How An Old Fashioned Carriage Ride Could Help Depression

Sound Baths can be more than just a "relaxing day out". Different frequencies used by various instruments, including the human voice, can offer relief from many physical, emotional, and/or spiritual afflictions. When I work one-on-one with people we aim to target specific issues to affect relief. Speaking of "specific", here is an interesting way to work toward relief...

FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

There is a long history of interest in the positive effects of vibration. In the 18^th century, carriage rides on rough cobblestones came to be associated with positive health effects and mechanical “chairs” emulating these rides were created. These vibrating chairs helped patients with melancholia, liver disease, and other conditions that seemed to respond to carriage rides.

The 19th century saw considerable interest in vibration and the development of vibrating tools including a chair created by Dr. Jégu after seeing Parkinson’s Disease symptoms calmed by a carriage ride. Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, the most noted neurologist of that century, began studying Parkinson’s with the chair but acknowledged an earlier physician, M. Vigoroux, who in 1878 used a sounding box with a very large attached tuning fork played with a bow to successfully treat patients with hemianesthesia and locomotor ataxia. Charcot also described treatment of neuraglia and migraines by Dr. Boudet of Paris with tuning forks mounted on small boards. Gilles de la Tourette, Charcot’s assistant, applied the idea of vibration therapy to the brain with a metal helmet he devised with a motor on top causing the helmet to vibrate at 10Hz. It was found to have a positive effect on insomnia, migraines, and depression and other vague conditions.

*DISCLOSURE: Sacred Frequencies Trail does not offer carriage rides, but wouldn't that be fun??