Mending the Mind with Sound

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 Using musical tones and frequencies work and we’ve all have had some experience with it.  It works whether we want to get excited of whether we want to calm down.  Think of your own experience with music.  How does Jazz or Classical Music make you feel when listening. How does Rap or Rock make you feel.  Now, I’m listening to Billy Holiday singing “the mood that I’m in” and isn’t that exactly the point.  What mood are we in? What causes these moods, and more importantly how can we change these moods.  First, we must change our thinking.  One strong argument can be made that music is the answer.  But what is music? 

 

According to Google music is; vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.  The key words here are the causal sound which produces the music, which in turn effects emotion.   Sounds can be arranged in many ways.  Tones and frequencies can also affect emotion and thinking.  Using audio with embedded binaural beats or Isochronic tones that are mixed with music or various background sounds with headphones could produce desirable results. They range from relaxation, meditation, stress reduction, pain management, improved sleep, decrease in sleep requirements, enhanced learning, enhanced creativity and remote viewing. Audio embedded with such tones would be used periodically for 10 -15 minutes to observe results.

 

The real reason why tones work is because thought carry frequency vibrating at certain frequencies.  These frequencies can be in or out of alignment with our highest thinking and creativity.

 

Music Therapy: A Proven Working Element

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Evidence suggests that music therapy is beneficial for all individuals, both physically and mentally. Benefits of music therapy include improved heart rate, reduced anxiety, stimulation of the brain, and improved learning. Music therapists use their techniques to help their patients in many areas, ranging from stress relief before and after surgeries to neuropathology such as Alzheimer's disease. One study found that children who listened to music while having an IV inserted into their arms showed less distress and felt less pain than the children who did not listen to music while having an IV inserted.[3] Studies on patients diagnosed with mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia have shown a visible improvement in their mental health after music therapy.

 

We know music therapy works so why don’t we see it more often?  Instead, we see more implementation of drugs and pharmaceuticals, mental health workers, and more violence to resolve disputes.

 

Let’s ask ourselves, ¨Could sound therapy promote a beneficial change? ¨ Can music and sound be the answer to the world´s pressing problem of mental stress that falls victim to fear that leads to hatred? ¨ Possibly!