The Healing Power of Sound: A Journey Back to the Self

As we continue to honour Mental Health Month, I’m so grateful to see more conversations blooming around the many ways we can care for our inner worlds. One of the most beautiful, gentle, and powerful tools I’ve had the privilege to witness and share is sound therapy.

Recently, I had the joy of joining Tracy Dando from Safe Space Organization on WSYR’s Bridge Street to share about the healing benefits of sound. We brought our sound bowls, let the vibrations move through the studio space, and invited the hosts (and viewers) into an embodied experience of stillness and recalibration.

Because here’s the truth: we are vibrational beings. And sound? It meets us at the level of our cells.

What is Sound Therapy?

Sound therapy, or sound healing, uses specific instruments, music, tones, and frequencies to help shift our brain waves into a state of deep relaxation, rest, and even repair. Think crystal singing bowls, gongs, chimes, and the human voice, all tools that help us settle, feel, and release.

According to the Academy of Sound Healing, this modality taps into the body’s natural frequencies and encourages harmony across the nervous system, emotions, and mind. It’s an ancient practice with modern relevance, especially in a world that often asks us to push past our limits and stay in overdrive.

Why Sound?

Because sometimes words aren’t enough.

Because sometimes our pain lives in places deeper than language.

Because sometimes the safest entry point back to ourselves is through vibration.

When we let ourselves be held by sound, whether it’s during a sound bath, a 1:1 session, or simply lying on the floor with our eyes closed, we invite the body to do what it already knows how to do: restore, repair, and return to balance.

A Tool for Mental Health

During our segment on Bridge Street, Tracy and I spoke about the importance of slowing down and listening—not just to the bowls, but to ourselves.

So often we are conditioned to "power through," to numb, to scroll, to silence the voice within us that says "I’m tired," or "I need help," or "I just want to feel okay again."

Sound therapy offers a way to pause. To feel. To move emotion gently through the body. And to do so without judgement.

Your Healing Is Personal

What works for one person might not work for another. And that’s okay.

Sound therapy may be one piece of your puzzle, or it may be the path that changes everything. If your body is craving softness, stillness, and a new way of releasing—sound might be calling.

Want to Explore More?

🌱 Learn more about Safe Space Organization and the amazing community work they’re doing.

🌱 Join the Center for Sound and Ceremony facebook group to dive deeper into sound sessions, breathwork, and healing.

There is no one-size-fits-all on this journey. But I do know this:

When we listen, really listen, healing begins.

Sometimes the medicine is sound. Sometimes the medicine is space. Sometimes it’s simply the courage to show up.

Watch the interview here.