Reset the nervous system for the new year

kellyjoysimmons
Dec 29, 2025
2 min read

The end of December, the end of another year. We humans seem to naturally turn inward, get reflective as the calendar page turns. This year though, it's not just nostalgia, or flipping through photos and memories, it's about really FEELING what you're feeling.

I came across an article I want to share with you from a gal named Lauren Galley because she mentions sound healing. That totally resonates (pun intended) with me. She writes:

“This time of year there is more awareness of how much has actually been carried through the past months. The body often recognizes this before the mind does, showing up as fatigue, sensitivity, or a quiet desire for simplicity and steadiness.”

[WHAT IS YOUR BODY FEELING?]

Lauren continues, “It is also a time when many people realize they do not need more stimulation, more insight, or more effort. What feels most supportive right now is regulation. Something that helps the nervous system settle, allows emotions to land without being analyzed, and gives the body permission to rest from constant adaptation.”

[OH MY HEART AMEN!]

So what does she suggest? Sound healing.

“Sound healing plays a unique role because it does not ask you to do anything at all. It works beneath thought, beyond interpretation, and directly with the body and nervous system.

[THAT'S WHY I LOVE IT SO MUCH.]

“Sound has the ability to create coherence where there has been overload, and to support release without forcing it. This is why people often find that sound becomes more powerful not during moments of intensity, but during moments of pause, when the system is finally ready to receive.”

I feel a huge exhale as I read these words.

More than fifteen years ago, singing bowls entered my life, changed my life. And now we have a sound studio with bowls, gongs and many instruments. {Cue happy tears.} We are honored to share with you.

We hope you can come THIS WEDNESDAY, Dec 31, New Year’s Eve for a special year end sound journey. An excursion into your soul. We start at 7pm and end the event at 8:30pm so the rest of the night is yours. Ring in the new year in YOUR WAY.

Sound healing was what I needed way back when and still is my healing modality of choice. The vibrations of the bowls calm my nervous system and quiet my busy brain. The frequencies of all the instruments (and Jim on the gong is beyond amazing) take me to relaxation and soul connection like nothing else.

We will have lots of sound events in 2026. This final one for 2025 promises to be something special. PLENTY of spaces remain for Wednesday so if you can fit this experience into your plans, I promise you will not regret it.

Much love,

In service to Spirit.

xxKelly