The history?

• Unlike mainstream Western healing traditions which have relied on medication and verbal therapies, other traditions from around the world, focus on mindfulness, rhythm, movement & action.

• Tai chi & qigong in China, yoga in India, martial arts in Japan and Korea, chanting and rhythmic drumming in Africa, and many more all pay attention to physical movement, breathing, and meditation.

• The powerful effects of sound healing have been recorded around 40,000 years ago by the Aboriginal people of northern Australia who used the didgeridoo as a healing tool in their ceremonies with a focus to aid in various injuries.

• Ancient Egyptians used drums, harps, flutes, and their voices in melodic patterns chanting to produce healing vibrations.

• In Chinese history, gongs are also mentioned as a healing tool, playing a role in blessing ceremonies and welcoming royalty, but also in facilitating deep mediation in sacred settings.

• In the 1970’s crystal singing bowls were found to produce a pure sound, from then, noticing the similarity in sound quality and effects as Tibetan singing bowls, the crystal singing bowls were integrated into practices.

• There has been a rising interest into effects of sound healing leading to research & scientific studies into their healing qualities so that we can today use them with knowledge of their therapeutic effects.

The Science behind Sound?

• During a sound bath our brainwaves travel across different frequencies, most commonly people experience waves of theta (associated with meditations or creativity with reduced consciousness) and alpha (a physically & mentally relaxed state) sometime delta (deep dreamless sleep, repair state), stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system to rest and relax.

• Practising mindfulness calms down the sympathetic nervous system so that we can use our energy from a grounded place.
  

How does it work?

• We not only hear the sound from the instruments such as crystal singing bowls, gongs, chimes, but we also feel the vibration.

• On a cellular level, our bodies are on average made up of 70% percent water, when sound waves pass through water, they create vibrations that can affect the arrangement of water molecules giving us an internal massage.

• Sound healing activates our parasympathetic nervous system, our rest and digest state, the opposite to the other major division, our fight or flight (sympathetic) response. When this activation happens, it shows up in our body by slowing our heart & breathing rate, decreasing our blood pressure, increasing our digestion & saliva and overall, the bodies physiology improves.
  

What to expect from a session?

• Each session is uniquely created for the needs of the person or group.

• In preparation for your sound bath, it is always good to feel comfortable and warm in your clothing, as you will be lying down for a majority of the session.

• It is advised to avoid alcohol and caffeine ahead of the sound healing, and if you are in the first trimester of pregnancy, fitted with a pace maker, have sound epilepsy, seizures, metal plates or bolts in the body, it is best to consult with your doctor  before attending a session.
  

What are some of the benefits?

• Lowering stress levels, blood pressure & cholesterol

• Improves sleep

• Calming down the nervous system

• Relieving anxiety

• Enhanced mental clarity

• Energy cleansing

• Easing depression

• Helping with post-traumatic stress disorder and people with autism and dementia.