Meet La Shamánika | Sound Healer & Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with La Shamánika and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi La Shamánika, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
As we navigate the twists and turns of life in this fast paced world, some of us can cross paths with different invisible enemies like stress, anxiety, depression, phobias, panic and eating disorders. That’s why giving back to the community is one of my priorities. I think we all deserve a moment to relax and unwind so we can reset ourselves into a more elevated version of us.

Sound bathing (also called “sound meditation” or “sound healing”) is the practice of mindfully listening to different sounds that help to relax body and mind. To provide these types of experiences I use many different instruments: singing bowls, shamanic drum, Koshi chimes, my voice and other overtone-emitting instruments to stimulate the alpha and theta brain waves.

By using rhythm and frequency, we can entrain our brainwaves, and it then becomes possible to down-shift our normal beta state (normal waking consciousness) to alpha (relaxed consciousness), and even reach theta (meditative state) and delta (sleep; where internal healing takes place).

Sound has been utilized in various cultures for thousands of years as a tool for healing. Whether through the use of mantras as with the medicine melodies of various Indigenous peoples from North, Central and South America, all techniques and methods have the same intention: to move us from a place of Imbalance to a place of Balance.

According to the laws of physics, all sounds have a specific resonance and cause vibrations, sound does more than enter our ears; it has the magnificent power to affect our entire being.

Sound Healing has multiple benefits, amongst the most acclaimed are:
Reaching a deeper state of consciousness, leading us into a state of relaxation, shutting off our body’s fight-or-flight reflex.
Stress Management
Greater Focus and Mental Clarity
Unblocked our energy centers or “chakras” so we can balance the parts of our body that are currently suffering imbalances
Cleansed all negative emotions
Decreased depression, anxiety and phobias
Increased Well-Being
An opportunity to reset and recharge

Anyone can benefit from a Sound Bath, it is not only intended for spiritual and new-agey people, in fact, those who led a highly dynamic and busy life are the ones who can get the most out of it.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
I created a fusion of different modalities (sound healing, meditation, astrology, yoga nidra, chakras and chanting) hence a mindful experience was born. I started practicing this myself and then realized I could share it with other people that were interested in their own well-being.

I decided to name this experience “Inner Trip”, since it is not just one technique but a combination of many that you get to experience by yourself. Going to the most profound of your subconscious mind and reprogramming old beliefs that no longer serve you is the main goal of this process.

“Inner Trip” is a space for relaxation, a moment that you dedicate to yourself. Many people find it less challenging than meditation because the sound keeps their mind occupied, while Yoga Nidra helps them focus and makes it easier to enter into deep states of calm and peace. Astrology also plays a special role during the process because of the planetary influences and the effects on our personal self.

If you have never meditated and think you could never reach that state of calmness that meditation and other mindfulness techniques require, I encourage you to try the “Inner Trip Experience”, it will change your perspective on this matter.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I will take them to Key Biscayne, to me it is like a hidden gem in the middle of a dense urban area. Besides, it’s a beautiful white coral sandy beach destination. You can find here one of the most beautiful Florida State Parks, Bill Baggs Cape of Florida State Park.

This park was named by explorer Ponce de Leon during the first Spanish expedition to Florida in 1513. You can travel back in time visiting the lighthouse or the keeper’s cottage, there’s so much history on this place that is worth knowing!

My favorite spot here is The Cape Florida Lighthouse, where you can enjoy the breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay from atop. It was completed in 1825 and remains the oldest standing structure in Miami-Dade County. This lighthouse served as a beacon for freedom – from Seminole Indians seeking to remain in their Florida home, to fugitive slaves who secretly gathered here before taking safe passage to the British Bahamas.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Big shoutout to all the people who have placed their trust in me for their healing process towards well-being, because their healing has also been part of my own healing, hence it is a path that we have walked together.

I think that everything that exists in the universe, including us as human beings, is composed of energy. That energy is the foundation of all matter, and exchanges with everything else. The same energy that composes one person, composes all people and this energy is always flowing, like an endless river.

We are all connected to everyone and everything in an infinite universal network, where Giving and Receiving is a continuous cycle and sometimes, there is a point where certain people converge, one with another, for their mutual benefit. It is the Law of Cause and Effect, so depending on the decisions we make throughout our lives, will be the type of people we’ll cross paths with. That is why “You Gotta Live La Vida Mindfully!” It is so important to be more conscious and aware of everything we think, say and do, since the sum of all these things will create our own destiny.

There’s a quote of Mahatma Gandhi that I live by and describes what I mentioned previously:

Keep your THOUGHTS positive, because your thoughts become YOUR WORDS
Keep your WORDS positive because your words become YOUR BEHAVIOR
Keep your BEHAVIOR positive because your behavior become YOUR HABITS
Keep your HABITS positive because your habits become YOUR VALUES
Keep your VALUES positive because your values become YOUR DESTINY

Website: www.lashamanika.com

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