somatic therapy
sound healing
what is sound healing?
Sound healing is a type of somatic (body-centered) therapy that uses intentional sound to help people move from states of tension or imbalance into coherence, calm, and clarity.
Sound (especially voice or vibration) may help:
Loosen held tension
Support trauma release
Ground presence in the body
In a spiritual context, sound is often used to:
Open or balance chakras
Deepen meditation or inner connection
Clear energetic stagnation
how does it work?
1. Vibration — Your body is mostly water and responds deeply to vibration. Sound waves can influence cells, organs, and even brainwaves.
2. Resonance & Entrainment
Resonance: Sound can bring parts of your body or energy into harmony.
Entrainment: The brain tends to match rhythms in sound—so calming rhythms help induce relaxation, meditation, or sleep states.
3. Nervous System Regulation — Sound can activate the parasympathetic nervous system (rest-and-digest), calming anxiety, tension, and overwhelm.
effects & benefits
Reduced stress, anxiety, and nervous system dysregulation
Improved sleep and relaxation
Release of emotional or energetic blockages
Heightened meditation, focus, and self-awareness
Pain relief and improved circulation (sometimes reported)
Greater connection to intuition, clarity, or spiritual insight
Some people also experience spontaneous emotional release or imagery during sound healing.
types of sounds
This may involve listening to or being immersed in:
Sound baths — Immersive sessions with live instruments (e.g., bowls, gongs, drums, chimes)
Tuning forks — Applied near or on the body to target specific energy centers or pain
Vocal toning — Using the voice to hum, chant, or tone sounds
Mantra or chanting — Repetition of sacred sounds (e.g., OM)
Binaural beats — Recorded tones that alter brainwave states
scientific studies
‘1. Stress, Anxiety, Depression — Sound therapy can lower cortisol, heart rate; improve mood and resilience.
‘2. Cognitive and Mental Health (Cancer) — Singing bowls and Tibetan Sound Meditation benefit memory, speed, and emotional well-being.
‘3. Medical Recovery & Pain Relief — Vibro-acoustic therapy helps post-operative recovery and mobility.
‘4. Brainwave & Neural Effects — Electroencephalography (EEG) studies show shifts toward alpha and delta brainwaves, which are often associated with deep relaxation or meditative states as well as increased heart-rate variability. Heart-rate variability (HRV) measures the balance between sympathetic (fight/flight) and parasympathetic (rest/digest) activity—with an increased HRV indicating a healthy functioning and more adaptable, resilient and calm autonomic nervous system.
SINGING BOWL STUDIES
Somatic healing is a body-centered approach to improving well-being that focuses on the connection between the body (soma) and the mind, especially in how the body holds stress, trauma, and emotional experiences. Unlike traditional talk therapy, somatic therapy incorporates physical awareness, movement, breath, and sensation to support emotional healing and nervous system regulation.
Spiritual somatic therapy is an approach that blends body-based healing (somatic therapy) with spiritual awareness or practice. It integrates the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of healing—treating the body not just as a physical structure, but as a gateway to deeper consciousness, intuition, and meaning.
It’s a holistic practice that helps you:
Reconnect with your body’s wisdom
Process trauma or emotional pain through physical sensation and awareness
Explore spiritual themes such as purpose, soul, connection, or presence
Align your physical and emotional experience with your spiritual path
It often involves mindfulness, breathwork, movement, and sometimes ritual or energy work, depending on the practitioner.
Spirtual somatic therapy:
Tracks sensations as doorways to spiritual insight
Helps release trauma to feel more connected to spirit or purpose
Regulates through presence, breath, sacred space
Blends science with spirituality
core concepts
The Body Stores Experience
Emotions and trauma are not just mental—they live in muscle tension, posture, breath, and nervous system patterns. Trauma can leave the body in a chronic state of fight, flight, or freeze, even when the threat is no longer present.
Bottom-Up Healing
Somatic therapy works from the body up to the brain (not just thoughts downward). By tuning into bodily sensations, people can regulate their nervous system and process difficult emotions.
Present-Moment Awareness
The therapy focuses on the here and now, not just past stories. Clients are guided to feel their body’s sensations and notice what shifts.
Come join us at IKAL Thursday, march 20 7:00PM - 9:30pm
goal
To help you feel more connected to your body, regulate your emotions, release stored trauma, and build resilience—without needing to “think your way out” of everything.
Common Techniques
Body scanning with spiritual intention (“Where do I feel this in my soul/body?”)
Somatic mindfulness: Presence in the body while observing thoughts or spiritual insights
Breathwork to move both energy and emotion
Movement (yoga, intuitive motion, dance) to express or release
Energy awareness (chakras, grounding, light visualization, etc.)
Sacred space creation: candles, prayer, or ritual elements
Dialogue with the body: asking parts of yourself (inner child, heart, womb, etc.) for insight
Is This for You?
Spiritual somatic therapy might resonate if:
You feel disconnected from your body or spirit
You’re recovering from trauma or spiritual crisis
You want healing that honors both your nervous system and your soul
Traditional talk therapy feels too mental or spiritual work feels too abstract
