Vibroacoustics: vibro: to vibrate, and acoustic: to hear; an inovative technology where music is felt as well as heard.

Vibroacoustics & Relaxation   Imagine stretching out inside a cloud of music, a symphony in the stars, a heavenly haven. This is what it is like laying on the Vibrational Musical Mat. The music massages your body with undulating waves of relaxation. Your troubles melt away like lemon drops, as a rainbow of harmonious music gently brings your body into balance. Somewhere, in the midst of the music your soul dances with joy. Your mind clears like the sky after a refreshing rain, and you are filled with tranquility.   While laying fully clothed on the Vibrational Musical Mat, the music vibrates up and down the spine. This technology is known as Vibroacoustics. These vibrations are understood by the body and used for balance. The use of music that is harmonically balanced to the Chakras creates a healing environment for the body, mind and soul.

What are Chakras?   There are 7 energy centers in the body known as Chakras. These 7 energy centers are located at the endocrine glands. Each Chakra responds to a musical note and a color. Emotions are stored in each Chakra as well as physiological responses to the glandular system. This human energy system is widely understood as an important part of our emotional anatomy.

Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning, “wheel of light.” When the physical body is out of balance the emotional body follows suit.  Likewise, if the Chakras are out of balance one can experience physical disruption. Balancing the Chakras can bring harmony to every part of us – physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. A Chakra balancing is refreshing whenever you feel “out of balance” or have a lot of stress in your life.

Vibroacoustics & Healing   The Vibrational Musical Mat is a therapeutic tool, used by many healing professionals, hospitals, and healing centers. The body responds to specific notes of music. When the proper music is used the vibrations allow the physical body to relax and the emotional body to release. A session can be cathartic as well as relaxing.     National Institute of Health   In a program at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers attained more than 50% reduction of pain and other symptoms using vibroacoustic technology. A program evaluation study, published in 1999, by Dr. George Patrick revealed a reduction of pain and other symptoms between 49% and 59% at the NIH. Because of this success, the vibroacoustic program has been an ongoing patient and family treatment offering at the NIH for over eight years and continues to obtain these effective results.   Anxiety and tension are common side effects of illness and disease that patients frequently identify and medical personnel must constantly address. Research demonstrates that high anxiety levels inhibit the healing process and perhaps increase susceptibility to cardiac and immunological disorders, among other health problems. Tension, reported by patients also as anxiety and stress, was one of the symptoms most frequently identified in the NIH vibroacoustic evaluation of pain and symptom reduction. With clinical results demonstrating a one-half reduction of tension in a single session, vibroacoustics clearly provides a significant method for handling tension without drugs or negative side-effects. Symptom Change from a Single Vibroacoustic Session at the National Institutes of Health: % Reduction Symptom Number of Patients 54.00 reduction of-- Tension with 74 patients 47.36 reduction of-- Fatigue with 60 patients 53.33 reduction of-- Pain with 46 patients 57.54 reduction of-- Headache with 24 patients 49.45 reduction of-- Depression with 18 patients 56.27 reduction of-- Nausea with 16 patients 56.27 reduction of-- Other with 29 patients     Benefits of Vibroacoustic Music Technology Research and clinical programs have reported that vibroacoustics provides a wide variety of mental and physical benefits. Vibroacoustics has been found to: reduce stress facilitate the Relaxation Response increase quality of life decrease the experience of pain reduce nausea, headache, anxiety, fatigue and depression calm and soothe restless behavior relax muscular tension improve range of motion promote muscle tone offer auditory and physical stimulation enhance communication skills develop sensory awareness promote a feeling of calmness release emotional imbalances restore a sense of well being reconnect the mind and spirit balance the Chakra energy