About sound therapy
What is sound therapy?
Sound therapy is a non-invasive treatment, where it brings the body into a relaxed state, whereby frequency’s and vibrations wash over the body and allowing for blockages to be released in its own natural way. Feeling a deeper connection to the body in a different state of being. The experience is the key. We are all unique and experience everything differently. It’s all in our interpretation of the experience.
Why is sound therapy beneficial?
Sound Therapy is a complementary therapy that works well with other holistic treatments, its non-invasive, it adds value to other therapies from being calm, relaxed and open with a positive mindset. It relaxes, brings clarity and harmony to the body, mind and soul. Many phenomena are observed by my clients because of these alterations of consciousness. There is a healing potential by muscles relaxing, releasing emotions in a gentle way, mentally refreshing, easing pain relief, stimulating of visuals and Spirit communication and psychic phenomena. Science has confirmed that music, as an organised form of sound can directly affect mood, brain waves, the nervous system and body chemistry. Music is still applied to aid digestion, induce sleep and treat mental disturbances.
How does sound therapy heal us?
It moves things along, the body and mind are more in balance with each other. It brings a balanced equilibrium to the person and peacefulness. Most people feel extremely relaxed and de-stressed after a Sound Bath or Gong session, whether in a group situation or one-to-one.
Drumming therapy
The drum is one of the first instruments that has ever been played by human beings in a form of a tree trunk with a stick and a beater. Every known human culture has used the drum, and in some tribes, it is still considered a holy instrument and used for spiritual ceremonies. We all have a connection to the drum because the beats remind us of the first thing we heard in our mother’s womb: our mother’s heartbeat.
Benefits of drumming therapy
• Helps boost the immune system
• Help induce a deep state of relaxation
• Shifting stuck energies in the body
• Helps achieve emotional balance
Singing bowls
Metal singing bowls are musical instruments, traditionally made from bronze which is an alloy of copper and tin. There are many techniques for playing the bowls:- Beating, Encircling, adding water and adding toneless vowels. They are powerful at balancing energies and very rapid clearing space, great at cleansing crystals.
Crystal bowls contain the qualities of amplification, storage, transfer, and transformation, they are powerful tools in effecting change in one’s life. The bowls are traditionally made from silica which is pure quartz, they have unique notes and the harmonics are barely audible. They are powerful at balancing energies and very rapid clearing space, great at cleansing crystals.
Benefits of singing bowls
• The effects of these bowls are like a laser beam on the brain and can be used to quickly alter people’s consciousness and take them on a deep journey.
• The power of positive intention or affirmation combined with the use of crystals bowls provides remarkable healing results.
• Improves circulation, regulates breathing, balances emotions, allows more positive feelings and thoughts.
• Raises self-awareness, insight, and clarity.
• Reduces stress, anxiety and negative thinking
• Lowers heart rate & blood pressure
Gong Baths
The gong has the broadest range of tones of any instrument, they spread their vibrations both here on the physical plane, and also in other finer dimensions. The gong works on all aspects of our being: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. When played well and with care, the vast range of sounds literally bathes the human form on every level releasing stress, enhancing relaxation, bringing deeper levels of meditation and an opening to spiritual growth.
Physical effects - can remove blockages, imbalances and stagnant energy in the energy body before it manifests in the physical, we can prevent illness and keep ourselves healthy, as well as re-tuning and harmonising every part of our physical being.
Emotional effects - the gong sounds have a clearing effect and help to shift old patterns and bring up and clear out old emotional issues and trauma so that we can move on.
Mental and Spiritual effects - the gong sounds helps to move our focus from the logical left brain into the creative right side of the brain, where we connect with our intuitive power and receive guidance from that central source.
Benefits of gong baths
• Highly rejuvenating for the body and mind
• Leaves you feeling relaxed
• Reduces stress and helps you better cope with stressful situations
• The sound can stimulate an alternate state of consciousness and liberate emotional blockages
The Sound Baths/Gong Baths alter our brainwaves and take us automatically into a meditative state where we can re-connect with the stillness and peace that is at the core of our being. Some people just have a very peaceful experience and feel re-energised and re-charged. Others go more deeply and may have visions or past life experiences. Some people have profound healing experiences. Others sleep through the whole session. Every Sound Bath and Gong Bath is an individual experience depending on where the individual is in their own journey through life, and the sounds produced are entirely right for whoever is present at the time.