Meet Rebecca Gayle Phipps – Weblog

Inform us a bit about your self…

I’m a sound healer, inclusive group connector and British/Jamaican lover of all issues Hispanic – language, meals and music are all a part of my love language.  Navigating the world as a mixed-race human has been a beautiful approach of studying the ability of belonging and I’ve all the time liked to create areas the place folks really feel seen, heard and protected.  My wellness area, REESET was born in 2013 on the shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. It remained an concept and dream for eight years, with the working title, ’The Yoga Farm.’ The extra I travelled, studied yoga/sound and joined retreats worldwide, the extra I realised that the Western world of yoga is fairly unique. I used to be usually the one brown individual on retreat, may by no means afford greater than the dorm room and will by no means perceive if everybody was truly plant-based or simply preferred speaking about it… After which having taken all of this in, REESET lastly got here into this world in Mallorca, 2023

What does a typical day seem like for you?

Day by day is somewhat completely different however proper now I’m engaged on REESET’s upcoming retreat with OYA Retreats. Yesterday we have been a staff of three placing up a large tent for our out of doors Yoga Shala. Subsequent week I’ll be engaged on our upcoming campaigns and occasions. I attempt to combine laptop computer work, with main Sound Baths and group outreach to steadiness out my week. I additionally begin day by day with a swim within the sea! 

How did your sound journey start and what impressed you to turn into a instructor?

My journey with sound started as an try to assist me with a deep-set anxiousness that had crept into my life. I bear in mind operating round London, attempting to maintain up with my company job, my social calendar and my mortgage funds. All while neglecting my bodily and psychological well being. I walked into my first sound bathtub at Re:Thoughts Victoria in 2018; sleep disadvantaged, anxiousness ridden, and mentally unravelling. I left feeling like I’d been on retreat for 2 weeks and there was nothing that might maintain me again from a lifetime of my selecting. I regularly built-in sound into my ‘exercise’ schedule and constructed a beautiful friendship with Leo Cosendai, one of many biggest Gong Masters on the market (sounds dramatic – he’s supremely proficient!). The minute he launched his 200-hour Sound Trainer Coaching in 2019, I knew it was my calling. 

What impressed you to focus on your follow?

I’ve all the time liked to host. Since I used to be a toddler, our home has all the time been the home that folks met at, stayed in and ran to in occasions of want. My company profession in London regularly developed into group constructing roles and after eight years of quietly engaged on my retreat enterprise, alongside internet hosting sound baths at occasions/festivals every time I may, I used to be capable of depart life within the quick lane and open up our therapeutic area in Mallorca, Spain. We’re a six bed room, 5 rest room, 5 acre land regeneration challenge with two Yoga Shalas, two swimming pools and loads of area for connection, each to one another and to the land.  

How have you ever seen your follow profit your college students?

A Sound Bathtub is a meditation, usually 25 – 75 minutes lengthy the place we ‘bathe’ within the sounds of plenty of historic therapeutic devices.  Company are normally stress-free on their backs, utilizing a number of props to assist them and blankets to maximise consolation.  I’ve seen folks come out of a Sound Bathtub with new discovered route, confidence and goal. Some have simply had a long-overdue relaxation. One visitor, let’s name him ‘Adam’ journeyed again right into a childhood reminiscence and labored by means of a second that had been holding him again all of his life. Everybody’s expertise is completely different, as a result of all of us heal in numerous methods. 

What’s your favourite quote or life motto?

‘Could you smile out of your coronary heart’ – I’ve a phenomenal crystal alchemy bowl that may assist with that too.

What’s developing for you in 2024/2025?

REESET is prepared and open for retreats, instructor trainings and personal wellness holidays on our magical island of Mallorca.  We invite lecturers to come back and host their communities, while taking up a lot of the admin and providing Sound Baths, guided hikes and catering to go with their schedule. You can even lease out our area for wellness holidays with family and friends (with a sound bathtub and yoga class included within the rental price). The Mallorcan earth has probably the most therapeutic vibrations I’ve ever felt. It sings in concord with the encircling Mediterranean sea. You must really feel it to consider it!

Discover out extra about Rebecca:

Web site: https://www.beccagaylephipps.com/

Instagram: @beccagaylephipps