressed, which to me,
especially for my clientele,they feel a lot more comfortable
being dressed, because these areindividuals who have been
subjected to unwanted touch tobegin with, you know, and so for
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them to be allowed that spacewhere they are fully clothed,
but they're also experiencing arelaxation method that's very
close to just a general massage,you know. So I love the idea
that my you know, my clients cancome to me for a specialized
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treatment, where they still feelprotected, where they don't feel
like they have to be on alertwhen they're experiencing a
service, you know. So yeah, it'sa non invasive approach. My
clients are fully clothed. Thatis what on the body. vibrational
sound therapy is about. And asfar as my fee, I think you also
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mentioned I want to go back toone of your points as far as the
the synchronizing, you know, thevibrations, it actually
synchronizes with the brainwaves, you know, and so, once
you Yeah, once you put the boltson the body, or even if it's off
the body, it activates adistress response in the body.
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And the distress response isreleasing that tension from the
muscles. Because when yourmuscles are tense, it crowds
your nerves, you know, itpinches your nerves and the
nerves is what sends signals ofpain throughout the body
discomfort throughout the body.
And so, I just love the idea ofbeing able to treat people in a
way where they feel comfortable,you know, because I've had
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massages where I'm like, okay,was that supposed to happen? I'm
like, I don't know. thought thatway? And so, you know,
right. So it's a beautiful safemodality has, have you worked
with anyone that has addiction?
Like I'm even thinking maybesmoking people that struggle
with smoking or are drinking orfeel urges that they don't feel
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like they have full controlover?
Yeah, absolutely. I've workedwith individuals of several
different I want to call themlimitations. And so addiction is
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one of them. And I know,personally, you know, there are
different groups, you know, thehave various groups that help
individuals with those who areliving with addictions. And at
times, it seems like there canbe a tone that you don't have
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control, you know, over yoursituation, when in fact, you
actually do. And so, in thesemeetings, I've heard individuals
feel as though the reasons thatthey have started, the path of
addiction is due to their familyconstruct, you know, they didn't
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fit in, they experienced traumathat they needed to cope with.
And so once you get to thoseroot causes as to why there is,
you know, and underlining theaddiction, you can start to work
on the addiction itself is justa manifestation of root cause
issues.
Amen, sister. Yeah. So I asAngelina, I also offer my whole
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practices basically built off ofangels, and inner child work.
And so everything I do comesback to the inner child. And so
I could see that how the soundbathing could be this, this
beautiful, non invasive way tospeak to someone's inner child,
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even if they're not even sharethat that's what's happening to
them. So that's, that's really,really beautiful.
Absolutely, absolutely. When youthink about, for instance, in my
practice, you know, I specializein sunbathing survivors of
childhood sexual abuse. And sowhen you think about the chakras
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that have been impacted inchildhood sexual abuse, one is
the root chakra. And that isthe, you know, it's located in
the complex. And so the RootChakra is largely responsible
for how safe we feel how rootedand grounded, we feel, and
connected, we feel withourselves, our family, our loved
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ones, you know, it's a sense ofcommunity. And so typically,
when you have an individual whohas been affected by childhood
sexual abuse, in theperpetrator, about 90% of the
time, is a person that they knowand trust. And so your trust has
been broken. So your judgment isoff, like you don't know how to
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articulate what has happened toyou, you don't know how to voice
you know, your, your boundaries,and so your throat chakra is
affected. And so those are someof the root causes that occur
when you're sexually abused,along with the sacral chakra,
and the sacral chakra isconnected to our reproductive
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system, you know, that is this,obviously, the one that is most
effective when you are sexuallyabused. So we want to get to the
root cause of those issues as towhy they have to subject
themselves to coping mechanisms.
And I think Furthermore, whenyou think about addiction, I
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think we always look at certainvices, not necessarily patterns
of behavior, you know, the wayin which we eat you know, how we
respond to certain you know,complications of life, we
typically look at drugs andalcohol as the default you know,
addiction where we are addictedto so many. Your phone, right?
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Yeah.
Absolutely. So do you place thebowls on the body toy along the
chakras? Is that where you'replacing them?
So absolutely, when it dependson what the person is coming in
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for so if my client is coming inspecifically because they're
still having, you know,complications around childhood
sexual abuse, so I will place iton the the coccyx to where the
root chakra is located. I willplace it on the sacral chakra
which is two inches below thenavel. So I will place it in
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that area. I will also place itand place it in the And of
course, I can't put it on thethroat. However, I can also play
a throat to my throat chakrabone for them to be able to open
up that chakra. There aredifferent chakras along the
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body, other than the seven mainenergy centers that you can
place these bowls. But when theycome in for a specialized
treatment, I tried to make sureI placed it on those areas of
the body that will open up thatparticular chakra.
