Reset your vibration with a healing sound bath at this year's Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat.
Relaxing Sound Bath
In a relaxing sound bath therapeutic session, you are invited to immerse yourself in the magic of sound. A combination of voice, crystal bowls, chimes and percussion are incorporated to create a nurturing relaxing experience.
Sound has been used as a powerful and effective tool for helping to
improve health and wellbeing for thousands of years. More recently, the
advancement of new science has provided valuable support and insight
to these ancient techniques. Research has shown that people
experience deep relaxation, reduced anxiety and stress, improved sleep
and hormonal balances in the body. This is due to sound inducing an
Altered State of Consciousness, similar to meditation.
During a sound bath, the brain gets a chance to experience no thought as it is focused on the Sound.
The brain shifts into Theta brain waves. This wave is characterised mainly with light sleep, rapid eye movement (REM) dreams and hallucinations.
The brain uses this state to exercise itself, rather like working out muscles to make them stronger and to release over all tension. In this state your brain cells reset their sodium/potassium levels. A brief period of Theta (5 to 15 min) a day will restore the ratio to normal, resulting in mental refreshment.
Sound Therapy has been used with very positive results for a wide range of illnesses such as chronic pain, depression and anxiety.
Sound Therapy not only helps with physical illness, it can also help balance the emotions and quieten a busy mind.
About NICKY DE GRUCHY
Nicky is an artist, musician and sound therapist who draws inspiration
from nature for creativity and healing.
She has her Diploma in Voice Sound Therapy and Holistic Voice
Therapy from the British Academy of Sound Therapy, BAST. She has
taught singing for over thirty years and has worked with all sorts of
people: young men and women in detention centres, the elderly, people
with special needs, children and adults. Through this she’s discovered
how transformative the creative arts are through self-expression, singing
and creative voice.
As a Voice Sound Therapist she facilitates both group workshops and
one on one sessions for clients and has successfully worked with
specific clients with conditions such as alzheimer’s, anxiety, sleep
disorders morning sickness and palliative care. She teaches singing and
voice sound therapy privately at her home studio, and has presented at
the International Bush Adventure Therapy conference Sydney, Body
Mind and Spirit, Melbourne and for retreats in the Yarra Valley.
Nicky works as a singer and musician writing and performing original
music with her husband Peter. Together they have a duo called Little
Oberon and have played at many events and festivals around Australia.
They have released five albums, their latest is called “Essence of Place”
and explores music as soundscapes for relaxation and connection to
nature. This album also has a video component and is the culmination of
many years work, going to locations around Australia and writing music
in-site directly from the spirit of that place. She has a Degree in Fine Art,
majoring in ceramics and photography and is a practicing artist exploring
digital art, video, sound, voice and music. She has a passion for creating
audio visual art works that explore the Essence of Place, the mystery
and wonder of nature, spirit and earth.
www.essenceofplace.com.au
www.littleoberon.com
THE 2022 CREATIVE MENTAL HEALTH FORUM
AND SELF CARE RETREAT
WELCOMES NICKY DE GRUCHY.
We look forward to sharing this special space with you in 2022.
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