*The gong produces the greatest resonance of any instrument. There are many types of gong and many different ways to play the gong. The sound each gong makes has a different effect on the body and mind. During a 'Gong Bath' the recipient is literally bathed in the sounds of the gong. It is like a very deep and long lasting massage with sound. A gong bath is usually experienced lying down on the floor. The sound of the gong recharges the mind, body and spirit.The sounds of the gong create a meditative state in which the mind becomes quiet and receptive for healing. The body takes in the sounds that it needs for healing and filters out those sounds that it does not need. After a gongbath the recipient usually feels very calm and relaxed.Physical aches and pains often disappear after a gongbath. The sounds of the gong continue to do their work long after the gongbath has finished. Sound healing with the gong works on all levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WADxOdsU74 Example : Gong Bath]</span>
* Tuning fork therapy is a gentle form of healing that works on the body and the energy field. The tuning forks that are used are specially designed to create a rich spectrum of harmonics. There are two types of tuning forks: plain and weighted. The plain forks produce vibrations that work on the energy field around the body. These tuning forks allow the healer to create all the musical intervals. Listening to musical intervals has a balancing and healing effect on the body, mind and emotions. The most commonly used musical interval is the fifth. The C and G tuning forks are used to create this interval. This interval balances the Yin and Yang energy in the body. It also balances the two sides of the brain. The C and G tuning forks are part of a set of eight tuning forks that create a wide range of musical intervals that can be used to move energy and balance the chakras. Crystal Tuners are good for space clearing. Angel Tuners are used to connect with the angelic energies. The weighted tuning forks produce physical vibrations that work on many levels. The primary focus is working on muscles, bones and soft tissue. These tuning forks help to release pain and tension held in the joints and muscles. The weighted tuning forks can also be used on acupressure, reflexology and EFT points to great effect. The Om Tuner is wonderful for inducing a sate of deep relaxation and meditation. <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOM1wMM-qVo Example : Tuning Fork Therapy]</span>
* Solfeggio : Did you know that simply listening to a single musical note that vibrates at 528 Hz has been shown to repair your DNA? All music that we’re familiar with consists of notes from the 12-Tone Equal Temperament Scale. Each individual note has vibrational limits. However, there is an ancient 6-tone scale of electro-magnetic frequencies called the original Solfeggio Scale. This scale, which was lost for centuries and was just recently rediscovered accidentally by Dr. Joseph Puleo, is said to hold unlimited potential in healing and personal transformation. One of the notes on the Solfeggio Scale, particularly the one that vibrates at 528 Hz has been used by biochemists to repair human DNA. The frequency of 528 Hz appears to influence the water molecules that surround the DNA helix, thereby bringing about healing effects on DNA. Perhaps the leading proponent of the miraculous healing power of the 528 Hz Solfeggio note is Dr. Leonard Horowitz, world famous author of 15 health science books, and Harvard graduated public health expert. According to Dr. Horowitz, all healing occurs from sonic waves or vibrations, specific frequencies of sound, resonating throughout the universe. He claims that human cells use DNA, like radios use antennae, to receive the note vibrations and attune the body’s rhythm to that of the cosmos. He refers to the 528 Hz Solfeggio note as “the frequency of love” which, in addition to providing health benefits, opens the portals to spiritual transformation. This is echoed by Dr. Candice Pert, PhD, who states that energy and vibration go all the way to the molecular level. She further states that we have 70 different receptors on the molecules — and when vibration and frequency reaches that far, they begin to vibrate. This vibration, which happens at the cellular level, opens the chromosomes and exposes the DNA to the frequencies. Experiments involving in vitro DNA exposed to different recordings of musical styles have been performed by Glen Rein of the Quantum Biology Research Lab in New York.Four styles of music for health, including Gregorian chants that use the Solfeggio scale, were converted to scalar audio waves and played via