Sound Vibration, Music, Light and Healing
I am thrilled to introduce you to Mederi Center’s new service, which harnesses the combined therapeutic powers of vibroacoustic therapy, music, and specialized infrared light to offer you a highly effective healing modality.
The entire universe resonates with vibrations—some audible, others felt only through our bodies. This fundamental truth forms the foundation of our innovative approach to healing. The power of sound and vibration, though seemingly ephemeral, carries remarkable healing potential.
Beyond its aesthetic beauty, sound waves interact with our bodies at a cellular level, influencing our physical, mental, and emotional well-being. This understanding has led us to develop a comprehensive sound healing program using Vibroacoustic Therapy, which integrates advanced physics and biological principles to promote holistic health.
A Vibration Sound Table is a specialized massage table equipped with speakers that deliver soothing vibrations directly through your body. These vibrations positively influence heart rate and brainwaves, promoting deep relaxation and revitalization. Sound tables are a key component of vibroacoustic therapy, a holistic practice that integrates music and vibrations to enhance physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
Whole-Body Vibroacoustic Therapy: Combining Sound and Music
Vibroacoustic therapy (VAT) is a ground-breaking technology that uses low-frequency sound waves to create mechanical vibrations applied directly to the body. This therapy offers benefits such as pain relief, anxiety reduction, physical therapy support, and overall health improvement. When paired with music and complementary therapies, VAT achieves a unique synergistic effect that enhances its therapeutic potential.
Recent research highlights how sound vibrations influence the human body on multiple levels—physiological, neurological, and biochemical. Low-frequency sound (up to 250 Hz, including infrasound between 1–16 Hz) stimulates whole-body vibration, triggering effects such as:
- Hemodynamic benefits: Increased circulation and endothelial stimulation.
- Neurological activation: Enhanced protein kinase activation, vibratory analgesia, and nerve stimulation.
- Musculoskeletal effects: Improved muscle reflexes, bone cell regeneration, and anabolic support for the spine.
How Sound and Music Facilitate Healing
Music connects with us on a primal, unconscious level. Through a process called entrainment, the body intuitively aligns its rhythms—such as heartbeat and brainwaves—with the beat of the music. Faster rhythms enhance focus and energy, while slower tempos induce relaxation and meditative states.
This synchronization influences the autonomic nervous system, which controls vital involuntary functions like heart rate and breathing. Music encourages the body to shift from a sympathetic state (fight-or-flight) to a parasympathetic state, fostering healing and regeneration.
Modern life often keeps us in a heightened sympathetic state, leading to stress-related wear and tear. Vibroacoustic therapy, enhanced by music, provides an accessible and effective means to cultivate the parasympathetic state needed for deep healing.
Music: A Gateway to Cellular and Spiritual Harmony
Music’s effects go beyond the psychological; they resonate at a cellular level. The vibrations stimulate cells, promote neural modulation, and harmonize the body's energetic systems. Music also excites the limbic system, triggering changes in neurotransmitters that improve mood, reduce stress, and enhance overall well-being.
The universality of music bridges cultural, racial, and spiritual divides. It transcends barriers and facilitates communication between the innermost parts of ourselves and the broader universe. Through its vibratory resonance, music serves as a profound tool for healing, inspiration, and connection.
The Role of Music Therapy in Cancer Care
Music therapy has demonstrated remarkable benefits for cancer patients. Research has shown that listening to music during treatment reduces anxiety, improves emotional well-being, and even supports physical recovery. For example:
- A 2001 study found that a 20-minute music therapy session reduced anxiety and respiratory rates in patients awaiting breast biopsies.
- Patients undergoing radiation therapy experienced less anxiety and greater well-being when listening to background music, as highlighted in studies published in Radiation Oncology.
Vibroacoustic Therapy and Red Light Therapy: A Synergistic Approach
At the Mederi Center, we complement our vibroacoustic therapy sessions with Red Light Therapy (RLT). This innovative adjunct therapy uses low-level wavelengths of red light to penetrate the skin, providing numerous health benefits, including:
- Enhanced cellular repair and regeneration: RLT stimulates mitochondrial activity, boosting energy production in cells and accelerating the body's natural healing processes.
- Reduced inflammation and pain relief: Red light helps alleviate chronic pain, reduce swelling, and promote joint health.
- Improved skin health: RLT supports collagen production, reduces fine lines, and aids in wound healing.
- Boosted circulation: Red light enhances blood flow, delivering vital nutrients and oxygen to tissues more efficiently.
When combined, VAT and RLT create a powerful synergy, enhancing relaxation, reducing discomfort, and amplifying the body’s natural healing capacities.
Red Light Therapy and Cancer
Scientists have made an exciting discovery in cancer treatment: they can use light to destroy cancer cells. The breakthrough involves aminocyanine molecules, which are already safely used in small amounts to detect cancer. These molecules have a special ability to attach themselves to cells and remain stable in water.
When researchers shine near-infrared light on these molecules, something remarkable happens - they vibrate in unison with enough force to break apart cancer cell membranes. What makes this particularly promising is the use of near-infrared light, which can penetrate deep into the body. This means doctors might one day treat cancer in bones and organs without surgery.
The process works because these molecules have a special structure - an arm on one side helps them attach to cancer cell membranes, while their vibrations literally shake the cells apart. While the research is still in its early stages, these initial findings offer an promising new direction in cancer treatment.
What to Expect in a VAT/RLT Session
During your session, you will remain fully clothed while lying on the sound table. Using headphones, you’ll listen to soothing music as your body absorbs the vibrations. These vibrations act like a sonic sponge, washing over you to induce a harmonious state of mind, body, and energy. Simply lie back, close your eyes, and let the transformative power of sound and light guide you into a state of profound relaxation and balance.
Rediscover balance and vitality with Vibroacoustic Therapy at the Mederi Center. Call our Ashland, Oregon clinic at 541-488-3133 to book your session today. Or, click here to email a member of our Mederi team.
If you don't live in the southern Oregon area, we encourage you to find a facility or clinic where you live that offers VAT and RLT, so you can experience its healing benefits!
For additional reading and research, check out these blogs written by Mederi Center practitioner Dr. Michael Hummel:
Exploring Vibroacoustic Therapy: Sound Waves for Healing >>
Therapeutic Benefits of Red Light Therapy >>
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Meet Donnie Yance!
Donnie Yance is an internationally known master herbalist and nutritionist, and the author of Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer and Adaptogens in Medical Herbalism: Elite Herbs and Natural Compounds for Mastering Stress, Aging and Chronic Illness. After decades of extensive research and clinical practice, he developed an integrative approach to health and healing called the Eclectic Triphasic™ Medical System (ETMS), referred to as Mederi Care. Donnie is also the founder Mederi Academy, as well as the founder and formulator of Natura Health Products, a therapeutic-grade botanical and nutritional supplement line. These products have made a significant contribution to his tangible success in improving the health of his patients.
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