In my experience, babies also recognize the sound of the practitioner’s voice when they encounter it after birth. Babies also respond to the mother’s voice within 72 hours after birth. Research shows that when an infant is exposed to a recording of a heartbeat, 72 beats per minute, they will relax. In fact, the embryo begins to develop ears as early as three weeks into pregnancy, and can feel and hear the beating of its mother’s heart in utero. In utero, while swimming in the timeless amniotic sea, we are immersed in sound! The amniotic fluid is an optimal medium for the conduction of sound waves. Research shows that the use of sound, chanting, and singing can support spiritual awareness and the health of the body (soma).Īs a child, I remember making sounds, mimicking music and tones, long before I could verbalize what I was feeling or thinking. Historically, more meditations and prayers have been sung, rather than spoken, in spiritual and religious practices worldwide. When in a relaxed state, our body and brain waves vibrate at 8 cycles per second, which entrains us to the basic electromagnetic field of the earth. Scientific studies have demonstrated that every cell in our bodies may be regarded as a little “ear.” Other research has shown that sound can produce beneficial changes to the autoimmune, endocrine, and neuropeptide systems. In fact, the entirety of the human body responds to sound vibration, and we can “hear” by means of our skin and the 206 bones in an adult skeleton. The ear, a miraculous organ, can detect frequencies ranging from 20 to 20,000 cycles per second (Hertz or Hz). Vibration has motion, therefore all life is in motion… behind the whole Creation, the whole of manifestation, if there is any subtle trace of life that can be found, it is motion, it is movement, it is vibration.–Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Music of LifeĮverything that moves–from the smallest molecule to the planets in their unceasing orbits to the vast galaxies pinwheeling throughout the unfathomable reaches of the universe–generates a vibration that we may consider to be sound even if it may be beyond the capacity of our human ears to register. ![]() Vibration is sensed or experienced directly, and has a distinct emotional quality or atmosphere. It is also an act or condition of being vibrated in a single complete vibrating motion–a quiver or quickening of qi (energy) when the soul enters the body of a child. It is a state of resonating, as in the vibrato of a violin or an operatic voice. The word stems from the Latin verb vibrare = to vibrate, to move in small increments, to and fro. The Oxford English Dictionary defines vibration as “an instance, or the state, of vibrating”. These vibrations allow the body to cooperate with its self-healing.” -Alfred Tomatis, The Conscious Ear What is Vibration? “Each organ and function within the body creates a vibration which helps it maintain its equilibrium. ![]() Finally, we will chronicle how the failure of the last Chinese Emperor, Puyi, to maintain the integrity of the Huang Kung as this inviolable standard ultimately led to the collapse of Imperial China after thousands of years. ![]() This imperially designated tone represented the harmonious homeostasis of the Imperial order, and deviations from it by the representatives of the Emperor in the various provinces were deemed to a be a threat to national security and domestic harmony. We will conclude with an introduction to the philosophy of music in ancient China, and how the entirety of Chinese imperial structure was constructed around alignment with a specific musical frequency, referred to as the Huang Kung, or Yellow Bell. The effect of sound upon the human body is delineated through a series of personal anecdotes. The addition of these sophisticated, precision-tuned, planetary, vibrational healing tools to a Chinese medicine-based treatment approach, utilizing the points and meridians of acupuncture, is profoundly innovative and transformative in its implications.ĭrawing upon the rich material contained in Vibrational Acupuncture, we will explore the nature of vibration and music, and likewise provide a partial overview of sound healing practices in the early 21 st century-in particular: tuning forks, as well as the concerted use of the human voice. This article, based upon our book Vibrational Acupuncture: Integrating Tuning Forks with Needles, published by Singing Dragon UK in March 2020, focuses on a creative synergy of acupuncture needling with the vibrational qi of tuning forks in treatment protocols for face and body. By Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, LAc, MS, MM, and MichelAngelo, MFA, CTM
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