“I have had the opportunity to work with Ann both for our Senior residents at Timber Ridge and my self. We offered another group sound bath meditation session for 20 residents, and look forward to a regular schedule in the new year. I have seen Ann three times and at my latest sound bath I was completely relaxed without a thinking mind. It’s incredible how I can lay for over an hour without a racing mind. The music she creates with her absolutely beautiful instruments saturated through my whole body. I was filled with energy when I was done and then had an amazing night of sleep!”
Testimonials
“Anica has a gift with Reiki that helps ease the energetic chaos that can surround you and turn it into a calm, healing frequency. Whether she practices in-person Reiki, distance Reiki, or sound bath healing, you will leave feeling more connected to your core being. Love Anica!”
“Anica is a Reiki / musical magician. My session with her produced profound relaxation and a new insight into my life that is enlightening. She is kind and intuitive. I will be seeing her again.”
It was not like levitation per se, but more like being suspended in the sound.
“The time was 11:00 AM when I scheduled the Sound Immersion experience with Anica Popovic. As a long-time musician and composer, I am a firm believer in the emotional power of carefully crafted sound on human beings. This made me particularly interested in experiencing Anica’s Sound Immersion therapy. I was not in any particular or obvious pain or distress. I had no specific objectives for doing it except to make mental note of the sensations as I experienced them. I will share those now. I lay supine dressed in loose, comfortable clothing on a padded massage table in a room naturally lit by east facing windows for most of the session. The day was cloudy with the morning rain having subsided. The trees outside the window were still and its leaves were just beginning to show tinges of fall color. The room was neatly set-up with an impressive array of brass percussion bowls, gong, and chimes strategically placed around the room. The session started standing inside a large brass bowl which, when struck, emanated not only a low audible frequency but also lower frequency vibrations that could be felt throughout the body. While immersed in this intense vibration, other bowls were stuck and were deftly handled by Anica and presented around my standing form enveloping me in harmonious and sometimes mildly dissonant tones. This was followed by my lying flat on the padded table, as mentioned earlier, while a composed but also improvised performance on the wide variety of bowls and chime ensued. While I believe there was a set-piece for this performance, it seemed to me that she improvised based on the feelings she was sensing from me. I can say that I lost track of time during the session, so I am not really sure how long it lasted. I did not really care about time while I felt the vibrations and listened to the harmonies. I did not notice any sounds from the outside world such as planes flying over or dogs barking as the sounds from the instruments filled the space very richly. Instead of just hearing the sounds with my ears, there was a sensation of having them completely surround me; top, bottom, sides, above, and below. This was especially true when the bowls were in direct contact with my body. But, also, it was so when the instruments being played were off to the side of where I was resting. I did not feel the weight of my body on the table after a while. It was not like levitation per se, but more like being suspended in the sound. It distracted me from feeling the pressure of my body against the table. I noted that my sinuses opened/cleared. I do not think that I started congested, I just noted that they were noticeably clearer. There was one point that the combination of sounds created a sensation that I equated with the term “heavenly”, like a breaking through to a clearer, more ethereal space. It was beautiful. After I thought through the session afterwards, it was clear that this journey in sound was conducted with great concentration and care. When the immersion was over with, I felt relaxed and peaceful. Anica thought that I had fallen asleep but I was completely aware of her movement to the other room as I lay still and reflected on the various and intense sensations experienced during the session.
Some theorize that the fundamental particle of matter is a vibrating string. As humans, we are attracted to harmonious sounds or even those that can shake us to the core. When the sounds that we hear seem right whether in a pretty song or the boom and crash of a wave on a beach, we feel in harmony and unity with everything, and often, everyone around us. Are these vibrations intermingling positively with these fundamental strings that are the basis of all matter? I do not know for sure, but Anica is tapping into what may be that unity (or something else equally powerful) with the playing of her instruments while having an unwavering focus on and interaction with the living person experiencing the Sound Immersion.”
“My family and I had a unique experience during our first sound bath and reiki session with Anica. It took me a bit to settle in but once I got a hang of it, I felt like I lost track of time. My thoughts slowed down and I felt relaxed. My mind focused on the sounds without effort. I started appreciating auditory perception and I realized how powerful sound bath is to help bring the mind to the present moment and keep it there. It was a form of mediation for me. The variations in the tones of sound kept me engaged and present in a very gentle way and met me at a subconscious level. I went into a semi sleep mode a few times as I got engrossed into the depth of the sounds.
