Sound Healing

Everything in the universe is in a state of vibration. Resonance is the frequency at which an object vibrates most naturally. Everything has a resonant frequency, it's own unique sound, whether we can hear it audibly or not. Even your cells, organs, bones and tissue have their own unique frequency: Together they make up a composite frequency which is unique to every individual.

Through resonance, one vibrating body can set another body into motion. An example would be a sound that shatters a glass. The sound matches the resonant frequency of the glass causing it to vibrate. If the sound is too powerful it overamplifies the vibration causing the glass to break.

When your body is in a state of health, every organ, every part of the body, has a resonant frequency that's in harmony with the rest of the body. When disease or emotional trauma sets in, a different sound pattern is established which is not vibrating harmoniously with the rest of the body. In Healing Sounds, Jonathan Goldman states: “Through the principle of resonance, sound can be used to change disharmonious frequencies of the body back to their normal, healthful vibrations.”

Entrainment

Along with resonant frequencies, rhythms of the body – our brainwaves, as well as our heart beat and respiration, may also be changed through sound. This is known as 'entrainment.' (When breastfeeding a baby's heart beat will entrain with the mother's, beating not as slowly, but at the same rhythm.) The psychoacoustic music on the last track of The Silent Language of Peace is based on the principles of entrainment and was provided by the producers of Sound Body, Sound Mind: Music for Healing (you can sing along with me as I sing the toning part.)

Resonance and entrainment are the fundamental principles behind sound healing. The most powerful instrument you have for sound healing is your own voice, because your voice carries a unique frequency that's in resonant harmony with the rest of your body.

In the introduction to the sound healing portion of the CD I briefly explain the power of holding the intention, “I'm willing to be at peace,” while doing the toning. I knew it worked powerfully for me, my life changed dramatically, but I couldn't tell you why.

When I read Healing Sounds I began to understand what was happening. Jonathan Goldman states: “Sometimes different people apparently used different frequencies, or different sounds, to heal the same problem. 'How could this be?' I wondered, unless there was something else beside the frequency. There must have been something equally important in sound that I had been ignoring. “It was my friend and fellow colleague Steven Halpern PhD, who first brought my attention to the missing area in question. 'Sound is a carrier wave of consciousness,' Steven said.

“For many people, the initial understanding of intent is a major stepping stone in using sound as a transformative and therapeutic tool, for most of us have never created sound with conscious awareness and purpose.” Jonathan Goldman then states:

FREQUENCY + INTENTION = HEALING

When you listen to psychoacoustic music, your physical resonance and bodily rhythms entrain with beat frequencies in the music. It's best to listen on head phones if possible. The music encourages healing, and I believe that when you sing, holding the intention, “I'm willing to be at peace,” this carrier wave of consciousness powerfully communicates with your body on a cellular level, causing your cellular memory to entrain not only with the music, but with your intention for inner peace.

(The Silent Language of Peace includes a toning-meditation, on the last track, based on principles from sound healing.)

Whole Brain Learning

Everyone has a different 'learning style.' Some people learn through reason and analysis, while others learn more effectively through experience or intuitive. or experiential. yet all learning styles are connected by placing an emphasis on intuition, feeling, sensing, and imagination, in addition to the traditional skills of analysis, reason, and problem solving.

Whole brain learning involves tapping both hemispheres of the brain, the creative as well as the logical side of the brain. The technique also helps you learn to recognize and correct your own mistakes. Whole-brain learning actually reflects the way we learn most effectively through life experience. Here are a few basic concepts:

1. Feedback is best when it comes from reality, rather than an authority figure.
2. People learn best when solving realistic problems.
3. The big picture can't be separated from the details.
4. The best problem solvers are those that laugh

Emotional Intelligence

What is emotional intelligence? In a 1994 report on the current state of emotional literacy in the U.S., author Daniel Goleman stated:

"...in navigating our lives, it is our fears and envies, our rages and depressions, our worries and anxieties that steer us day to day. Even the most academically brilliant among us are vulnerable to being undone by unruly emotions. The price we pay for emotional illiteracy is in failed marriages and troubled families, in stunted social and work lives, in deteriorating physical health and mental anguish and, as a society, in tragedies such as killings..."

People with emotional intelligence have confidence, curiosity, intentionality and self-control. They relate to others and know how to cooperate and communicate. They recognize and handle their own feelings as they occur, and interact with others appropriately. By recognizing the feelings of others, they find ways to negotiate and resolve conflicts. Those with emotional intelligence motivate themselves toward their goal, despite self-doubt, inertia, and impulsiveness.

Researchers have concluded that people who manage their own feelings well and deal effectively with others are more likely to live contented lives. Yet very few people have been taught emotional intelligence. Could this be what's missing in our schools as well? Our schoolchildren are being exposed, sometimes at a very young age, to increasing levels of conflict – from low self-esteem to early drug and alcohol use, to depression and even suicide.

Hopefully emotional intelligence will one day be taught in all schools, but the most important and influential learning environment will always be in our own homes. When you hear The Silent Language of Peace, you'll begin to see how it employs whole brain learning to support the development of emotional intelligence. The program integrates both hemispheres of the brain by introducing logic and problem-solving as well as emphasizing intuition and feeling. Finally you'll discover experiential elements such as sound, music, singing, deep breathing, focused intention and imagination. 

Updated 03/24/07