Healing with sound.

Healing with sound is one of the oldest & most natural forms of healing known to man. For centuries & in all countries & traditions, harmonious sound (chanting, drumming, etc) has been used as a way of soothing the mind & emotions & in some Eastern cultures it has long been realized that the beneficial effects go much deeper than just a sense of emotional well-being; harmonious sounds also have a healing effect on the body at a cellular level.




Gongs date back to the Bronze Age, about 3500 BC and were found primarily in Mesopotamia, Burma, China, Java and Annam. Since the time of Buddha in 600BC all sacred Chinese gongs have been inscribed with ‘Tai Loi’ meaning ‘happiness has arrived’. 


Rumor has it that ancient sacred gongs included pieces of meteorites that fell from the heavens, ‘sweeping the darkness by bringing in the light’. Some of the ancient uses for the gong include meditation, healing, initiation, communication, and ceremonies including the exorcism of negative spirits. In 1790 gongs were used in European orchestras for the first time where they remain today. The gong is an idiophone, ie. It resonates with the whole of its’ being, producing many harmonics from its’ fundamental tuned note. When played it produces the primordial and original sound ‘Om’, which is an extremely powerful and healing to the human ear. Essentially it ‘is’ what ‘it does’.

(With thanks to Red doors studio.)