Kara Markovich Sound Therapy

06/12/2024

I’m just gonna leave this here in case you need some inspiration.

Gift certificates are available for the curious and the overwhelmed, the nurturers and the caregivers, for the seekers and the magic makers, the doers and the stuck.

Gift certificates are available for those who don’t know what they need or for those who know exactly what they need but don’t have time to make time for themselves.

But you know.

You see it clearly.
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May this be your gift to them.

Give a meaningful gift of an individual sound session.

The gift of an experience.
The gift of rest.
The gift to be taken care of, for just a bit, so that the body, mind and spirit can find a place to meet and come together,
to reconvene
because
they sometimes get lost from one another.

DM me or find the link to my website to purchase a gift certificate.

And thank you, always, for supporting my work.

I will NEVER NOT tell you how grateful I am.

01/12/2024

For you.

30/11/2024

These photos are never too different, unless you look closely at the trees through the window. This time, there is snow.

Plenty of snow.

But unlike the subtle changes in the photos from one month to the next, each Sound Immersion is a different experience. Each inviting your body and spirit to rest and find release in all that you are holding on to, in that moment, in that space.

Each Sound Immersion is a different experience because what you need, in that time, may not be exactly what you need the next time.

Because you are growing and evolving and changing and isn’t that the most best of things.

24/11/2024

I found this leaf, this morning, while I was walking our dog.

It was laying in our driveway. Right there, in my path.

And I paused before it, wondering where this enormous leaf had come from? Looking up, there were no trees to indicate its origin. We don’t see large leaves like this in our yard.

No, these are the size of the leaves on Mount Tabor in Portland. My favorite place of places to be. The daily sanctuary I found refuge in.

And this leaf, this morning, reminded me of nearly 23 years ago when my parents first visited us in Portland. It was mid November, on a Sunday morning, and we walked up Tabor only to find ourselves collecting giant leaves, just like this one, because we had never quite seen them that big before.

I suppose, on that morning, my parents hoped we would change our minds and return to Michigan but I also suspect they understood then, our desire to be there.

Exactly where we needed to be.

And this morning, on a Sunday in mid November, I can’t help but wonder where this leaf blew in from.

I’m going to pretend there was no coincidence.

That it was placed there to remind me that we are exactly where we need to be.

22/11/2024

One of many reasons to incorporate sound into your wellness care.

22/11/2024

Yesterday didn’t go as planned. And instead of holding tightly to what should have been, I found refuge in the space of those who would hold me. How grateful I am.
Lindsey Pompileo + Monica Reyna, RMT

19/11/2024

On this cold, wet, cloudy, gloomy day, I know a wonderful way to lift that spirit of yours.

11/11/2024

I screwed up.

For a few weeks now, I have been monitoring my November 21 event in Marshall only to find not a single person had registered.

Admittedly, I was surprised.

Marshall has been so supportive of my work and of sound therapy. They have received me with open arms, welcomed me in and stayed to talk for awhile. We have had more fun than I can count and I have been so very grateful.

And though I was surprised at the lack of attendance, I took it in stride.

Maybe their too busy? Maybe there are conflicting events? Maybe they just don’t need this work anymore?

And before I started going down the “taking it personally” route, I went into Eventbrite only to find that
THE SALES HAD ENDED!!!
(insert palm to forehead emoji over and over again)
🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️. 🥴

I screwed up

But all is fixed now.
The sales are now up and running.

And this is one of the few evening events I will be doing in the next few months, so please join me, especially if you have had your fair share of mistakes and blunders and are in need of a reset.

You will be in good company.

Thursday, November 21
6-7:30p


immersion

05/11/2024

I know. I know. I know. I say it time and time again that you just have to try it.

But it is SO VERY TRUE.

There is a reason sound is so powerful. It allows our brainwaves to take a break from the everyday thinking, the over thinking, the thinking too much, the worry thinking, the anxiety thinking, the to-do list thinking. Sounds allows us to drop our brainwaves into deeper states of relaxation and in those states, we activate the parasympathetic nervous system which is like THE BEST GIFT for your nervous system if we are constantly fight, flight and freezing it!

There is a reason you feel better after a session.

If you have any questions, you know where to find me. I’m always here. ✨

02/11/2024

I didn’t know it at the time, all those years ago when Oscar’s name was drawn from a hat and given the opportunity to attend a Spanish immersion school, that this opportunity would help me heal my grief.

That this chance would be so much more than learning another language.

A language neither Greg nor I knew.

Because, two years later, as Oscar was entering second grade, my father would die.

