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How to Use Frequencies: A Spiritual Guide

by Vickie Gould

Using frequencies means aligning with healing vibrations through tools like tuning forks, singing bowls, or sound therapy tracks. These sounds can calm the mind, clear energy blocks, and activate your body's natural healing, no mysticism or PhD required.

Whether you're holding a 528 Hz bowl and wondering, "Now what?" or you're spiritually gifted but don't feel "qualified," this guide is for you.

We'll walk you through how frequency healing actually works, how to use your tools safely and intuitively, and what to expect emotionally and energetically along the way.

And if you're serious about helping others, whether through casual sessions or full-on healing business, Life Changing Energy offers accredited, spiritually-aligned training and tools to support your path.

If you're here for the good vibes (literally), skip ahead to the how-to section. But if you want a deeper, soul-aligned breakdown of how to use frequencies for healing, keep reading.

We've got you.

3 Easy Ways to Use Frequencies Right Now

You don't need a sound studio, ancient lineage, or fancy initiation to use frequencies. Whether you're brand new or need clarity on how to use what you've already got, here are three simple ways to start today. 

Option 1: Passive Listening

This is the easiest entry point. Press play.

You can find binaural beats, Solfeggio frequencies, or even ambient music tuned to 432 Hz or 528 Hz. Whether you use YouTube (carefully), Spotify (cautiously), or curated tracks from trusted sources, the goal is to let the vibrations entrain your brainwaves and calm your nervous system.

Best times to listen?

  • During meditation
  • While journaling or relaxing
  • As you fall asleep (yes, it's safe)

What happens when you listen while sleeping?

Frequencies can guide your brain into deeper states of rest and repair. Many people report vivid dreams, emotional clarity, or simply waking up refreshed.

How long do you have to listen for it to work? 

Even 5–15 minutes can shift your energy. Quality matters over quantity.

Does listening to frequencies work? 

Yes, if you're intentional and consistent. Your results will vary depending on your focus, environment, and emotional state.

Option 2: Crystal Singing Bowls

If you've ever felt drawn to those beautiful, glowing bowls, join the club. Crystal singing bowls are powerful tools, but they can be intimidating at first.

Here's how to "sing" your bowl properly:

  • Hold the mallet like a pen.
  • Gently press and circle the outer rim with steady pressure.
  • Let the tone build naturally, don't rush it.

But here's what most blogs won't tell you: Your intention shapes the sound.

If your mind is racing, the tone may wobble. If you're present, it rings like clarity.

Before you play:

  • Cleanse the bowl energetically, especially if it's secondhand. Use sage, sound, or intention.
  • If you bought it online and feel unsure, don't worry, that's normal. Many people get excited, then freeze. Start with a few minutes a day and let your relationship with the bowl evolve.

Bonus: You can place small crystals inside your bowl and "sing" it to energetically cleanse them too. For detailed guidance, check out our crystal bowl guide.

Option 3: Tuning Forks

Tuning forks might look simple, but they're precise, powerful tools for targeted healing.

There are two main ways to use them:

  • Fork-to-Body Method: Strike the fork and place the stem directly on your body (over chakras, acupressure points, or areas of pain) to deliver vibration deep into the tissues. 
  • Sound bath method. Strike and hold near the ears to allow the vibration to wash over the energy field.

Want to go deeper? 

Choose forks based on what you need:

  • 396 Hz: Root chakra, releasing fear
  • 528 Hz: Heart chakra, love + repair
  • 963 Hz: Crown chakra, divine connection
  • 317.83 Hz: Liver support
  • 176 Hz: Colon support

Life Changing Energy also offers gemstone-tipped tuning forks, which allow for energetic and physical healing in one session, especially powerful for chakra tuning fork set alignment.

These methods transcend sound. They're about returning to your own resonance.

Start small, stay consistent, and remember, there's no wrong way to begin, only an unused bowl or unstruck fork.

How Frequencies Work Spiritually + Scientifically

If you've ever cried during a song or felt goosebumps from a singing bowl, you've already felt how powerful frequencies can be.

But how does it actually work?

Let's break it down.

