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什么是声音疗法？

声音疗法使用以治疗方式播放的声音，音乐和专业乐器来改善健康和福祉。

声音治疗的BAST方法

声音治疗的BAST方法结合了经过仔细考虑的治疗声音技术，这些技术已被证明可以通过一种反思性探究（一种质疑）来影响生理学，神经学和心理学。这种方法已被证明在改善健康和福祉方面非常有效。

使用音调和节奏乐器和声音提供治疗声音和声音治疗技术。使用的音调乐器是喜马拉雅和水晶唱歌碗，锣和调音叉。声乐技巧正在调整（一种音调的演唱 - 通常使用元音），过度演奏（一种同时演唱多种音调的技巧）或口头禅（梵语单词的吟唱）。整体语音治疗或团体语音治疗的实践者也可以使用“声音处理技术”，其结合了运动，呼吸和可视化以及语音。使用框架鼓进行治疗性节律治疗/疗程，并且治疗性打击乐器包括以特定顺序递送的雨鞋，振动器，铃声和其他打击乐器工具以最大化治疗过程。

过去20年收集的信息告诉我们，某些文书似乎以不同的方式影响一个人。BAST训练有素的治疗师使用此信息创建针对其患者的症状状态及其治疗意图的治疗 - 例如，放松治疗与激励治疗非常不同。如果客户有肌肉紧张，喜马拉雅碗可以放在身体上，并以特定的方式播放 - 而如果客户处于慢性疼痛，可以使用锣或水晶碗。在BAST，我们专注于以特定方式组合仪器以影响脑波频率，使人能够进入类似于非常深度放松或冥想的改变的意识状态（ASC）。

声学治疗的BAST方法还使用反射技术使客户能够深入了解他们的个人“唠叨”过程。我们的反射过程方法基于'Cooper Sax经验处理模型：5R'。这个模型也被亲切地称为'The 5Rs'（不太满口！）。反射技术与治疗声音的结合确实使我们能够深入了解一个人的过程，并使他们能够改变生活，改善他们的健康和福祉。

现在人们普遍认为，大多数疾病与压力有关。因此，促进放松和帮助减轻压力的治疗方法可以是预防和治疗疾病的非常有效的方法。声学治疗的BAST方法在减轻压力方面非常有效（2）。它还使个体能够深度放松，实现类似于深度冥想的改变的意识状态（4）。

在BAST（以及独立）进行的研究表明，我们的方法比传统的放松音乐放松16％（1），比按摩（1）等其他疗法放松6％，平均比放松64％其他一般放松方法（2）。

声音治疗在团体和社区工作方面也非常有效 - 我们的研究一直表现出对社区健全工作的积极效益。（3）

1. 在苏塞克斯大学Mindlab进行的研究
2. Cook，R（2003），BAST声音疗法会议对自主神经系统的影响研究
3. Cooper，L（2009）的研究，介绍学校治疗声音计划（TheSiS）
4. Cooper，L（2013）的研究，声音影响 - 治疗声音对意识的影响。

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What is Sound Therapy?

Sound Therapy uses sound, music and specialist instruments played in therapeutic ways to improve health and wellbeing.

The BAST Method of Sound Therapy

The BAST method of sound therapy combines carefully considered therapeutic sound techniques which have been shown to affect physiology, neurology and psychology with a form of reflective enquiry (a kind of questioning). This approach has been shown to be very effective at improving health and wellbeing.

The therapeutic sound and sound therapy techniques are delivered using tonal and rhythmic instruments and voice. The tonal instruments used are Himalayan and crystal singing bowls, gongs and tuning forks. The vocal techniques are toning (the singing of one tone – usually using a vowel sound), overtoning (a technique where more than one tone is sung simultaneously) or mantra (the chanting of Sanskrit words). A practitioner of Holistic Voice Therapy or Group Voice Therapy may also use ‘Vocal Processing Techniques’ which combine movement, breath and visualisation as well as voice. A therapeutic rhythm treatment/session is given using frame drum and therapeutic percussion comprises rainsticks, shakers, chimes and other percussion tools delivered in a specific order to maximise the therapeutic process.

Information gathered over the last 20 years has informed us that certain instruments seem to effect a person in different ways.  This information is used by a BAST trained therapist to create a treatment specific to their client’s symptomatic state and their intention for the treatment – a relaxing treatment would be very different from an energising treatment for example. If a client had muscle tension Himalayan bowls may be placed on the body and played in a specific way – whereas if a client was in chronic pain a gong or crystal bowl may be used. At BAST we specialise in combining instruments in a specific way to influence brainwave frequencies, enabling a person to enter an altered state of consciousness (ASC) similar to very deep relaxation or meditation. In this state many different therapeutic process occur which will be explained further in our articles section.

The BAST method of sound therapy also uses reflective techniques to enable a client to gain insight into their personal ‘wholing’ process. Our method of reflective process is based around the ‘Cooper Sax Model of Experiential Processing: The 5Rs’.  This model is also affectionately known as ‘The 5Rs’ (which is less of a mouthful!).  Reflective techniques combined with the therapeutic sound really enables us to gain a deep insight into a person’s process and empower them to make life-changing improvements to their health and wellbeing.

It is now widely accepted that most illness is stress related. Therefore treatment methodologies that promote relaxation and help reduce stress can be a very effective way to prevent and treat illness. The BAST method of sound therapy is very effective at reducing stress (2). It also enables an individual to relax deeply, achieving an altered state of consciousness similar to deep meditation (4).

Research undertaken at BAST (and also independently) has shown that our methodology is 16% more relaxing than conventional relaxation music (1),  6% more relaxing than other treatments such as massage (1) and, on average, 64% more relaxing than other general relaxation methods (2).

Sound therapy is also extremely effective with regard to group and community work – our research has consistently shown positive benefits with regard to community sound work. (3)

1. Research undertaken at Mindlab, Sussex University
2. Research by Cook, R (2003), The Effects of a BAST Sound Therapy Session on the Autonomic Nervous System
3. Research by Cooper, L (2009), Introducing the Therapeutic Sound in Schools Programme (TheSiS)
4. Research by Cooper, L (2013), Sound Affects – the effect of therapeutic sound on consciousness.