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Spirituality
Spiritual revelations do not arrive from thinking long & hard about Divinity. They come through silencing our thoughts, moving our ego out of the way, and opening up to the quiet, mysterious, spiritual realm that is always here with us. The world of soul is here and now, superimposed and woven through the world of the five sense. It doesn't take belief. It is Reality itself. You must only learn to see beyond the veils.
“There is another world, but it is in this one."
–W.B. Yeats
Spirituality
Spiritual revelations do not arrive from thinking long & hard about Divinity. They come through silencing our thoughts, moving our ego out of the way, and opening up to the quiet, mysterious, spiritual realm that is always here with us. The world of soul is here and now, superimposed and woven through the world of the five sense. It doesn't take belief. It is Reality itself. You must only learn to see beyond the veils.
“There is another world, but it is in this one."
–W.B. Yeats
Spirituality
Spiritual revelations do not arrive from thinking long & hard about Divinity. They come through silencing our thoughts, moving our ego out of the way, and opening up to the quiet, mysterious, spiritual realm that is always here with us. The world of soul is here and now, superimposed and woven through the world of the five sense. It doesn't take belief. It is Reality itself. You must only learn to see beyond the veils.
“There is another world, but it is in this one."
–W.B. Yeats
Healing
Healing occurs in the mind, heart, spirit, and body. Any system of self-improvement that does not address all of these essential components of the human being is lacking. I believe this so strongly I’ll repeat it: Any attempt to heal only one aspect of yourself without addressing the others, will ultimately lead to imbalance and unhappiness.
sound & ceremony
we are all brought forth out of darkness and water,
brought into this world through blood and through pain,
and deep in our bones, the old songs are wakening,
so sing them with voices of thunder and rain.
Wyndreth Berginsdottir
Sound & Human Experience
The gentle pulse of our mother's heartbeat is among the first sounds we ever encounter—while we are still in the womb. Long before language, that rhythm soothed us, nourished us, and became our first orientation to existence in a human body.
After that, it was human voices that comforted us. Lullabies. Laughter. Our caretaker's words. A whispered hush when we cried. These sounds held us within what is, at first, a vast and unfamiliar world.
It was also the sounds of nature that welcomed us to the Earth. Birdsong, rain against stone, wind moving through the trees. Before we fully understood the meaning of sound, we were already being shaped by rhythm, resonance, vibration, and atmosphere.
Because of its primordial, poetic, and elemental nature, music has long moved through the deepest layers of human experience. Drumming, chanting, hymns, mantra, instruments, and song have accompanied celebration, prayer, contemplation, suffering, and moments that profoundly alter our lives.
Across time and tradition, sound is believed to be the catalyst of creation itself. In Hinduism, the sacred syllable Om (AUM) is understood as the primordial vibration from which the universe emerged, preceding all form. Greek philosopher Pythagoras spoke of musica universalis—the “music of the spheres”— a harmony underlying the movement of the heavens. Within Abrahamic traditions, creation begins through divine speech: the world called forth through word, utterance, and command.
Sound creates movement, and movement creates sound; the two are inseparable. The Sufi dervishes embody this truth through their whirling devotional practice. As they spin—right palm turned upward to receive Allah’s love, left palm facing down to ground that love into the Earth—they move in communion with sacred music and prayer, entering a shared state of presence and surrender.
Sound moves us as it moves through us—shifting the body, stirring the soul.
Sound & the Nervous System
When human beings experience prolonged stress, the nervous system can become increasingly reactive and dysregulated. In these conditions, it becomes more difficult to access clarity of thought, emotional steadiness, intuition, and a felt sense of connection to oneself and others. One of the gentlest yet most effective ways of shifting out of that state is through ceremonial sound meditations.
Sound affects more than the human spirit alone; it also influences the mind and body. What many ancient traditions understood intuitively, modern research in neuroscience and psychophysiology has begun to clarify: sound can influence nervous system regulation, emotional processing, relaxation, and restoration. Ceremonial sound meditations may support:
*Deeper states of relaxation
*Reduced stress and anxiety
*Emotional grounding
*Nervous system regulation
*Enhanced creativity and symbolic reflection
*Increased clarity and insight
*Improved sleep and restfulness
*Greater sense of connection, presence, & embodied awareness
The Experience of Ceremony
There is something deeply powerful about a shared ceremonial space that opens the heart, strengthens connection, and intensifies the experience for everyone involved. When healing is received together, each person's openness, sincerity, and intention support the experience of the whole, making it easier for each individual to settle more fully into their own inner process.
It can be helpful to arrive at a healing ceremony with a clear intention or a meaningful question in mind. You are welcome to share it with us, and we will hold it in our hearts during the ceremony. But if nothing specific arises, that is perfect, too. You are invited to simply show up and receive—trusting that whatever is ready to arise will do so in its own time.
Our intention is to create a grounded, protective space in which you feel genuinely cared for during your ceremony. Whether you arrive to soothe old wounds, receive inner guidance, connect with God, honor a big transition in your life, or simply rest and restore, you will be held with integrity and respect.
