The ancient art of sound healing spans cross-cultural traditions and history. From shamans to Benedictine monks, sound healing practitioners have long relied upon particular musical notes, vocal techniques, and instruments to affect the emotional, spiritual, and physical conditions of those around them.
Those ancient healers were in tune with the power of vibrational frequencies — but it is only within the last 100 years that modern science has been able to validate sonic healing modalities through technology, finding that particular frequencies are indeed responsible for triggering healing responses in mind and body.
Myriad styles of music and sounds that were thought to influence healing have been revisited and examined with leading-edge instrumentation, to determine why they so affect the human condition. For instance, classical music has long been regarded as relaxing and revitalizing — even stimulating growth in plants — and, in 2016, a German study found that recorded music composed by either W.A. Mozart or J. Strauss Jr. markedly lowered the blood pressure and heart rate of subjects compared to subjects who either sat in silence or listened to pop group ABBA.
Scientists have also discovered the profound healing benefits that Gregorian chants have on those who perform them. Among researchers’ findings, performers experience the lowest heart rates and blood pressure while singing, and their fatigue and depression is reportedly lifted.
The therapeutic properties of Gregorian chants also extends to those who listen to them, with some entering trance states that alleviate disease symptoms and chronic pain.
Scientists have also discovered the profound healing benefits that Gregorian chants have on those who perform them. Among researchers’ findings, performers experience the lowest heart rates and blood pressure while singing, and their fatigue and depression is reportedly lifted.
The therapeutic properties of Gregorian chants also extends to those who listen to them, with some entering trance states that alleviate disease symptoms and chronic pain.
How Does It Work?
It is fundamental to understand that a “pitch” is a sound wave that vibrates at a particular frequency. The faster a frequency vibrates, the higher the pitch; the slower the frequency vibrates, the lower. Brain waves work much the same way: The more they are sped up, the more alert and tuned into fight or flight the mental state becomes, and the slower the brain waves, the more relaxed one becomes.
Scientists discovered that the frequency of sound a person hears influences his/her brain waves, which actively work to align, or “entrain,” themselves with the sound frequency. Research has shown that because there is a cranial nerve connecting the eardrum to every bodily organ (except the spleen), sound frequencies affect not only mental states but also physical ones.
Around the 1930s, researchers began experimenting with sound frequencies outside the range of normal human hearing, using ultrasound to image, diagnose, and treat numerous conditions. Since then, sonic science has picked up steam.
Numerous modern sound-healing methods have been incorporated into alternative and western medical practices, often blending technology with ancient practices to address specific physical and mental ailments — in both clinical and informal settings.
HUSO
HUSO stands as a prime example of a sound-healing system that uses acupuncture meridians to balance and harmonize the body with a resonance that counteracts stress, toxins, and EMFs (toxic electromagnetic fields).
A session consists of wearing headphones and placing special pads on your wrists and ankles for a vibrational experiences that has been shown to give sound-therapy patients a clear head, improved overall health and well-being, better sleep, and a sense of deep relaxation.
While numerous sound therapies work to send frequencies to various parts of the body, HUSO sets itself apart by using “human toning.” Human toning is literally a human-generated sound — the human voice — rather than one that’s produced digitally or by an object.
The experts behind HUSO have concluded that human toning is the most effective at evoking a physiological and emotional response because this human element contains the secret ingredient that no object or machine could produce: intention.
Rooted in quantum physics is the principle that intentions can influence reality. The human toning HUSO uses is infused with very strong intention to provide support and health to those who listen to it.
Biosound Healing Therapy
Created largely for institutional purposes, Biosound Healing Therapy offers a new approach to four main problems: staff burnout prevention, addiction detoxification, crisis intervention, and reduction of early discharges at addiction treatment centers.
The therapy uses sound vibrations to relax and reduce stress in patients and staff, often being the pivotal tool that takes the edge off and puts them in a state of improved well-being, more receptive to other therapies.
The Biosound Therapy System works by having the patient lie down on a vibrational platform while wearing headphones and goggles that provide an audio-visual experience.
