When I first got to know Helen, I noticed that she was a very adventurous spirit. She would try things that nobody else was trying. At the Institute for Consciousness and Music, we sponsored many workshops on a wide variety of topics. When a workshop leader suggested a demonstration of a technique -- it might be past life regression, it could be Shamanic journeying, it could be anything -- Helen would volunteer to be the person, the ‘guinea pig’ for the demo.
She was always interested in what more she could learn and how she could continue to grow. That enthusiasm, that ability to risk and to grow at her edges was something that she really translated and taught to all of us. When, as a student in her training, I saw her willingness to experiment, it made me feel like it’s safe, I can try that. I always got from her that there is safety within ourselves even in exploring parts of our psyches that we do not know.
Helen taught us how to use the music and with our imagery to move into non-ordinary states of consciousness without fear and with a feeling that there’s more to be, there’s more to grow into. We see that spirit in her work, not only with Guided Imagery and Music, but then even when she became ill and was a hospital patient. She found places and ways that she could use music, imagery and relaxation in a hospital setting and created the MusicRx Program.
That exploring, pioneering spirit is one of the things that really attracted me to her and I’m sure that’s true for many others who have been attracted to her and her work. With her adventurous spirit, now that she is released from her physical limitations, she can take the ultimate music and imagery trip. She will most likely, somehow, leave some bread crumbs to light our way as well.
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