Peter Hess® Sound Massage: Science and Studies on the Effects of Singing Bowls

Bachelor's Thesis: Primordial Trust Sound Massage for Grief (2019/20)

As part of a bachelor's thesis, the effect of the so-called Basic Trust Sound Massage on the well-being of grieving individuals was investigated. Eight grieving individuals who within the last four...
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Bachelor's Thesis: Mental Well-being – Wehle, Bachelor's Thesis (2019)

As part of a bachelor's thesis, the effect of individual Peter Hess® Sound Massages on the body perception and well-being of a stroke patient was investigated. One patient received over a period of...
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Pilot Project: sound education with traumatized children – Ehnis (2014)

As part of an educational-therapeutic pilot project, sound education settings were specifically integrated into the work with adolescents in residential child and youth care. Five adolescents...
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Stress Processing and Body Image – Koller & Grotz (2014)

As part of a study, the effects of regular Peter Hess® Sound Massages on the stress processing and body image of participants were analyzed. The study was...
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Documentation: Use of Singing Bowls and Sound Massage in the Intensive Care Unit (2008)

10 intensive care patients (awake and oriented) in Ward 13i2 of the Vienna General Hospital received sound massages as part of nursing documentation. The application was...
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Study: Stress and Immune Regulation in SLE – Breidenstein, University of Innsbruck (2023)

In her master's thesis, Sarah Breidenstein investigates the influence of Singing Bowl applications on stress system activity and cellular immune activity in a patient with systemic...
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Study: Effect of Peter Hess® Sound Massage on Anxiety, Stress, and Activities of Daily Living in Parkinson's Patients (2018)

A Brazilian study, conducted by the Peter Hess® Academy Brazil with Parkinson's patients who are treated at the Parkinson Carioca Association (APC) (cf....
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Sleep Study: Chronic Insomnia (2021)

Several Peter Hess® Sound Massage sessions at weekly intervals in patients with chronic insomnia. Measured using the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), anxiety and depression scales. Study results: Highly significant improvement...
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Ongoing study: The effects of sound massage in cardiac surgery (since approximately 2023)

Currently, for the first time in a Parisian hospital, the effect of Peter Hess® Sound Massage in patients after cardiac surgery is being investigated in a clinical setting – as a complement to...
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Study: Cells and Sound (2009)

In a laboratory experimental setting, human endothelial cells were exposed to a Peter Hess® Heart Singing Bowl for 1 hour daily on three consecutive days. Analysis methods: Casy Cell...
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Pilot Study: Successful Hypertension Therapy with Peter Hess® Sound Massage (2013)

10 hypertension patients (Grade I, low risk) randomly received 6 weekly sessions each: Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) or Peter Hess® Sound Massage. 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, heart rate variability, and stress processing (SVF... were recorded.
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Controlled Study: Neurophysiological Effect of Peter Hess® Sound Massage (2022)

A controlled study investigated the effect of a 20-minute Peter Hess® Sound Massage using 64-channel EEG, ECG, and respiratory rate measurement in healthy participants. Study results...
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