First of all, we are always encouraged to do our own research on a topic before trying any type of therapy. Visit websites like www.hado.net and learn about the research of Dr. Marsaru Emoto.  Here you will learn about “The Laws of Resonance and Harmonics”, which explain how music can dynamically change the structure of water molecules. Interestingly enough, approximately 78%- 80% of our physical structure as human beings is water. Books such as the Molecules of Emotion and/or Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind, by Dr. Candice Pert are also great resources. Dr. Pert held a variety of research positions with the National Institutes of Health, and is an internationally recognized pharmacologist who has published over 250 scientific articles on peptides and their receptors and the role of these neuropeptides in the immune system. She discovered the “opiate receptor” and explains how “we are more like flickering flames than hunks of meat” and why taking drugs can often create more dissonance than harmony, thus, lessening our body’s ability to heal itself.  Of course, there is the famous Dr. Andrew Weil and his new CD, Self- Healing with Sound & Music, which will take you through his own personal as well as medical prospective on the world of sound healing and even provide you with practical exercises you can do on your own.

Many of us know how music can shift us from one mood to another, or bring us back to a specific memory in time. We have all experienced someone in a car next to us with their base cranked up.  As human beings, we are a divine, full range harmonic organization of frequencies. Placing ourselves in environments that vibrate at limited bandwidth frequencies is not our highest choice.  It is important to understand the difference between resonance versus vibration. Many people affiliate vibration with a mechanical limited bandwidth frequency that is not honoring of the full range of informational intelligence within the body/mind and spirit. When seeking out Sound, Vibrational or Resonance Therapy it is important to make sure that the therapy honors the full range of harmonic frequencies needed to truly bring the body/mind into balance or harmony. 

There are a variety of methods, technologies and pieces of equipment on the market and available in spas all over the world offering sound and vibrational therapy. The techniques vary from place to place, which is why conducting your own research is encouraged. Barry Oser, CTO of SO Sound Solutions, created the SO SoundChair, designed from inception to honor and accurately deliver the body/mind with a reflection of full range harmonic frequencies.  It was specifically developed out of extremely light and durable composite materials molded in a tonal way to resonate higher tones in the upper part of the body and lower tones in the lower part of the body, as happens naturally.  It is basically exercising the body/mind at a molecular level.

Through the act of listening to music and feeling it resonate through your body, you become more aware of where stress or “inner-fear-ance” patterns tend to reside in the body. That act of awareness coupled with the full musical harmonic resonance stimulates the body/mind’s natural relaxation response, thus releasing the tension in stressed areas, such as muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, as well as relieving the mental and emotional body from such tension.  Our bones, similar to tuning forks, begin to resonate.  We reconnect neuro pathways to the brain, thus creating more balanced or focused states of mind and more balanced heart rates which result in whole body/mind harmony.

When we think about stress from a musical prospective, we understand that certain notes or groups of notes will be stressed at certain times of a song, while others will not.  If we use this same understanding of stress within the human body/mind, we can appreciate that the stress response in the body/mind is natural. It is the continual repetitive patterns without release that cause the problems of tension, headaches, high blood pressure, insomnia, lack of focus, increased heart rate and overall physical aches and pains.  When you are exposed to full body resonance/sound therapy, initially, you feel the healing vibrations in the areas that are the most tense or stressed. But typically within a short period of time or after multiple treatments, the therapy begins to alleviate those stress patterns and bring the body into harmonic balance.