HEALING WITH HARMONICS BY IGOR OLIVIER EZENDAM

“The true healing power of sound is to be found in harmonics”   Pir Vilayat Khan, spiritual head of the Sufi Order of the West           Hearing overtone singing for the first time you might think there is a whistle hiding in the mouth of the singer. The high whistle-like sound that arises on top of the base note is actually the result of an ancient singing technique. Many shamen all over the world use overtones to help healing. The Essenes, around the time of Christ, were said to be experts at the use of the voice for calming and healing their patients. The Choomeï-singers of Tuva, Mongolia sing overtone songs to describe the beauty of nature, the wind on the mountains. Gregorian chanting lets the overtones of the long-sung words echo in the Christian churches, the Tibetan Gyoto & Gyume monks use it in their temples for their prayers. The vowels U-O-A-E-I ("WHY?") produce the first overtone series. The throat stays very open as if swallowing a potato, or yawning. To produce ten and more overtones the tongue is used like a flute, up and down the palate while shaping the vowels with the lips. Studies show that the brainfluids are stimulated through harmonics. One can feel like having had a good massage or been in meditation, becoming more aware and sensitive of sound, colour and feeling.

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