About Me
Hello, my name is Stephanie, founder of Zen Den Vitality, located on Johns Island in South Carolina. People I meet often inquire about what led to my interest in learning how to play Crystal Singing Bowls and Sound Therapy.
In reality, there were numerous small inter-related steps, taken over many decades of my life, all sharing a common purpose of improving my own personal health and well being that led me to this path.
From my early twenties to the present day, both Exercise and Good Nutrition have always been a passion of mine in ensuring my health remains optimal. My interest in flower gardening, led me to learn all I could about the medicinal properties of Natural Herbs and Essential oils in caring for my skin and body, which led to me using that knowledge to successfully operate a natural handcrafted soap making company. An unforeseen downturn in the economy in the mid 1990’s, resulted in closure of my business and my return to a very stressful corporate Engineering job while raising three children, all of which took an unexpected toll on my health and me being diagnosed with a condition called Chronic Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome. Being this hormonal based condition left me continually depleted and exhausted, I furthered my research into the benefits of obtaining Holistic Care, use of Vitamin Supplementation and ultimately, I made a decision to incorporate Daily Meditation into my arsenal of health care tools used to combat the adverse effects of my highly demanding life.
I found the effects of Meditation were profound in not only reducing my stress levels but in stabilizing my emotional health, and increasing my resiliency. I became less reactive, felt more grounded, less overwhelmed and more at peace. Meditation not only slowed my heart and breathing rates, in addition, it regularly put me into Alpha and Theta Brain wave states of deep relaxation and calm, strengthening me spiritually.
During my early years of Meditation, I became fascinated with the properties of Crystals, their Hertz frequencies, along with which Chakras they support, and began incorporating Crystals into my Daily Meditation practice. My awareness of Crystal frequencies led to my discovery of Sound Therapy through using Crystal Singing Bowls and its remarkable effects on the body.
Just as Meditation alters your brain waves, resulting in relaxation, with Sound Therapy, when you listen to harmonious vibrational sounds, a soothing state occurs called the Parasympathetic Nervous System Response. This response calms and relaxes your nervous system during which time, recuperation of the body can occur. An interesting and highly detailed 2023 study conducted at the Korean Jeju National University verified the impacts singing bowls have on the brain waves of participants who listened to the sounds. A reduction in participant alpha brain waves, increase in their delta brain waves, and their relationship to the impactful meditative capacity of the low frequency sound bowl notes used in the study, is outlined in the above linked article.
My Sound Therapy training has shown me which Crystal Sound Bowl pairings generate emotional responses such as joy, optimism, tranquility and peacefulness. I encourage and welcome you to try this nourishing experience to feel its impacts!
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My discovery of PEMF (Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field) Therapy arose from my research on holistic pain relief options to aid my husband’s struggle with debilitating lower back and Rheumatoid Arthritis pain.
Prior to our move from the Northeast to South Carolina, we found that using a FAR Infrared Sauna successfully reduced inflammation and eliminated his pain but with the warm climate here in SC, he became less inclined to sit an hour-long sauna. Given PEMF can be used either with or without FAR Infrared, we found not only was it the perfect solution, but also PEMF provides remarkable results!
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I aspire that by sharing my experience, knowledge and gifts, that others may enjoy
the benefits of improved well being, greater ease and experience higher overall quality of life.
In Gratitude & Grace,
Stephanie Nugent
Certified Crystal Sound Bowl Therapist
Certified Member AOPP Association of PEMF Professionals
