Tracey Woods, Internationally Accredited Trainer and Practitioner with the Sound Healing Academy
Tracey has practiced for the last 10 years as a sound therapy practitioner. She is a well respected trainer, based in the Blue Mountains, and offers a Sound Wellness Clinic at the centre. She provides consultations to children, adolescents, adults and older adults, as well as seeing individuals, and families. Sound Healing is beneficial for a range of mental health and physical health issues.
With a background in Social Work and roles in the Health system for the past three decades, Tracey is committed to disciplined and evidence based practice, whilst balancing a whole of person approach to wellness.
Tracey also offers Creative Therapies.
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What Is Sound Healing?
Sound Healing is a holistic approach that combines ancient wisdom and modern science to promote relaxation, reduce stress and improve overall well-being. Using intentional sounds, frequencies and vibrations, sound healing can help restore the body, mind and soul’s natural balance, health and vitality. Benefits of sound healing can include calming the nervous system, reduced stress, deep relaxation, improved sleep, reduced inflammation, pain reduction, digestive balance, improved mental health, clarity and focus, spiritual insights, chakra / energy balance, trauma release and much more. Sound healing is also a powerful tool for meditation and relaxation, with the different sound frequencies helping to create states of mindfulness, peace and stillness. Deep relaxation is one of the most significant benefits of sound healing, followed by its energetic ‘sonic massage’ effect, created by the sound vibrations that help release stuck energy. These benefits are created with a range of sound healing instruments including crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, gongs, drums, tuning forks, as well as vocals and toning. These instruments can be used on and off the body to restore harmony and balance, and improve wellbeing. Ultimately, sound therapy supports our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, leaving us feeling balanced and refreshed.
The Science Of Integral Sound Healing
Sound therapy harnesses the acoustic and vibrational power of these sound healing instruments to support the body’s natural healing processes. Sound can stimulate the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers, to alleviate symptoms of chronic pain, anxiety and inflammation. The sound waves also synchronise the brain’s rhythms, to guide the nervous system into a more balanced and restorative state.
Low frequency vibrations such as those created by tuning forks, gongs, and deep Tibetan bowls, can penetrate deeply into the body, improving circulation, releasing stuck energy and stimulating the Vagus nerve, which plays a key role in balancing the autonomic nervous system. This reduces stress, lowers cortisol levels and promotes tissue oxygenation (nitric oxide) which can reduce inflammation and support overall health. Low frequencies are also good for grounding. Higher frequencies such as those associated with crystal bowls and chimes are beneficial for stimulating the mind, enhancing clarity, and stimulating creativity and insights, offering mental rejuvenation. The most notable effect is that of deep relaxation, and it can facilitate mindfulness and relaxation for those who find it hard to achieve on their own.
