Acutonics

Most people have never heard of acutonics, but I have had two treatments. I love it! It is a healing art based on principles of acupuncture, but using tuning forks instead of needles. I went for my first treatment when I had had a nasty bronchial cough for three weeks, and I just couldn't get rid of it.

The person I went to, Beth Stewart, loves what she does and she is really good at it. She uses tuning forks, gongs, and Tibetan bowls. At the height of the treatment, when all of these things are active, I feel like I am wrapped in a cocoon of sound; it's quite incredible.

After my first treatment, I walked away breathing freely for the first time in weeks, and was basically over the illness. It took a couple of days for the residual effects to go away, but the relief was immediate and permanent. Later, my acupuncturist friend explained that the vibrations clear the bronchia far better than percussive treatment (pounding on the back) because the vibrations are so much more powerful.

I have always believed that Pythagoras was right in believing that the music of the spheres--the frequencies of the movements of the planets had resonance within our own bodies and psyches somehow. Great thinkers have tried for centuries—millennia, in fact—to understand the power of music. I think Pythagoras probably had it right—it's about the vibrations.

The last time I went, I talked to Beth about my goal to be a more responsible and better sleeper, so she worked on the appropriate meridian. When I left, she said, you will dream. Until she said it, I hadn't realized that I hadn't been dreaming—I just never thought about it. But that night, I dreamed, and have every night since.

I am looking forward to my next session.