{"id":25967,"date":"2018-11-16T12:31:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=25967"},"modified":"2018-11-16T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:31:18","slug":"the-power-of-sounds-gong-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/the-power-of-sounds-gong-baths\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of sounds: Gong baths"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_25978\" style=\"width: 1108px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25978\" class=\"wp-image-25978 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/gong1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1098\" height=\"693\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparation before a Gong bath at the Round Chapel in London. Picture by Ugne Maladauskaite<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sound healing has been used for centuries to attempt to cure mental illnesses, lower stress levels, improve overall health and help people to connect to the Universe and inner self.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The magic of music and the power of sounds are so strong they can change our lives. The range of an average human hearing is 20Hz to 20,000Hz. It is believed that at the same time we are capable to focus on the eight most dominant sounds in the environment. That could be: traffic noises, voices, music and much more. Sounds and music have different purpose in our lives. Some make us happy, some irritate, others help to maintain focus and motivation. But have you ever heard about the magical sounds that can heal us?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29287\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29287\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29287\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/2B0AD0AF-A131-40CE-93A1-D3E489ABA382-1024x703.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"508\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gong and singing bowls. Picture by Ugne Maladauskaite<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29288\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29288\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29288\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/10E2DAE2-C0EF-4D7E-86A1-8D87565979D7-e1544481295252-1024x692.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main gong. Picture by Ugne Maladauskaite<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sound healing can help with :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sleep disorders<\/li>\n<li>Depression<\/li>\n<li>Stress<\/li>\n<li>PTSD<\/li>\n<li>Pain<\/li>\n<li>Anxiety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are different types of sound healing practices. The main ones are: voice(singing, humming and throat singing), singing bowls, drums and gongs.<\/p>\n<p>The Voice of London had an amazing opportunity to meet a sound healing practitioner Kat Bumbul and explore the sound healing technique called gong meditation or gong bath; a bath where people are immersed in sound waves rather than in water.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VQBIjST4i7c&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"text-class-7\">Gong bath explanation as quoted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundmysterium.com\/Gong-Bath.html\">Sound Mysterium<\/a> website:\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"text-class-7\">&#8220;<\/span><span class=\"text-class-7\">Dense gong tones envelope the listener&#8217;s body in a thick cocoon of sound.<\/span><span class=\"text-class-7\">\u00a0It feels like drowning or floating in cosmic space. Gong experience can be also compared to the bathing in the ocean, as the sound waves powerfully wash over, around and through you. After a healing session you feel clean and refreshed.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"text-class-7\">\u00a0 During\u00a0a\u00a0gong session I also use my voice and play other instruments to facilitate cleansing, serenity, altered states and healing.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"text-class-7\">\u00a0 Meditation with the sound of the gong is always unique and different to every participant. Usually the temperature of the body drops.\u00a0Heat or tingling in some areas are common. This indicates that these areas\u00a0got an intensive transformation.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25979\" style=\"width: 1060px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25979\" class=\"wp-image-25979 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/gong2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"698\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time before a Gong bath at the Round Chapel in London. Picture by Ugne Maladauskaite<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More information about Kat Bumbul and sound healing:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundmysterium.com\/\">www.soundmysterium.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featured image: organ at the Round Chapel in London. Picture by Ugne Maladauskaite<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video, photographs and words: Ugne Maladauskaite | Subbing: Adam Kaczynski<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sound healing has been used for centuries to attempt to cure mental illnesses, lower stress levels, improve overall health and help people to connect to the Universe and inner self. 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