What is Sound Healing?
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Sound healing uses vibrations to help you reach a meditative state of relaxation. These
vibrational sound tools like crystal singing bowls, can change your brainwaves from an active Beta state to a more relaxed meditative brainwave state of Alpha orTheta.
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All of our cells are constantly vibrating. Each person has a unique vibrational signature as we each have unique finger prints. This vibrational signature can be in tune or out of tune with our natural resonance. It is believed that this disharmony is what contributes to all forms of mental, physical, and spiritual dis-ease.
Your brainwaves entrain or synchronize to the healing sounds being played for you. These vibrational sound tools invite deep states of relaxation, inner peace, calm, healing, rejuvenation and creates opportunities for expanded states of awareness or as some say they experienced a journey or lucid dreaming.
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Reduces energy blockages, gain clarity and focus, inspires self-discovery and curiosity, creativity can blossom, activates courage and confidence, relationships can improve, intuitive skills expand, invites you to tap into your own internal guidance system, connection to humanity deepens, your love for self and others expands, you become happier and more joyful. Lowers stress, decreases mood swings, lowers blood pressure, lowers cholesterol levels, allows access to pain management, and lowers the risk for coronary artery disease and stroke and improves sleep.
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“A sound bath is a deeply immersive, full-body listening experience that uses sound and simple mindfulness techniques to invite gentle yet powerful therapeutic and restorative processes to the mind and body,”
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Sound healing is an invitation into a deeper state of consciousness, where you unplug from external stimuli and focus on what’s going on within you.
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The Background of Sound Healing
For many thousands of years, ancient sages, masters and enlightened communities have known about and understood the significance and importance of sound as a sacred instrument of immense power and potential, not only for healing but also for spiritual development.
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Ancient civilisations revered sound so deeply that they believed it called the universe into creation. These communities have been working in harmony with and incorporating sound into their rituals, ceremonies, rites of passage, meditations, celebrations and healing philosophies as far back as the dawn of humanity.
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Shamans, priests, priestesses, healers, masters and medicine men and women from the four corners of the earth have worked with sound in sacred ways since ancient times and have created many sound instruments to assist them.
The variety of sound instruments or tools used by ancient civilisations is extensive.
The emergence of sound as a holistic or complementary therapy highlights the importance of sound as a significant healing and transformational tool for the 21st century and beyond.
Ultimately, sound therapy supports our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, leaving us feeling balanced and refreshed.
How Does Sound Healing Work Scientifically?
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The sound vibrations of the sound healing instruments penetrate deep into the tissue. This improves blood circulation and metabolism, regulates muscle tension and deeply stimulates the tissue. Moreover, regeneration and repair mechanisms are stimulated. Sound healing is both activating and relaxing – so it also has a refreshing effect.
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Sound impacts us on an elemental level. In fact, research shows us that sounds consist of vibrations that affect us on a cellular level, impacting brain, nerve, muscle, and organ function.
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A 2020 review notes that sound therapy can significantly alter brain waves, changing agitated wave patterns to exceptionally calm wave forms. As our brain waves slow down, we shift from an active state to a more relaxed, dreamlike state where deep healing can occur physically, emotionally, & energetically.
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In this state, our breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure decrease. This helps our immune system function more efficiently, reduces our stress hormones, and triggers the release of feel-good chemicals in the b
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These reactions involve neural, physiological, and biochemical reactions within the body, as our minds and bodies sync to the vibrations of the sound.
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Sound healing channels the power of these sound vibrations, to re attune the energetic vibratory system, inducing healing and deep relaxation.
Sound Healing Contraindications
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Pregnant women are advised to be cautious when participating in any form of sound healing, especially during the first 12 weeks, by avoiding sound instruments being placed on the body, and anyone with serious mental health issues should always consult their doctor before receiving sound therapy.
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Those with sound-induced epilepsy should always consult their doctor to ensure they receive the best anti-epileptic medication and are in no danger of seizures caused by healing sounds vibrations.
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For people with an implanted heart pacemaker, stent, or shunt, always keep the sound instruments at a minimum distance of 20 cm, and never use them directly on or near metal implants.
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In case of any prior nerve damage, avoid sound healing, and do not place any instruments near open wounds or scars that are not yet healed.