Summary
Craig Goldberg, co-founder of InHarmony Interactive and certified vibroacoustic therapy practitioner, explains how sound and vibration technology can shift the nervous system from a sympathetic (fight-or-flight) state to parasympathetic (rest-and-digest). He describes how the body is constantly coming into harmonic resonance with surrounding frequencies, from Wi-Fi and electricity to other people's energy, and how vibroacoustic therapy uses tactile transducers to deliver low-frequency vibrations (30-120 Hz) directly through the body. The conversation covers the science of mechanoreceptors in the skin picking up vibrations and sending signals to the brain, how this creates a three-dimensional immersive experience that naturally guides the mind into deep relaxation, and the physiological benefits including increased circulation, lymphatic drainage, and nervous system regulation. Craig shares his personal journey from stressed New York nightlife to becoming a relaxation expert, and discusses how regular use of vibroacoustic technology trains the nervous system to spend more time in parasympathetic states.
Key Points
- Vibroacoustic therapy uses sound frequencies between 30-120 Hz delivered through tactile transducers directly to the body
- The body's mechanoreceptors pick up vibrations and send signals to the brain, creating a fully immersive sound experience
- Regular use trains the nervous system to stay in parasympathetic (calm) states longer and recover faster from stress
- Four things happen in sympathetic (fight-or-flight) mode: cortisol floods the bloodstream, rational thinking shuts off, digestion stops, immune system turns off
- Six of the top 10 causes of death in America are born from chronic stress and anxiety
- Frequencies below 100 Hz are predominantly felt through the skin rather than heard through the ears
- The technology is designed to help people who struggle with traditional meditation by giving the mind something to focus on
Key Moments
What vibroacoustic therapy actually is and how it works
Craig explains that vibroacoustic therapy is the study of sound and frequency on physiology, anatomy, and neurology, with a body of research going back 40-45 years. He describes having his first sound lounge experience and realizing how stressed he was without knowing it.
"So I basically practice sound and vibration. And the body of research goes back about 40, 45 years. And it's basically the study of sound and frequency on our physiology, on our anatomy, on our neurology, and how it impacts our day-to-day and the function of our body and that sort of thing"
How the body constantly resonates with surrounding frequencies
Craig explains that the human body holds a vibratory frequency and is constantly coming into harmonic resonance with surrounding frequencies including electricity humming at 60 Hz, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other people's energy fields.
"Their vibration, human body, holds a vibratory frequency as well. So to do so many others, like right now I'm sitting in my home here in Las Vegas, Nevada, and there's electricity pumping through the walls. It hums here in the United States at 60 hertz. My body is coming into harmonic resonance with that on a subtle level. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth."
Six of the top 10 causes of death in America are born from stress
Craig shares a striking statistic that six of the top ten reasons Americans die are born from chronic stress and anxiety, arguing that removing stress and anxiety would eliminate those causes of death entirely.
"And without digging too much into the science, when you are hearing the same things that you're feeling, it creates this three-dimensional, fully immersive sound experience. It makes you feel as though you're inside the music, very much like sitting in the backseat of somebody who's got one of those incredible sound systems with all the subs in the trunk and the tweeters in the top right, right? And the mid and the six by nines in each door and it's just perfectly tuned and you just feel like you're inside the music, right? We do the same thing with way less wattage, way less power. But since you're connected to it, it's a direct transfer. There isn't a loss, if you will, of that signal. I don't have to send that pressure wave out from that car. I mean, look, in some cases, you can be 100 feet away from that car and still feel the bass that's thumping. That's not the case with our technology. In fact, if you're not sitting on it, you might hear a little bit of a murmur, but you're not going to feel it as much as you would if it were obviously a speaker, which is designed to project that sound pressure wave."
The science of tactile transducers and mechanoreceptors
Craig shows a tactile transducer and explains how the oscillating magnet inside translates music into vibration at specific frequencies. The mechanoreceptors in the skin pick up these vibrations and send signals to the brain, creating a coupling with the auditory nerve for a three-dimensional immersive experience.
"I just became enamored with it. I started to realize exactly what our technology was doing, which is helping the body to relax, helping us to get out of our head so that we can get into our heart, helping us to go inward and really do some really important work to be reconnected with myself, to be reintroduced to my own thought patterns and my own mission and vision so that i could live in alignment with that of what i wanted to do with my life and that authenticity turned out to be everything really powerful awesome awesome and and this you're absolutely right like because i'm a new york city kid and when you would be in these systems and it's just boom boom boom and you're just enjoying that sound and all that vibration yeah it's it's It's therapeutic in some cases."