Integrating binaural beats to induce a theta-level meditative state and low-frequency vibrations to soothe the body, patients are led through affirmations and a guided meditation that works to uplift them by changing their mental states from a negative frame of mind to a positive one.
Brain Sync’s “Sound Healing”
An example of sound therapy made simple is Brain Sync’s “Sound Healing” audio track, which focuses on the vibrational ability to dramatically affect the body’s regenerative abilities, using a combination of delta-wave technology and relaxing meditation music.
Research shows that delta waves stimulate the release of human growth hormones, which are responsible for physical healing and relaxation. Brain Sync lists accelerated healing, pain relief, and better sleep as some of the benefits of this technology.
Patients who listen to the “Sound Healing” track before, throughout, and after any kind of surgery, experience reduced anxiety and resultant physical and emotional trauma, as well as a speedier recovery.
Sound Baths
Sound baths are a lower-tech therapy, often used to cope with the stresses of modern life. Sound baths have become a communal practice growing in popularity the world over. Sound baths provide an opportunity to relax and emotionally rebalance to the deep resonance of either acoustic instruments or synthesizers.
In many sound bath events, attendees find a space to lie on the floor and close their eyes while listening to instrumentalists, sound gongs, didgeridoos, Tibetan singing bowls, and heartbeat drums. Often, the effects reported are spiritual in nature, and participants emerge feeling a heightened state of awareness and “more alive,” as well as deeply relaxed and rejuvenated. Some also report out-of-body experiences.
Countless new and innovative sound therapies have emerged in recent years, bringing comfort to those afflicted with physical and/or emotional maladies. As modern medicine further merges sound healing with prescriptive therapies, patients may find themselves with a healing methodology free of side effects that not only rebalance their bodies physically, but also harmonize them with the outside world.
Ironically, as researchers improve their ultra-modern methodologies and instrumentation, they continue to discover the secrets of the world’s most ancient healing modalities involving sound and vibrational healing.
This was written by Tasha Shayne for Gaia.
order dydrogesterone 10mg sale order duphaston 10 mg without prescription empagliflozin cost
buy prasugrel without prescription buy dramamine 50 mg for sale buy tolterodine 2mg pills
brand monograph order monograph 600mg without prescription cilostazol for sale
order ferrous sulfate 100 mg generic ascorbic acid 500mg for sale sotalol 40 mg price
buy vasotec 10mg online cost casodex 50 mg buy duphalac generic
purchase pyridostigmine generic feldene cheap rizatriptan 10mg us
order betahistine online cheap order generic betahistine 16mg buy probenecid pills
buy zovirax eye drops buy capecitabine 500mg generic order exelon without prescription
buy prilosec 10mg sale montelukast cost order lopressor 100mg generic
brand premarin 600 mg viagra mail order us buy viagra online cheap
buy micardis 80mg sale buy micardis sale order molnupiravir 200mg generic
cenforce price buy generic cenforce online buy chloroquine 250mg pill
cheap tadalafil pills order viagra online buy sildenafil 50mg for sale
cheap omnicef buy cefdinir online order lansoprazole generic
provigil for sale buy promethazine generic buy prednisone no prescription
brand accutane 40mg order azithromycin 250mg online cheap azithromycin 500mg cost
order atorvastatin 40mg generic order proventil 100mcg online cheap buy generic norvasc over the counter
generic azipro 500mg azipro 500mg price gabapentin 800mg for sale
casino moons online casino lasix 40mg tablet lasix 100mg drug
golden nugget online casino vibra-tabs online ventolin 4mg price
amantadine drug purchase tenormin without prescription dapsone online order
play poker online free no sign up stromectol 12mg usa buy ivermectin online
best gambling sites synthroid order online cheap levothroid online
medrol 4mg pills medrol 8mg over counter triamcinolone 10mg cost
order clomiphene 50mg azathioprine 50mg without prescription buy generic azathioprine
vardenafil without prescription buy cheap generic digoxin buy generic zanaflex online
cost aceon buy desloratadine 5mg fexofenadine online order
cost phenytoin 100 mg buy cyclobenzaprine tablets oxybutynin price
buy baclofen online cheap order generic toradol 10mg buy toradol for sale
ozobax for sale online ozobax online order cheap toradol