We use the Acutonics system, which incorporates the use of precision calibrated tuning forks based on the orbital properties of the sun, earth, moon and planets, each representing a specific vibratory range or frequency and carrying its own unique properties. The tuning forks are applied directly to acupuncture points, chakras, and points of pain to access the body’s core energetic systems in a noninvasive way. By combining two forks together a specific musical interval is created with its own quality of character, properties and therapeutic applications. For example, when the Mars and Venus tuning forks are combined they create a musical 5th. Not only is the 5th an opening and expanding musical interval, this particular combination also represents a balance between yin and yang, male and female, head and heart. Each interval used in a session has its own distinctive therapeutic characteristics.

The human body is approximately 70% water; our bones and marrow contain nearly 25% water, and sound travels four times faster in water than in air, thus the human body becomes a natural resonator for sound. At the most basic level, we know that certain music can invoke joy, bring on sadness, reduce stress, or keep us going on the elliptical trainer, with its steady rhythmic beat. The use of music for relaxation and stress reduction has been studied extensively. But perhaps more difficult to prove is that music also helps us to connect on a profound level to the heavens. If you’ve ever sung in a choir, the very nature of voices blended together lifts you to new heights.

Think for a moment about how you feel physically when your ears are assaulted by harsh or abrasive sounds, a jackhammer in the street, the screech of a fingernail on a blackboard, a car alarm that won’t quit. Do these sounds make you edgy? Contrast that with listening to a symphonic orchestra, playing Handel’s Messiah, or choral voices singing the Hallelujah chorus, and how that can bring about a sense of peace or joy, or invoke memories of holiday gatherings.

It is this growing recognition of the power that music and sound play in therapy, healing, and life that has given rise to the rapidly growing professional fields of Sound Healing and Music Therapy.