Frequency Medicine of sound
Cat considers her relationship to sound, Vibration, and musical frequencies a practice in Joy and sees it as the medicine of the future.
Cat is a Level 2 Certified Sound Healer. She has also completed both formal and informal apprenticeships as a Shamanic Practitioner, which incorporates rattles and drums at the core of its Journeying work.
She began her relationship with sound and rhythm as a child through dance, and later through choir and piano. Although formal lessons didn’t stick, she continued to explore and play around with a range of instruments over the years.
She works with the inherent healing of vibration, and how this can be channeled through traditional and non-traditional instruments, along with the power of the human voice paired with the heart behind it.
How I Use Sound in Sessions
Sound is woven into my work based on what is present in the moment. It is not a separate modality, but something that supports and deepens the therapeutic process.
At times, sound may be used to help regulate the nervous system—bringing the body into a more settled or receptive state. At other times, it can support emotional processing, helping something move that words alone cannot reach.
Sometimes it simply holds the container — creating a steady, supportive presence that allows the work to unfold.
I work with instruments such as crystal singing bowls, tuning forks, drums, gongs, rattles, and the voice. The way they are used is intuitive and responsive, guided by what is happening in the session.
Some sessions include sound more directly, while others may not include it at all. It is always in service of the work, not the focus of it.
Sound can create space, amplify awareness, and support integration—allowing shifts to occur in a way that feels natural rather than forced.
Sound healing
The medicine of the future will continue to be sound.
All kinds of modern medicine use frequencies to manipulate cells, cancers, bacteria, and viruses. Molecules can be energized, moved, and rearranged by sound.
Everything has its own unique vibration. What is healing to one person may not be healing to another. We each respond to sound differently, and that matters. So, not every sound in a sound healing session will speak to you. At times, a sound may feel soothing. At others, it may bring up agitation or emotion. Both are meaningful.
Rather than trying to analyze or change what arises, this work invites you to slow down, notice, feel, and allow what is arising in your body. What comes forward is information about resonance.
When we bring presence to our reactions—without needing to fix them—something begins to shift on its own.
Sound becomes a way of listening more deeply to yourself and to the environment and frequencies around you. What we believe and intend shapes our experience and impacts our healing. Sound is no different — it’s an amplifier.
We feel this in everyday life — it’s not just what is said, but how it is said. Tone carries energy, and that energy is received. I invite you to arrive with an awareness of what you are bringing and what you are open to receiving.
Sound healing is not experienced in isolation. Your relationship to the space, the practitioner, and those around you all shape what unfolds.
There is a shared field of co-creation — between people, between bodies, between sound itself — that we enter together.
A Japanese scientist, Masaru Emoto, did research photographing water under a microscope and the impact voice and intention have on it. The power of positive vibes toward inanimate objects is profound. The way we speak, intend, and relate has an impact.
Sound is always available — including your own voice.
The voice is both instrument and expression. It carries intention, truth, and presence.
When we give sound to what we are holding, something begins to move. Our voice is powerful.
Silence is an essential part of sound healing. It is in the pauses — the in-between — where integration happens. After a sound bath, giving yourself time in quiet allows the experience to settle and take root as you notice the rhythm flowing within you.
Sound Basics
Sound is vibration, measured in cycles per second, called Hertz (Hz). Slower frequencies create deeper tones, while faster frequencies create higher ones. We don’t hear all sound, but our bodies still respond to it. Some frequencies fall below or above our range of hearing, yet they can still be felt and experienced.
Resonance is the frequency at which something naturally vibrates. You can see this when one tuning fork causes another to sound without being struck. We experience this with people, too—when something feels aligned, or when it doesn’t.
Sound moves through us in a similar way. The body, largely made of water, is receptive to vibration and responds to the frequencies around it.
Entrainment is the process by which one rhythm influences another. Just as breath can slow the body, sound can guide the nervous system toward a more regulated state. This is why certain music can shift your mood, or why being around someone calm can settle your system without a word being spoken.
Sound is not only something we hear—
it is something we are in relationship with.
Brain Waves
Sound also interacts with the brain in measurable ways
Delta (below 3 Hz)
Present during deep sleep or when we are unconscious.
Theta (4-7 Hz)
Found with high creativity & access to the unconscious mind. Occur in deeper meditation or when doing shamanic work. Dreaming, auto-pilot, insight.
