Studies Show We Can Heal With Sound, Frequency & Vibration
By
Arjun Walia
Arjun Walia
In Brief
- The Facts:Multiple
studies and examples have shown how sound, frequency and vibration can
literally
alter physical material matter. Research has also shown that sound, frequencies and vibration can be used as a significant healing method for various ailments. - Reflect On:How plausible would it be for these interventions to become a regular part of therapy, just as much as pharmaceutical drugs are now?
Cymatics
is a very interesting topic. It illustrates how sound frequencies move
through a particular medium such as water, air, or sand and as a result
directly alter physical matter. There are a number of pictures all over
the internet as well as youtube videos that demonstrate how matter
(particles) adjust to different sounds and different frequencies of
sound.
When it comes to ancient knowledge,
sound, frequency and vibration have always been perceived as powerful
forces that can influence and alter life all the way down to the
cellular level. Sound healing methods are often used by Shamans, who
employ drums and singing to access trance states. Research has even
demonstrated that drumming and singing can can be used to slow fatal brain disease, and it can generate a sense of oneness with the universe .
Sound therapy is getting more popular, and it can have many medical
applications, especially within the psychological and mental health
realms.
Sound, frequency and vibration are used
all throughout the animal kingdom, and there are many examples. If we
look at the wasp, they use antennal drumming to alter the caste
development or phenotype of their larvae. Conventional thinking has held
for quite some time that differential nutrition alone can explain why
one larvae develops into a non-reproductive worker and one into a
reproductive female (gyne). However, this is not the case, according to
a 2011 study:
“But nutrition level alone cannot explain how the first few females to be produced in a colony develop rapidly yet have small body sizes and worker phenotypes. Here, we provide evidence that a mechanical signal biases caste toward a worker phenotype. In Polistes fuscatus, the signal takes the form of antennal drumming (AD), wherein a female trills her antennae synchronously on the rims of nest cells while feeding prey-liquid to larvae. The frequency of AD occurrence is high early in the colony cycle, when larvae destined to become workers are being reared, and low late in the cycle, when gynes are being reared. Subjecting gyne-destined brood to simulated AD-frequency vibrations caused them to emerge as adults with reduced fat stores, a worker trait. This suggests that AD influences the larval developmental trajectory by inhibiting a physiological element that is necessary to trigger diapause, a gyne trait.”
This finding indicates that the acoustic
signals produced through drumming within certain species carry
biologically meaningful information (literally: ‘to put form into’) that
operate epigenetically (i.e. working outside or above the genome to
affect gene expression).
Pretty fascinating, isn’t it? Like many other ancient lines of thought, this has been backed by modern day scientific research.
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Cancer
Another example comes from cancer research. In his Tedx talk,
“Shattering Cancer with Resonant Frequencies,” Associate Professor and
Director of Music at Skidmore College, Anthony Holland, tells the
audience that he has a dream. That dream is to see a future where
children no longer have to suffer from the effects of toxic cancer drugs
or radiation treatment, and today he and his team believe they have
found the answer, and that answer is sound. Holland and his team
wondered if they could affect a cell by sending a specific electric
signal, much like we do with LCD technology. After searching the patent
database for a device that could accomplish this, they came across a
therapeutic device invented by New Mexico physician Dr. James Bare. The
device uses a plasma antenna that pulses on and off, which, as Holland
explains, is important because a constant pulse of electricity would
produce too much heat and therefore destroy the cell. For the next 15
months, Holland and his team searched for the exact frequency that would
directly shatter a living microorganism. The magic number finally came
in the form of two inputs, one high frequency and one low. The high
frequency had to be exactly eleven times higher than the low, which in
music is known as the 11th harmonic. At the 11th harmonic, micro
organisms begin to shatter like crystal glass.
After consistently practicing until they
became efficient at the procedure, Holland began working with a team of
cancer researchers in an attempt to destroy targeted cancer cells.
First they looked at pancreatic cancer cells, eventually
discovering these cells were specifically vulnerable between 100,000 –
300,000 Hz.
