I am no stranger to holistic healing modalities.  Growing up in Germany, I was introduced to many different modalities and over the course of my life I added quite a few more to my personal tool box.

These modalities served me well, as they helped me to get through some major challenges life placed in my way – among these were the loss of a spouse and the loss of my oldest son.

However, just as I was on the road of re-building my life, the next hurdle was placed my way.

It all started with some simple joint aches— simple aches doctors told me not to worry about...as they come with age...to a floor for further observations. 

Next came head-aches, and with it concentration problems.  Until I felt I was in a spiral that just would not not stop. Being someone who always was able to overcome most aches and pains through holistic healing modalities, this time I actually followed the medical advice of my physicians. And there were several.  Over the month, I spend a small fortune on trying out new things - ranging from acupuncture to yoga, and a lot in between. Nothing appeared to work for long (beyond a day), and some things actually aggravated the pain even more.  

Then, one day, at work, I felt terrible pain starting in my chest that was radiating all the way down through my left arm.  My colleagues thought I was having a heart attack.  I was rushed down to our on-site clinic and then later to the hospital, where they treated me as a someone who was experiencing a heart attack and after several hours in the ER was admitted for further observations.  After more tests and rigorous observations, the administering physicians came to the conclusion that while my symptoms were those similar to a heart attack the real cause was most likely fibromyalgia.  My immediate response was ...Fibromyalgia! What is that?  Back then fibromyalgia was not discussed as it is now.  Furthermore, many physicians did not acknowledge fibromyalgia as a valid illness.  Upon discharge, and while going through the month long observation period before a diagnosis could be made, I conduct rigorous research on the subject.  And with every day I became more disillusioned about having a normal life ever again.  I saw my life being one impacted by one of living with joint pains, headaches and concentration problems and a host of other symptoms.  

During days when the pain etc. where especially excruciating, I often wondered How would I live a life with THIS.  I saw myself 1 year, 5 year, and many more years down the road...and yes, this surely affected every aspect of my existence.  

Here I was, widowed at the age of 33, taking care of three kids on my own, working during the day, going to school at night, and all the time taking care of my disabled son....how could this be....and just as I was about to built a life for myself again, as fate would have it, I could end up in a wheelchair..., instead of enjoying a life full of all I had put on the back burner while taking care of my son.  So many thoughts went through my mind...so many thoughts...

Until one day, something snapped in me.  I had survived other challenges in my life...kidney and pancreatic problems as a child, an almost fatal accident at the age of 12 that kept me hospitalized almost for a year, the loss of my mother when I was 20, the medical diagnosis of my oldest son, where I was told he would at the most have a few years to live, and the medical problems I developed due to carrying and lifting him for years and years, and then the loss of my husband...and so on.  And al the while, I pushed myself through the days to take care of everything and anything...and survived so much and then this...And no, I was determined I would not have Fibromyalgia get the best of me.  NO,NO, NO...enough is enough..... 

This said, I explore what my sister had mentioned to me several times - to try sound healing, something she has found to be very beneficial to her patients with Fibromyalgia.  The problem was, I could not find a practitioner in my area that offered the modality as she had described it to me. 

After almost a year of searching, and turning over every stone to re-claim my life, I finally accepted the offer my sister had made to me month before - to come home, to Germany, so she could treat me herself. 

At this point, I had nothing to lose, and in a last attempt I bought my ticket. 

I arrived in Germany exhausted and in pain and eager for my first session.  What happened during this first session was a totally new new experience for me.  From the moment my sister tapped the bowl and ran it down my body I felt the gentle vibrations in my aura, and as she placed the bowl on my back I felt the sounds penetrating my body ... I tried hard to listen to the sound frequencies and to follow the sound vibrations, making a beautiful humming sound, yet after a while, I just had to give in to the experience as my body just wanted to relax on its own terms - yes, relax on its own terms.  I had no choice, but had to let go...and letting go I did...letting go of all the tension that had housed there for many month...and letting be what I could not control. 

After a few sessions, I was able to feel the difference on all levels.  My concentration and focus returned - without having to take medication.  I was able to go to sleep at night and, more importantly, sleep through the night.  And the aches and pains became controllable without having to take the many prescription drugs I was on.  After about three weeks - during the first week treatments every day, and then twice a week - I finally felt like a normal person again.  I was absolutely thrilled...it was like I was given back my life.  

In my enthusiasm, I asked my sister to start training me in the modality while still being in Germany, and also to register me with the Peter Hess Institute for further training so I could offer sound healing to others back in the US.  Since then, I have become a certified sound methods practitioner, acc. to Peter Hess, and also completed advanced training throughout the years.   

If you would learn more about the modality and how it can help you in dealing with fibromyalgia symptoms, insomnia, stress, tension and other questions, please , send me a note through the contact form and I will be happy to respond to you shortly.

Nada Brahma,

Margit