WHAT IS SOUND HEALING?
Sound Healing is also known as Sound Therapy or Vibrational Medicine. Sound Therapy works on the principle that everything is vibration. Sound healing therapy is the therapeutic application of sound and vibration in order to create the environment for the body to go into its own natural healing processes. It is the practice of using sound and frequency for relaxation, healing and personal development.
Sound can facilitate shifts in our brainwave states by entrainment. Entrainment synchronizes fluctuating brainwaves by providing a stable frequency to which the brainwave can attune. Combinations of rhythms and frequencies make it is possible to shift from our normal beta state (alert, waking, concentrating, reacting) to alpha (creative, relaxed), and even theta (meditative state) and delta (deep sleep; where restoring and healing can occur). Shifting brainwave states elicits the Relaxation Response in the body, turning on the parasympathetic nervous system state.
There is a large following and deep curiosity about Sound Healing, more specifically Sound Bath sessions. We are seeing the media including articles in national newspapers, magazines, and events across social media raising awareness of this powerful tool. For a trained Sound Healing Practitioner or Sound Healing Therapist non traditional instruments like quartz crystal singing bowls, Himalayan bowls, tuning forks and even gongs are used in a therapeutic way to facilitate outcomes for health and wellbeing.
“With the capacity to slow down your respiratory rate, relax your brainwaves patterns, lower your heart rate variability and calm your nervous system, sound healing is at the cutting edge of healing along with meditation and yoga. It’s non-invasive and can be inexpensive and social.” - Well Doing
Sound healing can reduce your stress and anxiety, improve your sleep, create a deep sense of wellbeing, and promote healing that goes well beyond simple relaxation. Participants with conditions such as Parkinson’s are benefitting, as are the elderly, and those with PTSD and other mental health difficulties.