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Listening With the Ground: How Movement and Sound Meet
Listening With the Ground is an extension of the same philosophy that guides my sound healing work. It is not a technique layered on top of the body, but a way of being in relationship with it.
In sound healing, I do not use vibration to make something happen. I listen for how the body receives sound. I allow resonance to unfold at its own pace. I trust the intelligence of the nervous system to take what it needs and leave the rest.
Movement on the floor follows the same
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jan 252 min read


About the Sound Offerings Here
The sound offerings include gongs, hand pan, singing bowls, and other resonant instruments, recorded and shared in a way that prioritizes listening over intervention.
Some recordings are long and spacious. Some are brief and minimal. Some contain silence as an active element.
Each offering is different, but they share a common approach: sound that does not rush, instruct, or require interpretation.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jan 122 min read


Read About My Listening Philosophy
Trauma teaches the body to stay alert, even when the mind wants rest. Because of this, practices that ask the body to override its signals — even gently — can feel unsafe.
My listening philosophy does not ask the body to cooperate.
It asks the practitioner to listen longer.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jan 123 min read


Trauma-Informed Sound Healing That Listens First
Welcome.
If you are here, you don’t need to be ready.
You don’t need to know what you’re looking for.
You don’t need to relax, heal, understand, or change anything.
This space is built on one simple principle:
Sound healing begins by listening — not instructing.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jan 123 min read
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