In this episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with my friend and mentor of over a decade, Kanti Freeman from Divine Harmony. We explore Kanti's personal healing journey and how it led her to embrace holistic health through transformative modalities. Inspired by her own experiences, she pursued certifications as a yoga teacher, reiki healer, and gong practitioner, driven by a genuine desire to share these profound benefits with others.
Kanti, a Sound Therapist, Gong Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, and Reiki Practitioner, is dedicated to helping individuals tap into their essential nature. Through Sound Baths, Yoga classes, and Reiki sessions, she aims to inspire and provide support, particularly during those transitional life moments that hold the potential for meaningful transformations.
To learn more about Kanti and what she has to offer please connect with her/ give her a follow:
Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast
00:02:40– Kanti’s Bio read by Gill.
00:05:19 – Living on a boat and why it’s so great
00:07:20 - How Kanti got into holistic health: Mental challenges, GP who was open to holistic health, Day Resource Centre in Bedford, Yoga as a transformative tool.
00:13:31 - Mental health and postnatal depression spectrum and how it affected us both
00:20:15 – Where did Reiki come into the picture?
00:23:10 - Complementary Medicine
00:24:43 - What Reiki Attunement is
00:27:26 – Kanti’s journey with mental health challenges was her inspiration to get her into the world of holistic health.
00:28:03 – Where did Sound Healing come into your healing journey?
00:34:09 – The most powerful instrument is the human voice.
00:36:17 – How Kanti learnt to play and create with gongs – and her teacher Don Conreaux and what he calls “the way of the gong”
00:36:56 - What style of Yoga Teacher Training did you do and how did you get to teaching the blend of yoga you teach (restorative/hatha/kundalini/Iyengar/yin)
00:38:55 – How and why Kanti now primarily teaches Yin Yoga and what Yin Yoga is.
00:43:38 – Deeper dive into Sound Healing as a Modality and its history
00:46:53 - Music vs Sound Therapy, what is the difference, and which came first?
00:48:41 - What’s involved in a personal sound healing session.
00:52:38 – Talk through the different instruments Kanti uses with some examples.
00:55:05 - What is a sound bath or sound journey and different peoples personal experiences them
00:57:52 – Could you speak to the physical benefits of sound baths?
00:59:19 – Do you go to other people’s sound baths and if so, what are your experiences of that?
00:59:47 - The benefits Kanti gets from leading sound baths in her own body
01:01:00 – What do you refer to the group of instruments as? And how did you decide which ones to pick?
01:06:50: - How taking away one of the senses (sight – through an eye covering) enhances people's experience of a sound journey how they really have to trust the person running the session as a result and how Kanti feels about that responsibility
01:09:34 – Have you ever experienced people having a negative reaction to the sound? Can you talk to that a bit?
01:11:07 – Have you ever done sound work with autistic or other sensory-challenged people and what was that experience like if so?
01:13:10: - What people should expect coming to a group sound bath session
01:19:25 – Collaboration of elements; sound whilst in water and collaboration with another holistic practitioner for example someone teaching Yin Yoga whilst you play your family of sound healing instruments
01:22:36 - What Kanti has coming up and how to get in touch with her
Sound Healing Music credit: Kanti Freeman (2023) Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound