SOUL

Consciousness is defined in the online dictionary as a sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group; a special awareness or sensitivity; alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation

Recent studies show the effects of psycho-spiritual experiences on gene expression and predict that consciousness will reach the front line of medicine in the coming decade. Looking at the work of Dawson Church demonstrate that taking control of our consciousness and using it to influence our genetic expression , we can sometimes bypass years of therapy and medical treatment.  This can produce both immediate relief from long-standing anxieties and neuroses as well as ‘miraculous’ healing of diseases, specially auto-immune diseases.

Dawson Church states that memory, learning, stress and healing area all affected by classes of genes that are turned on or off in temporal cycles that range from one second to many hours. The environment that activates genes includes both the inner environment and the outer environment. This includes not only the emotional, bio-chemical, mental, energetic and spiritual landscape but also the social network and ecological systems in which an individual lives

Recent studies performed by Ronald Glaser at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Psychology Janice Kiecol-Glaser investigated the effect that stress associated with marital strife has on the healing of wounds. The researchers created small suction blisters on the skin of married test subjects. Couples were instructed to have a neutral discussion for half hour. For 2 weeks the researchers monitored the production of 3 of the proteins our bodies produce for wound healing. Next the same couples discussed topics which they disagreed on. The studies showed that  wound healing was slowed by up to 40% in those couples who had sever disagreements with put-downs, sarcasm and criticism.

This study shows a clear link between the consciousness of the participants in the study and the creation of proteins( coded by gene activation) required to promote wound healing in their bodies. The healthy mental  attitudes signaled their bodies to turn on the genes involved in the immune system  and healing the wounds.

The concept of epigenetics is referred to as “ the study of heritable changes in gene function that occur without a change in the DNA sequence.  Which is looking at the sources that control gene expression from outside the DNA. It traces the signals that tell the genes what to do and when to do it.

Resonance is the interaction of waves due to the energy being transferred between them. Hans Jenny showed the shaping and harmonizing effect sound waves  can have on sand in Cymatics. 

Sound healing can shift the vibration of cells in our body to enable cells to align to a certain frequency through resonance. Sound can effect your health through resonance, harmony, releasing and increasing energy to the cells in your body.  

Sound healing has been used since back in Egypt and Atlantis.  

The voice conveys emotions well. It is always evident when a singer is in touch with their emotions as you can’t help but be moved by the emotion of the voice through the principles of sympathetic resonance and entrainment.  Singing releases endorphins and oxytocin which are two of our brain’s pleasure hormones which reduces stress and anxiety and oxytocin reduces feelings of depression and loneliness

The University of Gothenburg in Sweden found people who sing become so connected that they exhibit synchronized heartbeats and the value of group singing is demonstrated in the study conducted by scientist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.  Some of the stress relief and regular heart rate can be attributed to the regular, controlled breathing that occurs when singing, similar to diaphragmatic breathing used in yoga.

These singing bowls were originally made in Tibet and are now made in Nepal, Bhutan, India and Tibet. The traditional way to the singing bowls  was to hand hammer them and each dent added to the colour of the sound. No two bowls are the same and often intentions were put into the bowls as they were made such as foot offer protection. Thinner rimmed bowls can tend to have a deeper sound. The ancient bowls contain many different metals with the most common number of metals being seven to correspond to the seven planets visible to the naked eye