Welcome to Shadow & Whale Healing
Hi, I'm Carrie! I'm a musician, a witch and a sound healer. I love traveling, meeting new people, botanical gardens, graveyards and old houses. Words, sounds and the spectrum of effects they have on our beings has fascinated me ever since I was a child.
With my music and sound healing, I use a combination of musical training, channeling and play to intuitively weave sounds together. Working with me will leave you feeling open, grounded and embraced. You'll be excited to move forward on your path with a knowing that you are fully supported along the way.
I've always been a Sound Healer:
As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a singer. I love how a voice can seep into my brain, my body, and my soul (looking at you Trent Reznor). I love how a whisper can give me chills or a full-on belting will make me weep.
I've always felt my voice pulsing through me and for a long time I wouldn't let it out. I was afraid. I took singing lessons and was told that my voice was "serviceable". While I was taught techniques and practiced a lot, I never thought my voice was that good. I'm often around naturally gifted friends that everyone swoons over when they sing. My voice has never sounded like theirs and it never will. I'm now deeply into the beauty of that fact.
In 2022 I made it a priority to pay attention to how things felt in my body. What wholehearted "yes"s and "no"s felt like. I committed to honoring those feelings and letting them steer my decision-making process. I was given an Akashic reading. In that I was told that my melodies were the whisperings and guidance of my ancestors and that I was meant to sing and to use my voice for healing. At the time I thought this was about my songwriting and performing (see Bellow Wing), but it turned out to be so much more.
Out of curiosity, I took a beginner's sound healing course and it blew my entire world open. The scientific aspects of sound healing had my interest piqued, not to mention the physical benefits of my personal practice. When my friend offered her intuitive and voice-based sound healing course, it was a no-brainer. That course opened me up even more. It awakened a calm and grounded excitement in me that I hadn't felt in decades (if ever).
This work has revealed my mental and emotional barriers to singing. It's required me to question and change my beliefs about being "good enough". It's allowed me to use my voice in ways I never knew possible. I love using other instruments in this practice but playing with my voice is the most fun and the most humbling. My voice is mine but it is also used as a conduit for healing. Healing is always my goal in my written music, but as a sound healing practitioner, the sounds that come out are different than a typical song. Some of it is weird af and I'm joyfully rolling with it!
I almost can't believe that I get to show up for this practice daily, that I am a channel for healing and how aligned it is with every part of my being. It sorta feels like that one puzzle piece you swore up and down didn't exist until you placed it, then it's SO obvious (and of course, it was there all along). When I work with clients, it may be a new experience for my mind but it's not for my body or my soul. I am so wholly in tune with it, I cannot deny it. It's been here since day one, as long as I can remember. I've always been a sound healer.
Sound Healing Offerings
1 on 1 Sound Healing 70 min
Package of 3 - $250
These can be done in person or online and is my preferred route for working with people. While a singular session has significant benefits, in 3 sessions we can really begin to get to the heart of things. We can see connective threads in your emotional, physical and spiritual bodies that can facilitate processing and healing in a significant way. We typically need more than one massage, physical therapy or emotional therapy session, the same goes for sound healing. Let’s explore how much we can calm your nervous system and how deep we can go!
Each session includes: check-in, oracle card draw (if you desire one), sounding and post sounding feedback/messages.
1 on 1 Sound Healing 70 min
Single Session - $90
These can be done in person or online. A single session is a great gift for a friend, to supplement work you’re already doing or to test the sound healing waters. While you don’t get all the attention in one session that you do in 3, a singular session is still remarkably effective at calming the nervous system, guiding you into deeper brainwave frequencies and facilitating healing.
Each session includes: check-in, oracle card draw (if you desire one), sounding and post sounding feedback/messages.
