26/01/2025
Neuronal effects of the sound massage can be objectively measured 🧠
Receiving a sound massage is an experience.🌱🙏❤️
The limbic system, which controls the hippocampus and amygdala, is an important site for the processing of emotions and bodily sensations such as pain. It also plays an important role in learning and memory.
📝The study group included 15 participants of an intensive training session of Peter Hess sound massage. (66 hours of instruction over 8 days)
During the study period, the brainwaves of individual participants during a sound massage were randomly recorded and examined.
💡Overall, it was observed that brain processes of the study participants became more rhythmic. The beta activity of trial participants was significantly reduced after the week of sound massages, meaning that a visible reduction in stress had occurred.
In the control group beta activity rather increased.
In the trial group, alpha activity increased; blockages were reduced.
🧠Frequencies of the human brain (according to G. Haffelder):
Beta rhythm (14 – 28 Hz): Logical thinking, active attentiveness, but also aggression, stress, and frustration.
Alpha rhythm (7 – 14 Hz): Relaxed concentration, calm, composed thinking. Alpha is the “bridge” between consciousness and subconsciousness.
Theta rhythm (3,5 – 7 Hz): Calm state, sleep, inspiration and dreaming, visualising, daydreaming, fantasizing.
❗️For example, when the pelvic bowl was placed in the middle of the back, subject 1 was able to relax deeply. Placing a joint bowl to the soles of the feet resulted in a similar effect, additionally, in the right hemisphere of the brain, strong delta and theta activations were observed. If a heart bowl was struck in the area of the thoracic spine, the subject was more awake and “counted” the strokes in her left hemisphere of the brain.
🎯The mean stress level was assessed on a scale of 1 (very low) to 6 (very high) by participants on average at 4.25 prior to training and at 1.55 points immediately following the week of training.
After 100 days, the mean of subjective stress assessment was 3.35 points. Change in stress level lasted differently, 1week, 2 weeks or even more 🙏