4.8

10 dias

Overcoming Anxiety Using Sound

Por Lyz Cooper: The British Academy of Sound Therapy (BAST)

O que você irá aprender

My name is Lyz Cooper, Founder and Principal of The British Academy Of Sound Therapy, thank you for choosing to join this course on Insight Timer. Over the next 10 days we will be looking at how and why sound and music can be so effective at helping to reduce anxiety and will find answers by exploring how our brains have evolved since our early ancestors walked the earth. In addition to specifically designed sound and music pieces there will be other exercises including visualisation, breathwork and self-reflection to deepen and enhance your experience. We will learn more about our nervous systems, how to recognise when we are in ‘fight or flight mode’ and find easy and quick ways to return to balance and calm. We will also be working with a self-reflective method known as the 5Rs. This is a useful tool for helping us to navigate challenging situations and transform negative thoughts and experiences into positive ones.

Lyz Cooper: The British Academy of Sound Therapy (BAST)

Ross-on-Wye HR9, UK

Lyz began her journey with sound in 1994 when she had to leave a busy career in advertising due to a life-limiting illness. During this time she found that sound and music not only helped her relax, but certain sounds actually improved her health and well-being. This life-changing personal journey motivated her to find out more about how why sound...

Lição 1

Exploring The 5R's

In today's lesson we will be introduced to the key objectives and themes that will be discussed over the next 10 days as well as exploring the 5 R's model. This model is a simple way to help us categorise human experience and understand ourselves better, allowing us to work towards improving our health and wellbeing. This lesson includes a visualisation exercise.

Lição 2

How & Why Sound And Music Can Improve Our Health & Wellbeing

In this lesson we will delve into some insightful research on how our brains are wired and come to understand the power of sound and music in improving health and wellbeing. We will then hear one of our first consciously designed music pieces. This music piece is designed to promote relaxaxtion by inducing an altered state of consciousness.

Lição 3

Understanding Anxiety & How It Can Be Useful

In today's lesson we will look further into what anxiety is, how it shows up in our lives and how anxiety can at times work in our favour. We will listen to a consciously designed music track, accompanied by some guidance inviting us to relax into the present moment and take back control of our mind.

Lição 4

Using Our Breath To Control Our Mind

In today's lesson we will explore the nervous system and how we can use our breath to calm and centre ourselves. Today's lesson involves a guided polyvagal breathing exercise that enables us to switch off fight or flight and in doing so, turn our attention to the things that bring us deep joy and fulfillment.

Lição 5

Your Key To A Good Night's Sleep

Today we look at the importance of sleep and uncover some key tools for getting a better night's sleep. We will then listen to a blissful, consciously designed sleep music track - SOMNUS X - that has been proven to help improve sleep by up to 45%.

Lição 6

Productivity Brain Break

In today's lesson we look at the impact anxiety has on our productivity, creativity and flow. When we are stressed, we are wired to respond from the lower part of our brain making it very difficult to make descisions as well as find inspiration and tap into our creative reservoir. Today, we will listen to a beautiful piece of consciously designed music piece to give the brain a break and enhance our state of flow.

Lição 7

The Voice

Today we will explore the power of our Voice, focusing on simple voice exercises such as; humming and toning. These exercises are easy to do and are designed to help us relax, release and energise. Enjoy!

Lição 8

The Rhythm Of Life

In today's lesson we will discover how our brains respond to the power of rhythm and therefore how we can use it to relax. We will listen to a drum entrainment meditation that includes a heart beat rhythm for calming.

Lição 9

Improving Our Moodstate

Depression and anxiety can go hand in hand. In today's lesson you will be given a piece of CDM to help improve your moodstate as well as learn how to create an uplifting playlist that you can draw on when you wish to release tension and revitalise your energy stores.

Lição 10

Course Wrap Up & Advanced Breathing Exercise

You've made it to Lesson 10! Today we recap the past 9 lessons and take a deep dive into a more advanced Polyvagal breathing exercise. We will then close with a gentle yet enlivening music track. May you revisit this sonic toolkit time and time again to help you sleep better, calm your nerves, find focus, deeper relaxation and unlock greater joy and creativity!

Avaliações Recentes

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June 28, 2025

This course is a true winner…It was so enjoyable and illuminating that I intend to take it all over again. The music+sound pieces constructed so artfully for each session are simply out of this world. Just •so• phenomenal. Throughout, and without fail, Lyz is innovative, nurturing, pragmatic, explicatory, and excels at each aspect of her course....

Bird

October 19, 2024

I highly recommend this course. I learned a different exercises for helping me manage my anxiety. Also, I’ve been applying the techniques into my day to day.

Amanda

April 9, 2024

This has been a wonderful course and I shall be finding out more about using sound for relaxation and calming anxiety. Thank you.

jenny

December 21, 2023

Very helpful course, thank you. It gives me easy tools for everyday any moment.

Julie

August 26, 2023

I love this course, it was so relaxful, useful and it brought me a lot of stillness and calm.

Teodora

August 15, 2023

Unbelievable sounds which moved me in incredible ways!

Michelle

March 3, 2023

I love music, but never considered its full impact on me before taking this course. There are some truly beautifully arranged pieces within. Even if you don’t have anxiety, the course is worth a listen just for that reason!

Valerie

November 23, 2021

Really enjoyed the course. Good overview of how sound can help calm the mind and body and have learnt some useful exercises that I can do. I found the vocal exercises especially powerful. Many thanks.

Ashley

May 3, 2021

One of my favorite courses I have done on this app thus far. Really feel like I can tackle my anxiety and have the right tools to do so in the process

Rose

April 8, 2021

A wonderful course, and transformational sound pieces sensitively presented and helpfully framed by Lyz.

Thomas

February 23, 2021

I loved this so much! I will be doing the courtesy again, multiple times. Thank you so much!

Christine

January 23, 2021

I loved this course. I started this course thinking I knew almost everything about managing stress because I’ve been managing it for many years, but I learned quite a few new things. I highly recommend it and I’m thinking about making my teenage daughter take it.

Jeff

January 18, 2021

Great course. Nice balance of theory and practice.

Susan

January 14, 2021

What a great toolbox of useful techniques and practices to help soothe our stress and anxiety in this very chaotic period of history. Thank you, Liz!

Sharon

January 10, 2021

Absolutely loved this course! Thank you Liz definitely signing up for a course with you xx

Lolo

January 6, 2021

A great course, very good and simple explanations, very usefull, I've learned a lot, thank you very much.

January 3, 2021

This course helped me learn ways to cope with anxiety. Much gratitude! 🙏🏻

Natalie

December 3, 2020

This course was incredible. I have never truly dived into music and sound as therapy, mindfulness, and a source of helping myself. I will repeat many parts of this again and again and look forward to starting Lyz’s other course. Thank you so much, Lyz! 🙏❤️🌟

Barbi

October 16, 2020

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The music, the ployvagal and humming breathing, your counting/fading voice, the information. A fascinating subject and a much appreciated practical application. Thank you so...

Michelle

September 30, 2020

This course is transformative! Finished the last day and am starting it again. I suffer from chronic anxiety and stress which has presented in a variety of physical symptoms. Not only did many of the sounds and corresponding techniques provide relief but offered me a toolkit to move forward in healing. So grateful. Wish I lived in UK to take Ms. Cooper’s classes.