09/04/2026
What people feel during a Peter Hess® Sound Massage 🎶
Curious about what really happens during a Peter Hess® Sound Massage?
In recent years, Singing Bowls and sound-based approaches have become increasingly present in wellbeing, therapy, and education. While there is some research on passive music listening, the effects of on-body sound applications have been less explored.
A 2022 study by Walter & Hinterberger (University Hospital Regensburg), published in Medicina, examined a professional Peter Hess® Sound Massage with Therapeutic Singing Bowls placed on and around the body.
The findings were insightful - not only on a physiological level (brain activity, heart rate, breathing, and relaxation responses), but also in participants’ subjective experiences.
Many participants reported feeling:
• More balanced and integrated
• Calmer and mentally clearer
• A sense of openness and spaciousness
• A distortion of time perception (“losing track of time”)
• More connected and secure
• Experiences described as warmth, love, and deep inner safety
These states are often comparable to meditative experiences, without participants being instructed to meditate.
It is important to emphasise: this is not simply “playing bowls on the body”. A Peter Hess® Sound Massage is a structured, internationally recognised and taught professional method developed over more than 40 years. Technique, placement, instruments, and practitioner presence all contribute to the overall experience. While research in this field is still emerging, studies like this offer valuable insight into why this approach can be perceived as deeply regulating and restorative.
🔗 Read the study here:
https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050594
