A practical guide to vocally resonating your energetic and psychological centers to balance the emotions, purify the soul, and dissipate negative states

• Explores the intimate connections between specific sounds and syllables, the 7 chakras, and their corresponding psychological traits

• Provides toning exercises using these seed sounds to re-tune and purify the chakras, leading to spiritual transformation and wholeness as energetic blockages and negative states are dissipated

• Includes 66 minutes of audio tracks to guide you through each exercise and the toning of each chakra's sounds

Using the Sacred Alphabet--the universal sounds of all languages--sound-healing teacher James D'Angelo explores the intimate connections between vowel, consonant, and syllable combinations, each of the 7 chakras, and their corresponding psychological traits. He explains, for example, how the vowel sound "uh" connects to the root chakra and is found in such words as "support" and "trust," words deeply linked to the emotional character of this chakra. Revealing the voice as the master instrument for transformation--attested by the spiritual traditions that use chanting as an aid to enlightenment--he provides an extensive selection of vocal exercises to re-tune and purify each chakra and dissipate any related negative states as well as exercises that incorporate multiple chakras for general well-being. The accompanying 66-minutes of audio tracks guide you through each exercise and the proper toning of each chakra's sounds.

In uniting these sacred seed sounds with their corresponding chakras and psychologies, the author shows how you can enhance the power of these syllables and purposefully harness them for healing, states of deep meditation, and spiritual development. By bringing you closer to the voice of the Absolute, your own voice can be the conduit to the blissful union the soul so deeply desires.

James D'Angelo, Ph.D. is an American musician, composer, educator, and workshop leader based in the United Kingdom. Since 1992 he has developed and led therapeutic sound and movement workshops in Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, and he is considered an authority on sound healing therapies.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Spiritual Path

1 Creation as Vibration
2 The Nature of the Chakras
3 The Psychology of the Chakras as Related to Vowels and Consonants
4 The Root Chakra
5 The Sacral Chakra
6 The Solar Plexus Chakra
7 The Heart Chakra
8 The Throat Chakra
9 The Brow Chakra
10 The Crown Chakra
11 All Chakras and the Consonant M
12 Toning Practices for the Chakras

Appendix I Preliminary Exercises for the Voice

Appendix II Discovering Your Fundamental Tone

Appendix III Using a Musical Scale for Toning

Appendix IV Vowel/Consonant Combinations for Two Chakras

Appendix V Symbolic Shapes of the Alphabet

Notes

Recommended Reading

Audio Tracks Directory

Index