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WHAT IS SOUND THERAPY?
If I sleep in the front of my house I wake up to the sound of heavy lorries banging down the hill set against the background roar of rush hour traffic. If I sleep in the back of the house, I awaken to the sweet song of the resident robin and the gentle ring of my wind chimes set against the background rush of the breeze through the trees. The first set of sounds has me up immediately and feeling slightly irritable. The second set encourages me to lie and listen to the peaceful start of a new day. I feel calm.
That is sound therapy in its simplest form.
How does sound affect us?
Well, think of the sound of chalk on a blackboard. It sets our teeth on edge, so sound can have a real physical effect on our bodies. It might bring back memories of that awful physics teacher and those memories might cause an emotional response of fear, anger or boredom. So our emotions and thoughts are affected. We may also have a physical response to those memories, like a clenched fist or a tightening of tummy muscles as we strive to hold in all the things we would have liked to have said to that physics teacher! We may also, though remember a little of what we learned.
Sound is vibration and travels in waves at different frequencies. We are vibrating molecules and the vibration of sound might resonate harmoniously with us or it may be disturbing to our own vibrations. So the simple sound of chalk on a blackboard does quite a lot. Sound has power!
What is sound therapy?
Sound therapy is simply using the power of sound to balance and bring harmony to our our own vibratory patterns. In its simplest form it is lying on a beach listening to the waves. The pure sound of bells, gongs and chimes have been used for centuries by many religions of the world to attract attention, to focus the mind, clarify the thoughts and calm the soul. The pure sound of a bell or gong can not only re-balance your energies, it can also clear a space of negative energies, so if the atmosphere is so thick you could cut it with a knife, use a blade of sound instead, to break up and dissipate that mass of tension. In the hands of an expert sound therapist, sound therapy can have astonishing effects on a wide range of
"dis-eases". [see links page for more information]
How can I use sound ?
The soundscape in which we live has to be as important as any other aspect of life.
For people in care who depend on others, it is as important to provide a nourishing diet of sound as it is to give good food,comfortable chairs and clean sheets.
You can do this by playing beautiful music, sounds such as waves, birdsong and any other natural sounds which bring peace and harmony. Residents in care are often deprived of the opportunity to sit and listen to the birds singing or the brook babbling.
You can also use singing bowls, tuning forks, gongs, bells and chimes,drums. didgeridoos and other ethnic instruments as well as your own voices in chanting and singing to generate some positive, healing vibrations.
Singing bowls, tuning forks, percussion instruments and chimes.
Why should our seniors not enjoy the benefits of "New Age" ideas?
Singing bowls, percussion instruments and chimes are a wonderful way for people who have no musical training or ability to enjoy the benefits of sound and to experience the sense of empowerment which comes from generating some
"good vibrations"
People with dementia or Alzheimers may not find it so easy to process the more complex patterns of "music". The simple sound of a bell or singing bowl is far more digestible.
" IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD"
Some say the original translation actually is "in the beginning was the sound"
or "vibration" . We have used musical sound largely as entertainment in the past.
The time now is to explore the very real and positive effects sound can have upon all of us, especially the vulnerable and sensitive and its potential to heal.
There are some sites on the links page which will give you more information about this subject.
http://www.kalaajkal.com/articles/Elderly-Care/171783
http://www.mrsite.co.uk/www.sunderland.ac.uk/caffairs/201jan8.htm
If I sleep in the front of my house I wake up to the sound of heavy lorries banging down the hill set against the background roar of rush hour traffic. If I sleep in the back of the house, I awaken to the sweet song of the resident robin and the gentle ring of my wind chimes set against the background rush of the breeze through the trees. The first set of sounds has me up immediately and feeling slightly irritable. The second set encourages me to lie and listen to the peaceful start of a new day. I feel calm.
That is sound therapy in its simplest form.
How does sound affect us?
Well, think of the sound of chalk on a blackboard. It sets our teeth on edge, so sound can have a real physical effect on our bodies. It might bring back memories of that awful physics teacher and those memories might cause an emotional response of fear, anger or boredom. So our emotions and thoughts are affected. We may also have a physical response to those memories, like a clenched fist or a tightening of tummy muscles as we strive to hold in all the things we would have liked to have said to that physics teacher! We may also, though remember a little of what we learned.
Sound is vibration and travels in waves at different frequencies. We are vibrating molecules and the vibration of sound might resonate harmoniously with us or it may be disturbing to our own vibrations. So the simple sound of chalk on a blackboard does quite a lot. Sound has power!
What is sound therapy?
Sound therapy is simply using the power of sound to balance and bring harmony to our our own vibratory patterns. In its simplest form it is lying on a beach listening to the waves. The pure sound of bells, gongs and chimes have been used for centuries by many religions of the world to attract attention, to focus the mind, clarify the thoughts and calm the soul. The pure sound of a bell or gong can not only re-balance your energies, it can also clear a space of negative energies, so if the atmosphere is so thick you could cut it with a knife, use a blade of sound instead, to break up and dissipate that mass of tension. In the hands of an expert sound therapist, sound therapy can have astonishing effects on a wide range of
"dis-eases". [see links page for more information]
How can I use sound ?
The soundscape in which we live has to be as important as any other aspect of life.
For people in care who depend on others, it is as important to provide a nourishing diet of sound as it is to give good food,comfortable chairs and clean sheets.
You can do this by playing beautiful music, sounds such as waves, birdsong and any other natural sounds which bring peace and harmony. Residents in care are often deprived of the opportunity to sit and listen to the birds singing or the brook babbling.
You can also use singing bowls, tuning forks, gongs, bells and chimes,drums. didgeridoos and other ethnic instruments as well as your own voices in chanting and singing to generate some positive, healing vibrations.
Singing bowls, tuning forks, percussion instruments and chimes.
Why should our seniors not enjoy the benefits of "New Age" ideas?
Singing bowls, percussion instruments and chimes are a wonderful way for people who have no musical training or ability to enjoy the benefits of sound and to experience the sense of empowerment which comes from generating some
"good vibrations"
People with dementia or Alzheimers may not find it so easy to process the more complex patterns of "music". The simple sound of a bell or singing bowl is far more digestible.
" IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD"
Some say the original translation actually is "in the beginning was the sound"
or "vibration" . We have used musical sound largely as entertainment in the past.
The time now is to explore the very real and positive effects sound can have upon all of us, especially the vulnerable and sensitive and its potential to heal.
There are some sites on the links page which will give you more information about this subject.
http://www.kalaajkal.com/articles/Elderly-Care/171783
http://www.mrsite.co.uk/www.sunderland.ac.uk/caffairs/201jan8.htm