Research conducted in 2016 by the Behavioural Neuroscience Laboratory (Laurentian University, Canada), found strange and unpredictable similarities in the spectral patterns and strengths of electromagnetic fields generated by human brain activity and the Earth-ionospheric resonance. They used 238 measurements from 184 individuals over a period of three and a half years.
NASA found that ‘every second, lightning flashes some 50 times on earth. Together these discharges coalesce and get stronger, creating electromagnetic waves circling around Earth, to create a beating pulse between the ground and the lower ionosphere, about 60 miles up in the atmosphere.’
They use this resonance frequency (7-8Hz) to rebalance their astronauts upon leaving the ionosphere.
In the most ancient Hindu scripture (Vedas) the sound vibration of Om (136.1 Hz) is believed to be the original sound and breath of the universe and is, therefore, used to touch and connect with the very soul of us.
Acoustic physic researchers are now able to show what alternative and eastern medicine have believed since ancient times; sound waves have the power to nourish and heal. For example, John Stuart Reid observed that blood cells stay healthy and live longer when exposed to certain sound frequencies. After being exposed to live sound, blood samples contained a greater number of healthy, live cells than the control samples. He found that the rhythmic pulses of sound vibrations pump and press oxygen into the blood cell membranes.
Entrainment
Many cultures all over the world have used fast, repetitive drumming beats to induce trance like states - is this not similar to how we begin to fall asleep on a train with the repetitive clicking of the train tracks? This process of becoming ‘in tune’. with the sounds and vibes around us is known as ‘entrainment’ or ‘synchronisation’.
Here are some fascinating You tube videos you may want to watch - examples of this process of synchronising seen with pendulum clocks placed next to each other magically adjusting to move in perfect rhythm to each other. You can now imagine how our heart beats entrain to sound vibrations around them.
Sound vibrations are widely used in western medicine, for example in:
Ultrasounds, for breaking up kidney stones and for sleep apnea.
Physiotherapists and chiropractors have long used vibration to stimulate the release of nitric oxide to help heal muscles from sports injuries.
There is now also new interest in pulsating devices placed onto the vagus nerve to relieve anxiety.
We are sound sensitive beings and every cell in our body vibrates. We are deeply affected by the sounds around us even if we are not aware of it and we all know how we pick up on the atmosphere or energy of a room full of people!
Sound Therapists use sound vibrations and rhythms to help reach a different state of consciousness and to recalibrate your nervous systems to encourage a feeling of greater harmony and balance.