Your Body Is a Conductor

Because you're made up of over 70% water, your body is an ideal conductor for sound. Frequencies travel faster through water than air, so when a healing tone hits your field, it doesn't bounce off, it moves through you.

That's why sound therapy is one of the most direct, non-invasive healing methods available.

Oscillation, Resonance, and Entrainment, Without the Science Jargon

  • Oscillation: Everything vibrates, your cells, your emotions, your organs. That's their natural oscillation.
  • Resonance: When a frequency "matches" the vibration of a part of your body, it amplifies and strengthens it. Think of it like tuning an instrument.
  • Entrainment: Your brainwaves start to match the rhythm of what you hear. If you listen to a frequency that promotes calm (like alpha or theta), your mind starts to chill out too.

Why 963 Hz Is Called the "God Frequency"

963 Hz is believed to activate your pineal gland (aka third eye), expand your spiritual awareness, and connect you with divine intelligence. It's the highest of the Solfeggio tuning forks and is often used during deep meditation or spiritual awakening work.

Listening to 963 Hz may produce a sensation of lightness, presence, or even energetic tingling in the head. People often describe it as "coming home to Source."

Advanced Tips: Making Frequencies Part of Your Practice

Once you're comfortable with the basics, frequency healing becomes something beyond a tool, it becomes a spiritual art form. Here's how to deepen your practice so it supports not your healing, but your evolution.

Pair Frequencies with Reiki or Breathwork

When you layer frequency healing with Reiki or conscious breath, something magical happens: your energy opens, your intention deepens, and the results amplify.

Try this:

  • Place one hand over your heart, the other on your bowl.
  • Take a slow breath in, focusing your intention.
  • As you play, imagine the sound carrying your healing wherever it's needed.

Reiki-charged breath + frequency = a multidimensional healing experience you can feel in your bones.

Mix Crystal and Tibetan Bowls for Layered Healing

Crystal singing bowls bring clarity and high-vibration lightness. Tibetan singing bowls ground, soothe, and stabilize.

Together, they offer yin-yang balance in a single session.

I often recommend using Tibetan bowls for the lower chakras (root, sacral) and crystal bowls for the upper chakras (heart, throat, third eye, crown). Always play Tibetan bowls with open palms to honor the flow of energy, and never hold crystal bowls the same way; they’re heavy, fragile, and meant to be approached with care.

This layered soundscape helps the body feel both held and uplifted.

And maybe it’s not a coincidence I’m drawn to these tools. One of the origins of Tibetan-style sound bowls traces back to the Shang Dynasty, where I actually have ancestral roots. So when I use them, it doesn’t just feel powerful, it feels personal. Like my lineage is singing back through the bowl.

Play with Presence, Not Performance

You don't have to "do it right." You have to be there.

So many new healers worry about being good enough, sounding perfect, or matching someone else's pace. But sound healing is not a performance, it's a relationship.

Presence, your grounded, centered energy, is what creates transformation. The bowl doesn't care if you missed a note.

It cares if you're connected.

Embrace Silence After Sound

This is the part most people skip, and it's where the magic finishes. After your session, pause. Let the vibration fade into stillness. That space of silence allows your nervous system and energetic field to integrate the shift.

It's not "dead time." It's healing time.

Try sitting in silence for 1–2 minutes after playing your tools. Notice what you feel. That quiet may speak louder than the sound ever did. The deeper you go, the enhanced your intuition gets. You'll begin to feel what's needed before reaching for the tool.

That's not skill, it's alignment.

Mistakes & Misunderstandings (And How to Avoid Them)

Frequency healing is simple, but that doesn't mean it's foolproof. If you've ever thought, "I tried sound healing and felt worse," this section is for you.

Here's what might be going wrong, and how to make it right.

"I played my bowl for 30 minutes and felt worse"

Length doesn’t always equal better results. Playing your bowl for too long, too fast, or too intensely can overstimulate your energy field. It can also happen when energy blockages are present.

This often leads to vibrational fatigue, a state where your system becomes agitated instead of soothed.

Try this instead: Keep sessions short (5–10 minutes max when starting). Focus on presence, not perfection.

