What is Sound Healing

A sound healing is also called sound bath, sound immersion, sound meditation and sound relaxation. I prefer to use the term sound healing because I have personally experienced the power of sound healing.

What is a sound healing? A sound healing is a form of meditation and relaxation, where the listener is "bathed" in sound waves and vibration emitted from the instruments played.

The instruments played vary but the most common instruments used in sound healing are crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, gongs, chimes and drums. These instruments are played not to create a melody but to create a frequency and vibration that washes over your body. Because there is no melody to follow, the mind just lets go and you get lulled into a non-thinking mind. You may find yourself in a lucid dream or just enjoying a deep full-body relaxation.

Studies have shown that sound has a direct impact on the mental processes, muscles, nervous system, digestive system, energy body and circulatory system. Alignment with the tones of the crystal bowls and other instruments is one of the most beneficial and dynamic forms of sound healing found today.

Crystal bowls and other instruments create sound waves that travel through the body. As the sound vibration passes through you it balances your chakras (energy centers), body, mind and spirit by clearing blockages in your energy flow helping you release what no longer serves you and awakens the body's natural healing abilities. The sound vibration will quiet the mind, relax the body and nurture the spirit, allowing a profound and deep relaxation to take place; a state during which self-healing is more likely to occur. A sound healing is an opportunity to care for oneself and deeply relax and let go of stress. Sound healing is like a reset button for your body.

The entire practice is done lying down. You lay on your back, get comfortable with blankets and pillows and the sound practitioner plays the singing bowls, gongs, chimes and drums to create layers of sound waves and vibrations that help relax the nervous system, calm the mind and relaxes the body. Purification happens as soon as you experience sound healing.

Sound healing meditation is an accessible mind-body activity for people of all ages and abilities. Come as you are and experience the power of vibrational healing and deep relaxation.