Anica is a great facilitator and a master at this art. She is authentic, caring and easy to trust. I don’t think my experience would have been this pleasant and rich without Anica’s guidance. I’m thankful for this experience and I highly recommend everyone to try it.”
“Anica is a gifted provider who has the unique ability to sense psycho-somatic distress points in your body and use a complex combinations of modalities to heal them. She is able to use sound therapy to induce deep states of relaxation and a sense of well being in her clients. I highly recommend her services.”
“I had an incredible session with Anica and can’t recommend her enough! Anica explained the different methods she would be using and that made me feel completely comfortable.
Our session started out with some gentle yoga to relax and to help with opening up the chakras. She did a wonderful sound bath which was relaxing and soothing. When I came to Anica, I had been dealing with a headache for over a week. She used tuning forks to completely alleviate it. The forks give a gentle vibration and are so effective. Initially , the headache moved from one side to the other, and Anica picked up on it without me telling her. She added a couple more spots for the forks to work, and I left with no trace of the headache. A week later, I’m still headache free. I also have had hip pain which I have gone to PT for. I hadn’t even mentioned it, and Anica zeroed in on it during the reiki part of the session. She was so precise in finding the epicenter of the pain. Truly amazing! Anica also introduced me to the MELT method which helps fascia and lymphatic drainage.The difference was noticeable right away.
Again, I highly recommend Anica, she is gifted in her craft and you will feel immediate improvements!”
“My session with Anica was unlike anything I’ve experienced before. It began with grounding in the Buddha’s Feet singing bowl, where I could feel powerful vibrations rising through my body. At the same time, she played the Jupiter singing bowl above me, and when the tones merged with the surrounding Tibetan singing bowls, I felt as if I was standing inside a bubble of sound – completely enveloped by vibration.
After that grounding, I lay down on the massage table. Anica surrounded me with layers of sound from crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, multiple chimes, and a gong. The resonance was so deep and soothing that I drifted off to sleep, held by the music of the instruments.
During the Reiki energy work, Anica explained that she was helping to clear energetic cords that can be tied to life events, trauma, or even karmic patterns. As she worked, I felt waves of warmth and the presence of energy moving through me, even without physical touch.
The session ended with healing tuning forks, which felt completely different — their vibrations penetrated into my bones and skin, almost like a massage without hands. I had come in with some knee pain, and Anica suggested she could help address it. After just one session, I noticed some improvement and felt lighter in my body.”
“Anica is a talented Reiki and Sound Healing practitioner! Our healing exchange was a wonderful experience, and I was deeply moved by her intuitive gifts and soothing energy. Her passion for sound healing with singing bowls added a beautiful dimension and the intuitive distance energy work to our session. She also helped me to eleliviate my headache and feel much better. I Highly recommend! Thank you Anica.💓”
“I recently had an extraordinary healing session with Anica that involved singing bowls, tuning forks, and Reiki, and it was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. The session began in a truly unique way, with me standing inside a large singing bowl and another placed on my head. Anica encapsulated me in a bubble of sound and vibration, which was an incredible start. As I lay down, I continued to feel this protective energetic ‘bubble’ around me, allowing me to perceive the sounds and vibrations in a profound way. I was conscious and heard everything, yet simultaneously felt like I was drifting, beautifully suspended between awareness and deep relaxation.
When Anica introduced the tuning forks, placing them around my body, I could only imagine this is what cats feel when they purr – pure resonant bliss! A tuning fork on my solar plexus sent vibrations through my entire body, all the way to my heels, a truly remarkable sensation. When placed at the acupressure points at the base of my head, the vibrations traveled straight through my entire skull. As Anica transitioned to Reiki, I initially felt a significant wave of heat emanating from my head, which then gradually dissipated, leaving a comforting and peaceful coolness. My entire body felt heavy, grounded, and deeply at rest. It was a fascinating paradox to be so aware of my hands yet not fully discern individual fingers – a truly unique aspect of the deep state I reached. Discussing the experience with Anica afterwards, including her observations, truly enhanced the session’s impact.”
“Thank you for pulling the fear & anxiety from my body & helping me grow roots of peace into the Earth.”
