Biosound Therapy

Biosound Therapy integrates bianural beats, vibroacoustics, and guided imagery to create a multi-sensory wellness experience. This combination promotes relaxation, alleviates stress, and encourages emotional healing, allowing clients to connect more deeply with their minds and bodies while aiding in the healing of the autonomic nervous system (ANS).

When healing your nervous system you are primarily focused on your ANS, which regulates involuntary bodily functions and responses to stress. Your central nervous system (CNS), made up of the brain and spinal cord also play a role, but the autonomic system is more directly involved in stress responses and relaxation. Healing both can contribute significantly to overall well-being.

Biosound Therapy is all about utilizing brain waves to promote a deeper level of healing. Brain waves are produced by the synchronized electrical pulses emitted as billions of neurons communicate with each other. Brain waves are ever-changing, depending on what we are doing and feeling. Brain waves are measured in Hertz, or cycles per second. The brain has five different types of waves, and these operate at different frequencies.

The five different types of brain waves:

• Gamma waves: Gamma waves are the fastest brain waves, with a frequency of 30 Hz and above. The gamma brain wave state is associated with high-level cognition, memory recall, and peak awareness.
• Beta waves: Beta waves have a frequency of 13 Hz to 30 Hz and are associated with outward-focused attention, thinking, and problem solving. In the beta state, the brain is active, alert, and focused.
• Alpha waves: Alpha waves have a frequency of 8 Hz to 13 Hz. When you are in an alpha state, you are calm but alert, relaxed and focused inward, such as in light meditation or while doing a relaxing task. Alpha waves are associated with stress reduction and positive thinking.
• Theta waves: Theta waves have a frequency of 4 Hz to 8 Hz. They occur most often during REM sleep and are associated with deep meditation. Theta waves are associated with deep relaxation, creativity, and vivid imagery. In this state, we are more intuitive and in closer touch with our subconscious.
• Delta waves: Delta waves are the slowest brain waves, with frequencies between .01 Hz to 4 Hz. The delta wave state is associated with deep, dreamless sleep and the healing and regenerating of the body.

BioSound Therapy combines a variety of therapies to offer a relaxing, immersive, and positive experience. These include biofeedback, binaural beats, guided meditation, whole-body vibration, and positive affirmations.

Biofeedback is a powerful tool for stress reduction. According to an article published in the journal Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, biofeedback has been shown to normalize brain rhythms and frequencies for improved psychological states. By teaching you to control your body’s response to stress, biofeedback can help you manage a wide range of physical and mental ailments, including anxiety, depression, and chronic pain.

A Biosound Therapy session starts with biofeedback to help you learn techniques to reduce negative emotions, lower stress in real time and achieve a sense of calm and well-being.

Binaural beats are a form of music therapy, and they are an important foundation of sound healing. Also known as “brain wave entrainment,” binaural beats are at the heart of Biosound Therapy.

Binaural means “relating to both ears.” Brain wave entrainment involves playing a different tone in each ear. Each tone has a different frequency. For example, the tone playing in the left ear may be 200 Hz, and the tone playing in the right ear may be 210 Hz. The tones travel separately to the inferior colliculus, which is the part of the brain that handles auditory input. Once in the inferior colliculus, the two tones are married and produce a “beat” at a new frequency, which is the difference between the two incoming frequencies—in this case, the new frequency is 10 Hz.

The idea is that your brain syncs to the new frequency, putting you in a particular brain wave state. In the example above, binaural beats that produce a new brain wave frequency of 10 Hz will put your brain into the alpha state.

Binaural beats have been shown to reduce anxiety and stress and improve sleep. A study published in the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine found that listening to binaural beats five times a week for four weeks significantly reduced anxiety in mildly anxious participants. Another study, published in the European Journal of Sports Science, found that brain wave entrainment significantly improved sleep quality and the post-sleep state in athletes. Brain wave entrainment has also been shown to reduce pain and improve behavioral problems in children.

Biosound Therapy utilizes binaural beats to produce a theta brain wave state.

The theta brain wave state is characterized by very deep relaxation. Theta brain waves are used in hypnosis and REM sleep. The mind is extremely creative in the theta state, which lies between consciousness and the subconscious and directs our beliefs and behaviors. The theta state is somewhere between sleep and wakefulness, and it can be reached through meditation.

Meditation is an important tool to help improve clients’ self- and thought-awareness. It has numerous proven benefits for mental and physical health, including reducing stress, anxiety and depression and improving mindfulness. According to an article published in the journal NeuroReport, meditation even changes the brain’s physical structures, increasing cortical thickness and reducing the volume of the amygdala, the brain region responsible for fear, stress, and the fight-or-flight response.

Guided meditation is a form of meditation that is guided by voiced instruction. It typically uses guided imagery to lead you to the theta brain wave state, and it helps you maintain that inward focus for the duration of the meditation session. BioSound Healing Therapy utilizes guided meditation to hold participants in the theta brain wave state.

In the theta brain wave state, we are more open to suggestions. The Biosound guided meditation includes positive affirmations that help improve your self-concept and promote positive thoughts.

Positive affirmations are simply positive statements about yourself. A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that repeating positive affirmations improves self-control. Another study published in the journal Psychological Science found that daily affirmations improve self-confidence and promote more positive interactions with others. Replacing negative thoughts and self-talk with positive thoughts and self-talk can lead to real and meaningful change from the inside out.

The Biosound Therapy system includes a vibrating bed for whole-body vibration therapy. Although the research on vibration therapy is in its infancy, some studies have found a range of benefits. NASA uses vibration therapy to improve bone mass in astronauts, and a study published in the journal PLoS One found that whole-body vibration improved attention and cognition in healthy individuals and in those with ADHD.

Whether or not vibration therapy is a viable therapy to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression remains to be seen, but there is no question that lying on the vibrating platform induces a relaxed state similar to that which comes from getting a massage.

People who have undergone Biosound Therapy find it extremely enjoyable.

When used along with traditional treatment therapies like cognitive-behavioral therapy, Biosound Therapy can help with development and ongoing healthy thought patterns. The deep relaxation state it produces reduces stress and improves mood and feelings of well-being, which can help through all the challenges of life.