The language of the body is math, which is communicated through frequency (much like our languages). Let’s highlight simple mathematics. Let us say that our body needs a frequency of 6 to make the chemical formula of digestion work. The problem is that there are many ways to get a six cycle per second energy, as sounds combine. 6 = 6; but also 2 + 2 + 2 = 6; and 3 + 3 = 6. Sometimes the body not only needs a frequency, but needs it in the proper format; it needs 3 + 3 = 6, but not 2 + 2 + 2 = 6.
People love “sound baths”. The sound practitioner bathes people in all kinds of live sounds. They feel incredibly good, which is our clue that they are healthy. (Let’s call these events Sound Smorgasbords instead of Sound Baths.) Why are such sounds so pleasurable?
Our bodies have evolved for millions of years, bathing in energy patterns and sounds from nature. Harmonics are an abundant energy component of sound and nature. A harmonic is an after-ripple pattern of sound. Think of dropping a rock into a lake, and after the rock makes a hole in the water, circular ripples spread out from the hole. Liken those circular waves to harmonics.
When Sharry Edwards looks at the mathematics of many body processes, she observes that they follow the mathematics of harmonics – naturally occurring components and patterns of sound. Harmonics always rise in pitch according to the same mathematical pattern.
Our music today mainly comes from phones, iPods, radios, TVs, CDs and other digital sources. These devices average harmonics in a sound. What does that mean? Their harmonic pitches are not accurate. They skip many tiny frequencies and the harmonic pattern is disturbed. Mother nature and your body do not average frequencies! Digital sounds are Sound GMOs. Your body requires precise harmonic sound chains. 99% of the music we hear delivers NO accurate harmonic chains. Lack of live music depletes our nutrition. People love the sounds of singing bowls and gongs, because these instruments deliver a diet rich in harmonics – real ones! During a sound bath, I focus on how delicious the vibrations make me feel. That is because they are nutritionally good for me. My body applauds and rewards me with pleasure. Your body releases feel-good hormones when it wants you to eat or listen to something.
Not all harmonic patterns are the same, even though they follow the same mathematical pattern. Sounds place different amounts of energy in each harmonic location. Say the vowel A and then E, using the same pitch. The E will sound higher. That is because the shape of your mouth throws sound into higher harmonics. Your body craves a variety of harmonic sound patterns.
That is why someone loves the sounds of a violin and another loves the French horn. At a sound bath, gold, silver, brass, copper bowls, etc., give you a variety of harmonic nutrition.
Our energetic body has pathways (circulation, blood flow, meridians, etc.). At times there is heavy traffic, congestion and being dead stopped with no energy moving. A traffic jam sucks when on the highway, but it is worse in your body. A sound-bath vibrates every inch of your body, like shaking a rug to get the dust out of it. The energetic vibrations of gongs and singing bowls clear blockages of vitalizing energy in pathways. If the listener has the intent to heal, stuck emotional energy leaves the body. To heal it, you must feel it. You feel negative energy as it leaves your body. The sounds shake your tissues and the stuck negative energy loosens and leaves, much like shaking a rug to get the dust out of it. I created this process with beautiful and moving music in the sound healing CDs The Healing Flower Symphonies Vol I and II.
Our body is a symphony on so many levels. How else does sound improve our health? Is the body rhythmic? Our breathing, heartbeat, pulse rate are rhythms. Recall that a heart beating too fast or too slow is unhealthy. The body requires specific rhythmic patterns and tempos for health.