{"id":5194,"date":"2024-04-29T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2024-04-29T09:25:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:25:26","slug":"can-sound-bath-meditation-actually-benefit-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=5194","title":{"rendered":"Can Sound Bath Meditation Actually Benefit You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-1n0orw4 e1wiw3jv0\">We asked experts about the health benefits of listening to gongs, chimes and crystal bowls.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the sun set over the Pacific Ocean, the beach cool against my back, a voice invited me to scan my body for feelings of powerlessness. \u201cThen breathe in that area to help it release,\u201d said Sara Sofia Bousiali, the leader of the evening\u2019s sound bath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Along with 21 other participants lying on the sand in Santa Monica this April, I listened as Ms. Bousiali played crystal singing bowls and chimes and guided us in an hourlong meditation. At the sound baths I\u2019ve attended, the bell-like sounds seemed to fill my body and melt away racing thoughts. I lost track of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Therapeutic sound \u201cbaths\u201d have been around for a few decades, said Jamie Bechtold, the co-founder and owner of a sound bath studio in Los Angeles. But she has seen their popularity grow in the last five years, she said, and lately they\u2019ve spread beyond <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/16\/fashion\/sound-baths-move-from-metaphysical-to-mainstream.html\" title>wellness hot spots<\/a> like Southern California. They\u2019ve popped up across the U.S., offered in a yoga studio in Cleveland and a barn outside of Raleigh, at corporate events and even onstage at Coachella.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-57f63006\">What is a sound bath?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During a sound bath, participants are immersed in tones and vibrations from instruments like gongs, chimes, bells and singing bowls. Some instructors also add guided meditations or wellness rituals like <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/health.clevelandclinic.org\/reiki\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Reiki energy healing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-cfo9c3\" data-testid=\"lazy-load-wrapper-{}\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The name stems from the idea of waves of sound washing over people, said Tamara Goldsby, a research psychologist at the University of California San Diego who has studied sound baths. 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At the sound baths I\u2019ve attended, the bell-like sounds seemed to fill my body and melt away racing thoughts. I lost track of time.Therapeutic sound \u201cbaths\u201d have been around for a few decades, said Jamie Bechtold, the co-founder and owner of a sound bath studio in Los Angeles. But she has seen their popularity grow in the last five years, she said, and lately they\u2019ve spread beyond wellness hot spots like Southern California. They\u2019ve popped up across the U.S., offered in a yoga studio in Cleveland and a barn outside of Raleigh, at corporate events and even onstage at Coachella.What is a sound bath?During a sound bath, participants are immersed in tones and vibrations from instruments like gongs, chimes, bells and singing bowls. Some instructors also add guided meditations or wellness rituals like Reiki energy healing.The name stems from the idea of waves of sound washing over people, said Tamara Goldsby, a research psychologist at the University of California San Diego who has studied sound baths. While sound baths draw inspiration and use instruments from various spiritual traditions, they\u2019re part of modern wellness culture.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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