From Resistance to Harmony: How Sound Healing Opened My Heart

Two years ago, I graduated from the Sound Healers Academy, eager to begin my journey with sound healing. My very first set of bowls was called the Unconditional Love Set, a name that resonated deeply with me. Among the set, there was one bowl tuned to the note of F, my Triple Alchemy crystal bowl working directly with the heart chakra. While this bowl was meant to open the heart and bring in love, I found myself struggling with it. No matter how much I tried, it didn’t play well for me. I could play the others with ease, but this one remained elusive, almost like it resisted me—or maybe, I resisted it.

Fast forward to 2024, a year of deep transformation for me. It was a year that brought immense awareness, one that forced me to face truths I had long ignored. It felt like a storm that stripped me bare, peeling away the layers of who I thought I was, leaving only my raw, unguarded heart. In many ways, it felt like my heart had been completely emptied out, stripped of old wounds, patterns, and illusions. The experience was intense, almost as if the old version of me had been burnt to the ground, leaving me to rise again—like a phoenix from the ashes.

Then, something unexpected happened. This past week, I sat down to play my bowls, and for the first time, the F note Triple Alchemy bowl played beautifully. Not only did it sing effortlessly, but its sound was also the loudest and most powerful. Tears welled in my eyes as I realized what this meant. The very bowl I had struggled with for years was now the one that resonated the most. It was as if something had shifted inside me, unlocking a new level of openness and ease.

At that moment, it became so clear—the resistance I felt toward this bowl was mirroring the resistance I had within myself. I had spent years unknowingly guarding my heart, afraid to fully open, to fully surrender. But now, after doing the deep, inner work—after shedding my old self, healing the wounds, and allowing love to flow—the bowl responded differently. Or maybe, it was always the same, and it was I who had changed.

I sat with my hand on my heart, allowing the sound to wash over me. I could feel it—years of guardedness, resistance, and fear dissolving with every vibration. It was as if this bowl had been waiting for me to catch up, to finally let love in fully, to embrace my own healing. The journey had come full circle. I was no longer fighting the sound; I was one with it.

This experience made me reflect on how often we avoid the things we need the most. That bowl, the one I resisted, was working with my heart chakra all along. Maybe I wasn’t ready to receive its full energy before. Maybe I needed to go through the fire first.

So I ask you: What are you avoiding in your life? Is there something calling to you, but you resist it out of fear or discomfort? Sometimes, the very thing we struggle with holds the key to our greatest growth.

As we step into this new year, I invite you to lean into the discomfort, embrace the lessons, and trust the journey. You never know when the thing you once resisted will become the very thing that empowers you the most.

With love and an open heart,
Heather