If you are interested in learning about sound healing, perhaps you have come across different variations of the sentence “Sound has been used as a healing modality for centuries”?
Almost every website promoting sound healing is using Nikola Tesla's quote "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration".
Did you know, that there is no evidence of Nikola Tesla saying it?
I have a few more for you: “Ancient Greeks were using sound for healing”, and “Ancient Egyptians were moving heavy objects with sound”.
How should we really be calling the case of utilizing the mesmerizing properties of sound for relaxation and self-discovery?
Would “Sound Therapy” be a good term or a “Sound Healing”?
Maybe a “Sound Bath” or a “Sound Journey”?
“Sound Meditation”, is this really what it is?
“The Tao that can be told of Is not the Absolute Tao; The Names that can be given Are not Absolute Names. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and earth; The Named is the Mother of All Things”.
Lao-Tzu
Although I personally prefer calling a field of my profession sound wellness, sound healing is a popular way to call it. In this article, I’d like to briefly share my vision of what sound healing is and the benefits of sound. If you are looking for a program to study the arts of sound healing, please explore my Sound Healing Certification Training.
Sound is a magical phenomenon that transforms our reality and makes us experience a whole array of emotions. Sound can calm us down, evoke alertness, uplift or ground, and make us cry, laugh, dance, or run.
Healing is restoring unity between the mental, emotional, and physical states of a person as well as bringing one to a sense of belonging with the environment and the spiritual realm.
In my opinion, sound healing is the modality that provides safe space and sonic nourishment to anyone who is open to experiencing a transformative shift.
A healthy functioning organism is composed of a network of internal subsystems. When these subsystems are cooperating properly, we stay healthy. When there is a disconnect between them, a disease appears.
Traditional medicine is focused on treating the disease of each subsystem (or an individual organ) separately, while sound acts as a powerful tool that unifies all subsystems (the mind, spirit, and body) so that they can be healed collectively.
In order for any positive shift to happen, a person who is seeking help needs to be cognitively and physically involved in listening. When we listen consciously, we shift our focus from habitual patterns, trauma, and pain to sound. If we feel strongly connected to sound and resonate with it, we become one with sound and are taken on the emotional journey. An energetic release takes place while we are emotionally involved in a sonic journey. As a result, we feel a physical shift in the body too.
Sound can also restore our spatial awareness and connect the observer - the listener to the environment. Typically we spend our days in our heads, being heavily involved with thoughts and judgments. For many of us, the field of our psychic energy is limited to a small rectangular of a smartphone or a computer screen. Just by shifting focus from the inner dialogue to the sonic stimulus, we expand our consciousness.
When we make sounds by ourselves such as vocalizing our thoughts and emotions, especially if we hum, sing, cry, or laugh, we create a circuit between the sound and the listener, us. Since our own sound is being delivered with a breath, it reflects our spirit. Our voice knows everything about us. By listening to it deeply and vocalizing what’s inside, we can experience a major energetic relief and go on a spiritual journey.
I often encourage my clients and audience to vocalize inside out but my instruments of choice are Himalayan singing bowls.
Singing bowls are the main tools in my practice because almost every person who ever heard it being played was deeply touched by the sound. The sound of an authentic singing bowl is able to reset the mind of a listener almost immediately. You just need to know how to choose a proper bowl, how to play it correctly, and most importantly, how to listen.
As a sound wellness practitioner, my goal is to teach people the skill of listening. I also explain that listening with the intention to experience a positive change is halfway to healing. I teach people to listen with the body and to become open to sonic nourishment.
Sound is a form of universal energy and I strongly believe that this energy can be utilized for good as well as harm if used improperly.
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