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The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing
The effect of sound is unquestionably powerful, with a remarkable ability to heal and restore balance from the inside to out. By breaking down scientific principles and studies into accessible, understandable, and applicable wisdoms and techniques, sound healing pioneer Jonathan Goldman reveals how sound can be used to as personal vibrational therapy for your mind, body, and spirit.
Journey into the realm of sound through learning:
the basic principles of vibration
the importance of your intent
the uniqueness of sound to everyone
the importance of silence
our own voice’s healing properties
the diverse healing applications of sound
the global, all-encompassing effect of sound
Practical information and exercises provide an interactive understanding of using sound as a healing modality, while Goldman’s exploration of a variety of ancient and modern techniques will guide you into living a more harmonious life.
Goldman’s guided meditations and exercises in his free audio download are specifically designed to enhance your relaxation and healing, helping to bring the seven core secrets of sound healing into your heart and home.
Journey into the realm of sound through learning:
the basic principles of vibration
the importance of your intent
the uniqueness of sound to everyone
the importance of silence
our own voice’s healing properties
the diverse healing applications of sound
the global, all-encompassing effect of sound
Practical information and exercises provide an interactive understanding of using sound as a healing modality, while Goldman’s exploration of a variety of ancient and modern techniques will guide you into living a more harmonious life.
Goldman’s guided meditations and exercises in his free audio download are specifically designed to enhance your relaxation and healing, helping to bring the seven core secrets of sound healing into your heart and home.
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2008
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About the author
Jonathan Goldman
84 books28 followersJonathan Goldman is a writer, musician and teacher. He is an authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. Jonathan is the author of HEALING SOUNDS: THE POWER OF HARMONICS (Inner Traditions), SHIFTING FREQUENCIES (Light Technology) THE LOST CHORD (Spirit Music) and TANTRA OF SOUND (Hampton Road), co-authored with his wife Andi. He has studied with masters of sound from both the scientific and spiritual traditions, including the Dalai Lama's Chanting Gyuto and Gyume Monks and has been empowered by the Chant Master of the Drepung Loseling Monastery to teach Tibetan Overtone Chanting. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Film Making from Boston University and a Master's Degree in the Independent Study on Sound Healing from Lesley College. He is a lecturing member of the International Society for Music and Medicine.
Jonathan is the director of the Sound Healers Association; the original organization dedicated to the education and awareness of sound and music for healing. He is also president of Spirit Music, which produces music for meditation, relaxation and self-transformation. Jonathan has created numerous cutting edge recordings including: "Dolphin Dreams", "Sacred Gateways: Drumming and Chanting", "Trance Tara", "Ultimate Om", "Holy Harmony" and "Medicine Buddha"; created for H.H., the Dalai Lama’s teachings in Northern California this May, 2001. His overtone chanting is heard on Kitaro’s 2001 Grammy Award winning album. Jonathan’s best selling release "Chakra Chants" won the 1999 Visionary Awards for "Best Healing-Meditation Album" and "Album of the Year". Jonathan’s highly acclaimed albums: "The Lost Chord", "The Divine Name" (co-created with Gregg Braden) and "ChakraDance" also won as the Visionary Awards. His latest album are "The Tantra of Sound Harmonizer" and "Reiki Chants". His collaboration with Tibetan Chant Master Lama Tashi "Tibetan Master Chants" was been nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for "Best Traditional World Music".
Jonathan has written numerous articles on the therapeutic and transformational uses of sound and music, which have appeared in many national publications. He has also contributed chapters and interviews to many books, including: MUSICMEDICINE, SONIC ALCHEMY, MUSIC: PHYSICIANS FOR TIMES TO COME and HEALING SPIRITS. Jonathan’s work has been cited in many books, including Julia Cameron’s VEINS OF GOLD. The McGraw-Hill college text, MUSIC IN OUR WORLD, has a chapter on Jonathan’s recording of "Dolphin Dreams". In DAVINCI DECODED, Jonathan’s CD "Chakra Chants" is listed as the #1 Selection for "Top Ten Spiritual Playlist".
