Health & Wellness
SOUND IS THE OLDEST FORM OF HEALING. To understand the use of sound for healing, it is helpful to realize all things vibrate: atoms, the cells of our bodies, all living matter. This is where OM Oasis and Jolie Nasralla, Comox Valley Sound Practitioner, really heightened my understanding of our personal frequencies and connection to sound through healing. Jolie is a certified Healing Touch, Yoga, Somatics and Sound Practitioner and offers a unique fusion of these health and wellness modalities. She has been studying and offering sound healing since 2016. Her journey began in Banff, Alberta where she was first introduced to sound through crystal bowls. Nasralla says she was instantly drawn to the tones and frequencies of Crystal Tones™️ alchemy bowls. " It felt like I was coming home to myself, to my primordial soul essence. It was so profound. It instantly resonated with every cell of my being on inexplicable levels and I knew this was something bigger than myself, it was an Aha moment. I knew this was life changing, was meant to become my purpose. My heart and soul desired to learn more about this modality and to share it with others," remembers Nasralla. She enrolled in the Sound Harmony Crystal Tones™️training and certification with Nancy Watters of Luminous Tones in November and December of that year. "The beauty of this modality is that it can be given and received anywhere. Everyone who breathes can use sound as a wellness tool just by toning or chanting or doing breath work. The sound instruments that I use are portable. Some are easier to travel with. I can travel, and I have travelled as far as Mexico, to offer sound healing. I can simplify and use just a couple of tuning forks, one alchemy crystal bowl or Himalayan bowl, a gong or a didgeridoo. Or I can set up a large repertoire of instruments and offer a diverse spectrum of what is known as a 'sound bath.' Whether a person receives sound healing from one instrument or a soothing soundscape of multiple instruments in multiple rhythms and layers as a fully immersive sound bath session, it's simply about the vibration supporting the mind-body-spirit resonance and bringing the cells into equilibrium. It is like a sonic massage from the inside out bringing your entire being into harmony." The Om Oasis motto is Harmonize Your Inner Vibe. Nasralla explains that since our bodies are 70+% water, and sound travels 4 times faster through water 2 8 | C O M PA S S M A G A Z I N E | I s s u e 4 2
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