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Science, Sound and Healing

Rachel Riggio — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:26:06 +0000

As we learned in science class, everything is energy that vibrates at various frequencies. Energy is made visible to us through the vibrational patterns moving through all of life. Sound is energy, wave patterns and frequency! We can use it to heal! We truly live in an incredible Universe.

To See Sound

In the science of cymatics, we can see the physical form of sound.

It seems there is some kind of intelligence taking place with the formations of geometric, organized structures in beautiful patterns. They vary with each tone and organize themselves together.

Beautiful geometric sand patterns are created through vibrations made on a steel table top. When we see the forms made, it really makes us step back and say, “Hmm…” How incredible is it that the sand morphs into these perfect geometric forms through tones and with each different frequency there is a different corresponding pattern!

It seems like magic but it’s science! For those of you that don’t know what I’m talking about you should check out the work of Kenichi Kanazawa.

We truly do live in an incredible universe!

Our Cells Sing

I’ve been learning about sound healing recently and the quantum physics and other science that supports it. Sonocytology was founded by a professor and a doctor at UCLA using an Atomic Force Microscope.

He founded the study of the sound of cells. They discovered that our cells actually have an audible frequency and you can distinguish if a cell is healthy or unhealthy by its pitch!

It’s incredible that the frequency of sound is at the most basic part of a cell’s nature, and if it’s what they’re made of, why can’t we use the same vibrational energy to heal them?

It’s pretty amazing stuff and I’m blown away that it’s not something that we hear about more.

Healing by Electromagnetic Energy

My sister worked for a naturopath that used Radionics to heal people. I learned that each organ has a frequency at which it resonates. By using frequency to measure the functions going on in various parts of the body, they treated their clients based on these findings rather than symptomatically.

Back in the 1930s, Royal Raymond Rife invented a similar machine that used frequency to heal! He cured people of cancer using the Laws of the Universe.

Without getting too into the science behind it, it is similar to our ability to shatter a wine glass by tuning into the specific frequency of the glass itself. This can be done by running your finger along its rim. When the resonant frequency of the glass matches the tone, it will shatter.

He proved this method with a wide range of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and cancerous cells.

Unfortunately, he mysteriously disappeared after his findings.

Medicinal Sound Healing

Sound healing is something that is starting to be recognized in the medical field. Many scientists have documented its effect on our autonomic, immune, and endocrine systems, as well as the direct impact it has on the activity in our brains.

I believe it’s something not talked about on the mainstream media because corporations could lose out on a lot of money if people knew they were able to treat themselves with sound and nature. These are ancient healing methods, not pseudoscience of new-age mumbo jumbo. There’s plenty of scientific proof that tones can affect our bodies in a physiological and hormonal way.

History of Sound Healing

Egyptians used sound in a method they called “toning “where they used vowel sounds to create specific healing frequencies that could harmonize the systems of the body. A woman named Elizabeth Keys wrote a book called Toning where she states “Toning is an ancient method of healing. The idea is to simply restore people to their harmonic patterns.”

Researchers who studied Egypt said that the pyramids were built in a way where there was a giant echo chamber where vibrations could move through creating tones that could have been used for healing or possibly ascension! Richard Hoagland, a specialist, said that the structure of the pyramid is made of calcium carbonate and lime stone which has certain molecular configuration similar to a crystal and with it stacked up with perfect geometry, it would be able to largely amplify a tone, like wind moving through caverns. I find it to be incredibly fascinating!

Ancient Greek physicians also use tones and vibration for healing, they treated personality disorders, digestion and sleep problems. There’s ancient Sanskrit chanting and the Gregorian chants of medieval times that were tuned to 432 Hz which is said to be the frequency of nature and resonates with the 7.83 Hz frequency of the earth and our brains.

I found some amazing information on sound healing by a man named Dr. Leo Horowitz that found electromagnetic sound frequencies could be used to repair DNA and have a multitude of health benefits! Others have confirmed his findings.

Science Experiments with Sound

Dr. Glen Rein is a respected researcher with extensive corporate experience that studies electromagnetics with highly respected schools like Harvard and Stanford. In 1987, he was studying psychoneuroimmunology and found a relationship between the central nervous system and the immune system. He scientifically explained how the way you feel will affect your physiological body.

In one of his studies, he wanted to see how sound frequency could impact healthy DNA. He measured the health of the cell based on its UV absorption rate, as this is a quality of a healthy cell. He exposed vials of DNA to four types of sound frequency. Two of the frequencies he exposed the DNA to were the Gregorian and ancient Sanskrit chants and he found that the chants increased absorption by 5 to 9%. The others like rock music, decreased the UV absorption. His studies proved that sound frequency can impact the well-being and the overall health of a cell.

