There is so much scientific data out there these days about the benefits of sound therapy and music on the brain – we wanted to give you a few great reasons to consider adding a music system to your new spa! You may be interested in the many ways how sound therapy can enhance your hot tub relaxation.
Sound Therapy: What Is It?
Sound therapy is a form of sensory therapy, (similar to massage or movement therapy), that uses sound, music, or rhythms to promote relaxation and improve health and well-being. It is a technique that has been around for centuries, used by many indigenous people in the form of drumming, chanting, or singing.
After World War II, doctors used music to treat soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress. In subsequent decades the study of sound wave therapy developed, with scientists believing that making the body’s cells vibrate at a healthy frequency aided healing from illness.
Sound Therapy Today
With today’s current interest in alternative treatments, a focus on using sound therapy to improve physical and emotional health has emerged. In ancient Greece, healers used music to treat mental disorders. Music has also been used for centuries to boost morale and encourage people to work faster and more efficiently.
Today, sound therapists use music and/or guided meditation to lower stress levels and improve focus. Recent studies have shown that sound therapy has been as or even more effective than many prescription drugs in reducing anxiety and pain.
Physical Benefits of Sound Therapy
In terms of physical well-being, sound, and music therapy can help with the following:
- Higher levels of energy
- Sense of balance and direction improved
- Fewer headaches
- Lessening of sensitivity to particular sounds
- Relief from chronic tiredness
- Relieve the sensation of shortness of breath or tightness in the chest
Emotional Benefits of Sound Therapy
- Relief from anxiety
- More confidence
- Less frustration
- Improved ability to relax
- Improvement in overall “mood”
- Improved patience
- Better ability to communicate and interact with others
- Improved ability to express emotions
Mental Benefits of Sound Therapy
- Brain “fog” dissipates
- Feeling more motivated in life
- Improved ability to listen to new ideas with an open mind
- Better organization skills
- Improvement in attention span
- Less likely to become irritable
How Does It Work?
Science has revealed that the human body is basically a vibrational frequency entity. Each cell in your body puts out and also accepts frequencies of sound. You can think of a sick, or damaged, cell as an “out of tune” cell.
Sound therapy has the ability to identify these out-of-tune frequencies and when these sounds, or frequencies, are introduced back into your body, your brain then has the ability to send these “in tune” or corrected frequencies to the damaged cells.
The result is healing, or a “tuning up” process.
Adding a Sound System to Your Hot Tub
Adding a sound system to your hot tub could provide even more health benefits than the hot tub does alone. When you combine sound therapy with the quiet, soothing, warm retreat of your hot tub your relaxation benefits improve exponentially.
A University of Arizona study shows that soothing music signals your body to slow down both your heart rate and brain waves, which in turn, promotes deeper breathing and relaxation. As if that wasn’t enough, music reduces the stress hormone cortisol and raises dopamine, lowering your anxiety level even more.
You can see how sound therapy can enhance your hot tub relaxation. Adding a Bluetooth® sound system to your hot tub could raise your hot tub experience to the next level.
Texas Hot Tub Company offers several brands of hot tubs that come with music-ready sound systems. You can also add a Bluetooth audio system that connects to your home entertainment system.
We invite you to come into one of our five DFW locations to talk to our professional staff about adding sound therapy to your hot tub experience.
(Updated 4/12/23)