Can you do this over zoom?
So you can absolutely do thisover zoom? Absolutely. However,
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I will say it's better to do itin person first, at least once
so that you're because whathappens is your muscles have
memory, your cells have memory,your body has memory. So that
way, once you do it on the body,the body can capture, you know,
the feel of the vibration, thesound of the note, the type of
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bow that was on the body. And sowhen you plant over zoom, or if
you hear it on you to your bodyremembers that, you know, just
like your body remembers. Yeah,so we're Where are you located?
Where are Lila and I coming tofly? Like we're gonna fly? Are
we flying? I can't remember.
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Yeah, so I am in Kansas Cityright now. I was Yeah. I went
through my licensing whileliving in Chicago. And yeah, so
I also traveled for soundhealing, too. So I do retreats.
I do private sessions. I offeryou know, home based, you know,
(21:45):
spa days and girls nights, youknow, things like that. So
good. Yeah, I know, I love that.
I know, you come to Boston, wecould definitely fill a room for
you easily. Yeah,I'm gonna hold you to that, like
I corporate wellness, I also docorporate wellness.
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So yeah, corporate America needsyou toy big time. Big time in
hospitals, the medical communityis, absolutely, I'd actually
like to speak to something thatyou brought up a little bit ago.
And it has to do with the theemotions and being routed where
we were discussing addiction andhow addiction is really rooted
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in something different, or evenchildhood sexual abuse, usually,
you know, happens early on fromsomeone that you now when I move
through life as Angelina, and ifsomeone is angry at me, or sad,
or instantly in my body, I say,okay, they have a wound. And I
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actually start to talk to themfrom a place of love my heart
center, which then which islove, and compassion, which then
connects to their inner child.
So I actually talk to peoplethat are upset through whether
it's angry, sadness, whatever itmay be, through their inner
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child without the maybe knowing.
And I find that it de escalatesthe situation, where time,
right, so not not in mirroringtheir own pain. And so anyone
listening to this, if you haveloved ones that are that are
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going through depression, orthey're sad right now, or
whatever it may be, that is allrooted in something so much
deeper. And I think the worldneeds to hear this because we
need to hold space for otherpeople's wounds. And many times
we get triggered. And so I'vepersonally done a lot of inner
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child work on my own triggers.
And anytime that I get atrigger, I tend to say, Ooh,
what's that really about? Andthen I work on it that way. But
we need to start to see more andmore people get into this inner
child work and start to realizethat humans are carrying around
deep seated wounds, and it's nothappening to you, everybody.
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It's happening for you. And it'shappening for you to see
something about yourself. And soI'm so glad you touched upon
that. It's just reallybeautiful. Yeah,
yeah, I would I tend to do thesame thing. And I also, you
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know, I'm still doing inner workon my own.
Samia joy. It's like the HairClub for Men like I am. I am a
client I'm seeing for healersright now everybody so Yeah,
I just call it Life work, youknow, I call it Life, this is
(25:06):
something that we're gonna haveto work on until eternity. And
so when you know, you havesomebody who's angry or sad or
whatever, overwhelming emotionthat they're dealing with, I
look at that as coming from anunhealed space, you know, and I
also come from unhealed spacesevery now and again to I am 40
(25:29):
years old, and I have justliterally, I have committed to
therapy, I would say within thelast six months, because I use
therapy as just a dumpingground, and I will leave walk
out the door and never comeback.
Yeah, I love that. Yeah, I have.
I have a few clients thatactually pay me monthly just to
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listen. Like there's tons thatpay me for advice and wisdom in
summer. Like, I actually justfeel safe with you Anjali me and
just want you to listen to me,it just feels good to get it all
out. So I could see that. Yeah,absolutely. Well, sometimes that
process of preparing, whatyou're going to say to someone
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is, it's the first part of ofhealing it figuring out like,
you know, if you're gonna gotalk to what am I going to talk
about with Amy? Oh, because Ikeep picking the wrong person to
have a relationship with, like,you've begun the process
acceptance, right for you evenand then kind of thinking about
it, you know,fix sentence that then turns
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into ownership. Yeah. Right. I'mso glad that you pointed that
out. Which is, you know, onething that I always you have to
step where you are, in order tomake any adjustments in life in
order to acknowledge the hurtthe pain and where you are, you
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have to accept where you are.
