“Sound will be the medicine of the future.” – Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce said this long before sound healing appeared on modern wellness schedules, but the phrase seems to land differently today.
Recently, so much has been moving in my inner world. Bali has gotten so busy and noisy, and I needed a space just to feel. I felt the pull to do something, but if I’m honest, what I really wanted was to stop doing altogether and simply relax into being. So I strolled into Agustian Supriatna’s class, knowing it’s one of the most popular sound healings we have. He and his team had gongs, bowls, ngonis, chimes, and all kinds of instruments. We set up our mats with bolsters, blankets, and eye pillows, and were guided to lie down or sit, whatever would help us soften enough to relax and receive.
The experience was sublime. The sound healers created the conditions in which true rest could happen, in which emotions could be felt and released. One of Agustian Supriatna’s deepest intentions is “to remind everyone that life is beautiful,” and somehow that intention was woven into every vibration in the room.
Over the last few years, especially since the pandemic, sound healing has become one of the most sought after experiences in wellness. What was once a niche offering has grown into a mainstream global movement.
One reason sound resonates so deeply now is because it is truly accessible. There are no barriers, no technique to master, no skill required. You simply lie down, listen, and allow yourself to receive. With an open heart and an open mind, sound takes care of the rest.
Here at The Yoga Barn, sound has become part of our daily rhythm. We now offer more than twenty sound based classes each week, usually two or three a day. You’ll find voice led sound journeys, gong baths, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, drumming, chanting, sound meditation, and frequency based healing. These sessions fill quickly. People return again and again. They remain some of our highest attended classes.
This made me wonder not from an analytical place, but a personal one: What is it that people are finding in sound? What does it touch in us that we might not be accessing elsewhere? And have you experienced it yet for yourself?
A Personal Path Into Sound
I never planned to become a sound healer myself. Growing up, singing was where I felt most alive. I didn’t question it; it was natural and joyful. Over time something shifted. I became more self conscious, more afraid of being seen or heard. I still loved music, but creating sound felt too vulnerable.
Then in 2016, after a traumatic event, I lost my voice. Not figuratively. My voice would disappear for long stretches. My throat hurt. Speaking was hard. The emotional pain of not having access to my own voice was enormous.
My healing didn’t begin with words. It began with sound. Lying in sound baths, joining kirtans, sitting in singing circles, letting vibration move what I couldn’t yet express. Sound reached places I couldn’t access with language. It helped me process emotions that had been stuck for years.
Music became my medicine. For me, the voice is my main sound healing instrument.
I asked our teachers about theirs:
Chyna Te’aira shared, “My favorite instrument to work with is my voice. It carries emotion, vibration, and memory in ways no other tool can.”
Shervin Boloorian said, “I try to learn a new instrument every year but my favorite is still the human voice.”
And Agustian Supriatna told me, “Every instrument is special and unique for me, that’s why I have many of them. They are like my children.”
Hearing them speak, I realized that what I feel personally is reflected in the collective. This moment in wellness isn’t random. People are turning to sound because something in them is asking for release, regulation, and reconnection.
What Is Sound Healing?
Sound healing is one of humanity’s oldest tools for healing and connection. Sound is universal. We use it for celebration, grief, prayer, ceremony, communication, and expression. Whether or not we see ourselves as musical, sound reaches us. It connects humans across cultures and throughout time.
In yoga, one of the classical paths is the path of sound. Chanting, mantra, and vibrational practice are as central to yoga as movement and breath.
Many indigenous and plant medicine traditions use sound intentionally. Icaros and ceremonial songs guide emotional and energetic processes. These aren’t performances; they are energetic tools.
Sound has been part of our story since the beginning. Babies arrive in the world through sound. Many spiritual texts describe creation arising from vibration or word. Sound is a creative force, a first movement.
Science and spirituality agree that everything is vibration. Every cell, every thought, every emotion carries frequency. Harmony is resonance. Disconnection is often dissonance. Health is flow. When something becomes stagnant or stuck, we feel it physically, emotionally, or energetically. Sound helps bring movement back into the system.
I asked our sound healers what sound healing means to them.
Agustian Supriatna: “Sound healing is one form of many kinds of meditation using sounds to activate the healing energy in every each person in a session.”
Chyna Te’aira: “Sound healing to me is where love meets the natural wonders of the world through frequency. It’s the language of vibration, how tones, rhythms, and resonance bypass the mind and go straight to the body and spirit. It feels like a remembering, a return to balance, because sound carries us into places beyond words. For me, sound healing is both science and soul: it’s about using vibration to open, release, and restore, while also holding people in a field of love and safety.”
Shervin Boloorian: “Tuning into the soul. Music is a universal language and instruments (and the voice) are the messengers. Natural acoustic instruments especially, because the natural world is where the soul comes alive. This is why many guests describe the experiences at these sessions as ‘coming home’.”
The Science of Sound Healing
Sound healing influences the nervous system and the brain’s electrical patterns. When we are stressed or overwhelmed, the brain tends to stay in beta, the alert, problem solving state. Sound can help guide the mind into states associated with healing:
Alpha: calm presence
Theta: meditation, intuition, emotional processing
Delta: deep rest and repair
This is part of why a sound bath can feel like hours of rest in a short time. The thinking mind softens, and the body drops into a natural healing rhythm.
Sound also supports emotional movement. It reaches parts of us that language cannot. For many people, sound healing becomes a pathway to release emotions that have been stored in the body for years.
The Intention of Sound Healing
Across styles, traditions, and instruments, the intention is consistent:
- to move us from stagnation into flow
- from heaviness into release
- from imbalance into alignment
- from dis ease into ease
- from fragmentation into connection
- from inner noise into clarity
- from contraction into openness
Sound works gently and deeply. It gives the body a way to unwind what has been held. It helps the nervous system find safety. It supports emotional clarity. It brings us back to ourselves.
Why Sound Matters Now
People are turning to sound because it gives us something simple and essential: a chance to slow down, breathe, feel, and reconnect with something steady and true inside ourselves. As Chyna Te’aira says, sound can be as simple as the ocean, the breath, or silence itself. And often, that is exactly what we’ve been missing.
Edgar Cayce may have been right. Maybe sound is the medicine of the future. Or maybe it has always been the medicine of the past, returning now because we finally need it.
Have you tried sound healing yet?
What has been your experience?
And what is your relationship like to sound right now?
Wanna experience this all for yourself?
If you’re curious about healing your voice through sound, I invite you to join me for my weekly group vocal activation and vocal sound healing classes, or reach out for a 1-1 session to help you unblock your voice and unleash your inner magic.
We have an amazing sound healing faculty at the Yoga Barn, and I highly encourage you to experience them all! Join our daily 1pm Sound Healings, along with additional sound experiences woven with movement, breathwork, dance, and meditation throughout the week. You can also explore our evening workshops and special events with faculty and guest teachers here:
Check our Sound Healing Schedule
- Sound Healing
- Vocal Activation
- Hatha
- Vinyasa
Francie Fishman (aka Francie La Flow) is a vibrant and free-spirited Vocal Luminary and the founder of Pure Flow Yoga. With over a decade of experience in guiding transformative retreats and workshops, Francie specializes in helping individuals connect deeply with their authentic voices and inner joy. Based in Ubud, Bali, she offers a range of practices including Yoga, Vocal Activation, and Sound Healing. Known for her playful enthusiasm and compassionate approach, Francie creates safe spaces for personal growth, community connection, and spiritual awakening. Her mission is to awaken the healing power of music and voice, inspiring people to express themselves fully and live joyfully
