The human body responds to variances in its immediate environment. Studies have shown that in responding to sound, the human system seems to like classical music. The foundation of music, the musical scale, is the basis for the healing rational behind the crystal singing bowls.
Because Sound produces a tangible and measurable feeling in the human body, and sound is vibration, it has been concluded that sound, vibration, can be used for effect on the human body. A Swiss researcher, Hans Jenny, demonstrated that, when using water droplets that were vibrated by specialized sound transducers they could take on the order of beautiful and symmetrical shapes that resemble complex cell patterns. These patterns varied from that of a maple leaf to a sand dollar. When the vibrations were removed, the droplets would regain their circular shape. This conclusion led to the conjecture that certain sound frequencies of sound might therapeutically alter the vibratory and physical structures of human systems.
So what sound frequencies might be beneficial for what conditions? There have been explorations with acupuncture points, using ultrasound. This is perhaps the most tangible use of sound as medicine integrated into conventional medicine so far.
The traditional massage table has undergone a transformation for the use of sound. Specially placed speakers around the table enable the subject lying down to totally absorb the sound vibrations throughout the body. The potential here is healing, soothing, and relaxing input to the subject. But again, the question?.what sound? ?..what vibrations? It is up to the intuition and responsiveness of the practitioner to make the ideal choices for healing effect.
A finger transducer, developed by Manfred Clynes was one of the first methods used for measuring the effects of sound. The most decisive results were the positive effects triggered by various classical musical pieces, especially with certain emotions. Further, certain said pieces were found to produce the same emotions in many different people. From this research there was then developed something called Sentic waveforms which help establish that sound (music) could bring about different states of consciousness.
In the last ten years this movement has mushroomed. To amend the seven centers in the body called the Chakras, the use of Quartz crystal singing bowls are regularly used. Using sound for meditation, stress reduction, and altered states has expanded into the invention of sound tables, but also brain machines which combine light and sound. As this field grows we will continue to see more things like bio-entrainment, binaural beat and hemi-synch systems. When your chakra is tuned, the quartz crystal singing bowls shall emit pure tone. This is why the bowls have been found to be an organic, and grounded method for sound healing.
Copyright (c) 2009 Sylvan Newby
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