a CD player to test tubes containing in vitro DNA.The effects of the music were determined by measuring the DNA test tube samples’ absorption of UV light after an hour of exposure to the music. The absorption of UV light is regarded as a significant effect on DNA because when the DNA helix unwinds, it allows such absorption.The results of Glen Rein’s experiments showed that the Gregorian chants caused a significant increase in the absorption of UV light versus rock music, which had little or no effect.It was concluded that the audible sound waves of the Solfeggio scale can cause resonance in DNA and can, indeed, have profound healing effects. The Energy Tuners are tuned to the six Solfeggio frequencies:**UT – 396 Hz – Liberating Guilt and Fear – RED**RE – 417 Hz – Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change – ORANGE**MI – 528 Hz – Transitions and Miracles (DNA Repair) – YELLOW**FA – 639 Hz – Connecting/Relationships – GREEN**SOL – 741 Hz – Expressions/Solutions – BLUE**LA – 852 Hz – Awakening Intuition – PURPLE<br> <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZrBRQn6K0A Example : Solfeggio Harmonics - 528 HZ ]</span>
* Crystal bowls are made of 99% quartz crystal. There are three main types of crystal bowl; opaque bowls, optically clear bowls and practitioner bowls that are held and used directly over a person during a sound healing session. The human body is crystalline in its make up. The bones contain crystals as do the blood and tissue salts. There is therefore a resonance between the crystals in the body and the crystal bowls. During a crystal bowl healing session a variety of bowls are used. The large bowls are deeper in resonance while the clear bowls produce higher frequency sounds. The sounds of the crystal bowls promote a gentle healing on many levels: mind, body and spirit. <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHgtLE-TzQ4 Example : Crystal Sonic Healing Session]</span>
* Digeridoo : The Aboriginal people of Australia are the first known culture to heal with sound. Their 'yidaki' (modern name, didgeridoo) has been used as a healing tool for at least 40,000 years. The Aborigines healed broken bones, muscle tears and illnesses of every kind using the didgeridoo. Recent scientific research has shown how low frequency sound can help to heal bone fractures and repair torn muscles and ligaments. The deep vibrations created by the didgeridoo have a healing effect on the body. The sounds increase the blood supply to areas of the body that need healing. The didgeridoo also slows brainwaves to 'alpha' and 'theta'; this creates a feeling of relaxation and trance like states. The deep relaxation created by the sound of the didgeridoo helps to relieve pain and heal painful emotions. Studies carried out with people with chronic back problems found that they could actually move their limbs after previously being totally paralysed following a series of healing session's with the didgeridoo. People find that the when they hear the sound of the didgeridoo they feel like they are back in the womb and describe their experience as being warm, safe and secure.<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81vLopFB3wI Example : Digeridoo]</span>
==Chants and Mantra==
Singing very simple chants has another effect. After a period of chanting the mind becomes relaxed and clearer. This effect is used in most spiritual traditions. In India this practice is called 'kirtan'. Chants and mantras are usually sung in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is said to be the language of the Gods and is the oldest language known to man. Sanskrit mantras have a particularly powerful healing effect on the body and mind. When used repetitively they help us to enter a meditative state. Sanskrit mantras stimulate the body's subtle energy field, raising the kundalini energy that lies at the base of the spine. Over time music became more complex in Western society. The singer and musician have to stay more concentrated in their left brain function. Consequently we have lost much of the healing power of sound in our modern music.
When the mind repeats the same phrase over and over again, we relax and find ecstatic states of joy and inner peace. This is particularly the case when we sing or chant with great devotion. *<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDuhp5o8Ybw Example : Mrityunjaya Mantra ]</span>* <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGoJ0mL_8U Example : Healing MantraTibetan mantra devoted to medicine Buddha.]</span>
==Singing Harmonics==
Architects used these ratios when building the great cathedrals and ancient sacred buildings. Goethe described architecture as frozen music.
