The Power of Sound

The air and water that make up nature are full of frequencies that vibrate. The human body is made of 65% water. Everything in existence vibrates. So, we are surrounded by sound all the time. The key to mastering the healing power of sound is to understand how sound is part of nature. Powerful sound energy can cause great pain or express love and concern. Powerful sound vibrations could come from music, or even thoughts whether they are spoken aloud or not.

Can you remember when you heard a church bell ring, a gospel church sing, waves of the ocean, or rain coming down on your roof? Have you ever felt peace or joy from these sounds? They touch you to your core. You can not help but to feel the energy. 

The most common sound healing therapy is music and therapeutic ultrasound. We all listen to some type of music. No matter who we are or what type we like, we just lose control when it comes to music. We dance, we cry, and we feel things we do not control sometimes. Sound healing has been practiced by our ancestors and doctors alike for thousands of years. Doctors have used therapeutic ultrasound especially. They use it to treat kidney stones, teeth cleaning, tumors, cancer, killing bacteria, and even liposuction. Use music and sound to heal yourself on a bad day. Use the power of sound to reach a state of peace and tranquility within and in your surroundings. This can be done using a few methods. My favorite sound meditation besides typical music notes, are the ancient but practical uses of Tibetan singing bowls.  

How to Use a Singing Bowl
To create sound with a singing bowl, firmly press the accompanying mallet in a circular motion against the bowl's outside edge or rim. When you hear a bright, clear tone, you can slow down the motion. Use your full arm to make the motion, rather than just rotating your wrist.

You can also make the same circular motion against the outside belly of the bowl. Additionally, you can gently strike the bowl before beginning the circular motion.

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Now to thoughts. Many studies show, that practicing meditation daily offers numerous health benefits. In fact, meditating for half an hour provides more psychological rest than a full night's sleep. Once you begin to meditate on a regular basis, you will notice an increased sense of well-being as well as greater energy and creativity.

Practicing Primordial Sound Meditation on a daily basis can help you to:
Manage stress
Reduce anxiety
Improve your relationships
Create inner peace
Awaken your intuition
Lower your blood pressure
Become less judgmental
Connect to spirit
Enhance your sleep patterns

3 ways to practice primordial sound meditation are:

chant Om aloud for ten minutes,
chant Om in a whisper for the next ten minutes, and then
mentally chant Om for another ten minutes
Finally, be still and meditate on the spiritual eye (the point between the eyebrows).

Surrender yourself to the vibrations of Om and feel your awareness expand.

Paramhansa Yogananda's technique 

The author of the bestselling Autobiography of a Yogi illustrates how to do primordial sound meditation in a yogic way. 

Close yourself to outside distractions by covering your eyes and ears  place your thumbs over the ear openings, little fingers over the lowered eyelids and the remaining fingers on the forehead turn eyeballs upward and inward, converging your gaze at the central point in the forehead, slightly above and in-between the eyebrows mentally chant Om, Om... without making any sound or moving the tongue lookout for any sound you may hear
focus all your attention on listening to any vibrations emanating within
become one with them Keep a small bench to support your elbows if you feel tired. It is important that you keep your ears and eyes covered at all times while doing this meditation.

In time, you will start to discern the physical vibrations first followed by the astral vibrations and then finally the sound of Om resonating like a mighty ocean.

What are the different vibrations that one can expect to hear?

Different cerebra-spinal centers or chakras emit different vibrations. For example, the coccygeal (mooladhara) chakra at the base of the spine emits a humming sound. The sacral centre or the swadhishthana chakra has a flute-like sound. Lumber centre (manipura chakra) sounds like a harp and the dorsal centre (anahata chakra) has a bell-like sound.

Cervical (vishuddha chakra) sounds like rushing water and the medulla oblongata (ajna chakra) is the symphony of all sounds together.

Do this meditation for 10 minutes in the morning and for 20 minutes before sleeping.

Regular practice will instill in you a deep calmness and great intuitive ability, which in turn will help in dealing with life situations better.

Ancient beej mantra technique as popularized by Deepak Chopra

This meditation involves chanting of "Om beej (seed) mantra namah!"

The beej or the seed mantra is derived from the sound of each individual's nakshatra-pada. Nakshatra is one of the 27 sectors along the ecliptic covering 13 degrees and 20 minutes, while pada is one quarter of the nakshatra covering 3 degrees and 20 minutes.

The position of the moon at the time of a person's birth determines his or her nakshatra-pada, thus making the seed mantra unique to that person.

The sound of the nakshatra-pada is suffixed with 'm' to arrive at the individual's own primordial sound mantra.