An Introduction To Music And Sound Therapy

Music and sound therapy have proven to have many therapeutic effects on a person’s well being.

Sound vibrations can help improve energy flow and break through physical, emotional and spiritual blocks by inducing a meditative state, and a more positive state of mind.

Sound therapy works in three ways:

1. Controls brain wave patterns:

A strong beat can stimulate brainwaves and can help improve concentration. Whereas a slow, relaxed tempo can help in the promotion of a calm, relaxed state of being.

2. Affects breathing and heart rate:

Music has an effect on the brain known as entrainment. Entrainment occurs when a rhythmic beat causes the brain to slow down or speed up. This in turn affects your breathing and heart rate, causing it to rise or relax depending on the music tempo. It also explains why you drive or walk faster when you hear up tempo music.

3. Improve your state of mind:

Listening to soothing, calming music can pull someone out of a state of chronic stress, and into a more relaxed state of being.

Now that you know how sound and music therapy works, here are 15 other Benefits of sound therapy you should know about:

1. It can help aid in emotional healing
2. It can assist in emotional and spiritual growth
3. It can accelerate healing and recovery
4. It can help reduce stress
5. It can aid in relaxation
6. It can help you achieve peace and inner harmony
7. It can help you increase your energy
8. It can help improve your vitality
9. It can help increase your focus
10. It can help improve your productivity
11. It can help increase creativity
12. It can help you overcome negative patterns
13. It can help you overcome addictions
14. It can help increase health
15. It can help increase immunity

How many times have you come home from a hard day and thrown on your favorite album to get you relaxed or into a more cheerful mood?

That is a benefit of sound and music therapy that you have already been practicing on yourself.

Now that you know how it works, and why it works, try using it to your advantage after a rough day at the office, or after hard day’s night. You’ve already got a record collection; why not use it to help induce a more positive state of being.