Expressive Writing

Post #31 – Women’s Memoirs, Writing and Healing – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

Memoir Writers: Consider the Power of Intentional Writing

by Sharon Lippincott

In The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing, Jonathan Goldman describes his frustration while writing his first book (Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics, 1992) when he realized that none of the results of hundreds of studies he had perused agreed with each other. For example, two researchers would each claim success in treating a certain organ, but each used a different frequency or a different mantra. How could this be? He writes that he sat at his computer, head in hands, trying to make sense of it all.

… And then something happened that changed my life: I distinctly became aware of an inner voice that said, It is not only the frequency of the sound that creates its effect, but the intention of the user. I then wrote down this formula: Frequency + Intent = Healing. After that, my life was different and everything made sense.

My eyes popped with excitement as I read those words. Although that concept had never occurred to me, my mind crackled with recognition. That explains it, I thought. There are so many different tools we can use to write for healing. It isn’t the specific technique, it’s the intention! [click to continue…]

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