And always ground yourself afterward with water, nature, or deep breathing.

Why Crying Is a Good Sign

Tears, tingles, yawns, and even nausea during or after a session are not signs of failure, they're signs that energy is moving.

We call this an emotional detox. Sound vibrations often bypass your conscious mind and unlock old wounds or trapped emotions.

Clinical studies document these natural healing responses.

Crying can be a form of release, and it's completely normal.

What to do: Let it flow. Journal, rest, and allow space for integration.

You're not broken, you're healing.

Not All 528 Hz YouTube Tracks Are Legit

Here's a little-known truth: Because a video is labeled 528 Hz doesn't mean it's actually tuned that way.

Many online tracks use poor-quality mixing or pitch shifts that dilute the vibrational impact. Some don't even include the frequency at all.

How to stay safe: Use trusted platforms, or better yet, play the frequency yourself using crystal bowls or tuning forks. That way, you know it's clean and intentional.

Playing Too Often or Too Fast = Vibrational Overwhelm

Like caffeine, too much frequency stimulation can make you jittery, moody, or even disconnected. This happens when your body doesn't have time to process the shifts between sessions.

Slow down: Alternate your tools. Take rest days.

And trust the wisdom of stillness, post-session silence is healing like the sound itself.

How Do I Know My Frequency?

Your "personal frequency" doesn't stay fixed. It shifts based on your emotions, health, and even the foods you eat.

But if you're curious, here's how to tune in:

  • Notice how your body reacts to different tones
  • Journal your mood shifts after sessions
  • Use your intuition, your body knows when something resonates

Can Using Frequencies Make You Feel Worse?

In the short term? Yes.

And that's often a good thing.

Like a deep tissue massage, sound healing can stir up stored tension before it releases.

But if you feel constantly ungrounded, overstimulated, or emotionally numb, it's a sign to scale back or get guidance.

What If I Don't Feel Anything?

That's okay, too. Not everyone feels an immediate shift.

Sound healing works on subtle layers. Sometimes the effects are delayed, like clarity, synchronicities, or better sleep days later.

Keep going: Healing doesn't need fireworks. It's about resonance.

And trust me, your field is listening, even if your brain doesn't catch it yet.

Want to Go Deeper? Here's Why Life Changing Energy Is Your Next Step

If you've made it this far, you already know: you're not curious, you're called. And while frequency healing may feel intuitive, having the right guidance makes all the difference between dabbling and transformation.

That's exactly why I created Life Changing Energy, to support heart-led healers like you in stepping into their gifts, confidently and ethically.

What You'll Get With Life Changing Energy

  • Bite-sized courses: You'll actually finish them (no overwhelm, no burnout). Each lesson is designed to be digestible, grounded, and deeply aligned with how healers learn.
  • Lifetime support: This doesn't end with "download and disappear." Our community is active, loving, and always growing, so you're never healing alone.
  • Confidence to use your tools: Because uneducated healing can unintentionally harm. We teach heart-led, energetically responsible techniques you can trust.
  • Certification = credibility + clarity: All our courses are accredited and perfect for continuing education, whether you're starting your practice or adding new tools to your current healing work.

What Happens If You DIY

  • You get lost in endless YouTube rabbit holes full of conflicting advice
  • You risk overstimulating or misaligning your energy field without knowing how to self-regulate
  • You feel spiritually "off" without the tools to course-correct
  • And worst of all, you stay stuck because there's no one to guide you forward

You don't need additional tools. You need the training, community, and confidence to use them with soul.

Ready to Use Your Gifts? Here's What to Do Next

You didn’t land here by accident. Something in you already knows that your presence, your energy, your voice is meant to heal.

Now it’s time to step into that knowing.

Start with Accredited Training:

Use Tools That Carry Intention:

Not Sure Where to Begin?

Disclaimer: The practices and information shared in this blog are for educational and entertainment purposes only. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, nor are they a substitute for professional medical advice. Life Changing Energy and its representatives are not licensed medical doctors. Always consult with your healthcare provider before starting any new wellness practice, especially if you are pregnant, have a medical condition, or are currently under medical care.

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