Self-Healing with Sound and Music: Revitalize Your Body and Mind with Proven Sound-Healing Tools

by Andrew Weil, Kimba Arem

Sound therapy has been found effective in treating a surprising range of health challenges including heart disease, arthritis, stress, emphysema, and more. On Self-Healing with Sound and Music , bestselling author and physician Dr. Andrew Weil teams up with sound therapist Kimba Arem to offer listeners a powerful new tool for healing in two sessions.

In Session One, Dr. Weil discusses the latest in medical research that demonstrates how music heals the body and mind, while Kimba Arem teaches breathing and vocalization techniques for harnessing this potential. Session Two gives listeners just the a complete sound journey into expanded states of consciousness optimized for healing. Through an integration of ambient beats, natural sounds, indigenous and classical instruments, and a state-of-the-art recording process called Holophonic™ technology that creates a three-dimensional healing space, listeners experience prescription-strength music with the power to influence every system of the body.

Useful for relaxation, meditation, bodywork, or creative endeavors, Self-Healing with Sound and Music features didjeridoo, Native American and Celtic flutes, Tibetan and crystal bowls, keyboards, and voice.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Music, Health

Audio CD

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

Andrew Weil, M.D., is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, a healing oriented approach to health care that encompasses body, mind, and spirit. He is the author of many scientific and popular articles and of 14 books: The Natural Mind, The Marriage of the Sun and Moon From Chocolate to Morphine (with Winifred Rosen) Health and Healing, Natural Health, Natural Medicine; and the international bestsellers, Spontaneous Healing and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health, Eating Well for Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Food, Diet, and Nutrition The Healthy Kitchen: Recipes for a Better Body, Life, and Spirit (with Rosie Daley) Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-Being; and Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine That Can Transform Our Future (issued in paperback with new content as You Can’t Afford to Get Sick).

Combining a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine, Dr. Weil is Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he also holds the Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair in Integrative Rheumatology and is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health. The Center is the leading effort in the world to develop a comprehensive curriculum in integrative medicine. Graduates serve as directors of integrative medicine programs throughout the United States, and through its Fellowship, the Center is now training doctors and nurse practitioners around the world.

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Reviews

[Ratty Datty · Rating 5 out of 5]

The importance of the types of sounds you are exposed to.

[Magen - Inquiring Professional Dog Trainer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know exactly what to say about this series. There section on why music has healing power wasn't as strong as I expected, though it seemed like there is research out there. I wanted more information on why music helps and how it can be used. What I ended up reading was a book that seemed to give a lot of ancedotal evidence and assume that primitive sounds which vibrate through the whole register were more powerful than other sounds. The worst part of this program is that there is no clear guidance on how to use the music practices. The hour long music practice is divided into several chapters, but there is no indication if the listener is to listen to one for one issue and a different one for another or if the listener is supposed to listen to it from start to finish every time. I listened to the practice twice and both times, it seemed to agitate me more than provide any sense of healing. At some points, the music was enjoyable and at other points, it was less so. I would have continued to listen to the practice over and over if 1) I had any guidance on how and when to use it and 2) it was clear to me what effects to expect and when. I needed this book to be better flushed out. I was the most invested in this one of all of the Dr. Weil programs like this and it fell flat. I did walk away knowing that binural beats are a thing, but in the 7+ years of using them, I haven't found them to have much of an impact, so it leaves me feeling more mixed about this book.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The music is absolutely amazing, it's especially wonderful to hear some unusual instruments for a length of time like the didjerdu (no idea how to spell that) the Tibetan bowls, four chambered flute and several others that I don't know what they are. In the last two tracks are whale sounds which I particularly enjoy.

Also the first disc in informative and has fascinating information, plus Kimba Arem has a lovely speaking voice that is pleasant to listen to.

[B · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a MUST READ before-during-after surgery. I love Dr. Gaynor and Dr. Weil and their research in sound healing. I was terrified to face another surgery. I had put myself in a meditative state after my second c-section with Dr. Gaynor's CD. I found Self-Healing and used this book on the way to the hospital. I continued wearing my headphones while my husband was my spokesperson when I was checking-in. I had gotten permission from my surgeon to bring my phone in and play this book (on Audible) during the surgery and it was still playing in recovery. I truly believe my healing time was significantly reduced by this book and healing music. The doctors were very impressed. Be well everyone!

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice introduction to the benefits of sound and how to incorporate this into your self care practice. I really appreciated the interactive parts of this audiobook. The bonus sound tracks at the end are beautiful. Definitely piqued my interest to learn more about sound therapy and ancient instruments.

[Gabriella · Rating 3 out of 5]

First half is Weil and Arem discussing sound and frequencies, and the second half is just music (flutes, whale songs, etc.), sounds meant to calm. Would have preferred more information around sound and frequencies, both scientific and spiritual use/mention throughout history.

[Mark Wells · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just ok...

[Shawn Persinger · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Not without its merits but superficial and unscientific.

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy Weil's professional take on medical subjects with an openness to fringe topics. This topic was interesting, though there was nothing really earth shattering. Does anyone out there not know that we are affected by sound and the music we listen to?

[Kellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVED IT!
The music is fabulous and I use it in my massage room for added therapeutic benefits to my clients-they love it!

[Donuts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!