How does it work? 

Science today shows us what the ancient seers knew.

The body is a great conductor of sound, the skin, the bones and the watery contents of the organs and cells. A beautiful description of sound healing is of leading the inner orchestra of the body back into harmony and ‘sound health’. Every cell has its own song and working with instruments like the tuning forks and crystal bowls with very specific frequencies and the gong with such a wide sonic spectrum, allows the cells to absorb the frequencies that are harmonious to their healthy functioning.

Utilising brainwave entrainment and sympathetic resonance, the frequencies work on a cellular level (especially when instruments are placed directly on the body) relaxing tense muscles and tissues. This allows better blood flow and lymphatic circulation to aid detoxification. Pain and inflammation can be relieved and regulation of the autonomic nervous system can be achieved.

Sound creates a profound sense of relaxation by activating the parasympathetic nervous system, which affects the whole endocrine and hormonal balance of the whole body (just as stress does, but in reverse!). We see the heart rate, breathing and brain waves slow.

On a subtle level, I find that working regularly with sound clears the residue of stress and disharmonious vibrations in the energy field before they become blockages and ultimately disease.

The mind is very quickly absorbed by the sound, creating inner space and quiet which allows the body’s natural healing resources to awaken. A purification may take place, of thoughts, emotions or memories.

And circling back to what the mystics have known; in the sound journey we are entering different states of consciousness, those associated with meditation and creativity, self healing, deep inner enquiry and one-ness.