It’s Not Just Sound — It’s Something Deeper with Elizabeth Smith
What if sound isn’t just something you hear… but something you feel, respond to, and even heal through?
In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, host Leila Briggs sits down with Healing Touch Practitioner and sound healer Elizabeth Smith to explore the deeper layers of sound as a healing modality—and how it can reach places words cannot.
Elizabeth shares her journey from shamanic training to Healing Touch, and how sound naturally found its way into her work—especially in hospice care, where even the smallest vibration created powerful, unexpected responses.
Together, Leila and Elizabeth explore how sound interacts with the body, the energy system, and emotional memory—and why healing doesn’t always come from what we understand, but from what we experience.
Elizabeth reflects on:
Integrating shamanic practices, Healing Touch, and sound healing
Using vibration and tone to support grounding and energetic balance
Powerful hospice experiences where sound created visible responses
How different instruments affect different parts of the body
Creating sacred space and the intention behind healing environments
This conversation is a gentle yet profound reminder that healing isn’t always something we can explain—but something we can feel, remember, and return to.
What You’ll Hear in This Episode
- How sound healing naturally evolves from other healing modalities
- Why vibration can create physical and emotional responses
- The connection between sound and the chakra system
- What happens in the body during sound healing
- How to introduce sound safely and effectively in sessions
- The importance of intention and sacred space
- Why healing is often experiential, not intellectual
- How subtle practices show up long before we recognize them
- The role of sound in emotional memory and release
⏱ Episode Chapters & Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction: Meet Elizabeth Smith
01:00 – Discovering energy medicine through shamanic training
02:00 – Finding Healing Touch through connection
03:00 – Bringing energy work into hospice care
04:30 – The role of instruments in shamanic practice
05:30 – Learning to integrate sound with Healing Touch
06:30 – First experiences using sound in hospice
07:00 – Patients responding through sound and vibration
08:00 – Matching instruments to the body’s needs
09:30 – Experiencing full-body vibration through sound
10:30 – Emotional release and sound healing
11:30 – Training and deepening sound healing practice
13:00 – Following the path into teaching and mastery
14:00 – Creating a dedicated healing space
16:00 – Finding the “right” space through intuition
18:00 – Building Soul Stirring Sounds
19:30 – Holding safe, energetically clean space
22:00 – Music and healing in early teaching years
24:30 – Realizing healing has always been present
26:00 – Sound as part of everyday life
27:30 – Emotional memory and healing experiences
28:00 – Fun question: a theme song for healing
29:30 – Closing reflections
About Our Guest: Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Smith is a Healing Touch Practitioner and sound healer whose work blends shamanic training, energy medicine, and vibrational healing. Beginning her journey in the early 2000s through a two-year shamanic apprenticeship, Elizabeth later integrated Healing Touch and developed a deeply intuitive approach to sound healing.
Her work has been especially impactful in hospice settings, where she combines instruments, energy work, and presence to support patients and families during deeply transitional moments.
Elizabeth is the founder of Soul Stirring Sounds, a dedicated healing space where she offers sound experiences designed to create emotional resonance, energetic balance, and deep inner connection.
About Your Host: Leila Briggs
Leila Briggs is the host of The Energy Healing Podcast: Exploring Stories, Practices & Science, presented by the Healing Touch Program. A Healing Touch Certified Practitioner since 2015, Leila brings a lifetime of intuitive experience into grounded, heart-centered conversations about energy healing, healing spaces, and lived spiritual practice.
Her work focuses on creating safe, ethical, and supportive spaces for individuals and families—especially those raising intuitive children. She is currently studying to become a Healing Touch Mentor and offers intuitive sessions by appointment.
About the Podcast
The Energy Healing Podcast is where science meets the heart—sharing real stories, expert insights, and practical tools to help you explore Healing Touch and energy medicine in everyday life.
If you’re seeking healing, learning to heal, or simply curious about energy, you’re in the right place.
Disclaimer
The information contained in this video is provided only as general information and for educational purposes. It is not intended as medical advice or a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment. Please take responsibility for your own health.
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