The History of Sound Healing
Sound has been used as a healing force for thousands of years. All ancient civilizations used sound for healing. Traditional cultures still surviving today understand the remarkable healing power that lies in sound.
In the Bible we are told that David played his harp to lift King Saul's depression. Egyptian papyri over 2,600 years old refer to incantations as cures for infertility and rheumatic pain.
The ancient Greeks believed music had the power to heal body and soul. They used the flute and the lyre for treating illnesses such as gout and sciatica. It is reported that Alexander the Great's sanity was restored by music played on the lyre. There is an ancient Greek saying, 'Men have song as a physician for pain.'
Pythagoras used special songs and incantations with particular melodies and rhythms, to cure diseases of the body and mind.[1]
What is Sound Healing?
Sound healing is the therapeutic application of sound frequencies to the body/mind of a person with the intention of bringing them into a state of harmony and health. The dictionary defines 'harmony' as 'congruity of parts to their whole or to one another'. 'Health' is defined as 'the state of being bodily and mentally vigorous and free of disease'.
When most of us think collagen, we think skin and for good reason. Much of the dry weight of our cutaneous covering is composed of this resilient fibrous protein, which keeps skin firm, taut and youthfully plump. There’s not an adult female in America that doesn’t want more of it.
But collagen is much more than an anti-wrinkle fiber. It acts as a type of biological scaffolding that makes up a third of a typical body’s weight. Collagen tissue is matrix that gives support, shape and bulk to the internal viscera, which are embedded in collagen like fruit in a jello-mold. It is by far the most abundant protein in the body and a key component of eyes, bone, blood vessels, the digestive tract and teeth.
These brain vitamins are key in helping improve your memory, focus and mood while guarding against mental and physical diseases. See if you’re deficient.
It’s nearly impossible to get brain-healthy nutrition from diet alone these days.
Stress, sugar, caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, medications, and poor digestion are just some of the issues that increase your need for vitamins.
There’s an abundance of evidence that taking the right vitamins can improve how well your brain works now … and protect it from mental decline in the future.
These brain vitamins can even make you happier and help you live longer.
While all vitamins are required for optimal health and brain function, there are a few that stand out above the rest as being essential for a healthy brain.
And two of these have deficiency levels that have reached epidemic proportions!
And they may just be the ones you are short on in your diet.
Vitamin C — The Most Popular Vitamin
Vitamin C is the most popular single vitamin supplement.
And for good reason. It’s safe, inexpensive, and there are few things this powerhouse vitamin can’t do!
It’s widely taken to prevent, or at least minimize, the discomforts of the common cold.
It’s a natural antihistamine used by millions to reduce allergy symptoms.
Studies suggest it can help prevent both heart disease and cancer.
And, of course, it’s the cure for scurvy, a former scourge among sailors and pirates.
“You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.”
- Dr. Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner
“Sick soils mean sick plants, sick animals and sick people.”
Soil in the US has become depleted and deficient in nutrients. It has been known since 1936 that we are eating an empty harvest.
“Most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies which cannot be remedied until the depleted soils from which our foods come are brought into proper mineral balance. The alarming fact is that foods, fruits and vegetables and grains, now being raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contain enough of certain needed minerals, are starving us - no matter how much of them we eat!”
The body is always talking to us. We may not listen, but it’s always reporting back about what’s going on with it, how it’s responding to our actions and what we’re doing wrong and right. If you have a problem dairy, your intestine will signal its distress with cramping, bloating and other digestive symptoms. These symptoms can be correlated to eating things like cheese, gluten, strawberries eggs and any other foods that initiate intolerance or allergies. Drink too much alcohol, the next day’s hangover can be a communication so clear and impactful you may never imbibe again. On the other hand, sometimes a burst of happiness or a hit of energy or just some plain old peace of mind, can let you know that you’re on the right track, doing something your body really needs, wants and likes. For instance soaking in hot tubs, a brisk workout or playing with babies and puppies come to mind.
While digestion, immunity, skin and respiration are all exquisitely sensitive to their environments, no part of the body is more responsive than the heart and circulatory system. Considering something on order of one out of every two or three Americans have some sort of circulatory health challenges, that’s good news. That’s because, once we recognize our complicity in our vascular health challenges, we’ll be able to address them for real. This can be done without doctors, devices, diagnostics or drugs and their associated side effects.
