HEALING THE BODY/MIND WITH SOUND
Dr. Jeffrey Thompson
Dr.Jeffrey Thompson is a pioneer in Acoustic Vibration Research. Dr. Thompson has been researching the effects of sound in healing and changing states of conciousness since 1981 in his Holistic Center in Winchester, Virginia. The effects and results of using sound were so powerful, that he sold his practice and his home in Virginia and moved to San Diego in 1988 to establish a sound research center here.
Psysiologic Response to Sound Induction Technology
by Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson
The obvious stress reduction benefits of listening to relaxation music have been proven through numerous research projects in hospitals, universities, and private clinical practices over the course of many years. Normally, hearing involves sound waves pushing air pulses against the ear drum, moving the mechanical joints of the middle ear bones which amplify these vibrations to the inner ear, which pushes fluid into wave pulses, which move tiny nerve endings, which fire signals through the 8th cranial nerve directly into the Temporal lobe of the brain, which interprets these impulses as "sound".
By delivering these sound frequencies through the body directly, an entirely different system of the body, spinal cord and areas of the brainstem and brain are brought into play, with the possibility of a much deeper whole-body response. With this delivery system we have the possibility of direct cellular stimulation. Direct stimulation of living cellular tissue using sound frequency vibration has shown marked cellular metabolism and therefore a possible mobilization of a cellular healing response. Since the human body is over 70% water and since sound travels 5 times more efficiently through water than through air, sound frequency stimulation directly into the body is a highly efficient means for the total body stimulation, especially at the cellular level.
Sound frequency pulse waves played directly into the body also has a profounf effect on the nervous system. The entire posterior 1/3 of the spinal cord consists of nerve tract bundles whose sole purpose is the transmission of vibration sense data to the Brain Stem, Celrebellum, Pons, Medulla, Hypocampus/Limbric System (emotional processing areas) and various areas of the Cerebral Cortex.
Far reaching possibilities are inherent in using this type of vibrational technology in the areas of healing, emotional release work, hypnosis, meditation, relaxation and stress reduction.
