By NPR — 2009
For years, the territory that makes up Tuva spent hundreds of years changing hands. The semi-autonomous republic is now technically part of Russia.
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Therapeutic music is live, acoustic music, played or sung, and specifically tailored to an individual patient’s immediate need. It is an art based on the science of sound.
All things in our universe are constantly in motion, vibrating. Even objects that appear to be stationary are in fact vibrating, oscillating, resonating, at various frequencies. Resonance is a type of motion, characterized by oscillation between two states.
- Marianne Power tried the tuning fork facial at Hale Clinic in London - Utilises tuning forks that make different pitched sounds when struck - Says afterwards her skin looks plumper and pink, rather than white
As always, women forge new pathways in sound; today, they also make waves under the surface of culture by confronting, in their music, the increased fluidity of “woman” itself.
Sound healing therapy uses aspects of music to improve physical and emotional health and well-being. The person being treated partakes in the experience with a trained practitioner.
Given that everything has a vibrational frequency, including ourselves, it makes sense that sound frequencies impact how we feel. That's why particular songs and types of music often bring about specific types of emotions from us.
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Its structural attributes and physiological effects make it an ideal tool for learning cardiology, studying heart-brain interactions and dispensing neurocardiac therapy.
Part One of an interview with musician and composer Silvia Nakkach. She discusses how sound and music can bring about healing and why this is applicable in end-of-life situations.
Renee Baribeau, also known as The Practical Shaman, tells us more about Wind Work, an unusual but ancient practice that uses the many Wind Gods and Goddesses to align our Spirit and Magnetic North and keep us shifting in the right direction.
Sound has been utilized in various cultures for thousands of years as a tool for healing.