Sound Wellness Resources

Kaasei has now retired from teaching. She offers these links as suggestions for places to start exploring the world of sound therapy. You can also refer to her blog on this web site for helpful information. 

LINKS

• British Academy of Sound Therapy, Lyz Cooper​
• Tama-Do, The Academy of Sound, Color and Movement, Fabien Maman
• International Association for Music and Medicine
• Making Sound Visible through cymatics, Evan Grant, TED talk
• Peaceful Puddle Gifts--Koshi and Zaphir carillon mini-chimes for sale
• Psychoacoustics--What is it?
• Singing and health, A dozen articles about how singing boosts health
• Sound Healers Association, founded in 1982 by Jonathan Goldman.  An organization dedicated to expanding the use of sound and music as therapeutic and transformational modalities. 
• Sound Made Visible, The beauty of sound is made visible on the CymaScope, showing how the words we speak and the music we make affect matter.  
• Soundwork--Joshua Leeds is a sound researcher, music producer and educator. He is one of few published authorities in the field of psychoacoustics–the study of the effects of music and sound on the human nervous system. He produced a series of recordings that produce specific effects, such as relaxation or improved concentration.
• The Naked Voice, Chloe Goodchild

BOOKS AND CDs​

• #Whatis Sound Healing?, Lyz Cooper
• The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing, Jonathan Goldman, 2008, Hay House
• The Art & Science of Sound Healing,  published in Caduceus Magazine
• Chakra Frequencies: Tantra of Sound, Jonathan and Anti Goldman, 2011, Destiny Books [with instructional CD]
• Chanting: Discovering Spirit in Sound, Robert Gass, 1999,Broadway Books, NY CD by same title sold separately
• The Healing Power of Sound: Recovery from Life-Threatening Illness Using Sound, Voice and Music, by oncologist Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D.,1999, Shambhala
• Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics, Jonathan Goldman, [includes instructional CD] 2002, Healing Art Press 
• The Healing Tones of Crystal Bowls, Renee Brodie.  The original primer on Crystal Bowls
• The Humming Effect, Jonathan and Andy Goldman, 2017, Healing Arts Press
• The Mysticism of Sound, Inayat Khan, 2004, Ekstais Editions Canada Ltd. 
• Music and Sound in the Healing Arts: An Energy Approach, John Beaulieu,1987, Station Hill Press
• Music As Yoga: Discover the Healing Power of Sound, Patrick Bernard, 2004,Mandala Publishing
• Music Healers of Indigenous Cultures, Pat Moffit-Cook, [includes CD of field recordings]
• The Naked Voice: Transform Your Life through the Power of Sound, Chloe Goodchild, 2015, North Atlantic Books

• The Power of Sound: How to Be Healthy and Productive Using Music and Sound, Joshua Leeds. Includes CD
• ​This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of  Human Obsession, Daniel J. Levitin, 2007, Plume
• Sound Shifting: Your Personal Guide to Self-Healing with Sound, Tryshe Dhevney, 2010, Under Running Laughter Press, Tucson, AZ
• The World is Sound: Nada Brahma, Music and the Landscape of Consciousness, Joachim-Ernst Berendt, 1983, Destiny Books, Rochester, VT
• The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant, Russell Paul,2004, New World Library Publishers, [includes instructional CD]. Explores ancient sonic knowledge and thousands of years of research about the relationship between sound, music and consciousness.  

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 "The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment." Pythagoras
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"Music sets up a certain vibration, which unquestionably results in a physical reaction.  Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized."   George Gershwin
                                                                                                                                                   
 "Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics."  Albert Einstein