Summary
Jennifer Mitchell of the Soul Traveler Podcast interviews Craig Goldberg about InHarmony Interactive and the science of vibroacoustic therapy. Craig explains how the technology uses tactile transducers to translate music into physical vibration, delivering sound through both the ears and the mechanoreceptors in the skin simultaneously. This coupling creates an immersive experience that triggers the parasympathetic nervous system within about 15 minutes. Craig shares his origin story of falling in love with sound baths at yoga festivals, trying to recreate the experience with home speakers (which did not work), and then discovering his business partner's sound lounge prototype. He discusses the product line including the meditation cushion, practitioner table, and sound lounge, and explains how the technology helps with brain health by harmonizing different brain centers, supporting neuroplasticity, improving memory recall, and helping the brain move efficiently between brainwave states. The conversation also covers lymphatic drainage benefits and anti-aging applications.
Key Points
- Vibroacoustic therapy triggers the parasympathetic nervous system in approximately 15 minutes
- Tactile transducers contain oscillating magnets that translate music into vibration delivered directly to the body
- Music harmonizes different brain centers; coupling it with physical vibration activates even more neural pathways
- The technology supports neuroplasticity, memory recall, and efficient transitions between brainwave states
- Lymphatic drainage is driven by gravity and movement; vibration therapy activates lymphatic flow while seated or lying down
- The body's mechanoreceptors constantly send signals to the brain, and vibroacoustic therapy leverages this to override stress signals
- Craig traveled the country in an RV for years, setting up demo centers and evangelizing vibroacoustic therapy
Key Moments
Parasympathetic shift happens in about 15 minutes
Craig explains that vibroacoustic therapy triggers the relaxation response and the chemical cascades associated with parasympathetic nervous system activation in approximately 15 minutes. Most sessions are 22 minutes long.
"it triggers that relaxation response and the chemical cascades associated with that response of parasympathetic or calm and relaxed nervous system response in a matter of about 15 minutes. It takes 15 minutes for you to go from stressed and anxious to calm and relaxed"
How tactile transducers translate music into physical vibration
Craig demonstrates a tactile transducer and explains how the oscillating magnet translates music into vibration. Because you are lying on the device, that vibration transfers directly to every cell in the body, and since you hear the same frequencies you feel, the brain creates a three-dimensional immersive experience.
"And because you're laying on it, that vibration is transferred directly to your body and every cell in your body. And since you're listening to the same frequencies that you're feeling, the brain creates this three-dimensional, fully immersive sound experience that it perceives as being inside the music"
Brain harmonization and neuroplasticity from coupled sound and vibration
Craig describes how music activates and harmonizes different brain centers, and coupling it with physical vibration through mechanoreceptors stimulates additional neural pathways. This supports neuroplasticity, memory recall, cognitive function, and efficient transitions between brainwave states.
"When you couple that with vibrations through the mechanoreceptors in your skin, now all of a sudden you're stimulating yet another aspect and another part of the brain and of the neural network. And this is where neuroplasticity starts to expand"
