What Is Vibrational Sound Healing?

By Peter McDonald


The instruments used in this type of practice are specialized and unique to this field. You will oftentimes see things that look like bowls but are actually called singing bowls that are an important part of vibrational sound healing. These instruments are great tools for therapy because they use both the movements involved and the tones to help heal you.

This branch of therapy has attracted and gained the support of a number of prestigious organizations. The reasons why these groups exist is to help this field grow and evolve so that more people can benefit from it, and so its benefits can be enhanced. By having these big organizations, people who are interested and professionals in the field can exchange experiences and idea to better improve the study.

Many people are familiar with singing bowls because of their popularity, but they may not realize how many other instruments can be used in this field. You might not think of bells or gongs to be instruments that can be used therapeutically, but it is indeed so. Chimes are another popular one, which might be more obvious because of their relaxing sound, and there are also tingshaws, which you might recognize even if you don't recognize the name. They resemble two tiny thick cymbals hanging from pieces of string.

The instruments that are still used today in this therapy have been in use since ancient times. Things are a lot different than they were in ancient times, and so organizations are looking for new ways to use these instruments that work for the people of today. The correct use of these tools allows the therapy to work best and creates a relaxing environment.

The singing bowls that are used aren't just ones that can be bought at a carnival or in a vending booth. For this therapy, it is necessary that the singing bowls be engineered specifically for this use. With the use of the right equipment, the therapy can be deeply relaxing, but with the wrong equipment, you will experience poor results.

The number one component of this branch of therapy involves the person being in an extremely relaxed state. Sessions are usually the way that this therapy is done, in which the person carrying out the practice will speak to you and engage you aurally with therapeutic sounds, and physically by placing the bowls on your body. This can be done as a solitary experience or with a number of participants involved.

When you go into one of these sessions, you don't always know exactly what the effects are going to be. Many different results have been reported from all kinds of clients, so it's clear that it affects people differently. You might expect to feel anywhere from deep relaxation to intense meditation.

There are a lot of advantages to having this sort of therapy done instead of being massaged the traditional way. A lot of people are trepidatious about getting a massage because of being touched and having to remove their clothes. But in this type of therapy, no physical touch occurs, and you can remain fully clothed. When experiencing this type of practice, you'll have the singing bowls placed directly onto your body.




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