How Music Can Affect Your Brain

Music and sounds affect the brain in ways that impact us more than we think. There are therapies that use this idea to help their patients. A popular and very old form of this sound therapy is called sound massage therapy. There has been research to support the claims that this form of VibrationalSoundAssociation.com therapy has a positive effect on mental and physical capabilities. There have also been studies that show long term benefits as well as instant benefits. By combining sound and vibrations going into your body these techniques can benefit your life.

The theory has been around for a long time that "music can sooth the soul" but since the introduction of new technologies like MRI machines scientists have been able to directly see the changes that go on in the brain while hearing certain sounds and vibrations. The vibration massage and sound therapy techniques used today are said to have been around for over five thousand years by some researchers. In India practitioners believed that the mind body and surroundings needed to be harmonized in order to live a happy and creative life. The use of singing bowls has been a tradition for millennia.

Vibration massage and vibrationalsoundassociation.com sound therapy done with singing bowls is done by placing a singing bowl on or very near the body so the body will feel the vibrations from them. The bowls are placed on certain areas depending on the ailment of the patient. Different sized bowls are used to achieve different sounds and vibrations. The vibrations are created by the practitioner tapping the bowl in a specific way with a soft headed mallet. This is sometimes combined with other sounds, beats, and tones to create a feeling of peace and harmony.

The other sounds that are used in this form of www.vibrationalsoundassociation.com therapy are very specific. Often times classical music is used because it typically has the high and low tones and frequencies needed to stimulate the patient's brain. The inner ear has to adjust quickly to pick up the various sounds and beats which increases brain activity while the vibrations stimulate certain parts of the body.

The main positive change that people reported was lower levels of stress. Stress has been linked to pain, depression, anxiety, insomnia, lack of energy, mood swings, even high blood pressure. So reducing stress and learning how to slow down your mind when you are stressed can help you tremendously. It is no wonder people have been doing this for so long!