At this time, we are open to working with individuals, couples, and small groups of three to eight people who already know one another. Each ceremony is thoughtfully curated around your group's unique needs and intentions. These gatherings may take many forms, including women's circles, men's groups, couples ceremonies, family ceremonies, rites of passage, celebrations, religious & devotional gatherings, and ceremonies rooted in shamanic traditions.
If your group is interested in receiving hapé during the medicinal sound ceremony, we are happy to offer it. In many cases, we encourage hapé as a way to bring greater focus and grounding to the experience.
Ancestral Sound & Lineage
While much of our training is rooted in shamanic lineages and Indigenous traditions, our work is also deeply informed by the contemplative and mystical currents that run through the world’s great religions—Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism—where sound, chant, prayer, and sacred rhythm have long been used as vehicles of communion and devotion.
Depending on the ceremony, we sing in Portuguese, Yawanawá, Quechua, Sanskrit, Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, Latin, English, Serbian, Arabic, and Gaelic. Many of these songs we carry were taught to us directly through long-standing relationships with elders, ceremonial practitioners, and lineage song carriers with whom we have studied and worked over the years. These are not simply songs we discovered, but healing songs passed to us through relationships with the people and traditions from which they came. We sing them only in ceremonial settings approached with respect and sincerity.
The musical instruments we work with come from trusted artisans and medicine workers—people who infuse love, prayer, and reverence into their craft. For example, one of Jaclyn's drums was created for her by a medicine-man in Guatemala who donates the proceeds from his work to support an orphanage near Lake Atitlán. Her deer-antler rattle was handmade by a sweet-spirited shamanic practitioner in the Ukraine. Jessica's Himalayan singing bowls were hand-forged by artisans in Nepal. Her black locust flute was crafted by an artist who wanders through forests to the places he feels most at peace, then harvests fallen branches to create flutes. Each instrument reflects a relationship, place, or tradition meaningful to us, and we’ve brought them together to be part of your ceremony.
About Us
This work is held in relationship—between sound and silence, tradition and intuition, and between the two of us. What we offer in our ceremonies is not a technique, but a shared devotional practice. The trust and friendship between us are central to the atmosphere and integrity of the work we offer.
If you've discovered this Sound & Ceremony page without first visiting the home page of this site, you're welcome to explore it to learn more about me—Jaclyn. There, you'll find information about my background, training, and additional offerings.
Below, I invite you to learn more about my ceremonial partner, sound therapist Jessica Foutz. Her presence, musical talent, and gentleness are integral to the work we do together.
About Jessica Foutz
About Jessica, from Jaclyn
I met Jessica in 2021, when she reached out to ask if I would guide a hapé ceremony for her and five of her close friends. I will never forget that first phone call because I immediately felt there was something meaningful about our connection that was likely to extend far beyond that one gathering.
The ceremony was held outdoors, at night, beneath the trees and stars. My assistant and I arrived early to prepare the space, and not long after we completed the altar, Jessica arrived. I remember being immediately struck by her as deeply compassionate, nurturing, curious, and sincere.
Over time, our friendship grew into a ceremonial partnership. Jessica was already an accredited sound therapist, and I had been practicing shamanic work for many years, often incorporating medicine songs into my ceremonies. The medicinal sound ceremonies we began to offer together felt like a natural evolution for us both.
Jessica's Background
Jessica Foutz is an accredited sound therapist and a trained singer. From a young age, music has been her medicine—first as a way of healing herself, and later as a way of supporting others in reconnecting with their own inner wisdom. Jessica has studied vocal performance, the science of sound, Usui/Tibetan Reiki, ego development, and shadow integration. She approaches this work with humility, skill, and reverence, and considers it a true honor to accompany others through periods of change and healing.
A recurring thread in Jessica’s life has been the study of alchemy—not only as an ancient spiritual tradition, but as a psychological framework for transformation. She believes deeply in the possibility of finding meaning, resilience, and renewed capacity in the aftermath of suffering.
Jessica's husband and three children are a big source of inspiration in her life, and they continue to provide her with valuable lessons on love, adaptation, and presence. In fact, it was her love for her husband that first led her into the study of sound therapy in 2017. After he endured a life-threatening health condition, they explored many forms of treatment together—working with physicians, functional neurologists, therapists, and yogis. While each approach offered valuable insight, none played as pivotal a role in his recovery as sound.
It was during a Kundalini class, when her husband first experienced crystal singing bowls, that a significant shift occurred. The sustained tones of the bowls helped bring his nervous system into a state of deep relaxation and rest, creating conditions that set the stage for further healing and supporting his broader recovery process. Witnessing this shift, Jessica gifted him a set of crystal singing bowls and later pursued formal sound therapy training so she could continue offering that same support at home.
Looking back, both Jessica and her husband agree that this chapter not only marked a turning point in his healing, but also deepened the bond in their marriage.
An Invitation
Thank you for taking the time to explore this page and learn more about our sound meditations. If you have questions, or feel drawn to join us in ceremony, we would be honored to hear from you.
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