Listen your way to improved emotional resilience!
How can the Tomatis Method help?
At Free to Bee® one of the modalities we use to help people with emotional resilience is a music based programme.
The Tomatis Method was developed by Dr Alfred Tomatis in France in the 1960's. It is an at home music based programme for adults and children that aims to improve listening. It's important to note that listening is different to hearing.
Listening is the ability to hear sound without any change in the emotional state.
How often are you, your child or someone else you care about triggered emotionally by sounds including conversations? Our limbic system, amygdala and vagus nerve are all connected to our inner ear - so it's no wonder people often find it difficult not to react emotionally in response to what they have heard - including spoken word.
If this is something you'd like to explore further Debbie can give you more information if you'd like it.
The Tomatis Method
Did you know that approximately 80% of sensory information comes to the brain through the ear! And that your ears never sleep.
Through improving the ability to listen, which means to hear sound without creating unpleasant emotional reactions, we can improve our emotional regulation, which in turn can improve a person's sense of well-being and quality of life, through deeper and richer connections with people and the world around them.Improved ability to listen (to hear without unwanted emotional reaction) is achieved through an at home listening programme where the client listens to specific filtered and gated music to train the ear muscles and brain through neuroplasticity. Most people report the music to be relaxing. The programme consists of days of active listening followed by a break for integration, followed by more days of active listening. The number of days in the programme and the number of listening blocks within the programme is entirely related to the goals and the needs of the client.
If you'd like a consultation or to fill out a questionnaire to see if The Tomatis® Method could help you or someone you care about please either book in for a consultation or fill in the enquiry form at the bottom of the page.
Let's connect and see if the Tomatis® Method is right for you.
Jane Smith
"I realised the other day that my husband now joins in on conversations in our family. He has always been the quiet one when we are all together, it's just magic to see him joining in now and getting his feelings and opinions out there with the rest of us"
Dee, New Zealand
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Please Note:
Free to Bee® is not a Medical or Mental Health Agency or Service.
We are not trained medical or mental health professionals.
Our training is to help clients move beyond life challenges that they believe are holding them back.
While our services this may contribute to increasing a person's overall emotional resilience, it is not a replacement for dedicated mental health help, support, diagnosis or advice.
If you are looking for a mental health service please click the link below for a list of agencies providing assistance.
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