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SOUND HEALING - How does it Work?

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• Sounds around us can affect and change our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual being.

 

Sounds from our surroundings can have a significant impact on our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual being.   

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We can feel certain sounds as generally positive and calming in and of themselves. We are usually "naturally" drawn to nature and it's peaceful sounds.  A gentle rain, a bird singing, waterfalls, or the ocean for example.  That is one of the main reasons why – along with its beautiful natural timbres - I seek the many sounds found in nature, including animals or livestock sounds. They are healing to me.  But yet again, so is thunder! That deep, earth shattering sound, and its vibrations that resonate though the whole body. 

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While “Modern world” sounds, like cars, subways, machinery, television, and so forth can be hip and inspired in creative music, they are rather intrusive, aggressive, and even jarring when they are imposed on us in our daily lives. The sounds of heavy traffic and congestion, for example, are a sonic pollution that is very aggressive to most of us, and can cause or aggravate tension and stress, which we can feel affecting us negatively emotionally and physically. 

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Like natural sounds, certain musical sounds or pieces of music can feel naturally healing to us. However, many sounds can be “neutral”, and the nature of their impact will largely depend on whether you set your mind to being receptive and let yourself resonate with them. When tired, stressed, or ill, even a harmonious combination of notes or a bird chirping can be unnerving. A proper mindset and careful examination of which sound can be healing is then essential. In other words, while we can feel “good” upon hearing certain sounds, we will feel “better” if our mind, heart, and soul are set to be receptive and connected with their positive vibrations. Then, the natural or instrumental sounds can ease you, prepare you, and then lead you to a maximum healing property.

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We shouldn't assume and only seek "pretty" sounds and music however, as sounds can be counter-intuitive in their effects or properties. For example, listening to avant-garde or free jazz music can be very calming to some, uncluttering the mind, breaking tension, and fostering “awareness”.  It also seems to relieve many physical zones of constriction, even though it’s a music that can be purposely devoid of harmony, melody, or rhythm.  What does that mean?  When we break or dislodge a bone, it often needs to be put back in place, sometimes with pain, before it can heal.  When depression or anxiety cripples us, healing usually will only come after we go through and recall the hurt.  Likewise, in Sound Healing, it often takes disharmonious sounds to “break through” and heal... disharmony!  In the end, judiciously blending dissonance with harmoniously soothing sounds can bring greater benefits.

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• Sound Healing Performance can sooth and heal our body, and spiritual being.

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If Sounds from our surroundings can have a significant impact, Sounds can be performed with a healing goal, so that the waves created by the playing, that is, the vibrations, can purposely affect the body, emotions, mind, soul, and spirit.  The vibrations go to where they are needed and work in humans through various means, in particular: 

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- generating sympathetic resonance through "like vibration", that is, performing a sound that matches the original frequency a particular area of the body most naturally wants to vibrate at, thus restoring its most desirable frequency, and bringing back the affected area into balance with the rest of the body; 


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- brainwave entrainment, where ideal vibrations are harmonized and synchronized, and Frequency Following Response and creating sounds that stimulate certain brainwaves associated with positive, peaceful, and healing states; 


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- balancing the left and right hemisphere of the brain, notably thought use of two different frequencies;


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- inducing relaxation to alleviate the symptoms of chronic stress;

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- fostering the release of suppressed emotions associated with trauma from the past.

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• The Fascinating Brainwave Entrainment healing modality

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The brain possesses five main rhythms within: Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta.

 

By activating any of the 5 brainwave frequencies, we can obtain certain “healing” benefits associated with each five, as each correspond to a particular state - or more accurately particular states of various levels. 


 

For example, making sounds that are within the Gamma frequencies can lead to stress reduction, mood elevation and increased life expectancy of the mind and its cognitive functions; activating Beta within the brain is helpful when one has to deal with mental / emotional disorders including depression and Attention Deficit Disorder; Alpha activation can assist in overcoming stress and phobias. Activation of Theta waves are associated with deep states of meditation, peace and calm, all of which promote healing, but can also improve concentration and attention. Delta is the slowest band of the brainwaves and healing can take place there, when we are completely unconscious. 


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A particular and extremely beneficial brainwave frequency is 7.8Hz – or Alpha-Theta Border – where one can be in tune with the Earth frequency, leading to enhanced and natural ability to heal AND connect not only with the earth but also with other energies and higher spiritual forces. 


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