Most people believe that when you listen to a sound or a piece of music, you listen with your ears. The truth is, you listen with your entire being! Your natural wiring for sound and music is a great asset when you are looking for effective ways to sleep better, improve your health, make your days easier and so much more.

First, let’s take a closer look at what sound is.

Science has shown that everything at the atomic level is constantly moving and vibrating. Sound is defined as vibrational energy. It is one of the few energies that can CHANGE how matter itself vibrates.

Sound is a physical energy that travels in a wave and pushes atoms and molecules around as it travels through a medium – like air – and like you!

Yes. Sound goes through you!

Here are a few examples of your wiring for sound.

1. Sound moves through the more fluid parts of your body four and a half times faster than it moves through the air. And twelve times faster through your bones. As sound travels through you, it sets your atoms and molecules into a state of vibration. When the vibrations stops, your entire being resets to healthy, natural patterns. Depending on the nature of the sound.

2. Rhythm changes your heartbeat, breathing and brainwaves. This is called entrainment. Your heartbeat will match the beat of the music around you within minutes. And you can’t turn off this response. It happens whether or not you are even paying any attention to the music. When the music changes your heartbeat, this also affects your breathing and brainwave rhythms. These three systems are intimately connected. When you change one of them, you change all three.

3. Your body is fed by food. Your nervous system is fed by sound. And as we all know, there is junk food, good food and super food for the body. There is also junk sound, good sound and super sound for your nervous system.

Junk sounds, like traffic noise, are well documented to stimulate the release of stress hormones. Prolonged exposure to these hormones result in all kinds of health problems and disease.

Good sounds include nature sounds, like birdsong, gently bubbling water, waves or wind are sounds that create a healthy response. Most people feel relaxed, calm, focused and peaceful.

Super sounds include specific sounds or mantras designed to powerfully stimulate the natural healing ability of the body. Some of these sounds can also catalyze spiritual growth.

4. Hormones are released whenever you play music or sing with other people. Examples are feel good hormones like dopamine or oxytocin, the ‘bonding’ hormone, that creates connection and community. Also several other hormones are released that help keep you healthy.

5. Thousands of receptors for sound have been detected in cells of the skin. Your skin actually hears better than your ears.

The above examples of your wiring for sound are like the tip of the iceberg for what is being discovered.