Author Archives: William Softky

The Physics & Biophysics Of Sound ‘Healing’

WILLIAM SOFTKY  The fashionable intelligence at The New York Times has declared sound baths are everywhere, and it’s true. Well-educated people like myself now routinely spend a couple dozen dollars for a few hours in a quiet room listening to ringing gongs, thrumming bowls and shaking rattles. Those special-purpose sonic environments are technically called ‘sound baths,’ but […]