Over the years, I have learnt to use my voice differently, so that I can indeed live within my resonant frequency.

As a little girl, my main coping mechanism, nervous system reactive state, was to be quiet, not heard and not seen… not judged, or made fun of…

In this state, I learnt that my voice, my own vibration, was not safe.. did not matter…

Over years of working it all out, and learning to speak up,… to allow myself to vibrate at my own individual resonant frequency… I can say that the earth is a better more whole place.

The following is specifically based on the research and work of Jonathan Goldman (Healing Sounds, the Power of Harmonics).

Using your voice, your own vibration is physical, as well as energetic work.. emotional and heart centred…

Each of your 7 Energy Centres – or Chakras – has a specific strength, energetic character, and emotional grouping.

Starting at the base of your spine is the Root Energy Centre, as we travel up your body, then the Sacral, the Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Brow and Crown.

The picture above illustrates these areas.

Goldman’s system uses vowel sounds and pitch to resonate with your energy centres, as there seems to be a direct link between different parts of the body and specific vowel sounds.

In this relationship between sound and the energy centres, it seems that lower chakras are influenced by lower sounds and the upper energy centres are influenced by higher sounds. This is also true about your body cavities.

When working with your own vocal tone, the intention behind the sound is of extreme importance. It may be important as the actual sounds that are created.

It is important to focus your attention on projecting the sound you use or create to the particular part of the body where you would like the sound to resonate.

With practice you may learn that it is possible to resonate virtually any portion of your body and energy centre with any sound.It is important when working with self created sound to take a deep breath doing diaphragmatic breathing, so that you breathe in, the stomach expands.

The following chart illustrates the this vowel & energy centre system, with colour and musical notes… (however, these colours/notes can be different for each persons resonance).

I want to tell you loudly, you don’t have to have a “great” voice or read music to do work with the chakra tones – Whatever your voice is, or you think it is – is perfect – especially for you! How perfect to use the vibrations of your own voice – what medicine could be more perfectly suited to you?

You don’t have to be loud or strain your voice. Do whatever feels right to you, but nice and soft is just fine.

The following steps are a guide for you, but feel free to personalise and alter as needed.

• Make yourself comfortable, sitting upright in a chair, comfortably but with your spine straight. Choose a place and a time where you will not be disturbed for 15 minutes or so.
• Take a few deep breaths to relax.
• To tone, you can choose either the vowel sound shown in the chart. Start with the first, or root chakra, and work your way up.
• As you create each tone, first take a deep breath, all the way into your belly, then just let the sound flow from you as you exhale. For the 1st chakra, you’ll tone “uh”. For the second, you’ll tone “ooh” and so on.
• Feel the vibration of each tone in the area of the energy centre being toned. Gently hold the intention that it will open the energy centre just the right amount, clearing any blockages or impurities; that it will balance the energy centre with the other six energy centres; and that it will align and energise each energy centre.
• You can hold the colour of the energy centre you’re toning in your mind’s eye as you tone, as well.
• Sound each tone several times, say three to ten.
• The pitch of the toning should go up as you rise through the chakras, roughly following the notes of “do re mi fa so la ti.” But don’t sweat it if this makes you nervous; you can even just use the same note for each chakra if you want. Intention is the main thing!

When you’re done, give yourself some time to meditate or sit in silence for a few minutes.

You can also add in breathwork:

• Inhale smoothly.
• After your in-breath is complete, pause for a second or two before exhaling.
• Vocalise the chakra tones as you exhale, make the out-breath approximately twice as long as the in-breath. (It isn’t important to make it exactly twice as long; the concept is just to make the exhale longer than the inhale.)
• If this makes you dizzy or faint, return to normal breathing for a while and try again later.

The recording below is my own voice, practising the Vowel/Energy Centre system. Listen and follow along as per the guide above. You will soon be using this system with confidence and with great effect on your entire system.