Sound Medicine, Kulreet Chaudhary
Sound Medicine, Kulreet Chaudhary
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Sound Medicine
How to Use the Ancient Science of Sound to Heal the Body and Mind

Author: Kulreet Chaudhary

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Wave

Published: 03/10/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

From a leading neurologist, neuroscientist and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine, comes a rigorous scientific investigation of the healing power of sound, showing readers how they can use it to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.Why does a baby’s cry instantaneously flood a mother’s body with a myriad of stress hormones? How can a song on the radio stir up powerful emotions, from joy to anger, regret to desire? Why does sound itself evoke such primal and deeply felt emotions?A vibration that travels through air, water and solids, sound is produced by all matter, and is a fundamental part of every species’ survival. But there is a hidden power within sound that has only just begun to be investigated. Sound Medicine takes readers on a journey through the structure of the mouth, ears, and brain to understand how sound is translated from acoustic vibrations into meaningful neurological impulses. Renowned neurologist and Ayurvedic expert Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary explains how different types of sound impact the human body and brain uniquely, and explores the physiological effects of sound vibration, from altering mood to healing disease.Blending ancient wisdom with modern science, Dr. Chaudhary traces the history of sound therapy and the use of specific mantras from previously unknown texts—traced back to the Siddhas, a group of enlightened yogis who created a healing tradition that served as the precursor to Ayurvedic medicine—to explain the therapeutic application of sounds for a wide range of conditions. Sound Medicine offers practical, step-by-step lessons for using music and mantras, whether you’re a beginner or searching for a more advanced practice, to improve your health in body, mind, and spirit.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Kulreet Chaudhary

Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary is an integrative neurologist, neuroscientist, and the former director of Wellspring Health at Scripps Memorial Hospital. She received her Internship in Internal Medicine at UCLA and her Neurology Fellowship from UCSD. She has participated in over twenty clinical research studies in the areas of multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy. She is currently the head of Sri Narayani Ayurvedic Centre in Tamil Nadu, India where she is not only implementing the use of sound medicine into the treatment of chronic disease, but also studying the ancient Siddha texts that have been hidden from public view for centuries.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bernie on January 03, 2020

The Longfellow poem “There Was a Little Girl” has a line that says, “…When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was bad she was horrid.” That’s kind of how I felt about this book. At its best, it reports findings about how practices involving sound (i.e. mantra chanting) effect healt......more

Goodreads review by Antti on December 12, 2021

The book would work nicely as a purely religious commentary or - to certain degree - as a purely scientific treatise, although a strong tendency of cherrypicking is to be witnessed here and there (for example concerning Transcendental Meditation's benefits "that numerous studies have proven"). But t......more

Goodreads review by Erika on September 04, 2024

As a yoga teacher and someone who has studied a field of medicine that encompasses both Western and Eastern approaches, I found this book really interesting. I still have many questions and wonder about the limitations, but I enjoyed the exploration of quantum physics and electromagnetism to explain......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 26, 2024

This is more of a primer on Mantra Meditation with a lot of anecdotal evidence rather than a scientific book about how sound effects humans biologically. Still a good read.......more

Goodreads review by Totos on May 21, 2022

Maybe this is one of the most important books I have ever read. Using the mantra, I found strange and interesting things occurring. I catapulted forward in my meditation practice and that took me by surprise. I already have a mantra from my teacher, which I use for my twice daily TM practice, and th......more