Trauma-informed sound Listening first Sound without demand Nothing is required US Navy Veteran
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Released July 1, I Served continues to tell the stories I carried home from my time in the U.S. Navy.
This album is about service, sacrifice, survival, resilience, and the realities veterans can carry long after the uniform comes off.
I didn’t create I Served to chase a moment. I created it because these stories deserve to exist—and to be heard.
🎧 Listen on SoundCloud, Spotify & my YouTube channel, Julie Jewels Smoot.
Purchase directly from my website: Julie Jewels Smoot — Sound Alchemist
I served. I survived. I found my voice. And I’m still telling the story.
— Julie Jewels Smoot
U.S. Navy Veteran | Sound Alchemist
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Maybe today you listen to a gong.
Maybe today you walk.
Maybe today you stretch.
Maybe today you journal.
Maybe today you cry.
Maybe today you laugh.
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Breaking Free youtu.be/yQF9MOyWtCo?si=tMYj… via @YouTube
The first song I wrote. It took me some time to decide if I would release this. With the support and encouragement I released this last summer.
Take a moment to listen.
All of my songs start as a poem.
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There is a difference between having pain and performing pain so that someone else will believe you.
There is a difference between sharing because you want to and sharing because you feel you have to prove that what happened was bad enough.
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You don’t have to tell every detail of your story in order to heal.
Healing can happen through sound, movement, breath, rest, silence, creativity, boundaries, and simply learning to listen to what your body needs..
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Listen beyond the initial strike. Notice how the vibration expands, changes, fades, and eventually returns to silence. Sometimes the space after the sound is just as interesting as the sound itself.
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Let your body move if it wants to move. Stretch. Shift. Wiggle your toes. Change positions. A gong listening session does not require perfect stillness.
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Get comfortable before you begin. Sit, lie down, use blankets, support your knees, or change positions halfway through. There is no correct position for listening to a gong.
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Don't chase a particular feeling during a gong session. Calm, restless, emotional, curious, distracted—whatever is present can simply be noticed. Your experience belongs to you.
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You do not have to relax for the gong to be meaningful. Arrive exactly as you are. Listen to the sound. Notice your experience. Nothing needs to happen.
Nothing Is Required.
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