My name is Minna Sivola. I live in Berkeley, California and I'm originally from Finland. I’m a certified sound healing practitioner and on a life long exploration with sound. My sound healing certificates are from Sound, Voice and Music Healing, Certification program at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco CA, Sound and Music Facilitator Certification program in New York City NY and Tibetan Bowl School in Encinitas.

I've been providing private sound healing sessions and group events since 2010. Currently I provide private sessions mainly at my home in Berkeley, CA. I also provide sound meditation classes around the USA and Europe. You can find my schedule in http://harmoniaalto.com/sound-healing-events/

To me working with sound is an exploration to access all 3 levels of our being: physical, mental and spiritual. Sound helps us to be in the present and at the same time travel fast and far to other dimensions seeking a way to return to harmony. If we allow it, sound vibration helps us to get stronger and more clear in order to face our everyday challenges. It does not always need to be beautiful, neither is life all the time – but it is what you need at the time.

The human ear is connected to virtually every organ in the body by means of vagus nerve. Our wandering vagus nerve is stimulated by sound that enters the auditory canal of the outer ear. The activity of this nerve directly stimulates our parasympathetic nervous system. It carries incoming information from the nervous system to the brain and sends outgoing information that regulates heartbeat, muscle movement, breathing, digestion, and so on. The vagus nerve carries 75 percent of all parasympathetic activity, which sends a message of calm and relaxation to every part of our body.