Healing Benefits Of Sound Healing

Sound healing is now becoming increasingly recognized as a mechanism to heal sickness and for general health and well-being. There are many benefits of sound healing - some of which are listed below:

1. Sound healing has been known to improve sleep due to its calming and relaxation effects – i.e. using classical, relaxing music, chanting, or soothing sounds can help you to fall asleep easily and to sleep deeply.

2. Listening to relaxing sounds and music – has been known to reduce stress and anxiety. When we are under stress, our body undergoes many changes in the endocrine system as adrenaline and cortisol are released. These neurochemicals greatly impact the way our other hormones function, throwing our endocrine system into disarray. Reducing stress can bring significant improvements to our endocrine systems.

3. Fatigue - has been shown to be reduced both as a result of better sleep quality, but also from stress reduction.

4. It is believed that, because music is perceived through our senses, specifically through our nervous systems, those sensory signals act to block the slower moving pain signals, reducing our perceptions of pain. Studies have confirmed that pain is reduced when sound and music is used.

5. Studies have shown that using sound and music therapies can actually help to restore cellular function, improving the function of the membrane walls and biologic activities.

6. Research has indicated that specific sound waves can even be used to stimulate DNA to repair itself, essentially reprograming the DNA sequencing. The potential for medical treatments with this is astounding, but research is still in the early stages.

7. Whilst all the above are pretty much well established within traditional scientific circles, there is much more that is not understood about sound, which should properly be studied under the various ‘esoteric’ systems and cultures of the world.  We hope to explore these in future discussions on the healing power of sound.

Practical Tip:

Sing as much as possible in the bath and shower (it does not have to be loud) – the combination of your body, water and the vibration of sound is of inestimable power.  To turn this mechanism on, simply sing with the knowledge and the following ‘intentional command' -

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“Not only am I cleansing myself – my body – but my heart, soul, spirit and mind – away with this water will go all troubles (add whatever ailment, illness afflicts you) of the past.” 

Turn it into a tune if you want! – but always sing with a ‘joyful heart’ – and know it works.