Sound Portrait Session FAQ
What music will Suzanne play when I go to her for a Sound Portrait?
When I focus on a person, I hear music from four different levels, representative of
1) the personality
2) energy patterns within the physical body
3) a layer of emotion and emotional patterns
4) a layer of deep, deep serenity which I call the spirit or essence of a person.
I hear these four layers continually interplaying and interacting withgin a person, playing off of one another. I often receive imagery, like an inner architectural geometry, as I play for a person, illustrating to me the various aspects within the person and how they link together, how the person is oriented into the world and with the spirit. I am continually amazed at the uniqueness of each individual. We are not as similar as we believe ourselves to be. Each person has a unique orientation, temperament and way of interacting with the world and it is important and life-changing for people be seen and corroborated for their unique qualities and purpose in life.
How does the music Suzanne plays help a person?
Many people for whom I have played tell me that when they hear their music they feel a powerful recognition of themselves that is beyond words.. The most common remark that I hear is that people feel more acknowledged than they ever have before in their lives, through hearing their music. To be acknowledged, seen and recognized for who we are brings comfort and peace, and can constitute a turning point in a person's life.
By contrast, when a person may feel stuck in life, the layers of their music do not flow easily and naturally with one another. The music of their spirit and soul has not been honored or supported to flow freely. The music I hear from a person indicates how their spirit would like to move freely.
Music can do surprising and amazing things to help us move and mobilize beyond our patterns, to release and move more freely, to make deeper, foundational connections from within and to move into more elevated and inspired ways of being. As a person's inner music, rhythms and life pulses and tempos become integrated, the subtle life force can become reset and their music becomes harmonized, more dynamic, definite, smooth, flowing. When your internal music is harmonized, your spirit is flowing freely, your life force and creativity are free to flow and the Body and Mind can more easily heal and establish healthy patterns.
Why is the music useful for healing and supporting one's higher potential?
In a Sound Portrait session, music is used to shift subtle energy and rhythmic patterns, subtle pulses, tones and textures of the Mind, Body and Spirit, to encourage integration and the wholeness of different parts working together harmoniously.
What is the effect of each piece of music Suzanne plays for me?
The first piece of music I hear from a person often depicts a person's present state of being and how their spirit enjoys moving and flowing at this moment in time. That first piece exemplifies how the spirit might most easily flow and move.
The second piece of music I play for a person may help to inspire new depth and encourage the spirit to move more freely, to create a space for allowing the spirit to more effectively, engaging more easily with the mind and body. The music can help to loosen stuckness. The music works to clear static, stuck patterns and encourage a person to open to more flowing patterns and ways toward resolution. It's a very natural, organic process. Music traces patterns of tension and release, harmonically and rhthymically.
How does Suzanne decide where to take the music?
Your music indicates to me where it wants to go. When I play live in the moment for someone, their music responds, moves and changes as I play. A person's own pulses and music indicates where it is willing to go, to move and evolve. I call this "Interactive Music" because a person's music responds and changes as they hear the music played aloud.
How does the music produce a healing and transformative effect?
It is natural for the Body, Mind and Spirit to respond and want to move with music. When a pattern of energy in a person is played musically, the pattern of energy in the person recognizes the rhythm and pattern and may begin to resonate and move with it. Music can make it easier for our patterns to shift, move, release, expand, evolve and metamorphose, often very quickly, into more harmonious interaction with the whole of our being.
As your Body and Mind begin to recognize and sense the movement of your Spirit, they release and open to move with the Spirit. Your Spirit becomes free to move in you, to inspire, uplift and engage with the Mind and Body's music. Mind, Body and Spirit, all three, synchronize and come into harmonic resonance with one another. This is when we are functioning at our optimum. The Spirit is able to move and reminds us of patterns of our higher potential, of greater ease of flow and of freedom. This is what we are feeling when we are moved by music; the freedom to move and be moved.
Your Spirit is your connection with the Divine Spirit, the source of all healing and higher potential.
Schedule a personal, private Music Portrait treatment: (520) 229-6282
Receive a CD or MP3s or AIFFs of your music.
Cost: Various plans available
Northwest Tucson
email: suzanne@musicforhealth.net
THE FUTURE OF MUSIC THERAPY
I honestly believe Suzanne can tap into our 'higher selves' and play its music. There is a lot of music designed for reflection and relaxation but Personal Music is a much more advanced form, created specifically for each individual. I believe this is the future of music therapy.
Stephen Williamson, Center for Advanced Technology, University of Oregon