What is sound therapy?

Now more than ever, we are in need of the healing power of sound. Levels of stress, anxiety, isolation and overwhelm in our society are at an all time high.  The latest research stats coming from Harvard Medical School show the two main factors causing or exacerbating a whopping 80% of serious physical and/or mental health challenges today are:

chronic stress and suppressed emotions associated with past physical, mental or emotional trauma and life experience.

Healing with sound has been in existence for many thousands of years across many different cultures.
At Grounded Sound, I combine this ancient wisdom with modern understanding of sound science and biofield energy to rebalance mind, body and spirit, as taught by the International Sound Healing Academy as 'integral sound healing'.

Using a variety of soothing instruments as well as my voice, specific sound frequencies are created which, coupled with your specific intention set for each session, have a restorative and re-balancing effect on the mind, body and spirit. Positive intention placed on the sound plays an important part in the healing process.

                    Frequency + Intent = Healing 

How does sound therapy (or sound healing) work?

Sound therapy and sound healing mean the same thing, and it works by:

• Sympathetic resonance : using a carefully selected sound healing tool such as an instrument like a tuning fork, Tibetan bowl, drum or the voice allows an area of energetic imbalance to be brought back into balance through a 'like vibration', a vibration that matches the original frequency a given area most naturally wants to vibrate at. The pure vibrational sound waves reach the area of imbalance to transform and re-set the weak or dissonant frequency to restore optimal resonance in the physical, mental and emotional body
• Brainwave entrainment - entrainment is the predisposition that two oscillating bodies have a tendency to vibrate in harmony with one another. Entrainment occurs when two or more rhythmic cycles become synchronised. The sounds entrain the brainwaves to drop out of their regular mode, slowing down and calming the mind by entering alpha or theta states of deep relaxation. In this state, the body's natural healing mechanisms can be activated most strongly
• Triggering the relaxation response (parasympathetic nervous system) to alleviate symptoms of overwhelm anxiety and chronic stress, or in some cases such as chronic fatigue syndrome working to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and dial down the parasympathetic, enabling the ANS (autonomic nervous system) to come back to its natural balance
• Releasing supressed emotions associated with trauma from the past
• Reducing the production of stress hormones like cortisol and stimulating the release of healing hormones like oxytocin and nitric oxide

What are the benefits?

Sound therapy benefits include anxiety and stress reduction, pain reduction, improved sleep, deep relaxation, expanded awareness and a sense of acceptance and wholeness. 

Physiologically, sound therapy has also been proven to lower blood pressure, slow the heart rate and brain waves to induce a sense of calm, increase oxytocin and melatonin (to aid relaxation) and nitric oxide levels (to help blood flow), reduce cortisol levels (the so-called stress hormone) and release endorphins (the feel good factor).

A sound therapy session, tailored to your specific needs, can bring a deep relaxation and healing. Using sound we are able to push through any mental or emotional resistance to release any suppressed emotions and reform new patterns of health and wellness.

We are all unique vibratory beings, so working with each individual client, I provide a bespoke session to assess your personal energy each time we see each other, and work with you to bring your mind, body and spirit back to their natural alignment and balance for your optimum well being.

I will guide you back to sound health using a number of healing instruments including Tibetan singing bowls, crystal bowls, tuning forks, drum, gong and chimes as well as my soothing and soulful voice.

Why not experience the power of these healing vibrational frequencies for yourself? It's a non-pharmaceutical prescription for self-healing with only positive side-effects including increased vitality, relaxation, peace, stress release, empowerment to improve your state of health and well-being and even a feeling of deeper connection and spiritual awareness. 

Sound therapy can benefit pretty much anyone with no side effects. Why not contact me to find out how I can help you to be the best version of you - re-tuning your mind, body and spirit back to its natural state of well being and a sense of wholeness and sound health.

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