Sing to Heal

by Lisa M. Baker

At 9 years old, I was hooked! I was given my First Barbra Streisand album, A Happening in Central Park, and that's all it took! The scene is still fresh in my mind, the memory clear and bright, of me belting out "Sing a Song" with my idol! My bed was my stage, my hairbrush my microphone, my stuffed animals my adoring fans! And there I bounced, hair askew, face flushed from the explosive rush of excitement that comes from singing!

This began a lifelong passion for what has become the driving force of my very existence! A passion that has carried me far, from elementary school choirs to a BFA in Musical Theater, summerstock and the Catskills, to dinner theatre and karaoke hosting, with 6 years of voice lessons and 8 years of teaching voice in between. Throw in some toning workshops I've led and that accounts for the last 29 years of my life! And through those years, one thing became wonderfully apparent.the magic of singing enchanted everyone! People just loved to sing and people healed from singing!

This discovery led me on a marvelous healing journey within, expanding my experiences and connecting me to my very core, the deepest and highest part of myself. Singing has become my prayer and my meditation, my gift from God and my Gift to God, my offering and my blessing. Singing from my soul opens my heart and feels like an internal massage of love, one that I am receiving as well as giving. And the positive healing effects of giving and receiving love, soul to soul, heart to heart, are powerful and beautiful.

Singing has given me a deeper and stronger sense of myself. I have been blessed with many empowering experiences that I am truly grateful for, including a profound awareness of my internal power, an expansive feeling of connectedness with all of life, an understanding of trust and the perfection of 'letting life unfold," and a wild outpouring of my feelings in all of their glorious shapes and sizes!

But the most amazing gift I've received from singing is my experience of connection with the flow of energy from God. Waves of vibration coursing through my body put me into a state of physical healing by releasing energy blocks and old suppressed emotions. Before long, I'm flying free in a sky of soft velvet, embraced by pure bliss. My body is my instrument and it resonates with the beauty and power of song.

Lisa is a Sound Vibration Practitioner who utilizes Toning & Singing to restore & maintain balance within the body, release energy blocks and their accompanying emotions from the body, and for manifestation purposes in one's life. For information on private sessions, group tonings, and toning CD's/ tapes, email her at lisambaker@usa.net.