Neuro-acoustic Therapy / Biotuning
Each of us has our own unique fingerprints and DNA. In recent years thanks to advancing technology, we now know that we each have a specific and scientifically measureable “fundamental frequency” that is as unique as our DNA. While terms like Hz and states of brain function like Delta and Beta can be complicated, in the simplest terms, we each have our own “song” and our brain and nervous systems “sing” specific songs when we engage in specific activities like thinking, working, learning or sleeping. When our fundamental frequency is disrupted (known as “dissonance”), for whatever reason (stress, toxin exposures, injuries, emotional trauma, etc.), health issues are the result. Some of the most common being anxiety, depression, ADD/ADHD, blood pressure problems, heart arrhythmias, insomnia, exhaustion, digestive issues, hormone imbalances, chronic pain and various auto-immune conditions.
Brain Entrainment and Binaural Beats
The superior olivary complex in our brainstem synchronizes various activities of the many neurons in the brain, impacting how our brain and nervous system thinks and feels. It is also the first part of the brain that processes sound input from both ears. When it hears a sound (aka: frequency) in one ear that is slightly different from a frequency in the other ear, it creates a specialized sound in our brain that is a balance of these two slightly different tones. This new tone that is unique to each of us is called a “binaural beat”. This new specialize sound that our brain created, changes the brain waves so that left and right hemispheres of the brain synchronize. This synchronization of the neural activities across the brain is called “entrainment”.
Entrainment isn’t just related to binaural beats. It is a common part of brain function. This entrainment state is also known as the “Ah HA!” moment, when a brain is capable of a higher state of functioning and clarity. Decades of neurological research has proven that sound induced entrainment can improve our ability to think more clearly and experience an overall sense of well-being and physical health.
There have been numerous studies on the beneficial effects of sound based entrainment. Some of the most recent and exciting are on the effects of Gamma frequency on people with Alzheimer’s. An MIT study in 2019 found as much as an 86% improvement with use of Gamma sounds after just 6 months.
What Is BioTuning?
Using highly specialized equipment, we can find a person’s unique "fundamental frequency", monitor the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, and then create a customized set of sounds for brain entrainment - helping restore balance in our brain and nervous system. These personalized sounds can then be played at home, using high fidelity headphones and a FLAC player.
Phase I entrainment focuses on balancing the physical body, predominately the brain and autonomic nervous system, and organs like the adrenals, as well as resolving any traumas - physical and emotional - within the body. The result is typically better sleep, reduced anxiety, improved cognition and focus, pain reduction and an overall sense of wellbeing.
Phase II promotes higher states of awareness and creativity, peak performance and the capacity for personal growth.
Phase III is the “Pinnacle” stage in which we are able to achieve higher states of consciousness, peace and maintain homeostasis within the physical body.
It’s been fascinating and exciting watching our clients improve, especially those with cognitive issues. Although there are a number of nutritional and homeopathic approaches that help; people with memory issues would often forget to take their supplements. Yet, everyone seems to remember to play their customized bio-tones every day!
What Will I Hear?
Neuro-Acoustic Therapy is not music. Music is a series of notes in a specific arrangement that typically repeats in a predictable manner that tends to rise and fall. Neuro-Acoustic sounds are a specific set of frequencies/tones that are created based upon our specific nervous system responses. Some of these frequencies may even be above of below our ability to "hear" with our ears, but our brain and autonomic nervous system will still detect them. These frequencies are intertwined with "primordial" natural sounds (such as waves, bird song, wind, rain etc) that are known to enhance the brain entrainment activity of the specialized frequencies and binaural beats. Although not music, it is still designed to be a pleasant experience. Often the most difficult aspect of this therapy is resisting the urge to play the tones more than recommended.
Fees:
Your first session typically runs 2 hours. If you are not an established client here, it could take longer as we will need to learn more about your health history before we proceed to finding your Fundemental Frequency and move forth with the first session. The first initial session is $300.00 regardless of how long it takes. After your first session, you will also be going home with a recording of your tones played during your session.
Please note that you will need a high quality set set of headphones and a FLAC player to play your tones at home. Most standard headphones only emit frequencies as low as 20Hz. Most of the frequencies within your Biotuning session are as low as .6Hz! Meaning any genertic headset will lose those important frequencies needed in your therapy and will render it less effective. The FLAC player will also keep the track in it's original recorded format. Phones (especially iPhones and Samsungs) are notorious for "condensing" music files in order for the software to play the track and this means stripping the file of some of the lower frequencies in order to do so (iPods will also condense music tracks to fit their formating). Having it on a FLAC player guarantees that your session track stays in it's original format, and therefore keeping all those low-level theraputic frequencies.
We have the appropriate equipment available at our offices if you need to purchase them. The headphones are $100.00. The FLAC player is $60.00. (They are both subject to Michigan sales tax. Total price if purchasing both is $169.60 with tax.)
Future sessions vary in length, ranging from 21 days to 90 days depending on what each client needs. Subsequent sessions typically take 45 to 90 minutes at $180.00. You will then get a new session track recorded on to your FLAC player and sent home to play until the next session is needed.
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