And then at that point, you canstart to make adjustments. It's
so difficult, when you are in asituation that you know, should
be, it should look different,you know, you're in a situation,
it should look different. Youdon't know where to start, or
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how to go about, you know,seeking therapy or any other
healing modality. That's whenyou reflect inward? Because
that's where that's where theanswer lies. Yeah. inward, it's
inward. And so when people cometo me about, you know, their
circumstances, and happenstancesI always make them aware that,
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you know, I'm a licensedvibrational sound therapist, I'm
not an actual doctor, I'm not atherapist in that sense. And so,
just so you know, I cannotpractice outside of my scope,
you know, but I am here tolisten. But I, you know, there's
there's, that will be doingmyself and yourself a disservice
(28:00):
if I tried to perform outside ofmy scope of practice. But some
people just need that space, youknow, and so that's what you've
given them. That's what you'veprovided them a safe space.
pieces of the puzzle, right?
Yeah. Parts of the recipe. Yeah.
That secret sauce, you gottalove it. She's been listening
(28:23):
everybody.
Secret songs?
Definitely, I would say that Iwould think sound healing for
people, especially people thatsay, like, oh, I can't meditate,
or I can't relax, giving, youknow, the sound of it sort of
mesmerizes you into thatrelaxation, and allows you to
(28:47):
get to that quiet mind that youwant to a little easier, maybe
than sitting in silence andtrying to, you know,
yeah, I think so. Butabsolutely,
it does. And so if even if youcan't, a couple of things I
would like to say to that pointis just commit to sit and
breathing, you know, is a start,you know, if you just inhale and
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exhale about three deep breaths,just within a one minute span,
you know, that's meditative.
Take a moment to yourself and goto the restroom, or lock
yourself in a closet and justinhale, wherever you can get
that space. You know, justinhale and exhale. And you will
find that it's, it's not thatdifficult. I think there's a
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misconception that meditationmeans that your mind is
completely empty. You know,you're not thinking about
anything. In fact, you're superaware. You know, you're
extremely aware. It's just thatyou're not holding on to any
thoughts. Yeah, like I'mallowing this thought to just
pass by. So I'm not going tohold on to it. And so you know
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what? happens in a session isthat, you know, you relax, like
you relax in ways that allowsyour body to just recalibrate,
you know, you know sound healingis relaxation therapy. So we
have, you know, parasympatheticnervous system, a sympathetic
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nervous system, you guys areaware. Yes, yes, yeah. Okay. So
when you have a session, such ason the body or off the body, or,
you know, Gong wash, whateverterm you want to put to it, your
parasympathetic nervous systemis activated. And so your
parasympathetic nervous systemis ultimately your rest and
(30:43):
digest system, it allows thebody to just rest. And so
typically, as humans areoperating in the sympathetic
nervous system, which is ourfight or flight response, and
that's where we operate in mostthe parasympathetic nervous
system, it actually compressesthe sympathetic nervous system,
(31:07):
and allows the body to rest.
like free stuff. Fascinating,isn't it? It really is. Yeah.
Andit, you know, I always like to
kind of defend slightly thestress response, because it's a
really amazing thing that yourbody is doing. Like, we don't
want to be trapped there as weare all the time. But it's
(31:27):
pretty awesome. When you look atwhat's happening in your body to
prepare you to run, or fight.
Or this phrase to humans, it'sabsolutely necessary. Yeah,
humans have adapted to freezemode. And that's common, that's
(31:47):
when you maybe have like a stackof bills, and you you know, you
have to pay them, but you can'tbring yourself to do it. Or
you're packing to move and youknow, you need to pay I thought
that was denial. Oh, it's on itsown. But there's a root cause
right? Toys.
Pretty, you know, what is theroot cause
(32:09):
it's unpredictable, equalsunsafe. So when someone comes in
for a session with me, and wecan use this with toy as well,
in their in freeze mode, andthey're like, I need to move and
I have to move in two days, andnothing's packed. Because I
can't I can't get off the couch,then we start to quickly work on
(32:30):
unpredictable equals unsafe. Sofear of change. Yeah. So and
that stems from childhood innerchild, right? Absolutely. Yeah.
Andthat one, I think, is also sort
of, you know, universallythought of as a truth, right?
Like, so rarely do people saylike, oh, it's all gonna work
(32:51):
out. In the end. Everybody'slike, Oh, you have to move. Oh,
no. Like, what a wonderfulopportunity for something
amazing to happen.
Well, we're socially conditionedto think that change is bad.
But listen, people win thelottery out of the blue,
everybody. Unpredictable, canequal adventure. Exactly. Go on
(33:15):
unpredictable adventures. Yeah,having a lot of fun laughter and
shenanigans in the process,right?
