Intro to Sound Healing

When sound waves reach our ears, they are converted into electrical signals that travel up the auditory nerve into the auditory cortex. That’s the part of the brain that processes sound. Once the waves reach our brain, they trigger responses in our bodies.
The process alters our emotions, releases hormones, and can trigger certain impulses.

Listening to music floods our brain with dopamine. It also releases oxytocin, which is a natural painkiller hormone that allows us to bond with others.

Sounds come at different frequencies and we also emit our own waves. Healing with sound happens by matching frequencies to those that are most vindictive with healing and relaxation.


Spiritually, sound healing has been used for a very long time. To self heal, cleanse spaces, or even banish or soothe spirits.


Tibetan singing bowls, low mantras and chants during meditation. Tuning forks. Binaural beats. Healing wooden flutes. Gongs. Hand pans. Altar bells. Clapping of the hands. Rattles and drums. I read somewhere once that mahjong was played in Japanese temples because the sound of the tiles clicking appeased and soothed spirits. No idea about the validity of that one, but I think it’s a sweet gesture.

Binaural beats is an interesting one you can go experience right now if you hop on YouTube.
In the 70’s, someone proposed that when one time is played in one ear. And a different tone in the other, the two hemispheres of the brain connect and create a third (internal) tone called a “binaural best.” Some believe with different frequencies...let’s say you have a headache. That the right sound can be played to “override” the pain brain waves.

Various songs and rhythmic sounds are even used with hypnotization and memory retrieval.

Sound is a powerful tool.