By Paul V Young and Dr Gary R Buchanan © 2020
Editor’s note: The following article was put together jointly between myself and Gary Buchanan during 2020, following my visit to the healing center late last year.
Sadly, Dr Buchanan passed away at the age of 72 at his residence at Steamboat Hot Springs in Reno, Nevada in the early morning of October 16, 2020.
The article is published here in his memory, with respect and gratitude for his life of service.
Are you aware that the vital life-force energy proceeds from, and is dependent upon, wave fronts of light and sound (photons and phonons) for its existence? Your life energy can become disharmonized when your system is out of balance, manifesting in any number of physical ailments.
A welcome remedy is to be found in the form of Sonatherapy® which, having its technology based scientifically on sound and vibrations, reduces this dissonance and helps boost and stabilize the body’s vital energies. With the use of acoustic wavefronts called Sonations, programmed around the holistic needs of the individual, a Sonatherapy treatment invariably results in improved health, both physiologically and psychologically.
Based in the USA, Sonatherapy has affiliates in Japan, South Africa, Dubai, Israel, Europe and Britain. While there are no Sonatherapists practising in Australia as yet, they do offer a one-year online Training Course which is primarily directed toward students with a background in alternative healing, therapy or medicine, but is open to all interested parties. (See contact details at foot of this article).
Sonatherapy has its headquarters in Reno in the high desert of northwestern Nevada, at the Steamboat Geothermal Hot Springs. Steamboat is a nationally recognized historical landmark that was given its name by Mark Twain. The springs are known to have been enjoyed by early pioneers of Nevada in the 19th century when a sixty-foot geyser was a major attraction. In 1861 a 34-bed hospital was constructed at the site to treat patients using the natural healing properties of the hot springs.
The founder and driving force behind Sonatherapy is Dr Gary Robert Buchanan, whose first passion has always been in music as a conductor, composer and teacher. He is also certified in Cymatic Therapy and is part of a global network, which includes his Japanese colleague, Yukinori Matsushita. They conduct monthly on-line ‘self-healing sessions’ with clients around the world. In-residence, Dr. Buchanan has treated hundreds of clients and compiled a myriad of successful case studies over the past two decades.
The use of sound and vibration as healing techniques dates back to antiquity. Notably, Pythagoras and his successors taught and employed music and sound therapy at the Temples of Asclepius in ancient Greece. The present-day modality continues that tradition by combining sound, light, colour, water, sacred geometry and subtle energies, and is fast becoming recognized as the healing technology of our time, and of the future.
The facility at the Steamboat Hot Springs & Healing Center in Reno consists of an outdoor hot pool, steam room, dry sauna, individual massage rooms and private mineral tubs. The first thing the visitor notices once inside the complex is the hallway leading to the treatment rooms, which is bathed in all the colours of the rainbow by overhead lights. Each light unit is wired with the Sona-Lite system that places sound (or music) on the light beams (modified Li-Fi). The frequencies/music are not heard, although the effect upon those beneath the beams, while subtle, is real and measurable.
Temperature-controlled geothermal hydrotherapy is offered in the ample-sized tubs, and clients presenting for Sonatherapy treatment are encouraged to first bathe in their waters, so that the body is warm and moist prior to initial inductions. Sonations are also sounded in the baths and pools for increased absorption (sound travels 4.3 times faster in water). The unique geothermal water of Steamboat Hot Springs contains: calcium carbonate, magnesium, sodium sulphate, sulphur, lithia, soda, and a high level of silica. (The only water known to be comparable is found at Cajamarca in Peru).
In Dr Buchanan’s Sonatherapy treatment rooms, the client may not be familiar with all the electronic gadgetry on his desk, but will find the ambience immediately soothing as they notice the line of chakra-coloured lamps on the ceiling in a row above the sound-table.
In therapy, sound arrays are applied to form wave fronts directly upon and within the body and its enveloping morphogenetic fields for healing. The sound array may help stimulate areas of low energy, lack of sensitivity, or weak physical strength. It may also aid in self-healing functions. Specially designed Wave Front BIOresonance™ combinations are utilised to nurture the individual’s inherent vibrational processes and functions at their ‘optimal’ or ‘signature’ rates. The key to such acoustical combinations lies in the fact that the Sonations are synergetic, as well as coherently harmonic, and are readily absorbed by the body and its enveloping quantum fields.
Light and colours are also applied during the non-invasive therapy sessions – using light organ attachments – with the light pulsing and panning in synchronicity with the audio signals. This pulsative approach allows for dramatically greater absorption of irradiations. Applicators (stereo speakers or transducers) are placed at the area lacking in energy, for example, at the solar plexus. The sound is never loud, as it only needs to be “felt.”
