What is Sound Healing Therapy?

Healing with sound is believed to date back to ancient Greece, when music was used in an attempt to cure mental disorders. Throughout history, music has been used to boost morale in military troops, help people work faster and more productively, and even ward off evil spirits by chanting. More recently, research has linked music to a number of health benefits, from boosting immune function and lowering stress levels to improving the health of premature babies.

Sound healing is used to treat symptoms of a number of conditions, including:

• anxiety disorders
• depression
• post-traumatic stress disorder
• dementia
• autism and learning difficulties
• behavioral and psychiatric disorders
• cancer

Some of the supposed benefits of sound healing include:

• lowers stress
• decreases mood swings
• lowers blood pressure
• lowers cholesterol levels
• teaches pain management
• lowers risk for coronary artery disease and stroke
• improves sleep

How it worksSound healing uses different aspects of sound to improve your emotional and physical well-being. How it works depends on the method of sound healing therapy being used. Most sound healing sessions are experienced one-on-one with a specially trained practitioner.
A session may involve sitting or lying down while listening to  sounds from an instruments, or having vibrations applied by having a singing bowl placed on or near your body.