There is a rise in stress related disorders and illnesses. Anxiety, burnout, panic attacks, fear, and sleepless nights plague many people. Technology has been a gift to our civilization as well as being loaded with many unhealthy side effects. We are inundated with social media, emails, texts, PM messages, Voicemails, commercials, and images of people having more apparent fun and epic lives than we seem to be living! In actuality, all across the globe, people everywhere, are STRESSED and ANXIOUS.
Thankfully, at the same time, there has been a commensurate rise in “the solution.” People are more aware of the health benefits of yoga, meditation, eating clean and organic. The power of herbs, elixirs, tonics, and superfoods dominate health conversations these days and self care restorative practices are becoming more and more mainstream!
I am what you might call a “high energy” person. I get things done and done well. I can go all day and wake up for more. I have always had multiple side business ventures in addition to my full time career over the last 30 years and I was an early adopter on the internet when it was only a bunch of “chat rooms” and there was no email or websites! I am fast, efficient, and loyal. Hmmm…what could go wrong, right?
Well, for starters, sleep can elude me and I can randomly wake up at 3am with a full on flood of fear chemistry singing in my veins! I can feel anxious, burnt out, and overwhelmed by life…all by 8am. My immune system gets run down and I catch more colds that cross my path. When this goes on too long, my nervous system starts to get “twitchy.” Meaning, I will get random and odd pains in my body, headaches, a buzzy feeling in my mind/body connection, adrenal exhaustion and burnout are not far behind. I make terrible food choices (sugar, fat, flour) and my ability to RESPOND well to life’s turns becomes next to nothing and reactivity is all I can muster. NOT the ideal way to meet the challenges and choices ahead of me on any given day!
Without much digging around, it is obvious that people are seeking a way to sanity and rest. Some think it will happen when they retire, or move to a tropical island, or just one more workshop will contain the peace we seek. In the second paragraph I mentioned “the solution.” Thankfully, there is a path to restoring our natural defences to work with and hopefully prevent disease, addiction, soul disorder, mental freak out, and illness. In my business, Original Frequency, I have woven the restorative paths that have been of immeasurable benefit to my peace of mind. They are my solution. I also personally create and share, through public events and online courses, the chance to experience firsthand the power of “CHILL OUT!” The answer, that works best for me, lays within the general realm of restorative practices, of which there are many to choose from. Beautiful types of self care below that I have chosen for myself, and then have been called to share to the world at large, have been instrumental in restoring my nervous system and life.
This is quite the question and I believe it requires a lifetime to answer and has many different facets that can be explored. We are each unique beings and our Destinies are interwoven together and yet, each of us will find the Path to Heart Coherence on our own terms.
A quote below, by Master Zhuang, who was a Chinese philosopher, has always made an impression with me from the first moment I read it in book.
“Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, a veritable butterfly, enjoying itself to the full of its bent, and not knowing it was Chuang Chou. Suddenly I awoke, and came to myself, the veritable Chuang Chou. Now I do not know whether it was then I dreamt I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. Between me and the butterfly there must be a difference. This is an instance of transformation.”
We learn at some point on the Path of awakening that all Life on Earth is inter-connected Web of Life called The Dream.
An engaging, and highly seductive reality that is experienced, perceived, and felt in an unending number of permutations by each of us.
Our personal Karma, genetic ancestral lines, soul learnings, and collective morphogenetic fields, make up this dreaming that is unique to each one of us, and HOW we relationally move through it.
The Key to dancing with Life as we know it is to learn to come into Heart Coherence. This is discussed by the Heartmath Institute as:
“Coherence is the state when the heart, mind and emotions are in energetic alignment and cooperation,” HeartMath Institute Research Director Dr. Rollin McCraty says. “It is a state that builds resiliency – personal energy is accumulated, not wasted – leaving more energy to manifest intentions and harmonious outcomes.”
Each of us brings to the table our own ways in which we personally achieve Coherence. I have chosen to champion and focus on building compassion and Love through the use of ceremonial Sound meditations that regenerate the nervous system and create DEEP CALM and Alpha/Theta brain wave States. I call my business Original Frequency and I practice Conscious Sleep or Dream Yoga.
The cousin to this, practiced by many, is known as Yoga Nidra. Wikipedia describes it as such:
“Yoga Nidra is a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, like the “going-to-sleep” stage. It is a state in which the body is completely relaxed, and the practitioner becomes systematically and increasingly aware of the inner world by following a set of verbal instructions. The practice of yoga relaxation has been found to reduce tension and anxiety. The autonomic symptoms of high anxiety such as headache, giddiness, chest pain, palpitations, sweating and abdominal pain respond well. It has been used to help soldiers from war cope with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)”
Using the power of the Conscious Sleep Journey, also known as Ceremonial Dream Yoga I weave a variety of instruments together into an Ocean or Tapestry of Sound Frequencies that penetrate your body giving you a “sonic massage” and enlivening your energy pathways known in TCM (traditional Chinese Medicine) and acupuncture studies as Meridians.
One of the key features to this sound journey is the phenomenon that people have the opportunity to explore called Lucid Dreaming. After about 20 minutes or so, most of us fall into the Theta Brain wave state and begin to deeply relax and our Inner Worlds begin to come alive. We see colours, have flash insights of creativity, images come and go, and we “day-dream” very readily in this stage.
What exactly is Sleep or Dreaming? What occurs during this time when supposedly we aren’t aware of being in either space? Can one awaken inside the Dream of Life and can one awaken while in deep sleep?
In these Conscious Sleep Sound Journeys, we have the chance to awaken within the Dreaming and become conscious to the landscape within. Being able to self direct in your dreams is known as Lucid Dreaming. I also like to add that any “teaching” dream, a dream where you learn a profound insight into yourself or others, or a dream that causes you to change your waking world, is also within the realms of Lucid Dreaming.
Heart coherence occurs when we synch our hearts and minds together and Dream or Breathe as ONE. The power of the many multiplies into a Wave that pulses through our group and Lifts us into a vibratory state. In this state I like to say that we become frequency and forget for a moment that we are solid bodies. In THAT state, we can do the impossible!
As we move into the New energies of 208, I invite you into the Mystery of Coherent Conscious Sleep, Yoga Nidra, Lucid Dreaming, Dream Yoga, and Sonic Meridian Massage. I invite you to find your Original Frequency and radiate it!
-Sean Levahn
Nov. 2017
Séan Levahn shares his life with his partner of 18 years and lives on the Central Coast of California. He finds life a deeply amazing and mysterious journey. Séan loves to meet new people, experience novel experiences and create healthy mutual appreciation relationships. He is a practitioner of shadow work, authenticity, and transparency as a life path to a fully awakened heart.
Séan has been a Certified Massage Therapist, Reiki Master, and Sound Healer for over 25 years. He graduated from the Integrative Bodywork Massage Therapy School in 1990, completed his Reiki Master-teacher training in 1993, spent the last 20 years as a self taught Sound Healer, and there is not enough space in a day to list all the workshops, retreats, private sessions, and conferences he has attended. Personal and Collective Evolution turn him ON!
The realization that LOVE is the key, has finally dawned on him, right on time!
WEBSITE: www.originalfrequency.com