BUSINESS FEATURE
BY JENNIFER SCHAEFER
2022 HEALTH CARE EDITION
Conroy conducts a sound bath at a yurt at Dharma Ranch in San Marcos.
Conroy recently opened a studio on RM 620 in Lakeway.
Spicewood resident Sandee Conroy received her rst set of singing bowls as a birthday gift.
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JENNIFER SCHAEFER COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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Singing Bowl Lady Deep vibrations o er entry into meditative state S andee Conroy received her rst set of singing bowls for her birthday after her ex-hus- timeout in their life.” Aside from leaving the stress of
Practitioners can purchase bowls that produce di erent musical notes and a frequency of 432 hertz. This frequency is preferred for those looking to use sound as a tool to heal physically, psychologically and spiritually. WHAT’S YOUR FREQUENCY?
everyday life behind, Conroy said she has heard other bene ts her clients have received from a bowl session. “I’ve gotten so many comments and testimonials over the years, everything from the miraculous happening in one session to, ‘It just makes me feel happy,’” she said. For instance, she said she recently did a session for a group of middle school students in Lexington who are learning ways to meditate and relax. After the session she said one of the students who had an injured leg reported less pain walking. She said when playing the bowls she intends for the vibrations to nd the areas in each person that are in an imbalance or disharmony. “It’s almost like a little seek and destroy mission, like hot spots,” she said. “That’s what I envision as I’m playing the bowls, is that they’re just going out and nding those areas, whether it’s physical or emotional—it can be very emotional.” Conroy said after a class people might cry because the time out can bring up past memories or trauma, but also can bring up creativity. “I tell people, something unpleas- ant does come up, just look at it as an opportunity to clear it, because that’s why it’s coming up, it’s giving you that opportunity to release some of it,” she said.
band purchased them for her at a seminar for chiropractors. Conroy said she would play them from time to time, but not seriously. Then, she said, she went to her rst relaxation session. “I just never felt anything like that in my life. And I went to that quiet place,” she said. “And I was just amazed; it’s just quiet there. It just felt like this warm salve like warm honey, or just something just coating and calming and relaxing my head because it a ects your entire nervous system and calms and relaxes it.” In her sessions, participants lay around a dimly lit room in a circle while she causes the wide, crystal quartz vessels to vibrate and emit a low frequency. Conroy said she has been referred to as the Led Zeppelin of bowls, playing them intensely. “Everybody plays them di erently, and that’s ne,” she said. “The way I play them isn’t for everybody, either. Not only are they healing and balanc- ing and relaxing and all that, but my main mission and sharing them is to take people to that deep meditative state, to that space where it’s just like, this little chatter just goes away, and you’re just left in this quiet, and it’s an amazing place to be in. And not many people get that kind of a
Conroy uses a set of bowls made of crystal quartz. Each bowl emits a di erent note.
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THE SEVEN CHAKRAS
Each bowl produces a speci c note, and each note corresponds to one of the seven chakras. According to the Oxford dictionary, a chakra is de ned as “each of the centers of spiritual power in the human body, usually considered to be seven in number.”
Throat chakra
Solar plexus chakra
Third eye chakra
Crown chakra
Heart chakra
Sacral chakra
Root chakra
Singing Bowl Lady 325 S. RM 620, Suite 201, Lakeway 908-399-4355; www.singingbowllady.com In-studio sessions: Wed.-Thu. 6-7 p.m., 7:30-8:30 p.m.; Fri. 3-4 p.m., 7-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., 6-7 p.m.
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