Tesla Agreed

Tesla was working on a Polyphase System back in 1899/1900 that could transmit and utilize electrical power that was free and didn’t use wires! He built a high frequency generator to experiment with wireless power transmission. He said that the earth worked like a giant generator and that we could harness the energy of the earth for free! He was working with harnessing energy in the ionosphere but it was not yet called the ionosphere. He filed US patents on his research and he spoke about the potential for high frequencies to have medical benefits at a famous lecture at Columbia College that he did in 1891. He also died mysteriously and evidence of his work in this area disappeared.

Heartbeat of the Earth

A half a century later Schumann Resonance was founded to confirm Tesla’s research. Schumann was a German physicist that discovered an electromagnetic resonance existing between the earth and the ionosphere. The ionosphere is the electorally charged atmosphere that encircles the earth. There are waves and frequencies that pulsate from the ionosphere to the earth and as they bounce off the surface of earth, they create a frequency that resonates at 7.83 hertz. This is known as Schumann Resonance or the heartbeat of the earth.

Schumann’s student Herbert Koenig, later compared EEG recordings of the human brain over the frequential recordings of the earth and found that our brains have the exact same frequency as the earth! Isn’t that incredible! These electrical impulses create and sustain all of life!

It's All Waves and Energy from our Head to our Toes

The brain is made of neurons and neurons make it possible to get information from our environment and transform, relay and command the body on how to respond to it. These neurons are simply electrical signals and these electrical signals are nothing but waves, energy and vibration, just like the rest of matter!

So, when we use sound healing and it enters our eardrums, it stimulates the Vegus nerve which is the longest cranial nerve in the body that goes all the way down to the lower intestines. The Vegus nerve backs up to the middle and lower ear membrane. This nerve is responsible for all the involuntary processes of the body including pumping your heart and breathing. It regulates the parasympathetic nervous system which restores relaxation to the body after periods of stress. It has a direct impact on many of the bodily systems.

Stimulating the nerve with vibration has the ability to send healing around the body. There have been many experiments done and scientific articles written that show how high frequency sound can stimulate dopamine synthesis and suppress the sympathetic nervous system. A heightened synthetic nervous system will cause stress, depression, aging and several other medical conditions. We have seen that the high frequency sound can also increase the parasympathetic nervous system to reduce stress.

Binaurel Beats and Solfeggio Sounds to Train the Brain

These sound healing techniques have history that leads us back to the medieval times. They were rediscovered in the 1970s using the Pythagorean method of numeral reduction from some codes Dr. Puleo found in the Bible.

All these sound frequencies are divisible by 3, 6 and 9, which have powers that were greatly supported by engineers, inventors and scientists like Nikola Tesla, John Keeley, Royal Rife and Dr. Leonard Horowitz. Tesla said “If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe.”

Binaural beats work through brain entrainment. This is a way to activate our brains capacity to enter a desired state by using a pulsing sound, light or electromagnetic field. The vibration or pulse triggers your neurons to replicate the pattern through the Law of Resonance.

Sound healing can help you achieve a desired state of mind or physical state of healing because of our brains “frequency following “response where brain waves synchronize with a given beat. All our moods are, are frequential patterns in the brain. Yet our state of mind has such a big influence on our lives impacting our relationships, our work and perceptions.

More and more research show us physiological impacts on patients through sound healing such as increased cardiac output, decreased pulse rate, lower blood pressure, altered respiratory rates and assistance within the parasympathetic system.

Conclusion

All of this is just really cool in my eyes! So, I want to urge anyone who reads this to try out sound healing and leave a comment!

It’s pretty amazing stuff and what have you got to lose by trying? Learning more and more about where science and spirituality intersect inspires me every day and I feel blessed to be able to write about these things.

I hope that my writing can inspire you to do some of your own research and be inspired by the incredible synchronicities of the natural world that we are inseparably a part of. I am empowered through this incredible information to learn to fully utilize our ability to heal as human beings and harmonize with the way that we interact with it all!

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Do you enjoy Meditation? What are the scientific benefits?

Rachel Riggio — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 20:27:01 +0000

There are countless scientific articles and research papers that explain the benefits of meditation. It has been shown to have multiple benefits from promoting happiness and wellbeing to increasing brain entropy which is associated with high intelligence and anti-aging.

Meditation is scientifically proven to increase the protein BDNF, improve the health of every cell, and increase neuroplasticity, as stated in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.

This neuroplasticity is what allows us to reprogram our minds to maintain a higher frequency vibration in our daily lives.

There is a lot of research done that uses functional imaging to measure neural mechanisms involved in meditation. They include the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) studies on Yoga, the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study on Kundalini Yoga; and the Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) study on Tibetan meditation.

