the healing sounds buddhist meditation

The following are three of the Six Healing Sounds:

XU: This is the sound of the Springtime, the bursting forth of leaves from the trees. This sound opens the meridian of the liver, dissipating and subduing anger. Facing the East, the practitioner gentles exhales with the sound of Xu, like the wind brushing against the trees, sweeping away the smoky passion of anger...

HO: This is the sound of the Summer, the fire and passion of the heart. This is the sound of steam escaping from a deep tea kettle. It tonifies the heart and the circulation....

FU: This the mid-summer, the sound of the earth, wind blowing in the deep canyon. The sound assists in the digestive functions of the spleen/pancrease.

Why do we practice the Healing Sounds?

In our daily lives, the high stress environment creates tremendous heat in our internal organs. The causes for the overheating are numerous: overeating, pollution, radiation, anxiety, loneliness and postural misalignment. Overly vigorous exercises also harm the heart and deplete the kidneys of their essence. These factors start to cause the organs to contract and harden, thus impairing their ability to function. And so begins the downward spiral towards many chronic sicknesses of degeneration.

How do the Six Healing Sounds work in releaving the overheating of the internal organs?

Simply through the effects of exhaling with deep breathing through the digestive tracts along with the cooling sounds opening the throat to its most relaxed state. Also, at the level of the organs, the resonating of the sounds induces a synergetic ripple between the sounds and the organs which induces a further relaxation response from the body and the internal organs.

The ancient Taoist masters vividly experienced that each internal organ possessed its own consciousness and spirit. There is the watery spirit of the kidneys and the fluid spirit of the heart; they are conscious and can be accessed through specially designed sounds and movements.