AURA
1 Hour of Ambient Atmospheric Music
VIBES
1 Hour of Tactile SubBass Ambient Music
RESONANCE
1 Hour of Relaxing Ambient Music
WARMING
1 Hour of Relaxing Ambient Music
SPHINX
Dark Ambient SubBass Soundscape – 1 Hour
NAUTILUS
1 Hour of Ambient Music & Ocean Waves
PERCEPTION
World Fusion Ambient Instrumental Track in A Minor.
BODHI
30 Minutes of Night Rain and Aum with Sitar
DRIZZLE
Rain and Relaxing SubBass Soundscape – 24 Minutes
Study : Heart Rates Rise and Fall Together During Storytelling
In June 2019, at the University of Birmingham in England, psychologist Damian Cruse invited 27 young adults to come to the lab, on separate occasions, and listen to the same clips from an audiobook of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Sitting alone, each donned headphones and electrocardiogram (EKG) equipment while a voice with a British accent recounted tales of a mysterious monster taking down ships. When researchers later compared volunteers’ heart rates, a curious phenomenon emerged: The heart rates of nearly two-thirds of the participants rose and fell together as the story progressed.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9295793/
Study : Humming (brahmari pranayama) Reduces Stress
Humming (simple Bhramari) can be an effective stress-buster based on the assessment of several HRV parameters during its practice and in comparison with other activities. A regular daily humming routine can help enhance the parasympathetic nervous system and slow down sympathetic activation.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10182780/
Study : Birdsongs Alleviate Anxiety
The present study provides evidence for the beneficial effects of birdsongs on mood (depression, anxiety) and paranoid symptoms, with the latter being shown for the first time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20841-0
Kumare, the True Story of a False Prophet
An amazing documentary about people who are so desperate to believe anything that they fall for a false guru. The producer, Vikram Gandhi, does an amazing job at highlighting fallacies common in yoga world. A must watch for anyone in the spirituality industry, most especially yoga practitioners.
https://tubitv.com/movies/57197/kumare
Evelyn Glennie
Channel for an amazing percussionist, Evelyn Glennie.
Nature’s Health Benefits
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29982151/
Conclusions: Greenspace exposure is associated with numerous health benefits in intervention and observational studies. These results are indicative of a beneficial influence of greenspace on a wide range of health outcomes. However several meta-analyses results are limited by poor study quality and high levels of heterogeneity. Green prescriptions involving greenspace use may have substantial benefits. Our findings should encourage practitioners and policymakers to give due regard to how they can create, maintain, and improve existing accessible greenspaces in deprived areas. Furthermore the development of strategies and interventions for the utilisation of such greenspaces by those who stand to benefit the most.
The Health Benefits of Natural Sounds
Scientific study exploring the benefits of natural sounds. It demonstrates an overall positive result for most people, both when hearing the sounds inside or outside. Some sounds worked better for soothing nerves, such as water.
The overall mean effect size for health and positive affect outcomes was 1.63 (95% CI = 0.09, 3.16), corresponding to a 184% overall improvement in groups exposed to natural sounds relative to comparison groups (Fig. 1). The large variance in effect sizes was due to one study with particularly large effect sizes (28). The overall mean effect size for stress and annoyance outcomes was −0.60 (95% CI = −0.97, −0.23), corresponding to a 28% overall decrease in groups exposed to natural sounds relative to comparisons (Fig. 1).
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/14/e2013097118/tab-article-info
Vibroacoustics for Relaxation, Stress Reduction and Relief.
“Conclusions: Suitability of VA methods in therapeutic programmes for promoting relaxation, reducing stress and relieving symptoms of anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties has found confirmation in several studies. Research results have also shown that one or a couple of sessions of VA therapy could be applied to healthy people to reduce fatigue or stress of daily life.”
Vibroacoustics in Diminishing Body Dissatisfaction
“In the present study vibroacoustic therapy was tried out in the case of body dissatisfaction, Vibroacoustic therapy promotes changes in the state of mood and comfort, which are important for bodily well-being. Vibroacoustic therapy can be used for reducing stress in a non clinical population and added to treatment programs, including interventions for diminishing body dissatisfaction.”
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByfSfYOMMG5XSVFRcU4wSS1veUU/edit
Effects of Vibroacoustics on Skin Blood Flow in the Arm
“Conclusions: Five minutes of 30 Hz or 50 Hz vibration produced significant increases in (skin blood flow) SBF. Clinically, 50 Hz has additional benefits because SBF increased more rapidly and did not result in vasoconstriction during the recovery period. Future studies should be done to determine if these increases in SBF could be of benefit to populations with low circulation such as those with diabetes.”
Vibroacoustics Used in Nursing Care Pain Relief Post Operation
“No adverse effects were observed. Conclusion The vibroaco ustic therapy is safe and better than the routine method in terms of pain reliev ing effect for patients with laryngeal cancer after surgery.”
Effects of Vibroacoustics on Elderly Nursing Home Residents
“A significant improvement in sadness and depression as
assessed by the DMAS was shown in the 15 elderly NH residents (p<0.05) after 2 weeks of VAT. Overall, these findings
suggest that VAT induced relaxation in the elderly NH residents with symptoms of depression."
"These reports suggest that VAT has an effect similar to aerobic exercise through activation of the p38MAPK pathway."
"Falempin et al. suggested that tendon vibration (120 Hz)
applied to rat soleus muscle can be used as a strategy to
counteract the atrophic process observed after hindlimb unloading"
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpts/24/3/24_291/_pdf
Vibroacoustic Study for the Elderly Suggests Improved Function
Conclusions: Low-frequency sound wave therapy may have the potential to promote well-being of frail elderly subjects via improved functional capacity, especially in subjects who are too frail to undertake exercise.
Neurophysical Responses to Vibroacoustics in Rett Syndrome
Abstract
People with Rett syndrome (RTT) have severe communicative difficulties. They have as well an immature brainstem that implies dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. Music plays an important role in their life, is often used as a motivating tool in a variety of situations and activities, and caregivers are often clear about people with RTTs favourites.
The results showed that all participants responded to the musical stimuli, but not always in the expected way. It was noticeable that both people with and without RTT responded with an arousal to all musical stimuli to begin with. Even though the initial expressions sometimes changed after some time due to poor control functions of their brainstem, the present results are consistent with the possibility that the RTT participants’ normal responses to music are intact. These findings may explain why music is so important for individuals with RTT throughout life.
Study on Sleep Disturbance with Vibroacoustic Therapy
“Conclusion:The vibroacoustic therapy have identified therapeutic effect in improve sleep state and physical and mental symptoms.”
http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-ZGKF200612016.htm
Vibroacoustic Effectiveness with “Heel Spurs”
Conclusions: These results represent a tentative confirmation of analgesic effectiveness of the vibro-acoustic method in musculoskeletal overload conditions. 2. In order to confirm its effectiveness, it is necessary to conduct further prospective randomized studies with blinding and evaluate the long-term results.