Water and Sound
Inspired by a comment from Christian Muller who has just joined the network, I thought I would post this extract from my own writings on sound and how it might be used in aquatic settings ...
(Please add your own comments.)
Water and sound are intimately linked - we find the rush of waves on a beach, the pounding of a waterfall, rain dripping off wet leaves, or a brook gurgling over rocks to be deeply soothing. Our universe consists of patterns of frequency that like ripples in water overlap and interact. In fact, all existence can be considered to have a vibratory basis, to be singing a thousand songs. Water, as the mystic scientists knew, is a great transmitter of subtle energies.
Micky Remann, Liquid Sound inventor, writes 'Water has its own music of the spheres. It comes into resonance with the water that lives within us and that we consist of. Surrounded by water and sound, a deep recognition of our origins takes place which reminds us of our own elementary tune. Its nature is improvised flow. The world we know places the eye and the dry land on top of our perceptions. Yet there is also a world where we are all ears and all water, where we exist not as solid substance but as floating vibrations. It is a natural, trustworthy and sensuous world, supported by synesthetic rhythms of hearing and feeling.'
It can be very helpful to support the experience of aquatic bodywork with music, played through speakers around or immerse into the pool so that it can be heard both above and below the surface of the water. This can induce a sedative, relaxing response if the music has a slow, steady rhythm, have an energizing effect where the music is more upbeat, and of course everything in between.
Physical vibrations and audible sounds organized as music or language affect us more profoundly than we might think. Scientific studies show that music can affect physiological functions, such as respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure. It has also been shown to lower amounts of the hormone cortisol, which becomes elevated under stress, and to increase the release of endorphins, the body’s natural "feel-good" hormones.
But the real power of music as therapy is to reach into the emotional experience and inner being of each of us, to change our awareness, initiative and creativity. The ability to appreciate and respond to music or musical sounds is an inborn quality in human beings. Because music can convey feeling without the use of words, it can provide us with a means of expression when words fail us. In other words, music can encourage the release of feelings that have been muffled.
(Please add your own comments.)
Water and sound are intimately linked - we find the rush of waves on a beach, the pounding of a waterfall, rain dripping off wet leaves, or a brook gurgling over rocks to be deeply soothing. Our universe consists of patterns of frequency that like ripples in water overlap and interact. In fact, all existence can be considered to have a vibratory basis, to be singing a thousand songs. Water, as the mystic scientists knew, is a great transmitter of subtle energies.
Micky Remann, Liquid Sound inventor, writes 'Water has its own music of the spheres. It comes into resonance with the water that lives within us and that we consist of. Surrounded by water and sound, a deep recognition of our origins takes place which reminds us of our own elementary tune. Its nature is improvised flow. The world we know places the eye and the dry land on top of our perceptions. Yet there is also a world where we are all ears and all water, where we exist not as solid substance but as floating vibrations. It is a natural, trustworthy and sensuous world, supported by synesthetic rhythms of hearing and feeling.'
It can be very helpful to support the experience of aquatic bodywork with music, played through speakers around or immerse into the pool so that it can be heard both above and below the surface of the water. This can induce a sedative, relaxing response if the music has a slow, steady rhythm, have an energizing effect where the music is more upbeat, and of course everything in between.
Physical vibrations and audible sounds organized as music or language affect us more profoundly than we might think. Scientific studies show that music can affect physiological functions, such as respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure. It has also been shown to lower amounts of the hormone cortisol, which becomes elevated under stress, and to increase the release of endorphins, the body’s natural "feel-good" hormones.
But the real power of music as therapy is to reach into the emotional experience and inner being of each of us, to change our awareness, initiative and creativity. The ability to appreciate and respond to music or musical sounds is an inborn quality in human beings. Because music can convey feeling without the use of words, it can provide us with a means of expression when words fail us. In other words, music can encourage the release of feelings that have been muffled.
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Comment by Sulis (Sara Firman) on January 15, 2009 at 7:32am - Also, see the comments by Inika and Christian on this topic in the Healing Dancers group. Click here.
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