Can you think of a song which had a powerful effect on your emotions? How about the sound of a car accident happening nearby – what would that do in your body? Do you feel a bit uneasy just thinking about that sound? It’s clear that sound and music are powerful forces in our lives. Imagine what might be possible if you could harness that power to create a positive, healing reaction.
This is Sound Healing, a form of energy medicine or vibrational therapy designed to have a measurable effect on organs and tissues as well as brainwave activity which changes the way a person feels, functions and responds. It is also effective in the body to induce a state of calm, slow and regular breathing, lower blood pressure, alleviate pain, and reduce stress, all of which boost the function of the immune system. Sound can take your brain waves from active to alpha, as if you were meditating. The director of a Baltimore hospital coronary unit found that 30 minutes of classical music produced the same effect as 10 milligrams of Valium.
The Journal of Advanced Nursing reported that listening to music for one hour a day for one week reduced chronic pain by up to 21 percent, and depression by up to 25% in people with a range of conditions including rheumatoid arthritis. Premature babies exposed to music increased their feeding rate 2.5 times, which allowed them to leave the hospital two weeks earlier than other premature babies, in research done by Jayne Standley, a leading music therapist from Florida State University. Mozart’s music has been found to reduce the electrical activity associated with seizures in people with epilepsy. A leading New York oncologist uses Tibetan singing bowls and Hindu Sanskrit chanting to help cancer patients; in his book, “The Healing Power of Sound,” Dr. Mitchell Gaynor discusses the amazing results seen by integrating music, vocalization and meditation into patient care.
We know what a great health benefit it is to reduce stress, and using music and sound to help do this is a fun, powerful and effective way to enhance health and improve energy. In fact, sound and music can help you shift www.soundhealingresource.com from one state of energy to another, from feeling tired and depressed, to feeling more calm, energetic and happier. Often, emotional and mental difficulties can also be resolved.