Mama's Soundproof Booth

My life is filled with sound. Some sounds I really like: children giggling and singing, squishy baby kisses, music, and kitties purring. Some sounds I find painful: my children’s screeching, whining, screaming, gnashing teeth, and cats yowling. On those days when the kids are out of sorts there is way more of the latter than the former. I usually try various energy exercises (such as the Eden Energy Medicine five minute routine) to balance both myself and the kids in hopes of calming everyone. Often it works but sometimes despite best efforts the noise persists. After a while it feels like a physical assault and my nerves get jangled. EEM teaches that pain is the result of constricted energies and a lack of space. Since neither Calgon nor the men in the white suits have yet to rescue me from this cacophony, I’ve developed my own energetic coping methods. It’s time for Mama’s soundproof booth!

Counterintuitive as it may seem the first step in building my soundproof booth is for me to put on whatever music I’m craving. No Barney, no Elmo, and no Veggie Tales! It needs to have a good beat and it needs to be loud. (My one concession to the kids is lyrical language as I’d prefer them to be older before developing a colorful vocabulary.) If my senses are going to be assaulted they may as well be assaulted by something I enjoy! I dance and stamp my feet and sing along at the top of my lungs. I belt out the lyrics and feel space bubbling up inside of me. My dance is primal and with each beat I feel myself connecting to the earth. I stamp the noise right out of my body and trample it into the ground. With my arms I push the space around me (aka the aura) out and at the same time I invite the swirling pulsing rhythm of the music deeply inside of me to entrain with each cell of my being. Standing at the silent center of all the noise and madness I feel a sense of inner calm and peace. I am refreshed and nourished at a deep level.

You might be wondering what the kids are doing when I act in such a manner. At first they pause and gape at me and then they join in the revelry. Afterwards we may turn down the music a bit and dance and sing for a few more songs or we may turn off all of the noises and enjoy the newfound quiet. I’m grateful for the respite.

So if you ever feel like noise is pushing in all around you come join me in my energetic soundproof booth. Or better yet, find your own way to convert the noise in your life to music. And then go dance with wild abandon and celebrate this loud thing called life!


In love and light,

Jill