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Biofield Tuning

Biofield Tuning is a unique, nonmedical, therapeutic method that uses sound waves produced by tuning forks. Applied in the biomagnetic field, or biofield, that surrounds the human body, this practice may induce deep targeted relaxation. This simple, non-invasive, and efficient method can produce profound and powerful outcomes on the physical, mental and emotional levels.

Biofield Tuning was developed by pioneering researcher and practitioner Eileen Day McKusick and is based on her 25 years of clinical inquiry into the Biofield Anatomy.

Himalayan Therapeutic Bowls

Bronze bowls, often called Himalayan bowls, originated in these Himalayan countries and are used in healing practices. These bowls promote restoration to a more stable feeling of health by utilizing the bowls' vibrations. When the practitioner activates the bowls near and sometimes on the body, they may induce deep relaxation, reduce stress, and promote emotional and spiritual well-being. These bowls are favorites to support meditation and mindfulness practices often contributing to pain relief and improved sleep.

Woman receiving a relaxing facial treatment with a singing bowl nearby.

Audio equipment with a mixer and a microphone on a table.

Vibroacoustic Therapy

Vibroacoustic therapy is a specific type of sound therapy that involves passing low frequency vibrations directly into the body via a special device with embedded transducers. During the VAT session, a client lies on the specially designed mat or sits in a chair that is embedded with speakers or transducers. These tranmit sound into vibrations that travel through the body in a soothing, healing motion that accelerates entry into deep meditative states and promotes sustained calmness and self-awareness.

Common Questions About Sound Therapy

What is Sound Healing?

Sound healing, a form of complementary and alternative medicine practice, uses sound and vibration to reset the body’s internal rhythms so that the natural healing mechanisms in the body can be restored. Clients often experience reduced levels of pain, anxiety, stress, and discomfort, in addition to improved sleep, mental focus, energy, emotional responses and sense of well-being. This augments the body’s ability to heal.

What Happens in a Sound and Vibration Session?

In a typical sound and vibration session, the client remains fully clothed and can either be seated in a chair or lying on a massage table. Practitioners may use a variety of sound instruments including tuning forks, sound bowls, rattles, drums, tingshas, etc both on the body and in the field surrounding the body. Occasionally, bowls with warm water may be placed on the body to facilitate the flow of the body’s own electrical system; tuning forks may be placed on the body to activate specific nerve centers that facilitate electrical flow. Sessions last about 45 minutes to an hour.

What is Vibrational Medicine?

Vibrational medicine is the intentional use of a frequency to positively affect another frequency or to bring an organism into balance.” (Cyndi Dale 2009) If we define energy as “information that vibrates” and everything in the universe vibrates, then everything in the universe is communicating information in a bidirectional flow from sender to receiver and back again. We are functioning in good health when our bodies, starting at the cellular level, are vibrating in cohesive, coherent fashion; we are functioning in some expression of bad health when these cells vibrate adversely, reducing optimal functioning. Practitioners in various vibrational medicine practices are working with subtle energies to help the body return to a cohesive state of homeostasis by applying sound and vibration to the body and within the body’s biofield.

How does Biofield Tuning work?

Biofield Tuning uses tuning forks to interact with the energy held in bi-directional pathways throughout the biofield. The audible and inaudible tones of the forks identify pockets of discordant energy in the biofield and through the principle of entrainment, brings them into a more coherent, harmonious expression. This entrainment is what contributes to a more open flow of energy around and in the body. The efficacy of the Biofield Tuning method comes from the way the custom designed tuning forks pick up dissonant energy in the biofield and through the process of entrainment, harmonizes it so that a more coherent form of energy is available to the body for integration and healing.

A helpful metaphor is to think about how any vehicle or machine needs an occasional tune-up to keep it running efficiently. The same holds true for our bodies. Considering all the factors that “run us down” over time, we could and should practice the same maintenance methods we use for our cars and give ourselves regular “tune-ups”. Biofield Tuning is like a “tune-up” for the body!

What is the role of sound in Biofield Tuning?

We perceive the audible vibrations of the tuning forks through our ears as “sound”, but we also perceive the inaudible vibrations of the forks throughout our bodies. Our bodies and cells are mostly water and this water responds to vibrations that exist all around us including the vibrations of tuning forks. Moreover, every cell membrane in our body has tiny antennae, which vibrate in response to our environments.

Sound therapy programs, using harps, crystal singing bowls, brass bowls, gongs, and didgeridoos are gaining popularity, but it is important to note that Biofield Tuning is distinct from these types of programs. Biofield Tuning is a very targeted, individualized approach based on the Biofield Anatomy Map.