Sound massages: benefits of sound to harmonize the body

The sound wave is an effective transmitter of vibration. It is said that the syllable “om”which has come down to us through Hinduism and Buddhism, evokes the primordial sound that made the universe expand.

“Everything is vibration and there is an underlying intelligence in the sound vibration,” he says Xevi Compte, sound massage therapist.

This sound therapy conceives the body in a harmonic vibrational state, in which each organ, bone or tissue emits its own inaudible vibrational frequency.

Likewise, “sound reaches places in our body, our affectivity and our mind that work in a distorted way, and due to the phenomenon of resonance they tend to synchronize with the sound vibration, to harmonize or enter into a healing process“.

The power of harmonics: feel the proportion

Trained musician and pianist, Xevi Compte has followed the teachings of Antonio Blay and the proposals of Jonathan Goldman, David Hykes, Arden Wilken, Nestor Kornblum and John Beaulieu on the therapeutic sound. But it all started from practice art therapy.

“I first intuited the power of sound when I observed that different musical intervals cause different effects on the person. Then I began to experience the effect of tuning forks applied directly to various points on the body.”

But the final push came when he discovered the tibetan bowls: “Its bell-shaped, deep, intense sound, of an indescribable richness, captivated me immediately. Later I incorporated other ethnic instrumentssuch as the didjeridoo, the tambura, the tam tam gong and above all the singing of harmonics”.

All these instruments, including the human voice, emit a sound very rich in harmonics, the frequencies that surround a fundamental note. The sound massage is based on them, “since they transmit some musical intervals of mathematically exact proportionswith which one enters into resonance”, continues Xevi.

Another essential ingredient is healing intention of the therapist, which lets the sound emerge, with all its sacredness. “Through the intention the sound is filled with consciousness and opens to the flow of superior energies, which ‘flood’ the experience and sacralize it”.

What is a sound massage session like?

The person receives the sound vibration lying down of instruments, with bowls and tuning forks on top of his body.

Xevi usually follows an order:

Start with the low sound of the didjeridoowhich prepares and induces to enter the session;Then the bowlswhose metallic sound is expansive and opens;Next, the tuning forkswhich emit a penetrating vibration; And, lastly, the stringed instruments (voice, tambura, monochord), with a balancing effect.

In a session you almost always come to a deep relaxation, both physically and mentally. Xevi Compte explains what happens on a more subtle level:

“The person’s energies resonate with sound harmony. Thus, tensions and blockages tend to loosen. in the unconscious. By achieving this fluidity, relaxation and well-being emerge naturally, without any effort, and the person’s potential can be freely manifested.

A sound atmosphere is created where armor and other defensive strategies are being dilutedto give way to a more inclusive state, more loving, with oneself and with others.”

Sound massage is based on the idea that by resonating with sacred music we return to the center of our being, which links us to something higher.

Opening up to harmony: the effects of sound massage beyond the session

Georgina is a music teacher, with which I already sensed the power of this tool. For this reason, he did not hesitate to undergo a sound massage session to deepen the emotional blocks that he considered the cause of his states of anguish, insomnia and skin conditions.

This is the memory of first sound massage he received, a year ago: “It was impressive, very emotional. I felt everything and I lived hard moments, but then I went back to rest. Was as if it cleaned me of trapped energies”.

Georgina has been receiving sound massages for a year, from the hand of Xevi Compte. She has since felt more relaxed and centered.

Subsequent sessions have been more calm, “Although also fantastic and cleansing. I let what happens happen. Feeling the vibration throughout the body is very pleasant. Also, I experiment sensations that in my case would require many hours of previous meditation”.

Georgina points out that With this therapy, “emotional blockages and psychosomatic conditions have improved. I feel more relaxed and in my center, so I trust myself more and the external doesn’t affect me as much.”

Now Georgina has incorporated overtone singing into her meditation spaces and above all, he stresses that “the meaning of music has changed for me. Listening to a concert is not the same as feeling the music vibrating inside you. Now I try to listen to more live music and ethnic instruments; the vibration reaches me much more. If you open up and let the music feel in your whole being, it can cure you of many things.“.

According to Xevi Compte, “music is sound with intention. If we accept that there is a breath of life behind the vibration of the universe, then we can understand that the universe is music and that the center from which it appears is silence. And Silence, in capital letters, is in all of us, in our center. That is, in our self”.