There is little doubt in anyone’s mind what a massage is. Telling someone you are going to get a massage evokes sighs of envy and bliss and brings to mind quiet music, soft lighting and the feeling of hands working tired and worn muscles.
Mention getting an energy massage though, and the response might be a little different. How can one be massaged with energy? In the early 80’s a man named Olav Skille began working with a new type of therapy for his special needs students. He noticed how sound waves had a positive effect on those with spastic muscles, pain and behavioural difficulties. Thus began work with what we now know as VibroAcoustic therapy. Healing with sound has been around probably as long as humans have been around. However, like most other traditional ways of healing, humans have abandoned this in favour of more ‘sophisticated’ ways. The trend is on for us to return to our roots and learn that we are subtle energetic beings who can respond beautifully to subtle, energetic healing techniques.
VibroAcoustic therapy allows your body to experience what music sounds like. Sine tones (pure, single frequency sound) passes through virtually every cell in your body, bathing you in a gentle vibrational massage. One effect of this is to help your body release metabolic toxins that may be stuck there for a host of reasons. Energetic massage gets to levels of your body that normal massage just cannot. And the best part is, you get to keep your clothes on, no oil or massage lotion is needed and your hair isn’t left in a mess either!
Perhaps one way to better understand VAT is to look to the child in the womb. In our prenatal environment, which is liquid filled, we were constantly receiving sound vibrations over our entire bodies. These vibrations passed right through us, giving all our new cells our first gentle massages. VAT using pure, low frequency sine tones in children and adults shows that the vibrations seem to stimulate regenerative processes and can help to relieve inflamation in our more grown up bodies. The pure tone frequencies used by this type of therapy typically lie between 30Hz and 120Hz. Larger muscle groups and organs respond to the lower frequencies, while the smaller muscles and organs respond to the higher ones.
Energy massage with VibroAcoustic therapy has been known to help with anxiety, depression, stress and burnout, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, insomnia, pain, COPD, IBS, among others. Studies are ongoing, looking for more answers.
Cures are not being spoken of here, but relief of symptoms, sometimes lasting for a week or more can be had. VAT is another step away from total dependency on medications and the allopathic medical system. It is not meant to replace this system, as there is a need for all ways of healing. With many countries experiencing a health care crisis, therapies such as VAT, Reiki, Healing Touch, Aromatherapy, Homeopathy, Accupuncture, Accupressure and many others can be a viable and useful way to give people the choices they need.
