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Comments on use of Audio Acupuncture™energy tapes
-- Anna Soter, Ph.D.

Notes on using the tapes since September, 2003

Now when I use the tapes I've listened to consistently I feel it more like I'm "topping up" and the effect is more gentle and not the wallop I felt the first time I've used most of these tapes listed below.

Love to Heal, for a while, brought up stuff that's not always comfortable but more and more it feels as if I'm opening up. I am rather amazed at how natural I am feeling to be calmly assertive - it just happens on its own and then I find myself wondering a bit where all this is coming from. However, I also note that it feels natural, that there is no conflict about what I am doing or thinking or feeling - so I accept this as manifesting who I really am. It's a discovery process that is quite intriguing. I now continue to use Love to Heal in spurts - I suddenly realize I haven't used it in a while and connect that with being vulnerable to becoming overwhelmed with the demands of my career and feeling trapped by it. It has been a great boon for releasing anger and frustration as well as being able to walk in the shoes of "the other" whoever that may be. I am much less fussed about things that used to bother me a lot - e.g., my husband's sloppiness around just about every room in the house, and his indifference to getting things repaired etc - most of the time I don't notice it now.

Initially, though every one of the tapes below except Love to Heal made me feel a bit spacy and as if adjustments were going on. I decided to trust the process and not panic about it and to trust that if I felt I couldn't handle it, I would stop the tape.

Balance: I use that pretty regularly. At first it felt very strong and I felt like my body was being negatively affected - my gums would flare up and I felt stiff at first, but over time with regular daily use, it felt very good to use it - more like the relief one feels when going back and doing yoga - just relaxing and soothing and as if all the disparate bits are being put together again. I often take that tape to work when I know I have a lot of different things going on and esp when I know that in the past the activities have had a tendency to drain me.

Update (October 2004) . I have continued to use this tape on and off through October 2004. At times, I've not played it for a couple of months. When I feel out of sorts, I tend to go back to it and though it initially still affects my gums and occasionally results in succumbing to a cold, this levels out. I guess I should use Detox as well but with all that's going on, there are times when I don't want to "fiddle" with my body. The up side of it is that Balance energizes me and I usually know when to take a break from it - my body gets over-heated.

Cleansing of the Chakras (frequently until about two weeks ago when I kind of moved away from it without realizing it) and then went back to using it because I felt out of whack and depleted and then the machine chewed up the tape! I do love that tape and miss not having it but feel it's ok for the time being because I've been using Balance and Body Repair. I replaced it - bought an extra from Susan in November (2003).

Update (October 2004). This is probably my most frequently used tape, especially at night just before gong to sleep. It continues to be helpful and I have noticed over time that I don't succumb to the same issues. It seems to stabilize, also balance and feels as if I'm getting a tune-up or clean out.

Body Repair - very helpful with the gums and teeth and upper respitory things that have been bothering me in the past few years…the gums are now settling down, the upper respitory thing is settling down and I got over the flu pretty quickly and the cough didn't hang around as long as others have said their cough has. I am using it for my feet issues too - but that's taking some time….I know why the feet have been playing up -corns, callouses, reluctance to move forward but bit by bit, the tapes are helping me become centered, letting go of fear and anxiety, and accepting movement related to the emergent self. None of this makes much sense to me but I love being able to go with the flow more often.

Update (Oct 2004): I have not used this as frequently but tend to go to it when I am feeling v. worn out from overwork (too much stress for too long) and when I went thorugh a period in the summer where I was coming down with throat-related things - sinus effects? At any rate, I don't feel I need to go to it on a regular basis.

Vizualization: plan to return to this one. I've used it a couple of times and have had journeys while sleeping and do know that it's made me more aware that I can trust my intuition…most obviously in saying…I need help to locate a particular thing I don't remember where I last left it….and within a very short period of time, usually just minutes, I've got information about where it is and go look there and sure enough, there it is. I also "see" faces when I play this tape…I don't know who they are but accept that they're there and am more patient…eventually I know this will all be clearer and revealed as I am ready for whatever is being revealed.

Update (Oct 2004): Have not used this much at all. I recently decided I want to work with it since with all this left-brain stuff I've been crammed with since June especially, I want to to "away" to other realms. I miss the depths of meditation experienced with this tape. When the month is over (Nov) and things calm down a bit with the grant project, I want to go back to it for the month of Dec. Feel the need to do that to consolidate growth.

Quieting of the Mind: I haven't used this much = haven't felt the need to, though I could do more since there is still a lot of "chatter" in my mind….and I'd like to let go of the old chatter….esp…round and round we go….so plan to come back to this again.

Update (Oct 2004). I've gone back to this throughout the summer of 2004 since there was so much going on with the grant and then slammed in the fall with three courses, one of them with 82 master's students! And a new course at that. Then I fall into a tizz with anxiety about how to do it all, not to mention all the hard energy around with people being anxious pretty much all the time, great changes going on everywhere….Quieting of the Mind helps enormously with all that and allows me to focus so that I can get done what I have to get done without distractions. Clarity also comes. As does insight!! I seem to open up a channel when using that which immediately brings information my way (trivial or large) such as the location of things I have suddenly realized I need, or things I have been looking for and not been able to find. Answers come quickly with this one. I accept and don't question.