These studies show prefrontal activation in the brain, transient hypofrontality, increased frontal lobe activity, and decreased parietal lobe activity. (Newberg and Iversen 2003; Muramoto, 2003; Azari et al., 2001).

Meditation also increases the serotonin levels in your brain via the lateral hypothalamic stimulation of the dorsal raphae. Serotonin helps combat depression and anxiety.

Also, the 5HT2 receptor stimulation can bring hallucinogenic effects. Serotonin inhibits LGB, which greatly reduces the signals that carry visual information, and this results in visual hallucinations. This is the same thing that happens when people take LSD or Psilocybin. This decrease in LGB action, along with other neural chemical releases results in internally generated imagery.

When serotonin floods the brain and interacts with dopamine it may enhance the feelings of euphoria seen during meditation. (Yoshida, et al., 1984; Newberg and Iversen, 2003).

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Home Office in the Cambodian Countryside

Rachel Riggio — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 19:51:19 +0000

I was born in Los Angeles, California- half a world away from where I live now. I live in the middle of the Cambodian countryside. When I look out my window, I see nothing but green, mountains, rice fields, an ancient tree, and always some form of a magnificent sky. It’s truly a dream here!

I was looking for a place to live with nothing but red dirt roads around me. I like being off the beaten path and surrounded by nature. I prefer quiet village life where everyone waves when you path by. I wanted to hear birds, crickets, and rain.

I met a Cambodian man who offered to build me a custom home on his coconut plantation. I happily agreed, what an incredible opportunity! Two months later, I was living in my beautiful little two-story home with a glass bottle brick wall and a beautiful patio that looks over greenery and mountains as far as the eye can see. So, I live here with my little animal family.

I have so much peace here and inspiration. When I write my books and articles, I voice record them in the notepad on my iPhone. I sit in my hammock or out on the patio, I look out into the beautiful green landscape like I’m doing right now. And, I just talk as if I’m talking to you or one of my best friends.

Right now, there is the sound of rain on the roof, beautiful low-hanging mystical clouds over the mountains that make me feel like I’m in a storybook from once upon a time. There is an ancient tree that I look out at, constantly reminding me of the power and resilience of nature. My boyfriend is singing romantic Brazilian music and playing his guitar in the background.

I am feeling really lucky to be alive. I love the life that I created for myself. I could be working a 9 to 5 in a city somewhere, but instead, I’m a writer who runs a free education project in the rural countryside.

My main objective is to be a part of a movement that raises the consciousness of humanity, at this time in our world.

I’m so grateful for myself that I created this life. I am so grateful for you, thank you for reading this and being a part of this beautiful journey with me. I hope I can inspire you to create the life of your dreams and to believe in a kind of world where we all get to do what we love.

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Why does uncertainty make us so uneasy?

Rachel Riggio — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 20:13:14 +0000

As human beings, we are under the impression that we can control our environments. We spend so much time trying to control the way we look, the people we have in our lives, how we progress in our careers, material statuses, perceived weaknesses or strengths…

We are planning for the beautiful sunny days and preparing for the rainy ones. We’ve been shown that we can interact and co-create with the Divine in the material world, as a result, we may have become a bit expectant of timely results.

As we sit in a time of so much uncertainty with a global pandemic on our hands, we may be pondering our stresses and trying to gain some security in the face of upheaval.

In the Stone Age, when we didn’t know where to go or have paved ways, we relied on our instincts. These instincts are the hardwired behavioral patterns that give us ideas of what to do in certain environments with various stimuli.

In the days before we had so many options, it may have been easier to follow and trust that we would know the right thing to do. We lived in the moment, having confidence in ourselves during uncertain times. We lived with mindfulness knowing we could cross the bridge when we came to it. Through being fully present on the journey, we would be able to make the best decision in that moment.

Our World is Much Different Now

We’ve had a lot of experience with controlling various aspects of our environment. Perhaps this has brought us further away from our natural instincts and the trust that we have the capability to make the right decisions for ourselves.

With so many options, we may lose satisfaction because we’re spoiled for choice. Sometimes it’s with little, or no, options that we learn to be content and satisfied with what is. I wonder how many of us would have described ourselves as “satisfied” or “fulfilled” before the pandemic, in times of “certainty”.

What Do We Value?

What are the challenges that we are all facing, together, during this time when we aren’t sure what comes next? Our experiences in the western world have had most of us wrestling with justified or unjustified anxiety for most of our adult lives.

Up until this time, where we have been forced to pause in the face of COVID-19, most of us have been rushing around from one thing to the next, trying to tick all the boxes and get it all done.

During the hustle and bustle of daily life, a lot of us have been looking forward to the end of the day where we can just take a deep breath. Now, all we can do is take deep breaths and figure out where to go from here.

Our human brains want to have control and the unanswered questions may overwhelm us. Some of us are not sure whether we should grieve, or not, because we don’t know what we’ve lost and it makes it hard to move forward.

