Active Listening
Active Listening - Listening through the senses
Active Listening - Listening through the senses
Being a musician with a hearing loss has presented both its challenges and opportunities over the years. This has led me to develop my own way of listening involving multi-sensory approaches. I have discovered these methods through years of experimentation and research from a wide range of sources. The greatest influence and inspiration has come from the work of Evelyn Glennie, who inspired me onto my own voyage of discovery. This gave me the profound realisation that listening is a complex sensory process which many of us take for granted.
There are many ways to listen.
By learning to listen properly, that is with focused intent and being fully present in the moment, we can develop skills which are not only useful to us in a therapeutic sense and for meditation, but it can also help us to develop a more empathic perspective that can have far reaching positive effects on ourselves and how we communicate with others. Learning to listen is not only useful for those with hearing loss but it is something we can all benefit from regardless of our age or background. It is an inclusive process that everyone can use for their own personal development and interaction with others.
I no longer say that I have a "hearing problem" but instead say that I hear differently and this positive affirmation has been hugely empowering. This can work for everyone in the same way. Over the years I have had people say that my soundbath sessions are different to others and this is largely down to this alternative perspective to listening combined with my years of musical experience.
At this current moment we need to listen more, and in a better way, more than ever before. It is my intention through school workshops and adult retreat sessions that I will share these processes and discoveries in an accessible and enjoyable way.
We all hear, but true listening is an active and engaging process which can help to make this world a better place for everyone.
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