An internationally acknowledge Master Teacher, Jonathan facilitates Healing Sounds Seminars at universities, hospitals, holistic health centers and expos throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared on national television and radio, including Art Bell’s "Coast to Coast AM" and has been featured in national periodicals including "USA Today" and "The New York Times". His annual Healing Sounds Intensive attracts participants from throughout the world.
Jonathan is the director of the Sound Healers Association; the original organization dedicated to the education and awareness of sound and music for healing. He is also president of Spirit Music, which produces music for meditation, relaxation and self-transformation. Jonathan has created numerous cutting edge recordings including: "Dolphin Dreams", "Sacred Gateways: Drumming and Chanting", "Trance Tara", "Ultimate Om", "Holy Harmony" and "Medicine Buddha"; created for H.H., the Dalai Lama’s teachings in Northern California this May, 2001. His overtone chanting is heard on Kitaro’s 2001 Grammy Award winning album. Jonathan’s best selling release "Chakra Chants" won the 1999 Visionary Awards for "Best Healing-Meditation Album" and "Album of the Year". Jonathan’s highly acclaimed albums: "The Lost Chord", "The Divine Name" (co-created with Gregg Braden) and "ChakraDance" also won as the Visionary Awards. His latest album are "The Tantra of Sound Harmonizer" and "Reiki Chants". His collaboration with Tibetan Chant Master Lama Tashi "Tibetan Master Chants" was been nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for "Best Traditional World Music".
Jonathan has written numerous articles on the therapeutic and transformational uses of sound and music, which have appeared in many national publications. He has also contributed chapters and interviews to many books, including: MUSICMEDICINE, SONIC ALCHEMY, MUSIC: PHYSICIANS FOR TIMES TO COME and HEALING SPIRITS. Jonathan’s work has been cited in many books, including Julia Cameron’s VEINS OF GOLD. The McGraw-Hill college text, MUSIC IN OUR WORLD, has a chapter on Jonathan’s recording of "Dolphin Dreams". In DAVINCI DECODED, Jonathan’s CD "Chakra Chants" is listed as the #1 Selection for "Top Ten Spiritual Playlist".
An internationally acknowledge Master Teacher, Jonathan facilitates Healing Sounds Seminars at universities, hospitals, holistic health centers and expos throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared on national television and radio, including Art Bell’s "Coast to Coast AM" and has been featured in national periodicals including "USA Today" and "The New York Times". His annual Healing Sounds Intensive attracts participants from throughout the world.
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December 27, 2009
At first this book seemed like it was going to be too basic for my purposes, but it is actually full of many useful tidbits and I got a lot out of it. Even though I am relatively far along in an obscure path of using sound for energy work, this book had a lot to tell me, in an easy to read style.
The CD that comes with the book is also quite good as a high vibration very relaxing peaceful sort of thing.
After reading at a prodigious rate in the winter, I notice that this is the first book I've read in months! Now I see my friends in the northern hemisphere are home for the holidays and the shoe is on the other foot ;-)
The CD that comes with the book is also quite good as a high vibration very relaxing peaceful sort of thing.
After reading at a prodigious rate in the winter, I notice that this is the first book I've read in months! Now I see my friends in the northern hemisphere are home for the holidays and the shoe is on the other foot ;-)
May 13, 2019
This tiny little nugget is packed with information, enough to wet your whistle and make you seek more sound healing treasures. This is not the most thorough book, but, it is seriously packed!
Briefly, the Seven Secrets:
1. Everything is Vibration
2. Intent is Powerful
3. We are unique Vibratory Beings
4. Silence is Golden
5. Our Voice is the most healing instrument
6. There are many notes in a scale
7. Sound can Change the World
While the 7 secrets may seem overly simplistic, but Goldman takes a decisive approach to this challenging topic by confining himself to these seven topics. This is not he only text on the subject, this could be seen as a sort of overview of his other texts which get much deeper into each.
If you have been studying sound, sound healing, nothing is going to surprise you here, but this is an excellent, handy little book for anyone who is new or interested I'm teaching the subject will find this a wonderful reference to have on hand.
