Is our music out of tune?
The ups and downs of tuning our musical instruments with equal temperament The question of tuning The question of tuning and temperament is a fascinating one in that it is partially scientific (because it involves objective facts about the nature of sound) and...
Brainwave Entrainment and Psychoacoustics
The use of Auditory Beat Stimulation (ABS) such as binaural, monaural and isochronic beats falls into the field of study called psychoacoustics. The research conducted so far, although not conclusive, has provided evidence that the effects of ABS can be registered in...
The Healing Power of Your Voice
When it comes to Sound Therapy, it is always important to remember that we are born with our own in-built sound device: our own healing voice! Many of the effects we can achieve with Sound Healing instruments can be experienced through the voice. In fact, it is often...
Sound Therapy and the Vagus Nerve
The Vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve in the body. It originates in the brain and travels all the way down to the lower internal organs. It is a fundamental regulator of the parasympathetic nervous system, which controls all the involuntary processes such as...
Sound Therapy and Trauma
We often think of trauma as an event in our lives as in “a traumatic event”. However, it is useful to think of trauma not as an event but rather as a response. It is a way of responding to a challenging event with all its long term consequences."Trauma is not what...
Imagination and the quest for the magical frequency
"Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find...” - The Gospel of Thomas (Nag Hammadi Library) Keeping in mind all the problems, misunderstandings, misuse and alterations surrounding ancient texts such as the one I have just quoted, I still find this...
The Self-Similarity of the Phonosphere
If one is old enough to have dealt with cassette tapes, one should remember the unique sound that would occur when pressing the “fast forward” or “rewind” button while the play button was still pressed. That used to be the way one would be able to “scroll” through a...
Musical Dialogues of the Third Kind
What I learned from playing musical duets with plants Music has the ability to open many gateways of communication, and we all know this very well. It makes us dream; it evokes feelings and different kinds of states in us; it heals; it lets us express ourselves. As a...
Tuning the Human Body
Before playing any composition, musicians tune their instruments carefully because they know that such a precise process ensures a high quality of music. Human tuning The human body is the ultimate musical instrument, life is the music. Our thoughts,...
Of Whales and Trees
There is an ancient Maori legend I've heard of, while living in Aotearoa (New Zealand), about a special connection between the mighty Kauri tree and the Parāoa (sperm whale). Thousands of years ago, they were very close friends and, before returning to live in the...
The Healing Musician
A Healing Musician is one that has intimately embodied the essence of music and is offering it with an attitude of service. Through a process of inner transformation, the Healing Musician has become transparent. His/Her offering of music is far from a public display...
Why Sound Healing?
The best answer to this question would probably come from a priest or shaman from an ancient civilisation where sound was used as a gateway to altered states of mind. But would we be able to understand their explanation if it does not come in the form of a scientific...
Sound Healing and the awakening of the Divine Feminine.
Sound Healing has been with us since times immemorial. People have been using sound to change (or maintain) states of consciousness since the dawn of time. Divine Feminine Currently, we are witnessing a rapidly growing interest in this field that was but a fringe...
