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"How Sound
Heals" describes the principle of
Sympathetic Resonance and why sound
works so well to help unblock tension
in the physical body.
Music
and sound have been used for more
than 2,000 years to alter mental
and emotional states as well as
for physical healing.
In
Ancient Greece, mathematician Pythagoras
used it to soothe and heal people
in emotional crisis. In Eastern
cultures, chants and mantras aid
in meditation and inner reflection.
In modern times, national anthems
help to generate feelings of patriotism;
while lullabies help the young to
sleep. Research studies have shown
that specific sounds and frequencies
aid in the treatment of drug addiction
by re-activating the production
of certain chemicals in the brain.
Whether
its use has been conscious or not,
music has had and continues to have
great influence over our emotional
and physical well-being as it can
touch the emotions directly and
deeply through its properties of
resonance with the human organism.
Sympathetic
Resonance
The medium
by which sound heals in relation
to the body and its systems is the
principle described in physics as
sympathetic resonance. “Resonance”
is the natural undampened frequency
of any system whether you’re
talking about the human body or
a musical instrument
The power
of resonance can be seen dramatically
in what occurred in 1940 to the
Tacoma Road Bridge in the State
of Washington, USA. The wind created
a tone as it blew across the valley,
which happened to be the natural
frequency of the bridge itself.
This resonance created by the wind
led to the total collapse of the
bridge.
A film of
the bridge in the process of collapsing
showed it undulating wildly in a
continuous wave, appearing to be
made out of ribbon instead of concrete
and steel. The wind and the bridge
sang together in sympathetic resonance.
In this case, unfortunately, it
was the destruction of the bridge
because it could not incorporate
the vibration.
The human
body can incorporate and in fact
needs to move with its natural frequency
to attain and maintain a state of
harmony and health.
Music creates
the vibration to resonate the body.
In healing sounds and music there
must be vibrations, which are equal
to the natural frequencies of the
body. Neither higher nor lower will
have a healing effect.
The body vibrates at all levels
from the sub-atomic all the way
up to the level of organism. Each
part and system of the body has
its own unique frequency pattern.
One example of this is the receptors
and ligands, which bring about chemical
changes in the body such as the
activation of endorphins, the body’s
natural opiates or painkillers,
which actually vibrate into place.
Ligands are neurotransmitters,
steroids, which include sex hormones,
and peptides, which chemically regulate
practically all of the life processes.
Receptors are sensing molecules
on the surface of cells waiting
to receive the information from
the ligands.
“... 2 voices--- ligand and receptor--
striking the same note and producing
a vibration that rings a doorbell
to open the doorway to the cell”,
says biophysicist Candice Pert in
her book, Molecules of Emotion.
Musical
Thrills
The musical thrills
that we have all experienced come
from the rush of endorphins (ligands)
entering into the receptors. In
fact, all emotional responses are
keyed throughout the body simultaneously
by these ligand/receptor interactions,
which form another communication
system equal to that of the central
nervous system with its nerve fiber
pathways. Both of these 2 systems
are easily activated by sound and
music.
The freeing up and activating of
the emotional system can be one
of the first steps to unblocking
much deeper traumas which are stored
in the body’s musculature and connective
tissue on down into the cells themselves.
These traumas not only affect our
expression, but other systems in
the body, creating imbalances and
malfunctions on a mental and physical
level from depression to cancer.
The different “movements” within
the body’s “symphony” relate to
the different areas and systems
of the body. I treat each one of
these movements using one or more
of the different motifs that I have
identified.
The
Body as a String
Using the following analogy, imagine
the length of the body as a string.
It wants to vibrate over its entire
length; however, the particular
body that I am talking about can
not vibrate as one for it is cut
at the diaphragm, having chronic
tension in this muscle which is
the largest in the body. The tension
is created in this area in order
not to feel various emotions, both
pleasurable and unpleasant.
To continue the analogy, when the
string is divided, the frequency
goes up, and the more times it is
divided, the higher the frequency
becomes. This does not mean more
energy. As the frequency goes up
in this case, the amplitude goes
down, and so the body has less capacity
and force, and there is more nervousness
and high-strung-ness along with
the reduced capacity to feel.
Biophysics
Biophysics, the
study of matter and energy as it
relates to the body, gives some
explanation of why sound works so
well to help unblock chronic tension
in the high-strung body mentioned
above.
Studies show that sound waves are
conducted through the body as electro-magnetic
waves and are converted into other
forms of energy such as heat, light,
and electrical fields. These different
forms of energy affect different
systems and structures in the body
by regulating, balancing and unblocking
them.
The pathway of travel for the sound
waves is through the connective
tissue that forms a continuous network
into all parts and systems of the
body down to a cellular level. The
primary routes through the body
can be mapped as the acupuncture
meridians.
A
Healthy Body
A healthy body resonates at its
maximum potential because the symphony
of its parts are in harmony.
Emotional blockages and traumas
are stored in the connective tissue
of the body. These blockages are
stored in such as way that they
dampen the body’s natural resonating
frequency.
Just as a violin string will come
to life when the identical note
is struck on a piano, the body’s
symphony will come alive when its
music is played.
The music of INNER SOUND™
can be used to tune and reinstate
health and well-being through the
power of sound.
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