16/02/2019
Does it work? Yes, say sound therapists, who have successfully treated everything from stress to Parkinsonâs disease to hormonal problems. Jonathan Goldman, director of the Sound Healers Association in Boulder, Colo., has seen tuning forks alleviate many maladies, including headaches and misaligned vertebrae. DiĂĄne Mandle, a certified sound healer in Encinitas, Calif., uses Tibetan singing bowls to bring her clientsâ bodies back in tune.
In her article âSound Healing With Tibetan Bowls,â first published by the Holistic Health Network, Mandle writes that her clients have experienced ârelief from pain and discomfort, clearing of sinuses, shifting out of depression, [improved] ability to sleep revitalization and clarity, feeling of well-being, great connectedness, and deep personal transformation.â
Sounds good, right? And perhaps a little strange?
âUsing forks and bowls for anything other than dinner may seem to some people like New Age nonsense,â writes Stephanie Rosenbloom in a November 2005 article in The New York Times. âBut healers, sometimes called sounders, argue that sound can have physiological effects because its vibrations are not merely heart but also felt. And vibrations, they say, can lower heart-rate variability, relax brain-wave patterns and reduce respiratory rates.â
Stress hormones decrease under these conditions, which is good news for everyone, but especially for people with a serious illness.