Next they moved onto leukemia cells, and
they were able to shatter the leukemia cells before they could divide.
But, as Holland explains in his talk, he needed bigger stats in order to
make the treatment a viable option for cancer patients.
In repeated and controlled experiments,
the frequencies, known as oscillating pulsed electric field (OPEF)
technology, killed an average of 25% to 40% of leukemia cells, going as
high as 60% in some cases. Furthermore, the intervention even slowed
cancer cell growth rates up to 65%.
You can read more about the story, find sources, and watch that TEDx talk here.
Another example occurred in 1981, when biologist Helene Grimal partnered with composer Fabien Maman to study the
relationship of sound waves to living cells. For 18 months, the pair
worked with the effects of 30-40 decibel sounds on human cells. With a
camera mounted on a microscope, the researchers observed uterine cancer
cells exposed to different acoustic instruments (guitar, gong,
xylophone) as well as the human voice for 20-minute sessions.
They discovered that, when exposed to
sound, cancer cells lost structural integrity until they exploded at the
14-minute mark. Far more dramatic was the sound of a human voice — the
cells were destroyed at the nine-minute mark.
After this, they decided to work with
two women with breast cancer. For one month, both of the women gave
three-and-a-half-hours a day to “toning” or singing the scale.
Apparently, the woman’s tumor became undetectable, and the other woman
underwent surgery. Her surgeon reported that her tumor had shrunk
dramatically and “dried up.” It was removed and the woman had a complete
recovery and remission.
These are only a few out of multiple examples that are floating around out there.
Let’s not forget about when Royal
Rife first identified the human cancer virus using the world’s most
powerful microscope. After identifying and isolating the virus, he
decided to culture it on salted pork. At the time this was a very good
method for culturing a virus. He then took the culture and injected it
into 400 rats, which, as you might expect, created cancer in all 400
rats very quickly. The next step for Rife was where things took an
interesting turn. He later found a frequency of electromagnetic energy
that would cause the cancer virus to diminish completely when entered
into the energy field. You can read more about that story here.
More Research
A 2014 study published in the Journal of Huntington’s Disease
found that two months of drumming intervention in Huntington’s patients
(considered an irreversible, lethal neurodegenerative disease) resulted
in “improvements in executive function and changes in white matter
microstructure, notably in the genu of the corpus callosum that connects
prefrontal cortices of both hemispheres.” The study authors concluded
that the pilot study provided novel preliminary evidence that drumming
(or related targeted behavioral stimulation) may result in “cognitive
enhancement and improvements in callosal white matter microstructure.”
A 2011 Finnish study observed
that stroke patients who were given access to music as cognitive
therapy had improved recovery. Other research has shown that patients
suffering from loss of speech due to brain injury or stroke regain it
more quickly by learning to sing before trying to speak. The phenomenon
of music facilitating healing in the brain after a stroke is called the “Kenny Rogers Effect.”
A 2012 study published in Evolutionary Psychology found
that active performance of music (singing, dancing and drumming)
triggered endorphin release (measured by post-activity increases in pain
tolerance), whereas merely listening to music did not. The researchers
hypothesized that this may contribute to community bonding in activities
involving dance and music-making.
According to a study published
by the National Institute of Health, “Music effectively reduces anxiety
for medical and surgical patients and often reduces surgical and
chronic pain. [Also,] Providing music to caregivers may be a strategy to
improve empathy, compassion, and care.” In other words, music is not
only good for patients, it’s good for those who care for them as well.
Below is an interesting interview with Dr. Bruce Lipton. You can view his curriculum vitae here.
The Takeaway
The information presented in this
article isn’t even the tip of the iceberg when it comes the the medical
applications of sound, frequency and vibration, which are all obviously
correlated. One thing is clear, however, which is that there are many
more methods out there, like the ones discussed in this article, that
should be taken more seriously and given more attention from the medical
establishment. It seems all mainstream medicine is concerned about is
making money and developing medications that don’t seem to be
representative of our fullest potential to heal. “Alternative” therapies
shouldn’t be labelled as alternative, they should be incorporated into
the norm.
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