Episode 15: Sound Healing and Music for the Journey with Allison Soeung
“I do believe there is energy transferred along with music and the energy of the artist who wrote it; the intention that they put into the song carries through with it and you can hear those things and note how they make you feel.”
Welcome to Integrating Psychedelics, featuring insights gleaned from psychedelic experiences and conversations around how to integrate this wisdom into our daily lives. I'm your host, Jenny Weinar, and in today's episode I'm speaking with Allison Soeung.
Allison Soeung is a Licensed Sound Therapist and DJ based out of Northwest Arkansas. Allison has had a lifelong love affair with music. She played classical piano from age 6 to 18, when she traded in her piano for a set of DJ turntables, and has been performing music at diverse events from yoga festivals to nightclubs and music festivals ever since. She has always been a mystic at heart, and after the sudden and tragic death of her younger brother by suicide in 2015, she began devoting herself to a path of healing. After hearing about the potential of ketamine therapy in assisting with treatment-resistant depression (which her brother suffered from), Allison became passionate about curating sonic journeys to support the healing potential of this medicine. Today she enjoys curating ketamine therapy playlists that surprise and delight, facilitating sound bath meditations, and DJing at conscious dance events.
In this conversation we discuss::
Allison’s early interest in music and sound
The family tragedy that informed Allison’s understanding of mental illness
Allison’s introduction to Ketamine Assisted Therapy and profound first experience with the medicine
How Allison’s years of experience as a DJ and musician combined with her psychedelic experiences led her to the work she’s doing
The power of music in guiding a ketamine journey
Allison’s process of building playlists for ketamine journeys
How music can support and facilitate emotional processing
Exploring the urge to skip certain songs
Allison’s work as a sound therapist
How the vibrations from sound can help the transition back into the body after a journey
The intentional use of sound as an integration practice
…and more!
You can connect with Allison on her website and Instagram and listen to her playlists.
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