==Sound Therapy and Chakra Healing ==
[[File:CHAKRA RESONANCE.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Chakra frequencies]]
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFuvzKPU-v4 Crown Chakra Activation & Healing Meditation]</span>
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcTPS179ukY 3rd Eye Chakra Activation & Healing Meditation]</span>
*<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAbUeZfZNOI Powerfull 3rd Eye Chakra Activation & Healing Meditation]</span>
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_YYGHNhB1U Throat Chakra Activation & Healing Meditation]</span>
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTPTXTgfSrE Heart Chakra Activation & Healing Meditation]</span>
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHx8xcRkfkc Solar Plexus Chakra Activation & Healing Meditation]</span> or <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMGKr8G6FDk 1 hour Solar Plexus Chakra Meditation Music [RAM]]</span>
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4DdiEUkBbc Sacral Chakra Activation & Healing Meditation]</span> or <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4DdiEUkBbc 1 hour Sacral Chakra Meditation Music ]</span>
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryGFdKTnZw Root Chakra Binaural Beat Session]</span> or <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUj4rAtq7Rw 1 hour Root Chakra Binaural Beats Meditation Music (MULADHARA)]</span>
==Sound Therapy and Cancer Cells==
Fabien Maman's research has shown how sound can destroy cancer cells. Cancer cells were found to become unstable and disintegrate when they were played all the notes of the musical scale. "In contrast healthy cells absorbed and integrated the sound without resistance." (Fabien Maman - The Role of Music in the 21st Century - Book 1)
Slower tempo music slows our breathing rate. The human heartbeat will tend to match the rhythm of music. Researchers at Louisiana State University found that listening to hard driving rock music increased the heart rates of young adults working out. Easy listening music allowed them to do longer training sessions and experience lower heart rates.
Music influences the limbic system of the brain through pitch and rhythm affecting our emotions, feelings and sensations. Listening to certain music calms the nervous system and improves metabolism.
<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stCKjZniMsQ Example : Pachelbel's Canon]</span>
==Drumming==
When we are in a state of stress our heart beat can increase to 87 beats per minute. When we are deeply relaxed this rate will fall to around 57 beats per minute.
The regular rhythm of the drumbeat will entrain our heartbeat to its rhythm. In a healing session we may take a person's pulse to determine their heart rate then begin playing at that rate. Over a period of ten minutes we can gradually reduce the drum beat rate to help the person to relax. We can watch their breathing rhythm to gauge how quickly their heart rate and breathing rate has entrained to our beat.
==Binaural Beats==
The binaural beat effect is the result of two slightly different audio waves being heard separately by the left and right ear (such as in a pair of headphones) in a manner that encourages the neurophysiology to generate a specific unified brain wave pattern. There are many uses for binaural beats, one of them being healing. It has been shown that the body is highly capable of healing itself. More and more research shows that there is a link between stress and an unhealthy body. One of the many applications of binaural beats is to deeply relax the body and mind, through this process the mind and body have a chance to heal itself. Binaural beats have also been shown affective with many psychosomatic illness like depression. Hemisphere synchronization (from binaural beats) has been evidenced to positively impact a whole variety of emotional, spiritual and mental states. Each brain wave has a specific area of impact: <br>
Frequency range Name: Usually associated with<br>
> 40 Hz Gamma waves: Higher mental activity, including perception, problem solving, breakthroughs and consciousness<br>
13–40 Hz Beta waves: Active, busy or focused thinking and concentration, arousal, cognition, memory<br>
7–13 Hz Alpha waves: Deep relaxation (while awake), pre-sleep and pre-awake drowsiness<br>
4–7 Hz Theta waves: Dreams, deep meditation, REM sleep, astral projection<br>
< 4 Hz Delta waves: Deep dreamless sleep, loss of body awareness<br>
By choosing specific binaural beat patterns you can modify your experience and feelings as you see fit, and even replicate natural cycles in the human brain (like sleep or concentration). Binaural beats are perfect for augmenting any day to-day experience with either enhances alertness and concentration on one end, or increased relaxation and sleep on the other.
<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5EsQZxem_4 Example : Alpha Binaural Beats - Chakra Balancing Root to Crown]</span>
==Sound of Nature==
The sound of fire, water, earth and air provides an ideal setting for releasing trauma, sickness and pain. Also the voice can be used to heal in a natural setting. Reconnecting deeply with nature can create a 'sense of belonging' and 'coming home' and sound can readily enhance and enrich this process.<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foZbv9IjEkg Example : Two Hour Rainforest Relaxation]</span>
==Náda Yoga==
means "union through sound." It is the ancient spiritual art and science of inner transformation through sound and tone. Meditation on sound is one universal path to Self Realization, accessible to anyone, and appropriate for people of any religion or spiritual aspiration.
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