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Why I Call Them Listening Sessions Instead of Performances
Listening Sessions: A space dedicated to your personal experience, focusing on relaxation and self-reconnection through sound. Here, you choose your own way to participate, free from judgment or pressure, unlike traditional performances.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jul 294 min read


The Listening Trilogy: The Ground Does Not Move • Nothing Is Required of You • Still Alive
Album Trilogy: "The Ground Holds. Nothing Is Required. Still Alive." showcases three compelling albums — "The Ground That Does Not Move" by JS Worldbridger, "Nothing Is Required of You" by Julie Jewels Smoot, and "Still Alive" by Author Honey Badger, embodying themes of grounding, permission, and survival. Some music asks you to become something. Some music asks you to feel something. Some music asks you to heal. This trilogy asks none of those things. The Ground Does Not Mov
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jul 283 min read


Leaving with an Open Heart: Closing the Day with Compassion
Cultivate inner peace with "Leaving with an Open Heart: Closing the Day with Compassion," a guided meditation for therapists and helping professionals, emphasizing self-care and mindfulness.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jul 183 min read


Returning to the Present Moment: Coming Home to Yourself
Serene meditation scene featuring calming elements and inspirational quotes, promoting a guided meditation focused on self-care and presence for therapists and helping professionals.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jul 183 min read


The Wild Woman: Returning to Your Instincts
Breathing in...
Breathing out...
Allow your breath to become effortless.
Notice the rise and fall of your chest.
Feel the support beneath your body.
Notice where your body meets the earth.
Allow your shoulders to soften.
Relax your jaw.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jul 164 min read


The Creatrix: Giving Life to New Possibilities
With every exhale...
Release any pressure to perform.
Release any expectation that creativity must look a certain way.
Allow yourself to simply arrive.
.Now imagine yourself standing at the entrance of a beautiful garden unlike any you
have ever seen.
This is the Garden of Possibilities.
The air is warm.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jul 164 min read


The Garden Within: A Guided Meditation for Venus Gong
Find a position that feels comfortable for your body.
Allow yourself to settle in gently.
There is nowhere else you need to be.
Nothing you need to accomplish.
Nothing you need to become.
Simply arriving is enough.
As the first soothing tones of the Venus Gong begin to resonate, notice the sound as it gently moves through the space around you.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jul 143 min read


Discover Three Immersive Listening Programs: Jupiter Gong, Polyvagal Sound Journey, and Chiron Gong: Sacred Repair
My signature programs are designed for those seeking intentional listening experiences through ambient music, planetary gongs, and reflective sound. Each offering provides a unique approach while honoring personal choice, autonomy, and the understanding that there is no single "right way" to engage with sound.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 133 min read


Subscribe to My Website and Explore a Program Designed for Intentional Listening
My work centers on ambient music, trauma-informed listening, planetary gongs, and reflective practices that encourage presence rather than performance. Whether you're looking for music to accompany relaxation, yoga, journaling, gentle movement, or quiet moments at home, subscribing ensures you'll be among the first to hear about new albums, articles, and creative projects.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 132 min read


Review: Heartbeats of Freedom
Heartbeats of Freedom is an inspiring and deeply reflective album that transforms the written word into an immersive musical experience. Drawing from poems and passages found in Journey into the Sacred and several of Julie Jewels Smoot's other books, the album weaves together literature, music, and emotional storytelling into a cohesive and meaningful artistic work.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 122 min read


Review: Resonance of Chiron: Healing Waves
Resonance of Chiron: Healing Waves is a compelling fusion of planetary gong music and spoken poetry that invites listeners into a space of quiet reflection and personal meaning. Drawing upon performances on the Chiron Gong alongside poetry adapted from Julie Jewels Smoot's published books, the album creates a listening experience that is both meditative and emotionally evocative.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 122 min read


Review: Still Alive
Still Alive serves as the powerful conclusion to a three-part album arc that begins with The Ground Does Not Move, continues through Nothing Is Required of You, and finds its culmination here. Together, these albums form a journey through grounding, permission, and ultimately, resilience—a musical narrative that gently reminds listeners that surviving is not the end of the story.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 122 min read


Poetic Echoes of Healing
Poetic Echoes of Healing is a sound healing immersion that explores the relationship between sound, reflection, and personal transformation. Inspired by the way poetry captures experiences that words alone cannot fully explain, this piece invites listeners into a space where sound becomes its own form of storytelling.
Like a poem, healing often reveals meaning gradually. A single phrase, memory, sensation, or vibration can resonate long after the moment has passed.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 82 min read


Linear Note: New Beginning
As the music unfolds, listeners are invited to reflect on the chapters that have shaped them and the experiences that have brought them to this moment. Every ending leaves an imprint. Every beginning carries lessons gathered from the road behind us.
The beauty of a new beginning is not that it erases the past.
It doesn't.
The past remains part of our story.
The lessons remain.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 82 min read


It Takes Time to Grow--Linear Note
The seed does not become a tree overnight.
Roots must form before branches can reach toward the sky.
The foundation develops long before the growth becomes visible.
The same is true for healing.
The same is true for becoming.
For many people, there is a desire to rush the process.
To heal faster.
To know more.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 72 min read


I Won't Leave Until I Understand--Linear Note
Yet there comes a point when understanding reveals something unexpected.
Not every wound has a satisfying explanation.
Not every loss makes sense.
Not every betrayal can be neatly organized into a lesson.
Sometimes the search for understanding leads us back to ourselves.
The sounds within this composition explore that journey.
The movement between questioning and acceptance.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 72 min read


Becoming One With Myself--Linear Note
Becoming One With Myself explores that return.
Not the return to who you were before trauma.
Not the return to an idealized version of yourself.
But the return to wholeness.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jun 72 min read


Discovering Healing Through Sound: The Journey of Julie Jewels Smoot
Countless meditation playlists
.Countless “healing frequencies.”
Countless creators asking listeners to transform, ascend, regulate, optimize, manifest, or become something else.
Sound Alchemist Julie Jewels Smoot chose a different path.
Her work does not ask people to perform healing.
Julie Jewels Smoot
May 234 min read


Julie Jewels Smoot Sound Practices: A Gentle Journey into Healing
Healing through sound is a gentle process. It works on many levels - physical, emotional, and spiritual. When you experience Julie Jewels Smoot sound practices, you may notice a softening of stress and anxiety. Your body may feel lighter, your mind clearer.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Mar 174 min read


Julie Jewels Smoot: An Artist's Journey
Art has a way of touching the soul. It invites us to pause, to breathe, and to feel. My journey as an artist has been a gentle unfolding. It has been about discovering the quiet spaces within and sharing them with others. Through sound, energy work, and poetry, I have found a path to healing and growth. This is a story of that path, a story I hope will bring you calm and inspiration.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Mar 63 min read
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