Dr. Pauline Boss made the observation that when people are dealing with these types of uncertainties, they will tend to act like nothing happened or continue to live it again and again.

So, how can we cope when we don’t know what to do next? It brings us back to those days of the Stone Age, when we were in uncharted territory and we had to rely on our ‘gut instinct’, connection to ourselves.

We might be confused, overwhelmed, or disoriented because the new “normal” is a place we’ve never been before. As part of the human experience, we may fear the things that we cannot control, but there is a great beauty in all of us being in it together.

The Collective Unconscious

The respected Carl Jung studied the Collective Unconscious which he defines as “psychic structures “or “cognitive categories” which are not unique to the individual, but rather shared by all. “This Collective Unconscious influences our thoughts, behavior and the way we look at the world.

From the unconscious there emanates determining influences… Which, independently of tradition, guarantee in every single individual a similarity of experience.” As a collective, where our power can be utilized is how we frame this experience of global uncertainty.

Could this be the opportunity we have been hoping or praying for that reconnects humanity to ourselves, our environment, and to each other?

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Welcome to my Blog

Rachel Riggio — Mon, 31 May 2021 03:21:00 +0000

My name is Rachel Riggio and I am so grateful for what I have attracted into my life. I currently get to write about making the world a better place and spread awareness on topics that promotes a collective rise to thrive movement.

Rachel Riggio’s Author Photo

All of a sudden, I have one book out, one about to be released and two more on the way! I’m writing about topics like inner peace, where science meets spirituality, the Law of Attraction for children and how honoring the Divine Feminine will change the world! I’m so grateful that I get to fill myself up with such amazing knowledge through the research that goes into writing. Also, to share about the struggles and successes of my spiritual journey.

I remember a time in my life when I was suffering so much and I remember thinking I don’t want all of this suffering to be in vain. I want to use the suffering to help other people who are suffering, to find peace. It was a big motivator for me to work through my misery and dissatisfaction. Healing and personal development have been some things that I’ve always been passionate about.

I worked for six years as a counselor before becoming the founder and operational director of our free education project in rural Cambodia. Being of service has always felt very natural to me. From a young age, it’s simply been what I wanted to do. I just wanted to find peace through the turmoil and heal the people around me. It makes me feel good to make the world better and I know that as I take care of life around me, the Universe takes care of me.

It’s the Law of Attraction, what you put out is what comes back to you. I don’t have to worry because my needs are always met. Even when things look scarce and I feel fear slipping in, I take a deep breath and I tell myself “Hold the vision, trust the process. My needs are always met. I am meant to thrive”. And.. my needs ARE always met and opportunities always come at the perfect time.

I just feel grateful and I want to inspire and encourage as many people as possible to be their own guide and discipline themselves to walk the fulfilling path of inner peace and abundance that is at our fingertips.

I’ve been ghostwriting on these topics for years now and I recently met this amazing publisher through an Upwork job. I had previously been manifesting a stable long-term job doing something that I cared about, as working freelance doesn’t provide much financial security. After a couple of weeks of holding this vision in my mind, things just aligned with this awesome man who had just started a publishing company halfway across the world! He believed in me and I believed in him. Things just aligned simply for us and the path was clear. We decided we could work together to put some good information out into the world that could promote a collective rise in consciousness. So, now we’re here! I have a Facebook page, Facebook group, a website, and a blog all to support these amazing messages- that I feel honored to be able to share.

Materialism and greed have really skewed priorities in most societies all over the world. Many important fundamental truths of life and laws of existence are just not taught in school. There are so many incredible things that I’ve learned about in my research and I wonder why it isn’t taught to children from a young age. If we were all aware of the spiritual and universal laws, we could thrive. Everything we need to thrive is already on this earth!

So now, I’m just excited to build a community of people who are willing to do the personal work to find satisfaction, fulfillment and contentment in their lives. As individuals rise in consciousness, we will raise the vibration and quality of thinking of those around us. Collectively we can rise to thrive.

Another amazing part of this new chapter of life, is that it supports my baby! The Red Road Foundation, my blood, sweat and tears; my pride and joy… A percentage of all proceeds that we make will be donated to TRRF. I founded The Red Road with my brother and it provides free education, recycles/ monetizes waste; as well as, brings people together from all over the world to share their gifts to find true fulfillment and confidence!

This just all really makes me happy. I’m so grateful that you read this and you are interested in being a part of this community. I believe in a beautiful future for humanity and I believe it starts with us holding ourselves accountable and living our own lives in a way that brightens the world around us. So, let’s be good to ourselves, each other, our environment and let’s try to spend as much time as we can in a state of gratitude. I wish you all abundance and I’m so grateful to be on this journey with you!

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