And in that juxtaposition of moving on with life and surrendering to death, I found my grief weaving in between making breakfast and walking to school, playing at the playground and putting kids to bed at night.

But it was the practice of Dia de Los Mu***os, the Day of the Dead, and creating an ofrenda (altar) that gifted me the space for my grief and love, joy, sorrow and loss. A place to create something beautiful FOR something beautiful. A place to honor all those who have come and gone before me. A celebration.

My dad. My sweet dad.

To welcome his spirit, anywhere and everywhere.

He knows where to find me.

But especially now.

They all do.

And we know where to find them.

“My feet will still want to walk to where you are sleeping…
But…
I shall go on living.”
Pablo Neruda

A special thanks to all of the incredible teachers who have guided Oscar throughout his journey, and who have shared all the beautiful traditions of their various cultures. And to the teachers at El Sol Elementary School who are doing just that for Ophelia, Ulla and Hugo.

22/10/2024

There is so much happening this week and next and the following weeks after.

And these events are not the same. I find inspiration in the collaboration, I cannot help myself.

Next Sunday, we will gather for a morning sound immersion .center

On the evening of November 2, , we will use sound to connect with death and our grief. and

November 13, tap into the flow of creativity

November 15- ONlLY A FEW SPOTS REMAINING- we explore sound during the full moon, in a chalet in the country .feng.shui ‘s rest curations

November 21, I will return tip Marshall, Michigan to bring an evening of sound to

Join me. Allow me to help you find that state of peace. The state of rest. Allow yourself a break, a pause, a breather.

20/10/2024

A few days ago, I shared that October 12 was our 22nd anniversary.

That, in all those years, we are still pretty happy together. That we are a good match, this team of ours.

What I didn’t share was a question I had asked of him that evening, during our dinner. A prompt gifted to me by my friend, that she and her husband asked one another on their anniversary.

“What has surprised you most about this life in the past 22 years.”

And we both agreed that the journey was never been what we expected. Yes, there were kids and a mortgage, he was a soccer coach. I packed lunches. But that in those 22 years, there was far more unexpected that we imagined. Less control than we thought we had. And in that realization, it had allowed the unfolding to be more beautiful, more fun, and less scary, even amongst the most stressful and heartbreaking.

And on Wednesday, Greg returned home early from work.

He had lost his job.

A lay off, a change in structure, a job being absorb. Money reallocated. All the things.

A surprise.

And here we are, again. Open to the possibilities unfolding. Excited about the unknown. Not scared. Life could use a little less scared. Instead, it feels lighter even if it probably shouldn’t. That is the turning lemons into lemonade part.

We have a choice on our perspective.

We are opening up a lemonade stand.

So we went out to dinner. The six of us. We toasted him and new adventures, new chapters, we toasted change. We stuck to our plan we said just under a week ago, that life is happening for us, in whatever capacity it brings.

So if you see him, congratulate him on the next big thing even if we don’t know what that is, and maybe buy him a coffee and sit and talk for awhile,
he has some time.

**first few photos taken by , who FINALLY convinced me we needed to get some family photos. I’m so glad we listened.

16/10/2024

At an early age, death and I became acquaintances. From family members to elementary school friends who transitioned, I have felt the pain and the comfort of the inevitable.

And as I grew older, I felt the pain more when those even closest to me moved on but I also felt the comfort more deeply too.

So when approached me to do a Sound Immersion in collaboration with their death meditation, my arms were wide open to embrace it.

This work is incredibly special to me and I am especially honored to share this with you.

This is neither scary nor fearful. We are creating a space with the intention of love and honoring. With this practice, we are setting ourselves up for peace. Wrapped in sound, we are open to contemplate our mortality, finding peace in a space that is otherwise filled with so many other feelings and emotions.

To honor death, we are honoring life and by doing so, we are giving ourselves the gift of seeing how we will continue to live.

Please join us on Saturday, November 2 from 6:30-8:00p at Lee Honor’s College on campus.

And when you go to the link to signup, please scroll down and read the bio for Jennifer Townsend and Brent Harris, the work they are doing is wonderful.

15/10/2024

This is a wonderfully comprehensive article on the work that I and so many do with sound.

Take a few minutes to read and then go find a session near you!

https://nowkalamazoo.org/2024/10/finding-that-peace-is-just-unmatched/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR15-tbgnckQBA_EFUnZVfSmIDZLfmnGIzTa2ft_ppPMy9tSZS6pJVxpraE_aem_27wlw4nYK4nHQSZ1VMxaAA

Sound immersion as a health and wellness practice - like yoga or meditation - is on the rise in Southwest Michigan. Practitioners collaborate to share the serenity with the Kalamazoo area.