Jefferson City —
Sound baths are taking mid-Missouri by storm, and it’s believed to create frequencies and vibrations that interact with a person’s body.
Brenda Jungmeyer, a wellness instructor, said, “The future of medicine is frequencies, and we’re seeing that more and more in how this frequency can lower your blood pressure and be used for chemotherapy patients to help bring their pain level down.”
Jungmeyer uses sound to take participants on a journey in a low-lit room with yoga mats, pillows, and blankets as she creates frequency vibration with bowls, gongs, and other instruments like the thunder drum to benefit the mind and body.
“It just gives out a nice thunder vibration, and that’s just to help open any blockages and kind of shake us up a little bit to open us up,” explained Jungmeyer.
Sound bathing is an ancient practice that can be traced to Native Americans and ancient cultures from across the globe.
Still, more people in mid-Missouri are beginning to open their minds to trying different holistic approaches, such as sound baths to combat stress, anxiety, and other illnesses.
“There are zero side effects of a sound bath, and for somebody to be able to get that relaxed state and that calmness, and it comes through or they sleep better for a week. It’s just intrinsic value you can get from all these,” said Jungmeyer.
Sabine Shamet, a Jefferson City resident has first-hand experience with the positive influence sound bathing has on mood.
She participated in Jungmeyer’s class for the first time as a recommendation from her daughter and said, “I’m kind of a hectic person, sometimes it’s hard for me to stay focused or to feel grounded, and I’m always like, ‘Let’s do this, this, and this, another point on my list.’ Now I feel very calm, very chill, go with the flow, and don’t do all this hectic stuff all the time. I’m so relaxed.”
According to research published by the National Library of Medicine, listening to the high-intensity, low-frequency combination of bowls, gongs, and bells in a sound meditation could induce a deep relaxation response and better well-being.
“There have been 400 and some published journals about sound and the effects of sound and what it does to your mind and what it does to your body,” said Jungmeyer.
One study published by the National Institutes of Health used sound bowls for emotional healing with high-risk youth. The authors reported that this healing method may be a catalyst for emotional and psychological healing in counseling sessions.
Jungmeyer believes more studies will continue to be published about the power of frequencies and how different sounds work on different areas of your body and encourage people to participate in holistic healing.
“Everything in the universe, including our body, is frequencies. So, if you have an area in your body and your organs’ frequencies are slow and sluggish, you have a blockage, and we can bring the frequency back up to normal where it should be,” explained Jungemeyer.
Jungmeyer said sound baths offer a therapeutic experience and an opportunity to connect to a deeper sense of self.
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