Centro Oriental Kuan Yin

BERLIM (Reuters) - Cientistas que monitoram os movimentos terrestres na Antártica acreditam que encontraram um iceberg cantante. Ondas de som do iceberg tinham uma frequência de cerca de 0,5 hertz, muito baixo para ser ouvido por humanos, mas se tocada a uma velocidade mais alta o iceberg soa como um enxame de abelhas ou uma orquestra se aquecendo, disseram os cientistas.

O instituto alemão Alfred Wegener para pesquisa polar e marinha publica os resultados de seu estudo, feito em 2002, na revista Science de sexta-feira (25.11.2005). Entre julho e novembro de 2002 os pesquisadores colheram sinais acústicos de pureza sem precedentes ao gravarem sinais sísmicos para medir terremotos e movimentos tectônicos na saliência de gelo de Ekstroem, na costa sul do Atlântico, na Antártida.

Rastreando o sinal, os cientistas encontraram um iceberg de 50 por 20 quilômetros que bateu contra uma península submersa. “Quando o iceberg bateu rápido no fundo do mar, foi como uma pedra em um rio”, disse a cientista Verla Schlindwein. “A água entra por suas fendas e túneis em alta ressão e o iceberg começa a cantar. O tom aumenta e diminui, como uma música de verdade”. (Autor: Karin Strohecker)

What’s the Buzz? Sound Therapy

(Jornal The New York Times, EUA, November 24, 2005)

By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM

CAROL HARADA lay on her back, eyes closed, on cushions strewn across the floor of a studio in Emeryville, Calif. Several people, some clutching musical instruments, quietly gathered around. It was her turn to receive a group healing.One person held her feet.

Another touched her head. Someone placed a hand on her shoulder. Ms. Harada, 40, then stated that her intention was to release the dull pain in her left shoulder. "The physical touch was important, to remind me I was safe and directly connected to people doing healing work on my behalf," she wrote in an e-mail describing her experience last spring.

Then, using their voices and acoustic instruments - bowls made from crystals, an Australian didgeridoo, bells and drums - the participants gently bathed Ms. Harada in sound. When the sonic massage ended several minutes later, Ms. Harada’s eyes fluttered open. She felt grateful, peaceful and when she stood up, found that the range of motion in her shoulder had increased.

For decades people have relaxed and meditated to soothing sounds, including recordings of waves lapping, desktop waterfalls and wind chimes. Lately a new kind of sound therapy, often called sound healing, has begun to attract a following. Also known as vibrational medicine, the practice employs the vibrations of the human voice as well as objects that resonate - tuning forks, gongs, Tibetan singing bowls - to go beyond relaxation and stimulate healing. "It’s like meditation was 20 years ago and yoga was 10 to 15 years ago," said Amrita Cottrell, the founder and director of the Healing Music Organization in Santa Cruz, Calif., and the leader of the class that Ms. Harada attended.

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