Excellent and approachable overview of a very complex topic that still remains on the fringe of common knowledge. I recommend this for anyone looking for a gentle introduction to sound healing before committing themselves to the biochem, string theory and music theory. This is an excellent material for sound and vibrational healers. A quick and easy read!
Briefly, the Seven Secrets:
1. Everything is Vibration
2. Intent is Powerful
3. We are unique Vibratory Beings
4. Silence is Golden
5. Our Voice is the most healing instrument
6. There are many notes in a scale
7. Sound can Change the World
While the 7 secrets may seem overly simplistic, but Goldman takes a decisive approach to this challenging topic by confining himself to these seven topics. This is not he only text on the subject, this could be seen as a sort of overview of his other texts which get much deeper into each.
If you have been studying sound, sound healing, nothing is going to surprise you here, but this is an excellent, handy little book for anyone who is new or interested I'm teaching the subject will find this a wonderful reference to have on hand.
Excellent and approachable overview of a very complex topic that still remains on the fringe of common knowledge. I recommend this for anyone looking for a gentle introduction to sound healing before committing themselves to the biochem, string theory and music theory. This is an excellent material for sound and vibrational healers. A quick and easy read!
April 28, 2017
Frequency + Intent = Healing
Intent is the energy behind the sound. It's the consciousness we have when making the sound, which is then encoded upon it, travels on it, and ultimately is received by the person listening to it.
Vocalization + Visualization = Manifestation
He sound created by someone's voice plus the process of imagining something or someone creates the actual outcome.
Sound + Belief = Outcome
The power of feeling is an important amplifier for the manifestation of prayer. The energy of emotion, when it's felt and generated from within, creates a coherent resident electromagnetic field between the heart and the brain that's much greater than that generated by the brain its self.
Intent is the energy behind the sound. It's the consciousness we have when making the sound, which is then encoded upon it, travels on it, and ultimately is received by the person listening to it.
Vocalization + Visualization = Manifestation
He sound created by someone's voice plus the process of imagining something or someone creates the actual outcome.
Sound + Belief = Outcome
The power of feeling is an important amplifier for the manifestation of prayer. The energy of emotion, when it's felt and generated from within, creates a coherent resident electromagnetic field between the heart and the brain that's much greater than that generated by the brain its self.
June 4, 2018
Some really good information here, presented in a quick, easy-to-read fashion. I suspect that I would have given this a rating of five stars if I hadn't read Girish's book first -- I'm primarily interested in kirtan and chanting, and so while I appreciated the scientific information, it wasn't what I was looking for on that reading.
November 25, 2024
A great source of information
I enjoyed reading this book because the author really does a great job at explaining sound and how we can use it for healing. They go into great depths at times giving us information and other times they give us information about the very different healing techniques and sound healing available to us. This is definitely an area in which I’m drawn and I enjoyed learning about it from this author who has been doing this for many decades. If you’re interested in learning about sound, frequency and sound healing. This is a great book to start with.
I enjoyed reading this book because the author really does a great job at explaining sound and how we can use it for healing. They go into great depths at times giving us information and other times they give us information about the very different healing techniques and sound healing available to us. This is definitely an area in which I’m drawn and I enjoyed learning about it from this author who has been doing this for many decades. If you’re interested in learning about sound, frequency and sound healing. This is a great book to start with.
December 30, 2018
Will read again. Om
November 13, 2021
A short and sweet introduction and summary of sound healing, The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing was interesting.
November 5, 2022
Great introduction to sound healing.
December 20, 2023
Frequency + Intent = Healing ✨ a good introduction to sound healing and all it has to offer.
August 18, 2019
Love this book, have just begun my adventures into sound healing and I found Jonathan’s book a great introduction to compliment and expand some concepts from my training.
It’s a great read if you are a beginner or read to discover if Sound Healing is for you.
A lovely book for anyone with an interest in sound as lots of great starting points that may resonate with you to go and experience or research some more.
Practical book also as after each Secret/Chapter there’s an exercise to bring experiences to your reading and knowledge, perfect combination.
