What is Sound Healing Therapy?

Sound healing therapy is the practice of using different sounds to improve your physical health and emotional wellbeing. It is often practiced with a healing practitioner and can take multiple forms, from guided meditations to dance to sound baths. Using the various aspects of sound to focus on your physical or mental health.

A sound healing therapy session is usually carried out with the participant sitting or lying down. Music might be played through speakers, or instruments could be used in the room. You may also experience vibrations applied to the body using a tool such as a tuning fork. In some music therapy sessions, you might be encouraged to actively participate. This can involve singing, moving, or using an instrument yourself. In other sessions, you may be asked to remain quiet and relaxed to allow the sounds to take effect.

How Sound Therapy works?

Sound is essentially the energy created when an object vibrates. These vibrations cause the air surrounding the object to vibrate as well. The air’s movement allows it to carry the vibrational energy from the object to different places, including the human body.

The ears are the primary organ that receives sound. The outer ear funnels the sound. The sound is then channeled to the ear canal where it reaches the eardrum, which is a sensitive, tightly-stretched skin. The sound waves cause the eardrums to vibrate and three tiny bones (known as the ossicles) behind the eardrums move. The ossicles’ movement triggers a shift in the cochlea, liquid-filled coiled tubes that are lined with tiny hairs. When these tiny hairs move, they send nerve signals to the brain which translate into sound.

What are the major benefits of Sound Healing Therapy

Sound and music healing therapy has been growing in popularity in recent years, and it's definitely a wellbeing trend to keep an eye out for! It's been found that sound and music can be effective healers for a range of mental, emotional, and even physical ailments, and has been a valuable treatment for several conditions such as The ways that your body reacts to certain sounds and vibrations can have a positive impact on your physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.

Here are the top five benefits that you can get from sound therapy:

1. More energy

Much of the way you feel is connected to signals that your brain sends throughout the body. A body under stress feels tired and fatigued and one of the main organs that affects stress levels are our ears. Sound therapy feeds the brain with stimulating sounds that motivate the brain to release latent energy.

2. Gives you more focus

Sound therapy can also help you regain focus in your life. This is achieved by lowering brain wave frequency to help you focus more. This can help you, not just in coping with day-to-day activities; sound therapy can even be used to achieve better athletic performance.

3. Relief from stress

One of the greatest benefits that a person feels from sound therapy is relief from stress. The soothing sounds help to re-tune your brain to cope with stress better by replenishing brain energy with high-frequency sound.

4. Fewer headaches

Many people use sound therapy to get relief from chronic headaches and migraines. It can also address the underlying cause of many headaches like stress and high blood pressure. One study reported that adults who suffered from migraines got relief from their symptoms after two weeks of therapy.

5. Improved attention span

Many parents who have children that suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), speech or language difficulties have found many benefits from sound therapy. This is because sound therapy can help retrain the brain to listen more efficiently and help focus attention on tasks.

Sound Healing Therapy at Halcyon Floats

The goal of our sound therapy sessions is ultimately balance and restoration, though we have seen emotional release of all kinds, such as crying, euphoria, laughter, and even anger. This treatment brings emotions to the surface, so oftentimes feelings that you are harboring will arise shortly after a session and during the following days.

Sound Healing Therapy Session in Philadelphia

If you are interested in trying a Full Sound Healing Therapy Session in Philadelphia, Halcyon Floats is the best option! We are located near center city, in Northern Liberties. Give us a call with questions, or book your sensory deprivation tank session now!

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