What is Sound therapy?
Sound therapy refers to a range of therapies in which sound is used to treat physical and mental imbalances.
Sound healing is hardly a new form of therapy. The ancient Greeks used music to cure mental disorders and throughout history, sound has been used to help people work faster, influence, and boost morale. Many also believe that sound can heal the body. That’s because humans have a natural instinct for sound therapy. Just think about how a favorite song can lift your mood.
“Sound healing synchronizes brain waves to achieve profound states of relaxation, helping to restore the normal vibratory frequencies of the cells in our bodies.”
Sound therapy with tuning forks is the art of using vibration from tuning forks to help the body restore its innate harmonic state. Given the vibratory nature of tuning forks and that of our body, tuning fork healing is a fast and effective modality that brings our bodies back into balance and harmony.
The human body has often been compared to an orchestra. Think of how many parts are system is made of and imagine that each part has its own sound. After all, sound is a vibration too. We call sound all the vibrations that occur within the range that our ears are capable of hearing and processing. But all the vibrations outside of that range are also sounds, even if we cannot hear them. So our body is made of all these different sounding parts and they all need to be in tune with each other, much like the instruments and players of an orchestra. If one section of the orchestra is playing out of tune then the music is disharmonious. Even if only one player is out of tune this will make it difficult for the musicians around to play correctly because they will be led astray by the disharmonious sound. In the same way, if one part of our body is not vibrating in harmony with all the others then the overall music emanating from our bodies will be disharmonious.
Biofield Tuning (BT), is a sound therapy method that works with the power of sound waves produced by tuning forks and the human biofield to help alleviate conditions such as anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, emotional overwhelm, pain, digestive issues, adrenal fatigue and more. BT is based on the premise that the human biofield - the energy field that surrounds and permeates our bodies - is inextricably connected with our conscious and subconscious mind, including all of our memories. All physical, mental and emotional disorders can be perceived as "dissonance" in our energy field. BT uses sound waves to resolve distortions in your electromagnetic field, leaving you feeling calm, clear and free of stress.
The shift in the field allows for profound and often lasting change in the body and mind.
What does a Biofield Tuning session look like? During a session a client lies fully clothed on a treatment table while the practitioner activates a tuning fork and scans the biofield slowly, beginning from about six feet away. The practitioner is feeling for resistance and turbulence in the client's biofield and listening for a change in the overtones and undertones of the tuning fork. When the practitioner encounters a turbulent area he/she continues to activate the tuning fork and hold it in that specific spot. Research suggests the body's organizing intelligence uses the steady coherent vibrational frequency of the tuning fork to "tune" itself.
In short order, the dissonance resolves and the sense of resistance gives way. This appears to correspond to the release of tension within the body. People relax and breathe more freely and the body enters into an increased flow state.
What are the benefits of BT?
● Reduces stress or anxiety
● Increases energy.
● Releases energy blocks
● Improves sleep
● Improves quality of life
● Promotes healing of strained tendon, muscle, and ligaments
● Relieves pain and shortens healing time
● Promotes homeostasis and balance in the body
If you are interested in learning more about this amazing sound healing approach, please watch the video (9 minutes) of Eileen McKusick, the creator of Biofield Tuning, giving a description of what Biofield Tuning is and why it is so beneficial.
I am excited to share that I became a certified Biofield Tuning practitioner in November and have enjoyed incorporating Biofield Tuning into my practice at TULA Wellness to support others in creating harmony and balance from within. I have found BT to be an easy and encompassing modality that improves overall wellness and results in lasting change.
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