A while back I received a demo copy of Marjorie de Muynck's "Vibrational Healing" CD. It said in the liner notes it was dedicated to the honeybees, cricket and bat population. My intention was to try it out on a vibroacoustic sound table and I wasn't sure I liked the idea of lying on a bed of insect sounds but I figured I might as well try it. It turned out that the music itself was incredibly beautiful and the sounds of the insects were deeply nurturing and comforting- and within about thirty seconds I realized what a powerful effect the sounds of nature have on our physiology. The sounds of crickets, cicadas, honeybees, the sound of running water, rustling leaves, falling rain and the sound of the wind- all of these sounds stimulate the brain and nourish the nervous system. Sometimes the effect is soothing, sometimes stimulating. A negative reaction to certain sounds heard in nature- wind, for example- may also be an indicator of stress or imbalance. Food for thought...