02/12/2019
Pancha Mahabhuta Therapy
Part 6:
Sound Therapy :
In the earlier post we saw the physics of sound. How to use this sound to help us to improve the quality of our life holistically.
The key is sympathetic resonance in par with natural cycles like earth's beat etc. Earth's frequency is measured as ~8 Hz.
What is sympathetic resonance?
Sympathetic resonance is the frequency which brings the harmony with their surrounding and the listener.When we are in optimal health our biorythms are tuned to the natural cycles.
In sound therapy healing sounds or frequencies are used. It can be vocal or instrumental.
In the vocal, it is usually singing in specific frequency, chanting mantras as per the vedic traditions or toning, monotone or overtones ( from the Egyptian tradition, singing in one tone or more than one tones usually vowels).
TONE IS NOT VOICE.
It is specfic frequency with a specific pitch. Keytones of the music.
In the group of instrumental therapy, using an instrument especially harping or percussion instruments.
One can pick to sing or play the instrument also need not only to be an audian.
I've enlisted a few of the instruments varieties apart from the classical carnatic instruments like veena, flutes violin, harps, pan flutes, drums, singing bowl, tuning forks, gong, djembe, kalimba, rain stick, monochord, wind chimes, didgeridoo, hammered dulcimer, native american flutes, the new kid on the block will be Hang, a steel pan practically works like singing bowl etc...
As per the modern terms different types of sound therapy can be enlisted as:
1.Guided meditations like vocal guides, chanting Mantra or vowels (toning).
2. Vibroacoustics where special beds or mattresses used to transmit the music from audio source to the listener.
3. Singing bowl therapy, another ancient Tibetan gift to the world among many other gems.
4.Tuning fork therapy or sonopuncture, similar to acupuncture, frequency used for point stimulation instead of needles.
5. Binaural beats, technique sounds lil crazy but it is very effective. It's also called brain wave entertainment. Don't get lost by the name but the technique is one tone is played to one ear and a different tone is played in another ear, two different beats reaches the two hemispheres of brain via auditory cortex and the brain creates a third tone called binaural beat which aligns with the brain waves. Here we can manipulate the brain functions at will. It helps in synchronization of both hemispheres of the brain, clarity and cognition.
6. Root frequency entertainment like tuning to the specific natural cycle frequency.
7. Bonny method, guided imagery and with classical music. It's for 'Self Growth'.
8. Dalcroze method or Dalcroze eurythmics is teaching music as a therapy to the student or patient.
9. Nardoff Robbins method is very effective for differently able children with developmental delays especially in barin functions like autism, dementia etc.
10. Vocal processing techniques practically it's a smoothie of body movements, breaths, visualisation as well as vocal..
The list of benefits is long. From curing an illness to treat or alleviate the symptoms of a disease medical condition.
Anxiety disorder, depression and other psychiatric disorders,
Post traumatic stress syndrome like after a child labour or sudden loss of deared ones,
Dementia
Autism and other developmental delays of syndromic children.
Insomnia, sleep apnea and snoring,
Few cancerous conditions
Improved health conditions like
Lowers blood pressure,
Lowers cholesterol levels,
Lowers risk of heart diseases,
Improved pain control especially post any injury or surgery and longer chronic pain.
Improves concentration and memory.
Improves self esteem and positivity.
Improves social life... Blah blah blah.... list goes on...
Apart from therapeutic effect it also have effect in an normal healthy individual also like attunement of the self to the inner self and to the cosmos which effects are also discussed such as enhanced focus, improved cognition, better neural development and motor functions, synchronization, clarity, improved higher perceptions and self transformation.
Above we discussed the concepts in the modern scenario. In the following post we will discuss about the Ancient knowledge of chakras healing and its modalities. Keep posted.
