Healing Through Your Own Sound

YOUR JAW IS A MIRROR OF YOUR PELVIC FLOOR

Before going into any explanation, I’d like you to observe attentively the following pictures:

When we talk about “healing through sound” we automatically think of an auditory experience, usually led by someone else, that resonates through our entire body, and gives us a sense of profound relaxation. Usually there are instruments involved into the so-called Sound Journey or Sound Bath.

What if I tell you though that the most powerful instrument we can play is actually our own voice?
What if I tell you that one of the greatest opening can happen through the throat because the throat is connected to our sexual centers that we often shut down?

THE THROAT-WOMB CONNECTION

Can you see that the vocal cords have a striking resemblance to the pelvic floor? 
The “cervix”, the Latin word for neck (of the uterus), and the throat are both supported by a hammock-like set of diaphragmatic muscles which move in tandem with respiration. During an inhale the lungs fill with air pushing our diaphragms downward (aka relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles); when we exhale the diaphragm moves upward towards the head (the pelvic floor does a natural lifting motion here).  These tissues move together; but let’s see why and how they are connected.

Embryologically speaking the throat and the womb develop next to each other and then grow away from each other as the embryo grows. Due to this formation the throat has a fascial connection to the pelvic floor.  Fascia can be defined as an interconnected web of soft tissue that encases the entire body and laces between individual muscles and organs.  This particular fascial line runs from the tip of the coccyx (tailbone) to the tip of the tongue.
– Dr. Emily Wilson

Try This: If you put the tongue to the roof of your mouth can you feel a tightening or upward motion of the pelvic floor?  Now relax the tongue down letting it rest.  Can you feel a relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles when you do this? 

When talking about these two powerful areas of our body, we cannot not mention the Nervous System, and specifically the Vagus Nerve.
The Vagus Nerve is the longest, most complex and important nerve of the entire Nervous System: starting in the brain, it touches our heart, lungs, stomach, and intestine. It innervates our throat allowing us to speak our truth, and goes all the way down to the cervix, at the center of the pelvic floor, which can be affected by our stress levels and our breathing patterns.

NOT ONLY FOR WOMEN

Going back to the picture, you can clearly see that even the reproductive male organs are similar in shape to the larynx, just like the female uterus. This is quite important to highlight, because there’s a common tendency to look at this connection between throat/self-expression and root chakra/sexual center only from a female perspective. So let’s break this stereotype: whether you’re a male or female body being, this is about reclaiming your voice, and healing through your own sound.
And this is for you if you have been feeling:
• unheard by family, partner, friends or colleagues;
• unable to speak your truth;
• unsafe to express yourself;
• uncomfortable with your sexuality;
• unable to voice your discomfort;
• unable to show up fully.

If you want to go deeper, and discover how you can reclaim your power through your voice, book a Voice Therapy Session.

Some of the tools I use are:
– Humming Meditation;
– Emotional Release;
– Bodywork Therapy focused on the hip joint and hara (belly);
– Sharing Circle & Active Listening;
– Breathwork.
Each one of these practices will be complemented by integration time– silence or journaling- which is fundamental to allow you to fully incorporate the insights that might come throughout the session; merge with a new level of understanding of yourself and your needs; and gracefully embodying them into your life.