User:Lyzkarencooper

I became interested in complementary medicine at a young age when an article on aromatherapy in a magazine sparked my interest. From then on I was intrigued by ancient ways to improve health and wellbeing and explored many different therapies for personal and professional development.

In 1994 I left a busy career in advertising due to suffering from ME. During this time I used many different therapies to aid my recovery. One day whilst experiencing a particularly bad migraine, I found that following a few minutes of toning (a voice technique) I no longer had a pounding head.

This eureka moment led me to use the same prolonged tones every day and I was amazed at the speed of my recovery and began a quest to discover more about the therapeutic properties of sound.

Following years of research and development, and with the help of the Institute for Complementary and Natural Medicine, I founded The British Academy of Sound Therapy (BAST) in 2000. BAST became the first training establishment in the UK to offer professional courses in sound therapy.

I love to share my work and run workshops for personal development in the UK and overseas. I regularly have my work featured in the media and in 2009 my first book, ‘Sounding the Mind of God’ was published. It has since been translated into German and was launched in Munich in 2010.

In 2011 I graduated from the University of Chichester with an MA in Education. My research subject was looking at how a rhythm and movement protocol helped improve emotional wellbeing and social skills in children and the outcome was very positive.

I have composed many CD’s for therapeutic use and recently worked with the highly acclaimed ambient music trio Marconi Union. My brief was to help create the most relaxing track ever for Radox Spa. In tests undertaken by Mindlab at the University of Sussex ‘Weightless’ was shown to be more relaxing than having a massage or listening to music by many other artists/composers including Adele, Mozart and Enya.

I love sharing my work and facilitating a process whereby people can interact with therapeutic sound, allowing it to raise their awareness of areas of imbalance with the aim of helping to improve health and wellbeing.