For the technically-minded, Dr Buchanan eschews the use of digital sound in favour of analogue technology. The frequencies applied vary according to the needs of the individual, however the range of 90 to 111 hertz is notable for being the range that releases endorphins in the brain; 40 hertz is often the frequency intoned in Buddhist chants and is favourable for certain applications.
Acoustic footbaths are sometimes part of the Sonatherapy treatment. During such a session, the Sonations are also played through the water and synchronized with the light and colour applications, in a very precise manner.
Each treatment generally lasts one hour or less. More time is needed when geothermal bath and/or consultation with staff physician are added in. Adjuncts might include sessions with aura colour reading, relaxing on the sound table while receiving further light/colour irradiations, or other tailor-made treatments.
Conditions that are treated typically include bones, nerves, muscles, and joints; inflammation, pain, and circulatory problems; organic, respiratory, and digestive disorders; simple strains, fractures, bruises, along with skin conditions; and a host of common ailments that conventional medicine rarely addresses. Post-surgical sessions can also speed the healing of wounds, reduction of scar tissue, and restoration of movement. All kinds of issues, including arthritis and gout, for example, are treated with good outcomes.
In addition to Sonatherapy, Steamboat Hot Springs offers a full menu of healing services, such as therapeutic massages (including those using CBD oil and promoting lymphatic stimulation), detoxifying mud wraps, exfoliation scrubs, and Ayurveda consultations.
Steamboat Hot Springs & Healing Center in Reno and Sonatherapy® are both subsidiaries of Cosolargy® International, which has been introducing students to the arts, sciences and technologies of its System via a global training program since its inception almost sixty years ago.
The philosophy behind the Cosolargy teachings is that all life is engendered, sustained, and eventually transmuted by wave fronts of Light emanating from our parent Sun. The Sun is the master Cymatic organism in our part of the galaxy, constantly pulsing and emitting complex patterns of photon and phonon waves. Cosolargy incorporates sun-gazing (photo-syntonics); light, sound and colour irradiations; activation of the third-, fourth-, and fifth-dimensional fields, all of which lead to increased absorption of what are known as Information Factors contained in the solar and cosmic fields.
Certification in Sonatherapy®
Steamboat Healing Centre offers Certification and Training in the technologies and treatments of Sonatherapy. Those interested should contact Dr. Gary Robert Buchanan in the United States (Cymatics Sonatherapy <gary.buchanan1011@gmail.com>). Students who would like to set-up a home system, or who have a professional background and/or practice (such as physician, nurse practitioner, chiropractor, massage therapist, sound healer, or other) into which they would like to include elements of Sonatherapy are eligible for immediate “basic” certification.
During the training course students will use the Analog Box program that accompanies the text, SONA: Healing with Wave Front BIOresonanceTM, as their main application system on the computer. (Programs and files are designed for Windows XP, 7, 8, or 10. MAC users can download “Virtual Windows” online). By the end of that year, students will have compiled a complete library of Sonations applicable for most general conditions.
For more information about the one-year Training Course in Sonatherapy, visit:
http://sonatherapy.com/certification-training/
The basics of Sonatherapy may be found in three books authored by Dr Gary Robert Buchanan: SONA: Healing with Wave Front BIOresonance™ (2008); Sonatherapy®: Healing with Light, Color, Sound, Water & Subtle Energies (2012); Vibrational Healing: Wave Front BIOresonance™ and Sonatherapy® (Ebook) (2019). Some of these are available on Amazon, or directly from Dr Buchanan, via the Sonatherapy website.
To learn more about the organizations mentioned here, visit:
Sonatherapy: http://sonatherapy.com/
Steamboat Hot Springs & Healing Center: https://steamboatsprings.org/
Cosolargy International: https://cosolargy.org/
Disclaimer: Sonatherapy® is not meant to replace any other medical or diagnostic system. Rather, the technology is designed to provide complementary assistance in more rapid and complete healing of conditions, which in many cases traditional and alternative approaches do not address.
Paul V. Young is a freelance writer who blogs at SouthernSunlight.com. He is a certified practitioner of Reiki, NLP and LOA and a Rosicrucian. He is the authorised representative of Cosolargy in Australia and may be contacted at AustralianEsoteric@gmail.com
Dr Gary R Buchanan is an internationally recognized composer & conductor. His qualifications include H.S. & BM, N.C. School of Arts; MFA, Univ. of N.C.; DMA Can., Univ. of WA.; Hon. DMA, Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane, Australia. Director Wave Front BIOresonance™ Research & Development, Steamboat Healing Center; Cosolargy® International Ord., Admin., Lect.
This article first appeared in the online publication Australian Esoteric Magazine, Issue #28, December 2020.
