What Are the 7 Healing Frequencies and Benefits of Sound Healing?
As humans, we respond to music and sound in powerful ways – including healing ways.
Indeed, sacred sound vibrations or frequencies – generated from chants, drums, gongs, chimes, tuning forks, singing bowls, and more – have been valued across cultures and for millennia for their ability to promote healing, balance, restoration, and well-being, as well as enhance spiritual practices.
Today, the use of sound frequencies to calm and balance the mind and body is called “sound healing.”
Emerging scientific research appears to validate a number of sound healing’s purported health benefits, making the use of sacred sound vibrations an increasingly popular alternative health modality for stress reduction and overall wellness.
Here’s a closer look at sound healing, the 7 healing frequencies, and the benefits you may receive from a sound healing session.
What Is Sound Healing?
Offered in a group setting or one-on-one by a trained practitioner, sound healing typically incorporates 7 specific frequencies or sound vibrations – which are measured in hertz (Hz).
These 7 healing frequencies are purported to stimulate, restore, and balance the corresponding seven chakras of the body – which are believed to be the main energy points in your body that run down the spine. The concept of energy chakras originated in India and were first mentioned in the Vedas, which are ancient sacred texts of spiritual knowledge.
A sound healing session typically involves lying down comfortably on a floor or mat and simply listening to and soaking in the calming sounds and vibrations a practitioner creates using specific instruments (mentioned above) and/or vocal tones.
The healing frequencies of the sounds are believed to lull the brain into a deeply restorative state, which calms the nervous system and promotes balance, restoration, and healing throughout the body.
The 7 healing frequencies are a subset of what’s called the solfeggio frequencies, which are well-known sound frequencies that have been used throughout history – from Gregorian chants to ancient healing/spiritual practices.
What Are the 7 Healing Frequencies?
The 7 healing frequencies are the most used frequencies in sound healing, and, as mentioned, they correspond with the 7 chakras of the body.
They are as follows:
1. Root Chakra
The root chakra, located at the base of the spine in the tailbone area, is stimulated by the lowest solfeggio frequency of 396 Hz. It’s associated with feeling grounded, safe, and secure. Purported benefits: reduced anxiousness and fear.
2. Sacral Chakra
The solfeggio frequency of 417 Hz is believed to balance the sacral chakra, located just below the navel. It’s associated with pleasure, creativity, and sexuality. Purported benefits: improved sleep and trauma healing.
3. Solar Plexus Chakra
Located just above the navel, the solar plexus chakra is energized by the solfeggio frequency of 528 Hz, which is believed to support greater confidence, strength, and mental clarity. Purported benefits: reduced stress and feelings of anxiousness, enhanced mental clarity, and better balance.
A small study found that listening to this frequency, even for a short time, significantly reduced stress levels and anxious feelings in participants. Interestingly, another published study showed that this vibration may have a protective effect on cells from the damaging effects of alcohol!
4. Heart Chakra
Sound healing at 639 Hz is believed to balance the heart chakra located at the center of the chest – associated with compassion, understanding, forgiveness, connection with others, and our own inner wisdom. Purported benefits: increased mental balance.
5. Throat Chakra
Associated with the throat chakra and communication, the solfeggio frequency of 741 Hz is believed to help strengthen our ability to express ourselves authentically, creatively, and with empathy. Purported benefits: detox, pain relief, deep relaxation, and improved sleep quality.
6. Third Eye Chakra
The solfeggio frequency of 852 Hz balances the energy in the middle of the forehead, often called the third eye or pineal gland area. This is important for both physical eyesight and insight or intuitive abilities. Purported benefits: deep relaxation.
7. Crown Chakra
Stimulated by the solfeggio frequency of 963 Hz, the crown of our head is associated with a high state of consciousness or spirituality. Purported benefits: increased feelings of well-being, mental clarity, and positive outlook.
Sound Healing Research Findings
Although the 7 healing sound frequencies and chakras may sound “woo-woo,” emerging science shows that basking in their sound vibrations may deliver real benefits.
A recent overview study on the benefits of singing bowl sound meditation noted that this type of sound healing can produce physiological and psychological responses, reducing negative effects and increasing positive effects.
Specifically, the physiological benefits mentioned include promoting healthy blood pressure levels, as well as heart and respiratory rates. The psychological benefits noted may include promoting spiritual well-being, while reducing feelings of anxiousness, tension, and low mood.
Another recently published study using sound healing on a small population of subjects during the pandemic noted marked mental health improvements. Participants were given hour-long virtual sound healing treatments three times a week over a period of one month. The majority of participants experienced dramatic reductions in feelings of anxiousness.
An observational study involving 62 participants who were exposed to sound healing via a singing bowl meditation, noted reductions in pain especially in participants new to sound healing. (That was in addition to reductions in tension, feelings of anxiousness, and low mood, as well as increased spiritual well-being.)
Cognitive benefits have also been observed in studies involving sound healing with Tibetan singing bowls.
Sound Appears to Heal
Although the studies on sound healing are small and more research is needed, it appears to offer real benefits in stress reduction, relaxation, and general well-being, which are all sorely needed in today’s world.
Don’t let sound healing’s unconventionality keep you from giving it a try!
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