As Nikola Tesla once said, “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
This quote has resonated with me for years. And I find it fascinating that it has made its way into popular culture. And while Tesla was referring to the fundamental forces of the universe, his words offer a compelling bridge to modalities that view the human (and all living creatures) through the lens of energy, frequency and vibration.
The term biofield refers to our body’s energetic system, in its entirety. The energy centers located within the central channel, the electric currents that run through our bodies and the magnetic field that surrounds us.
Biofield Tuning is a form of sound therapy that works directly with the biofield, understanding the biofield as being inextricably connected with our bodies and minds (both conscious and subconscious, including thoughts, memories and emotions). When physical, mental and/or emotional dis-ease or disorder is being experienced, the resultant "dissonance" can be perceived in the biofield. Biofield Tuning is able to locate, diminish and resolve this dissonance and in doing so, alleviate (or even eradicate) the corresponding physical, mental and/or emotional symptoms.
What is a Biofield Tuning session like?
A Biofield Tuning session can be conducted in-person and from a distance, with a single client or group of participants. It is recommended that the client/participant be in an environment that is free from distraction and contains space to comfortably sit or lie down. A session often begins with activating the Central Channel. To do this, the practitioner strikes a tuning fork and begins to scan the biofield. During the scan process, the practitioner is:
sensing for resistance and turbulence in the biofield
listening for changes in the overtones and undertones of the tuning fork.
Once the Central Channel is activated, the practitioner will work with a focused area, again sensing for resistance and changes in tone. When the practitioner encounters an area of turbulence, they will continue to activate the tuning fork and hold it in a specific biofield location. Research suggests the body's organizing intelligence uses the coherent vibrational frequency of the fork to "tune" itself. In short order, the dissonance resolves and the sense of resistance gives way, which appears to correspond to the release of tension with the body.
Clients/participants often report a sense of relaxation and begin to breathe more freely, as the body adjusts to an increased state of flow. As dissonance continues to resolve over the course of the session, individuals may begin to feel "lighter" and experience diminishment or resolution of symptoms. One might interpret this as a kind of targeted nervous system biofeedback, which provides side-door entry into the psyche – allowing the practitioner to work with what has been hidden in plain view, thereby facilitating change within the biofield that clients/participants could not otherwise achieve on their own.
What might be “hidden from view” within the client’s biofield?
Biofield Tuning is the outcome of sound therapy pioneer Eileen McKusick. Eileen discovered a pattern that, just as most people have their digestive organs in the same physical location, biofields also demonstrate consistent anatomy. This hypothesis has been tested with thousands of clients and Biofield Tuning students around the world, and found to be an accurate system for accessing, reading and modulating the biofield into greater coherence and regulation.
What does the research show?
The formal study of Biofield Tuning is still in its early phases, with a small but emerging body of madality-specific research.
In 2020, a feasibility study was initiated, to enroll 15 volunteers with clinical anxiety in a feasibility study to receive 3 distance (Zoom) Biofield Tuning sessions, one hour a week for 3 weeks. The outcomes of this study were quite dramatic - every person who completed the process (13/15) experienced a significant drop in their anxiety symptoms.
This study yielded 2 peer reviewed papers - a Quantitative one, which can be found here; and a Qualitative paper, which goes into the experiences of participants, can be found here.
Alongside this, there is a much larger body of general research on sound, vibration, frequency and energy-related phenomena that helps frame the broader context in which this work is understood.
It is important to recognize that funding for modalities like Biofield Tuning is often limited. In a system shaped by commercial incentives, what cannot be patented is often dismissed, and what cannot be made into a product is often overlooked. That reality has profound implications for what healing modalities are studied, funded and taken seriously.
Biofield Tuning does not ask us to abandon reason, but to widen the lens through which we understand healing. It invites us to listen more closely and to consider that restoration may occur not only through chemistry and intervention, but also through resonance, coherence and balance.
Perhaps not everything meaningful can be immediately (scientifically) measured. Some things are first felt, and experienced, before being fully understood.
