Healing Secrets of Music: Rediscovering Music's Healing Realm
By: Denise A. Saracco, Jaguar Shaman
Music has always been a major part of my life. When I witnessed my Aunt Dawn create masterpieces on the piano, I fell in Love with Music all over again. I began taking piano lessons when I was eight years old and I have never stopped playing. As my journey with Music blossomed over the decades, she began sharing some of her secrets with me.
In the history of our species, Music has played a prominent role. From celebrations, to artistic expressions, to links with mathematical designs, Music has touched the innermost parts of our souls for centuries. She lulls us into her mysterious world; a world where tones and rhythms communicate with us in the deepest levels of our conscious and subconscious. She creates a place for us to escape our mundane reality for a while.
When I play the piano, I am also transported into a different dimension. No longer are my fingers poised in accurate position. Instead, each note they touch seduces me deeper and deeper into this new reality of Music. It is here where Music began to share with me her ancient secret of healing.
When I sit before the piano, I check in with myself and see how I am feeling. Sometimes, there are a myriad of emotions coursing through my being simultaneously – making it very difficult to pinpoint, let alone understand. I choose the song that calls to me, and I begin to play. At first a technical act, I am soon swept away by the harmonies of the song. Each note and chord soon echo the parts of me I feel inside. The cheery, optimistic parts are mimicked by the happy-sounding parts, and the discouraged, frustrated parts are played out by the darker undercurrents of the song. At first, these two parts appear to battle each other. The classic duel of good versus evil plays out as opponents in the reality of this song. Successions of chords and arpeggios stir within me the feeling of conflict, and I begin feeling uncomfortable and desiring resolution. Before I know it, the mood in this world shifts once more and what initially appeared as opposites, have now collided in perfect harmony, creating sheer magick in my heart. The assimilation of both good and evil, light and dark, fuse together to create a new understanding that is well beyond words. Somehow, as the song resolves, my troubles in my mundane world are also resolved.
We are naturally drawn to a piece of Music that we need to listen to for healing. Whether that Music be Rap, Hip Hop, Classical, Country, or Rock, we innately know what we need. The Music in our souls guides us to the Music we need for healing. Somehow, at the end of the song, we begin feeling better.
Music has this divine ability to entrance us all into her magickal world. Foreign and sometimes downright strange, she takes us on a ride through our conscious and subconscious selves – bringing to light areas of disharmony or conflict along the way. Her magick is felt as goose bumps, awe, and sometimes through tears. As visitors in her domain, she cares for us like a mother. She teaches us what we need to know and how to heal it. She enlightens us through her ancient whispers.When the song is over, there are no words to describe what just happened. This is her way – speaking through the Heart and addressing your individual needs. Whether there is only one person witnessing her magick or one million people, Music has a way of entering everyone’s Heart in a special, unique way, and healing each person individually.
Music is made everywhere and in everything. She sings ballades to us as the wind in the trees. She plays her tympani drums for us through the oceans.The birds hear her songs and harmonize with her. You need not know how to play an instrument to create Music.She is the creative, life-sustaining fiber within each of us. She lives inside us through the pumping cadence of our hearts, the electrical synapses in our brains, and in our own Divine instrument, our voices. We are Music and magick!I invite you to explore the song being played right inside your body in this very moment. Sing with this mysterious force inside you and allow yourself to follow wherever the Music takes you. Allow yourself to be lulled into that magickal place of healing whenever you are in need.
Music is a gift from the Divine to aid us all on this journey we call Life.
About the author
A Jaguar Shaman, Pachakuti Mesa Carrier, Wisewoman, Reiki Practitioner, and more, Denise Saracco's relationship with the spirit world has been a lifelong journey. Denise is the Founder of Swiftwind Therapy, LLC. Swiftwind Therapy is a place where you can begin to find your way back to Harmony. Utilizing various healing ways including Shamanic Healing, Reiki, sound healing, drum medicine, and other techniques, you will become empowered to experience transformational healing and serenity physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Healing for pets, tarot readings, house blessings, and products also available. Spirit-inspired circles and events are facilitated in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York areas. For more information, please see Denise’s website at www.swiftwindtherapy.wordpress.com.