Alpha (8-13 Hz)
When we daydream or meditate. Stronger when eyes are closed. Relaxing and recharging.
Beta (14-20 Hz)
Present in our normal waking state. Happen when we focus attention on things in our external environment. Problem-solving and engaging, sustained attention.
High Beta (20-35 Hz)
Associated with hyperactivity, fight or flight, & anxiety.
Gamma (35-80+ Hz)
Fastest brain waves. Can link info from all parts of the brain to allow for high-level processing and integration. Higher memory recall, sensory perception, focus, happiness, and creativity.
These states are not something to force, but something the body naturally moves through when given the right conditions.
Binaural beats: putting one frequency in one ear and another in the other ear and your body will take on the difference. For example: playing 100 Hz in one ear and 110 Hz in the other ear and you will experience the frequency of 10 Hz, or Alpha waves. This is how you can create any of the brain waves types by listening to binaural music.
During a Sound Bath the goal is to move the brain from Beta Waves to Alpha and Theta Waves. You may notice some people fall asleep or may even go into a trance state and experience deep Delta Waves.
The seven Chakras
Root (Red)
Located at the base of the spine and corresponds to organs that deal with elimination and our sense of security and survival. This area holds the seat of our power, as this is the foundation the rest of the system is held on.
All other chakras bow to this one as they cannot fully come into balance without the grounding and stable support of the root. This can be out of alignment when we are in fear around things like money, safety, belonging, and general security.
Sacral (Orange)
Located in the lower abdomen, it is related to our reproductive organs. This center is associated with emotions, creativity, pleasure, and desire. Imbalance may appear when we are not in sexual or creative integrity, or if we have unresolved trauma.
Solar Plexus (Yellow)
Located near the diaphragm, it deals with our digestive organs. This center is our place of personal power and self-worth and supports us in taking action with confidence. When out of balance, it may present as self-doubt, victimhood, control patterns, over-working, or difficulty taking action.
Heart (Green)
Located at the center of the chest, it controls the functions of the lungs and the heart. This center is associated with love, compassion, and connection. Imbalance may show up as grief, guardedness, difficulty giving and receiving love, or staying in relationship dynamics that don’t serve us.
Throat (Blue)
Located at the throat, it is associated with the neck, throat, thyroid, jaw, mouth, tongue, and ears. This center relates to communication, truth, and self-expression. When out of balance, it may appear as difficulty speaking clearly, swallowing things to keep the peace, speaking from a place of woundedness, or over-explaining.
Third Eye (Indigo)
Located between the eyebrows it is linked to brain activity and thoughts. This center is associated with imagination and intuition, insight, and perception. Imbalance may present as confusion, overthinking, or difficulty trusting inner knowing.
Crown (Violet or Clear)
Located above the top of the head, it is said to control all aspects of our body and mind as our higher selves. This center relates to awareness, connection to something greater, and expanded consciousness. When out of balance, it may show up as disconnection, lack of meaning, or difficulty accessing a sense of purpose.
The Chakras & Sound.
This system of energy is sometimes referred to as your subtle body as it is separate from but interacts with your physical body.
There is a belief that when the chakra channels are clear that our life energy, also called prana, can flow through us without disruption which allows us to feel aligned and in balance with life.
These centers are not fixed or separate, but part of a dynamic system that is constantly shifting in response to your experience.
Sound healing can work with subtle energy to identify imbalances before they take hold in the physical body and clear blockages before they become internalized and create deeper physical issues.
There are many sound healing modalities that tune to the frequency of each chakra such as tuning forks, crystal singing bowls, vocal toning, and more.
As vibration moves through you, it doesn’t need to sound perfect to move what is stuck.
Every reaction to sound illuminates your relationship to what is within.
You can travel with sound and find a new landscape without leaving where you are.
Cat incorporates Sound Healing during individual sessions and also offers Sound Baths in Los Angeles and Southern CA.
She has presented at conferences for psychotherapists teaching the role of frequency, vibration, and sound in healing.
Her work is grounded in the belief that sound is accessible to everyone and can support and amplify other healing modalities, especially within psychedelic-assisted therapy.
If you’re interested in individual sessions, sound baths, apprenticeship, or having CAT speak, you’re invited to reach out.
