Sense of Sound: Sound-Based Activities

Sound-based activities correspond with the Phlegmatic Temperament, Phlegm, Cold/Wet, Water Element, Winter, the Soul Body, Tree of Life: World of Briah (Creation), Heart (Anahata) and Throat (Visuddha) Chakras, the Blue and Green Aura Color Personalities, the Emotion of Sadness, Touch and Sound, and VAM (part of God’s name).

  • Studies show the purring sound a cat makes when it is content heals arthritis. Give your cat some love.

 

  • Listen to your child breathing while asleep, a bird chirping, a creek babbling, or soft, soft music. Listen to the silence, which is one sound we all get too little of. How often do you sit in silence or, for that matter, sleep in silence?

 

  • Turn off the TV and the radio when you are not really listening. 

 

  • If you are lonely, call a friend and really listen to their voice without being distracted.

 

  • Visit a friend with children and listen to them laughing and running through the house (good medicine). After a while, you probably won’t mind returning to quiet, but you’ll return feeling fuller.

 

  • ​Play an instrument even if you don’t know how to play. Shake a rattle (or a can full of buttons or beans). Shaking rattles chases away negative energy and gives us an immediate boost.

 

  • Listen to music you are not familiar with from another genre or culture.

 

  • If you have trouble sleeping or have Tinnitus (constant ringing in one or both ears), invest in CDs with nature sounds or string instrumentals (violin, harp, cello, mandolin, ruan, guitar, etc.) and listen to them to fall asleep more quickly. Some HSPs are partial to the piano. Either way, it is the softer side of music that heals.

 

  • Tuning forks help to balance your body’s natural energy flow. When tapped, they vibrate to a specific frequency and make a particular sound. When held against the body (there’s a whole science to this), they heal you emotionally and physically. Tuning Fork Therapy could also be included under the sense of “Touch”.

 

  • Go outside and listen to nature, the birds’ sound in the air, the wind in your hair.