Sound therapist Sara Auster explains how sound baths and the simple act of deep listening can calm your nervous system, reduce stress, and bring you into the present, and how to bring a little of that practice into your own home.
This conversation will resonate most with our spiritually-minded listeners, but we invite everyone to listen with an open mind and take what resonates.
In this episode we explore the healing power of sound with Sara Auster, a world-renowned sound therapist, meditation teacher, and creator of the Pause app. We break down the basics of sound bathing and sound therapy, how these practices can reduce stress, deepen self-awareness, and support emotional healing, and Sara shares her signature approach, the Auster Sound Method.
Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction.
(1:44) I’d love it if we started off with you telling us a little bit about yourself and what led you to becoming a world renown sound therapist and mediation teacher.
(4:16) How would you describe a sound bath?
(5:00) When you are accessing the mind, what role does psychoacoustics play in sound bathing?
(6:36) What are some wellbeing benefits (mind, body & spirit) of sound bathing?
(7:45) Would you walk us through one of your sound bathing sessions?
(17:00) Do you have any recommendations on how people can incorporate the healing benefits of the sound bathing in their home?
(18:53) A discussion on using the sounds around your home as a self development tool.
(27:00) How would you describe using sound bathing and sound therapy as a self development practice?
(30:00) Animals instinctually release traumatic or stressful experiences through tremors or shaking. Is there a link here to sound healing? For example a deer shaking after shock or the vibration of a cat’s purr.
(33:00) Where would you like to see people invest more research around the healing benefits of sound?
(39:10) What role does sound healing play with intuition?
(45:10) I’d love it if you can share a little about your app PAUSE.
(47:30) I’d love it if you could speak to the sounds of singing bowls and what makes them so healing as well as what advice you have for people who are looking to buy singing bowls?
(49:47) Is there a connection between the sounds produced with signing bowls and layers of consciousness?
(51:18) Do you think that sound healing happens at a cellular level?
(52:47) Closing thoughts and outro
In this episode:
What sound bathing and sound therapy really are.
Why a sound bath is "like taking the elevator" compared to meditation's stairs.
How sound shifts you into a parasympathetic, rest-and-digest state.
A simple reframe for unwanted sounds like sirens ("help is on the way").
Using a singing bowl as a daily ritual to mark calm and presence.
"How you listen is how you live": listening as a path to awareness.
Guest: Sara Auster is a world-renowned sound therapist, meditation teacher, and author, and the creator of the Pause app. She has developed mindfulness curriculum for the World Health Organization and FDA-approved sound baths as a complementary option for people living with migraines, and has created sound experiences for companies including Apple, Google, Spotify, and MoMA.
Prefer to watch? The full video episode is on YouTube @thealignedinterior.
Disclaimer:
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The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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