Have you “Turbosonic’d” yet? Whole Body Vibration Therapy.
February 28, 2007
I’ve been using a machine called the Turbosonic for several months now, for only 10 minutes a couple times a week. The results have been quite remarkable. My muscles are much stronger. I have more energy and sleep more deeply. My digestion is better and I feel “lighter” in general.
(In case your wondering, there is no financial or other benefit for me in promoting this product.)
I’ve heard from others, either first or second hand, that they have had similar results. In addition to people experiencing what I have, I’ve been told of one woman’s depression lifting and another whose fibromyalgia symptoms vastly improved. A friend of mine lost an inch all over in less than 2 months’ time and I ran into a woman coming out of her session who states she lost her cellulite. (I must say, however, she was fairly trim and probably didn’t have a whole lot to begin with.)
These are rather remarkable changes for something that takes so little time and minimal effort. You are advised not to use the machine more than 10 minutes a day, and all you do is stand on a platform which moves up and down with various frequencies and amplitudes. There are many claims for what the machine does from increasing serotonin and growth hormone to strengthening bones. Apparently there is research substantiating some of the benefits, but so far I’ve only read about one study done in Belgium and reported in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. The study demonstrated that whole body vibration is as efficient as standard resistance training for improving strength and speed in older women. There is a lot of enthusiasm for the benefits of the machine for the middle aged and elderly, but I know of at least one very athletic man who is very enthusiastic about the machine.
Interestingly, whole body vibration therapy reputedly was developed by the Soviets for the cosmonauts in order to help them recover from weightlessness in space. The machine I have been using was apparently developed in Korea where the technology was supposed to have been considerably improved with input from a qigong master. I haven’t done the research to verify that all this is fact. It’s enough for me that I and others are directly benefiting from using the turbosonic. I’d certainly be interested in comments from anyone who knows more!
You can read about the turbosonic at www.turbosonicusa.com and find a dealer near you. The machine is quite expensive, but in our area several people have bought them and rent out time to others for a nominal fee. There are contraindications to using the turbosonic so be sure to check on that if you have any medical conditions or concerns. I’ve also found that like anything, there is a right “dose” for everyone. Some people use it everyday. Two times a week is plenty for me and more is over-stimulating for my particular makeup.
Please add your comments if you’ve had any experiences with the Turbosonic or can share any information about it!
April 27, 2008 Update: Although it appears whole body vibration can be very beneficial, I wanted to add a note about my own experience that has made me want to caution people in using the machine. After using the machine for about 4 months (only twice a week), my ankles started to swell. I did some research and discovered that some people do get this side effect. When I stopped using the machine, the swelling went away. There is a list of conditions for which use of the Turbosonic is contraindicated, but I don’t have any of those conditions. Clearly there can be side effects that aren’t known so far. If you decide to use whole body vibration, just be alert to any unfavorable changes.
How do you sense “energy”?
February 18, 2007
It no longer makes any sense to me to ask “do you sense energy”. It seems quite clear to me that everyone senses energy — everyone has “subtle sense perception”. Our daily exchanges with others don’t just occur through the spoken word and gestures, but are also “energetic” exchanges. We are simply not trained to recognize, ackowledge and name this in our (Western) culture.
I recently had a phone call from a woman who sees that people are somehow affected by her hands as she works as a hairdresser. Her perception that something is happening on the level of energy has become undeniable and she felt prompted to explore this experience. At the same time, she was apprehensive about it. There is a reluctance to acknowledge this experience and even more reluctance to share it with others. If we acknowledge it to ourselves, we are opening up to a whole new way of perceiving life, to a whole new understanding of what “reality” is. If we share our perceptions, we run the risk of being considered crazy or flakey. And yet opening up to the existence of that which lies beyond the reach of the five senses gives us not only a greatly enriched experience of life and living, but can provide us with useful information and abilities.
How many people can honestly say they’ve never felt someone staring at them from across the room? How many can say they haven’t felt someone approaching them from behind even though they don’t hear them? We feel these things but we ignore the implications of these perceptions. How would you explain them? What actually is happening?
The tendency to ignore what we actually perceive is what causes us to take so long to embrace the latest understandings of physics, as well as the value of many alternative healing approaches such as energy healing. It’s what causes us to ignore one of the most valuable resources we have — our own intuition.
As I explore the field of energy healing more and more, including developing more of my own subtle sense perception, I realize that what I now experience with such clarity and certainty is something I had always experienced. It had always been there in the background, but I had learned to ignore it. When I’ve taught inroductory energy healing classes, it was never a matter of teaching anyone how to do anything. It was always about holding a space for them to acknowledge and own what they were already experiencing.
So, how do you sense energy? Do you see it, hear it, feel it? Is it simply a “knowingness”? Do you have a sense of what others are feeling or thinking? Energy can be experienced in so many different ways. The skeptical part of you that asks “am I making this up?” is useful in keeping an overactive imagination in check, but it’s usually working overtime. My rule of thumb in my classes is “if you sense something, it’s real”. Then the task is to understand what it is and how it can be useful.