Angelika Rieckmann is an occupational therapist with a wealth of experience in various medical fields. Since 2003, she has been intensively involved with the Peter Hess® Sound Massage and has grown into an outstanding sound therapist, sound massage practitioner and trainer. Angelika has made it her mission to share her knowledge with the world and reach as many people as possible.
Angelika's journey to sound and healing
The first encounter with the Peter Hess® Sound Massage happened rather by chance: 22 years ago, an occupational therapy colleague recommended sound therapy to her. At that time, Angelika had been suffering from chronic pain for many years. The Sound Massage proved to be the key to freedom from pain. This experience was the beginning of a deep and very special connection with sound. It was not long before she trained as a Peter Hess® Sound Massage practitioner and sound therapist and absorbed all the knowledge. Again and again, she experienced for herself and others the great power inherent in sound.
Angelika Rieckmann on the effect of sound
When Angelika talks about working with sound, her deep enthusiasm is immediately noticeable. The subtle, almost invisible, yet extremely beneficial effect of sound is what particularly fascinates and motivates her. She describes how sound serves as a source of energy, bringing people into balance and thus creating the foundation for health. Even after just one treatment, a release can occur on all levels. For Angelika, there is no other form of therapy that can reach the body, mind, and soul so deeply and thereby bring about holistic healing.
"It is extremely important to first experience the effect of sound yourself and to reflect on what sound does to me and to others. Working with sound requires an enormously high level of awareness at every moment. I am very consciously in the presence and mindfulness," says Angelika Rieckmann.
Even though the practical application of a sound treatment is not difficult, the complexity requires a great deal of experience and sensitivity. A sound-giving person adjusts to each individual anew in order to recognize what they really need right now. If a high resonance develops between the sound, the therapist, and the person receiving the sound, true miracles are possible.
Development of own treatment methods and further training seminars
With her knowledge and experience from occupational therapy and working with sound, Angelika Rieckmann developed her own holistic treatment method: the "Tonus Training according to Angelika Rieckmann®". Her approach is based on the transfer of the laws of sound into bodywork and a deep understanding of how illness and health arise in body and mind in the first place – or can be preserved. In a treatment, she sets gentle, ordering impulses to relax muscle tone and stimulate self-healing powers. Occupational or physical therapists can learn the Tonus Training in three modules with Angelika.
She provides an even more far-reaching insight into the possibilities that sound opens up in her advanced training seminars at the Peter Hess® Institute, which will take place again on several dates this year:
- Neurology and Psychosomatics I – Stabilizing the nervous system with sound massage
- Neurology and Psychosomatics II – Activating self-healing powers with sound methods
- Neurology and Psychosomatics III – Using sound for more energy and awareness
- Heart Coherence – Modulation of the nervous system with sound
- Trauma-sensitive sound work – Accompanying overwhelmed people (PTSD) with sound
Exclusive exercise: Parasympathetic lip brake
For Angelika Rieckmann, sound has become an indispensable part of her daily life. She starts every day with sound to center herself and connect with her essence. For this blog post, she has given us a special exercise that can be easily integrated into your everyday life.
Angelika recommends practicing this simple and at the same time enormously effective exercise at least once a day and thus regularly providing yourself with small moments of peace and relaxation.
- Open your lips very slightly.
- Take a normal breath in, and then exhale slowly and audibly through your slightly open lips.
- Repeat this one to three times, taking a few normal breaths in between.
- If you like, accompany the exercise with a Singing Bowl. Angelika recommends the Peter Hess® Pelvic Bowl.
- End the exercise with a smile.
The parasympathetic pursed-lip breathing extends exhalation, allowing the vegetative nervous system to regulate itself, and we shift from thinking to feeling, to the here and now. Therefore, this exercise is particularly well-suited for stress, excitement, and restlessness, helping to restore balance, inner peace, and serenity. You can perform the exercise at any time of day, whether standing, sitting, or lying down. Optionally, accompany the exercise with a Singing Bowl to more easily find inner harmony and order.
“Sound leads us to harmony with ourselves. When we feel this harmonious state of heart coherence in the here and now, it is precisely this connected BEING that counts for health and unfolds an ordering effect.” (Principle of Salutogenesis)
The art of perception and empathy
The ability to recognize or sense a person's individual and current, often existential, needs is crucial for Angelika. Since 2008, she has been self-employed in her own private practice and school for mindfulness in Bad Driburg. Here, with her sensitive and trustworthy nature, she gives people plenty of space to show themselves, to fall and be caught, and to find their own essence.
Extensive preliminary talks and a holistic view of a person show her in which areas balance is needed. She looks behind the physical appearance to get to the bottom of the actual main issue and lead body, mind and soul to a new balance. The energy centers of the person - the chakras - also give her important clues. Based on this in-depth analysis of the different levels of our being, she chooses the treatment method and also the sounds that she uses in the applications. For herself and the people who find her, she uses the Peter Hess® Therapy Singing Bowls and the Peter Hess® Sangha Meditation Singing Bowls. The Therapy Singing Bowls are used on and on the body, and she uses the Sangha Singing Bowls when it comes to filling entire rooms.
Angelika Rieckmann as a Singing Bowl massage instructor and seminar leader
Angelika has found her great passion as a seminar leader and trainer. Since 2005, she has been sharing her collected knowledge and experience from many years as an occupational therapist, Peter Hess® Sound Massage practitioner, sound therapist, and above all, from her life. When she speaks of this activity, you can clearly feel that it is an enormously great treasure that she shares with people.
“In the Peter Hess® Sound Massage training, people get “all-inclusive”. They not only learn the technique, but above all, they also receive individual applications and their effects for themselves. Sound touches! Each sound module is a cure for body, mind and soul – this holistic approach cannot be topped by anything else.“
In all her years as the overall trainer for Peter Hess® Sound Massage, she has experienced it herself: Every person who can engage with sound and working with sound benefits disproportionately. The sound flows into every cell of our body – in every moment we can experience something new. In addition to the practical training, there is also an enormous further development of the training participants on a personal level: They gain access to their health, have a better self-awareness and integrity, as well as self-efficacy.
Current events with Angelika Rieckmann
Her deep connection with sound is reflected in her motivation and commitment. Angelika will be traveling a lot this year with her training courses and seminars. You can find all the dates on her homepage.
On March 2nd and 3rd, you can meet her live at our anniversary sound congress and learn more about 'Trauma-Sensitive Sound Work'. Get your tickets now for this special event.