Good Chi: very powerful effect "cleansing".I haven't used this more than the three days and am leaving it for another couple of weeks and will then go back to it. I haven't really noticed too much of a specific effect other than that my energy level zoomed up….zoomed… overall my health, energy levels have been significantly better. I don't have the lows and have not felt the depression I've sometimes experienced, even when I go into places like supermarkets that usually have a pretty downing effect….without any premeditation…maybe it's the neon lights, or the scented cleaners etc…..I also feel more protected from those effects…

Update (October 2004): I haven't used this one much since June 2004 in part because of the work with the others….don't want to get the "lines" jammed….but I was struggling with feeling down about all the work and then the going-nowhere with a bunch of things I started last year and feeling down about that. I played Good Chi a few times over the summer and noticed that I picked up after that. Need to work more with that.

White Light: I love this tape - have used it quite regularly lately - and am feeling a connection with the universe not felt before…I sleep like a baby after I play it and usually play it before bed though have used it in the day (morning) esp. when I have felt a bit rattled and when a big day is coming up. I feel soothed, connected to God, feel I can rely totally on my instincts and become more intuitively tuned.

Update (October 2004): I have used it pretty regularly until I went through the summer - the hard summer and its stresses. September would have been a good time to work with it more but I turned to some positive thinking stuff (Ernest Holmes) and went off most of the tapes for a while). Lately pulled it again and will work with it through November since I know how it lifts me.

Gold Harmony One: that one threw me for a loop; I think I really don't need it..tongue is not white (it's quite red) and I also felt quite a bit of heat which I already have with the Reiki anyway, but generally since using the tapes I've had an increase in body warmth - this one, though, added to that and I will try the Gold and Silver instead. Generally though feel more upbeat, able to cope with multiple tasks, remain calm and have a sense that I can accomplish all I choose to accomplish. I put that down to the combination of the other tapes though, not Gold Harmony One which I only used once and talked with Susan about. She agrees that I probably don't need it and to try Gold and Silver.

No update:

Concentration and Focus:I used this one once and it did actually enable me to zero in exclusively on what I had to accomplish (quite a lot of mental work in a short period of time). I generally can concentrate quite well anyway so didn't feel I should use it but will try it when I have to read several articles on Monday and Tuesday this week.

Update (October 2004): This one I've used intermittently - on an "as needed" basis. Each time it does appear to clear the channels and I find myself automatically focusing on what I need to do and not worrying about whatever it was I was worried about.

Immune: I used this once about a week ago (week of Oct 17) and I know I got over the flu from the time I had this tape…this is a real charger…more than that I cannot say at present but I stopped taking the Echinacea after I listened to that tape - I thought I no longer needed it….and have felt that way since.

Update (October 2004): I have used this now and again when feeling depleted and not able to ward off flu bugs (e.g., after I came back from Europe in September). Very strong and effective - I had scratchy throat and aches and flu-like symptoms which cleared up very quickly once I played this for the three days in a row. I use this also on an as-needed basis.

Some General Observations:

I found myself thinking that since I started listening to the tapes, that I've become more grounded and more focused on self…and got a little disturbed about that since I've always wanted more of a connection with God, with Universal Light, whatever we want to call that entity. I've begun to understand that perhaps this movement is part of a process, however, toward that end and not away from it as I first feared. It all seems to be bringing about greater clarity, more fearlessness, more joy in daily living, greater ability to simply not notice that which tries to pull one down or back, more consistently interested in what life is as it IS and enjoying that, more able to channel negative energy of others toward the positive….by simply not joining in with their negativity …it's almost as I can now deflect it whereas before I had to struggle to sort of push it off..

I have also noticed that what I think is more quickly being manifested though not necessarily in ways I had visualized or thought it, which is making more aware of the power of positive thinking (and, of course, negative thinking)….it's not that I set out to do this…just noticing that and realizing that one has to be very aware of that..so am working on letting go of negative thoughts about people, about things, about job, about anything in fact….that I can help the people I love by seeing them whole, seeing them in their glory instead of what bothers me about them. Now to work with that with people who do bother me in one way or other….relationships become clearer, cleaner as a result.

I have occasionally used other tapes (Mind with Heart - very good when feeling down; Tranquility - it induces a great sleep), but have decided to work with the ones that have presented themselves to me on a consistent basis rather than play around with them. To me they are somewhat like crystals - you can overdo it. I have become pretty tuned in to my being/body and know that they can throw me for a loop, understanding that this is as much because things are out of balance in a certain area as because I "don't need" a particular tape. However, it appears that unlike the Bach Flower Essences with which I've worked a great deal, the tapes do not have a "no effect" clause - as also is true of crystals. Evidence of this is the heating effect most appear to have (and that is despite the drinking of water). Now some of this heating is, most likely, healing going on - I know that because of location of the heat…possibly, it's all healing going on since there are areas that need healing and I may not be aware of that.

Because of my incredibly demanding job, I have focused on those tapes that appear to help my energy level most and also deal with physical issues I've accumulated as a result of over-stress (some areas of physical rigidity - my way of driving through the stress and the demands). However, I am ready and keen to move into working with the tapes that focus more on my less visible, inner world.. that will be the next phase.