Absolutely. Absolutely. So inYeah, like when when we are in
though this space of like thefight or flight, you know, we
have these, this like rush ofhormones, you know, that tells
us how to react like it sendsour body on this like high
(33:38):
alertness. And it increases likeyour heart rate. And so when you
have that state of beingconstantly like your your body,
the downside is that your bodyis in this constant state of
alert. And it does not allow thebody to recalibrate. And so that
(33:59):
is what is so significant aboutmaking sure that you even rest
outside of sleeping, you know,you have to be able to reset
yourself throughout the day.
One of the biggest limitingbeliefs that humans carry is I
can't handle it. And when wecross over on the other side,
(34:23):
one of the first things that yourealize is how powerful your
words and your thoughts areenergetically. Yeah. And then
secondly, you realize how muchyou could have done while you
were here. How much you canhandle everything. And so it's
fascinating.
(34:43):
Yeah, I'm remembering that thewoman who founded Windrush who
we just had on was on the beliefthat you are capable of more
than you think it's just such abeautiful thought.
Yeah. And it helps all kinds ofchildren. It's just so
beautiful.
Yes, yes. Absolutely,absolutely you say we listen to
some of this beautiful yes sounddo you
(35:06):
want a sound session? Well giveme a moment here.
Okay, I might get cozy in mychair. Lila Absolutely.
guide you right through it.
Okay.
I have some chakras that needssome work toy.
(35:27):
I'm gonna give you a littletaste I'll probably narrowed
down to two minutes, threeminutes
that okay, whatever you offerus, thank you, okay,
if we can start by just closingour eyes breathing in through
the nose and out through themouth. Inhale and exhale? Come
(37:43):
back to us remind yourself thatyou are in a safe space
that you are cared for. And youare loved. You're protected.
(38:04):
Just gently open your eyes andfind that gentle stretch that
makes you wake up in the morningcontinue to be gentle with
yourself throughout the day.
(38:26):
Thank you, Troy.
Yes, thank you. So Troy, inaddition to survivors of
childhood sexual abuse, whatother clients do you see?
Well, I must say that, you know,although I specialized and, you
know, survivors of childhoodsexual abuse, excuse me, we are
(38:49):
all survivors of somethingTherefore anyone could benefit
from sound healing. So I seeclients who have been diagnosed
with chronic conditions,autoimmune diseases. My most
frequent clients come in form,stress, you know, stress that
(39:11):
has manifested itselfphysically. And typically that
those physical ailments aremuscle tension, back pain, and
specifically like lower backpain and also anxiety.
Join me with that. Wow, sheturned back at me joy whipped
(39:32):
aroundand made a point of fear. Yes,
and so when you talk aboutindividuals with that, I don't
mean diseases a lot of timessome of the common symptoms are
like achiness fatigue, troubleconcentrating anxiety. And so
what happens is like when youexperience a sound bath, you
(39:55):
know your stress is lowerlowered, you have decreased like
mood swings, lowered bloodpressure, the inflammation that
the body experiences is reducedquite significantly, you have
reduced anxiety, you haveimproved sleep. And so these are
(40:15):
all things that anyone couldbenefit from. So those are a few
of the individuals and clientsthat I see.
And do people see you multipletimes dupe is that generally a
certain amount of ofappointments they would have
(40:36):
with you.
So it typically depends on theirneeds. You know, I have people
that come in for maintenance,you know, once a month, and then
sometimes there are individualsthat are in high stress
situations, and they need twicea week. I do not recommend any
more than twice a week, that canget a little intense. How about
however, it depends on theirparticular needs. So even those
(41:01):
with my depression, PTSD, likeit is very helpful for those
individuals who have suffered inthat space.
Beautiful. So Troy, this was soenlightening today, and we
appreciate you taking the timeto talk with us. And if someone
(41:24):
wants to schedule a session orfollow you on social media,
where can they learn more aboutyou?
Well, I am on Instagram at thetoy in a comb. That's na TOYIA
and IC o l e. And I also takebookings through Calendly. And
(41:45):
that's on my Instagram page aswell. And then feel free to
email me and Latoya Nicole atGmail.
That's great. Thank you so muchfor coming on. We really
appreciate it.
Thank you very much for havingme.
And thank you, everyone, forlistening. We hope you found
this enlightening. Please besure to subscribe to the podcast
(42:06):
we can be found everywhere youget your podcasts.
And we're on Instagram at spillthe ginger tea podcast. So if
you have any questions orcomments, or ideas for future
shows, please message us there.
You can follow me at Angel at1123 on both Facebook and
Instagram, or check out mywebsite for sessions at my angel
(42:30):
ami.com And thank you all somuch for joining us today. And
thank you once again Troy anduntil next time, be well
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