Using Sound to Induce Trance

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Permalink Reply by Leigh Spusta on July 14, 2008 at 12:55am

P.S. ....

It was a fun show, and it was nice to be able to share my thoughts and ideas about entrainment music with a group. Many thanks to Mahastee and Gwen of "LoveChats" for having me on!

Leigh

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Permalink Reply by Fretwell Flutes on July 14, 2008 at 4:23am

Leigh,

The sound table is a very exciting idea.

I bet it works great, 'since we are all composed of molecules vibrating. Like a tuning fork vibrates in sympathy with another tuning fork that is struck, your body will vibrate in sympathy.

I wonder, do all humans vibrate in sympathy with the same sound waves? I know that different people who hear our flutes are drawn to the different keys. We have tested this theory over and over. Women tend to be drawn to the deep bass flutes and men tend to be drawn to the higher tone flutes.

'Since my husband is a great wood worker, I'm gonna have to have him built me a sound table. I have to try this. I'm so excited.

Thank you for sharing the interview. I now have a "name" for where I want to go with my music "Entrainment". I didn't know what to call it, before.

I appreciate your work, I can feel it.

Lisa

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Permalink Reply by Leigh Spusta on July 14, 2008 at 4:31pm

Hi Lisa,

Fabulous! I have been wanting to get a nice wooden flute, they have such a wonderful tone. Indeed, the mind/body will resonate to frequencies universally on a physical level, and yet people are emotionally and energetically drawn to different sounds at different times. The sound table experiece is quite powerful, many people experience emotional release and resolution, or spontaneous insights to issues they are dealing with. Good luck with your table, I can give you some pointers if you need, but the thing to remember is to use vibro-acoustic music to get the best effect of the sound table.

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Permalink Reply by Fretwell Flutes on July 15, 2008 at 5:53am

Can you clarify: Vibro-acoustic music ?

Any pointers on construction of the table would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Lisa

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Permalink Reply by Leigh Spusta on July 18, 2008 at 3:02pm

Hi,
"Vibro-acoustic" refers to low bass type frequencies that can be felt with the body. Using the table with the right music is like a musical massage.
My table is simple - 2 cabinets, each are 3.5 feet long, 2.5 feet wide, 10 inches deep. One cabinet houses two 12 inch subwoofers, the other only one 12 inch subwoofer. When these are laid down end to end, it is 7 feet long. When you lay on it, one woofer is for the upper back, the other for the lower back, the other cabinet with on woofer places the woofer under the knees. One cabinet recieves the right signal, the other the left signal. No need to use crossovers, just the straight speaker output signal from the amp. A 100 watt stereo amp works best. Use futon type foam and throw a blanket over it and, there you have it!

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Permalink Reply by Leigh Spusta on July 18, 2008 at 3:04pm

P.S. - There should be air ports, a 3 inch hole in the side of each cabinet would be fine. There is alot of air moving in and out of a sound table.

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Permalink Reply by Leigh Spusta on July 19, 2008 at 7:01pm

First, I must thank Katt for the awesome comments, thank you! What you described, Paul, is a cool phenomena. There was a recording artist in the late 70's, can't recall his name right now, his music went in and out of phase, creating new rythmic patterns as it went along. When sound goes in and out of sync, phasing, it produces a beat frequency called a heterodyne beat. This is very similar to how a binaural beat is produced, without the right / left separation, and this heterodyne beating can create a frequency following response in the brain, brainwave entrainment. When you create a wide stereophonic or surround playback environment, the effect is enhanced because in addition to the beating, now the hemispheres of the brain are busied by calculating the doppler effect in the phasing! Total overload! This is something that could be duplicated to varying degrees...

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Permalink Reply by Doreen Cohanim C.Ht on July 19, 2008 at 8:31pm

Hey Leigh,

Great question... In my case, I come to realize that the sound does affects the awareness for some people by producing deeper trance, but also it disturbs the peace of mind with most analytical clients and also emotional clients..
So it depands on the indivitual I guess.
I personally enjoy the native sounds followed with the hypnotic suggestions..

Doreen

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Permalink Reply by Leigh Spusta on July 20, 2008 at 3:36am

Hi Doreen,
Native inspired soundtracks are great in the beginning to establish a mood and to shift the space, and yet is too musical for the hypnosis session. It can distract critical clients, and so it is important to use music that is specifically "not music", especially for those who tend to critically evaluate everything. The best trance inducing music for sessions would definately be those without a true melody, without dynamic movement, so that it becomes regarded as a dismissable background sound, just as the random yet natural sound of wind is dismissed consciously. It is when we use a track that creates too much anticipation (of melody, rythym) or has too many potentially familiar moments that it distracts the client. A common mistake would be to use "new age" music - i.e. - soft piano, native drums, etc.. For the hypnosis portion, music that puts you in the mood isn't as good as music that puts you in trance.

Leigh

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Permalink Reply by Peter Blum on July 31, 2008 at 6:13pm

Greetings Leigh
It's possible you are thinking of Steve Reich? He did a lot with phase music... very trippy stuff. I am new to this group and looking to connect with others who are riding the seam between sound and trance. Hypnosis, shamanism, and sound therapy/healing are three sides of a triangle for me. Have been fascinated w/sound and it's effects on mood and consciousness for decades. Years ago I lay on a version of a vibro-acoustic table.
I have a large collection of instruments - 35+ Himalayan singing bowls, a 30" diameter gong on stand, several Native American-style wood flutes, ocarinas, shakers, rattles, djembes, frame drums, etc. Well, you get the picture. Since 1987, when I first began formal study of hypnosis, it has been a consuming passion of mine to find the interface. Have delivered talks and workshops and written papers on this stuff - I think the concept of "entrainment" is important key to both hypnotic trance and sound healing. Take look at website www.soundsforhealing.com Blessings Peter

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Permalink Reply by Leigh Spusta on August 3, 2008 at 3:28pm

Hi Peter,

I think you're right, Steve Reich! Very hypnotic bordering on shamanistic journey music. It's great to see someone else who is on the same page, I visited your site, very cool! It seems like you've been a great contributor to the field for a while. A couple of weeks ago I did another radio show, this one an hour and a half, where I spoke about the coonection between sound and music. The show can be streamed from my hypnothoughts page, if you got a chance to listen to some of it, it would great to get your take on things, since you are one of the few that I've met that practice the art! Are you planning on making any of you cds downloadable as mp3? I bought one of you cds, looking forward to checking it out, feel free to visit my site psimatix.com. Be Well - Leigh Spusta

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Permalink Reply by Erik Blazynski on August 4, 2008 at 5:49am

Leigh,

Have you found that the mp3 compression diminishes the effect of your music? I find that especially in classical pieces there is a noticeable difference in the depth of the music on CD vs. an MP3. Do you sell your music on CD or just the downloads?

Also, if I were going to sell hypnosis recordings can I put your music underneath my voice?

Thanks
Erik

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