“Let the music take you where you need to go.” These are the words that Helen spoke to me before she turned on the stereo cassette tape recorder. And as the music began, I stepped into an envelope of musical sound, and my inner perceptions opened. Visual images, emotions, memories… it all came flooding to me, and on the rhythms and dynamics and sounds of the music. The carefully crafted music program that Helen had chosen to play was at times disarming… challenging… and it never left me. It stayed with me the whole time. At times, Helen would make a gentle suggestion, a supportive gesture, and I continued to travel into my inner world.
This first time that I experienced the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) from the inside, I came to understand that music and I could have a new relationship. And this was a relationship of such intimacy that I really never believed could happen. As a lay person, not a musician, I’d always been a little bit on the outside with music. But I came to find, with GIM, that music was no longer outside of me; it was something that really was a part of me.
As I open this blog, I invite you to share with me how music has invited you into deeper meaning, adventure, creativity, healing. Let’s celebrate together this gift we share whether we are highly disciplined musicians, casual strummers, or open-hearted listeners.
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