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Sound permeates every aspect of our lives. The wind rustling through the trees, water falling from the sky or flowing across rocks, the pop, crack and hiss as the fire burns, the singing of birds, and buzzing of insects all create the soundtrack of nature.
Sound healing practices date back thousands of years. They can promote relaxation and sleep and support physical and emotional well-being.
Drums, flutes, singing bowls, gongs, chimes and other instruments are often used to create a calming environment. The deep vibration of the instruments allows participants to release physical tension, encourages the brain to release feel-good endorphins and the bodily fluids to reset.
Sound healing may be included as part of music therapy practice, but not all sound healing practitioners are music therapists.
Deep vibrations produced from these instruments affect each persons’ body in different ways and, for some, they can bring up deep seated feelings and emotions. Music therapists have specific training and experience and can help participants address these emotions in a positive way.
Debi uses her voice, drums, flutes, a wide variety of instruments and her custom curated set of Himalayan singing bowls to create sound healing experiences for individuals and groups. She incorporates her vast music therapy experience to play, sing, and guide meditations and healing experiences specific to the needs and intentions of the individual or group in a way that gently nurtures and encourages optimal emotional and physical health and wellness.
Build your community through music and wellness. In addition to her online courses Debi has been both a Keynote and Endnote presenter at retreats and provided interactive music events for many years. She can provide drum circles, sound healing sessions, guided meditations and other music related events. Contact Debi for custom curated programs.
Dealing with a major illness, pain or grief issues? Debi has been trained in a specialized method of massaging the Himalayan Singing bowls on the body to send vibration deep into the tissues and organs to ease pain, anxiety and help your body to rest. Imagine being surrounded by crystals, aromatherapy, soft lights and deep vibration. Contact Debi for more information.
Guided Meditations for Sound Healing is a perfect introduction for those that have never meditated before. Debi plays her singing bowls for this 4-part course that teaches you to release tension, let your mind relax, and inspire your imagination. Get out your speakers, get comfortable, release tension and let your body rest while your mind soars to new heights.
Quiet Time Meditations – Family Learning Program These 6 – 20 minute videos are guided meditations designed for children, but adults love them too. Based on animal themes, the meditation program is a great way to introduce emotional regulation practices for kids. The Parents Notes provide step by step guidance to use the meditations with your family and the Family Learning PDF gives you a full curriculum of related activities to support learning and school readiness.
The online courses allow you to learn and grow at your own convenience. They are designed to provide complete wellness experiences with each session. They help you to sleep better, which in turn helps your body to rest and grow so you can feel better on your own schedule.
Making music in a group, such as drumming, playing instruments, and singing, requires active listening, problem solving, communication and cooperation skills. Debi has expertise in helping individuals to feel a sense of belonging to the group while having fun and expressing energy and emotions.
Her wellness groups are designed to address emotional well-being using singing bowls, drums, flutes, and voice, to calm the central nervous system to promote relaxation and wellness.
Emotional regulation is as it sounds, the ability to control or regulate emotions.
Life brings many challenges, and most of the time, the only thing we can control is our response to those challenges. Learning to regulate emotions helps to maintain perspective, find some calm in the storm, and think through our responses.
During times of extreme stress, your brain releases cortisol, this is the “fight or flight” hormone that helps to protect you in dangerous situations. But for those of us that have multiple stressors piled on top of each other, the brain continues to release cortisol, which leads to anxiety, loss of sleep and chronic health issues.
Emotional regulation techniques signal the brain to stop producing cortisol so that your body can get the rest needed to manage during difficult times.
Emotional regulation techniques can help children to be resilient, to navigate everyday stressors in healthy ways. It can help them to sleep better, which supports brain growth and development, improved learning potential and social skills and positively impacts mental health over the long term.
Mindfulness is the ability to be fully present in the moment. To pay attention to the world around you in the moment without thinking about past or future events. It’s about attention with intention, observation without judgement, emotion and acceptance.
These techniques reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus and enhance well-being.
These practices help kids to observe the world with curiosity and kindness and find joy, awe and wonder in their surroundings. It helps them to build self-esteem, manage stress and handle difficult emotions. It can help to improve their learning and social skills and improves mental health.
Regular meditation practices help lower stress and anxiety, and helps to manage difficult emotions. It can improve sleep quality, focus, concentration and improves physical and mental health.
Debi uses evidence-based practices in her guided meditations that help to regulate heart rate and help to calm scattered thoughts.
“I try to meditate but I can’t calm my brain from racing thoughts”
Guided meditations help you focus on something other than your own thoughts. They allow time for your brain to relax and focus on something different from your everyday life.
As a trained vocalist, Debi uses her soothing voice and evidence-based techniques to regulate your heart rate and keep your mind engaged as she guides you through a meditation experience.
Meditation helps with emotional regulation, brain development, stress and anxiety relief and improved mental health.
Quiet Time Meditations are specifically developed for children. The rhythm is designed to help the brain to relax and the meditation themes are interesting and encourage imagination and the messages build resilience and self-esteem.
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- Presenting: Happy Family Hour!by Debi Kret, MM, MT-BCFOR ALL AGES Join our creative and talented music therapy team as they sing, dance, and play in a live, interactive family-oriented music session. Mondays and Wednesdays, 5 pm MST This is an inclusive program and all are welcome to join in! Please pay what you are able to contribute to keep our programs going! Pay through…
- Sing Me a Book – Aprilby Debi Kret, MM, MT-BCWhen my daughter was in Kindergarten, she decided that she was going to be a Paleontologist. Her kindergarten teacher was amazed that she knew the word, let alone what it meant. Although my daughter changed her mind about her life’s vocation and is now a concert violinist, she still has a love for dinosaurs. And…
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