Reading this book was a lovely experience.
It’s a great read if you are a beginner or read to discover if Sound Healing is for you.
A lovely book for anyone with an interest in sound as lots of great starting points that may resonate with you to go and experience or research some more.
Practical book also as after each Secret/Chapter there’s an exercise to bring experiences to your reading and knowledge, perfect combination.
Reading this book was a lovely experience.
March 4, 2025
I read this book to prepare for my first, foundational sound healing certification class, and found it to be everything my research had promised—an excellent introduction to the practice.
January 18, 2017
Enjoyable book that integrates information from different disciplines and an audio to experience the benefits of sound healing!
It is a book of easy and fast reading, the information is not excessive although Jonathan Goldman mentions that there is a lot of knowledge about the subject. With many years of experience in the topic, the author considers that the most significant thing is to experience the transformative potential of sound, and I agree, nothing can activate the knowledge in your being and make it your own as the direct contact with the transformative experience. It includes a unique audio download for the book, contains a detailed description, recommendations to obtain the best benefits, and promises us a synergistic effect for both healing and transformation.
Chapters 5 and 7 are the most relevant from my perspective. In the first, if you follow the suggestion of empowering your voice, you will be connecting with a personal power of transformation and healing that does not depend on external means, it is a gift that you already own, and in my opinion comes from the unique connection of your transcendental self where You are the solution of your own challenges. And in chapter 7, healing expands towards transpersonal and holistic unity, it is a call to responsibility, to be proactive and to collaborate in the healing of the world, therefore, that we empower ourselves as the real and sustained solution, starting from right now. It also includes very useful information on the different sound therapies best known and practiced. And to satisfy and further complement my interest in this subject, I have been able to enjoy a lot on his interactive website, so I am only excited about the idea of attending one of his workshops.
Allow me to share with you some very personal experiences, I have lived experiences where listening to live choral music, I have entered into very joyful altered states of consciousness and witnessed how the whole audience is bathed with harmonizing energy. There is no doubt that I love music especially the sacred and devotional, even I dream with music, and I like to visualize that the cosmos is created every moment from the sound of God in the most beautiful happy song celebrating existence!
My gratitude to the Publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to review the book
It is a book of easy and fast reading, the information is not excessive although Jonathan Goldman mentions that there is a lot of knowledge about the subject. With many years of experience in the topic, the author considers that the most significant thing is to experience the transformative potential of sound, and I agree, nothing can activate the knowledge in your being and make it your own as the direct contact with the transformative experience. It includes a unique audio download for the book, contains a detailed description, recommendations to obtain the best benefits, and promises us a synergistic effect for both healing and transformation.
Chapters 5 and 7 are the most relevant from my perspective. In the first, if you follow the suggestion of empowering your voice, you will be connecting with a personal power of transformation and healing that does not depend on external means, it is a gift that you already own, and in my opinion comes from the unique connection of your transcendental self where You are the solution of your own challenges. And in chapter 7, healing expands towards transpersonal and holistic unity, it is a call to responsibility, to be proactive and to collaborate in the healing of the world, therefore, that we empower ourselves as the real and sustained solution, starting from right now. It also includes very useful information on the different sound therapies best known and practiced. And to satisfy and further complement my interest in this subject, I have been able to enjoy a lot on his interactive website, so I am only excited about the idea of attending one of his workshops.
Allow me to share with you some very personal experiences, I have lived experiences where listening to live choral music, I have entered into very joyful altered states of consciousness and witnessed how the whole audience is bathed with harmonizing energy. There is no doubt that I love music especially the sacred and devotional, even I dream with music, and I like to visualize that the cosmos is created every moment from the sound of God in the most beautiful happy song celebrating existence!
My gratitude to the Publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to review the book
April 7, 2023
10/10 would recommend this book to anyone. Very well written, digestible, and informative. I knew about alot of the contents before but this just amplified it further. I also love how much research, studies, tests, and science are involved. I will definitely be using the meditations and exercises attached with the content. AH THIS WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED!!
June 16, 2009
Interesting study about the effect of sounds to our body ...!
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