Sound healing allegedly soothes minds

By Kayla De Sousa

Deso0082@algonquincollege.com

Kayla De Sousa photo Tony Gyenis, an Algonquin marketing instructor demonstrates his tuning forks for staff and students outside the library in march.

Marketing instructor, Tony Gyenis, showed college staff and students his other passion on Mar. 26 when he held a sound healing demonstration outside the library entrance.

Gyenis uses special tuning forks which emit sound frequencies that raise a person’s consciousness. This aids him with connecting to a being’s inner self and through this, he can initiate a healing process for many different types of issues.

“It takes negative thought patterns out,” said Gyenis. “The tuning forks actually address the emotional and then your physical well-being will follow. Your body can only follow your emotions.”

Although a full tuning fork session usually lasts about an hour, Gyenis performed a quick session- about six minutes long- on students to relieve stress that many people are feeling as exams and final assignments are underway.

Gyenis first became interested in tuning forks about a year ago when he participated in a small workshop during feng shui courses he was taking. He is now the only tuning fork practitioner and teacher in Canada and incorporates both his feng shui and tuning fork knowledge into his work on a daily basis.

“I fell in love with it right away because it’s fast,” he said. “Feng shui can take about a month to feel anything. With this, you will feel it in about six minutes.”

So far, Gyenis has received great feedback from clients explaining that they feel totally empowered and stress-free. Although you do not need to believe in it for it to work, you do have to be ready to change things in your life to move forward, have more balance in your life, and truly “heal” said Gyenis.

“It’s great and very satisfying,” he said. “Just by showing them what they are, very worthy beings, you’re changing someone’s life. It does work on everyone if they are open to it and ready to make a shift to have a new life.”

At the demonstration, staff were the first to experience the tuning forks while students watched curiously. Soon, students began to line up for a turn and although Gyenis was planning on finishing up around 3 p.m. he did not leave until 7 p.m. because so many wanted to try it out.

“I feel good,” said Marie Potvin, a member of Algonquin’s support staff, after she experienced the process. “I am not as tense or tight. I would do it again.”

Eleanor Riesen, professor and co-ordinator of the nursing program, had a similar result. “I feel very relaxed. Calm is the right word,” she said. “I would suggest it to anyone. It’s wonderful; it refreshes.”

First-year enterprise management student, Sarah Pritchard, also had a great experience. “I am completely relaxed,” she said. “At one point, he put a stone or crystal in my hand and I felt this surge of energy. Really cool.”

It does not matter what age you are or what situation you may be dealing with, Gyenis says he is always willing to help by using his special skills. He also loves experimenting with different combinations to reach certain goals and is currently attempting to use the tuning forks for students before they enter exams to help them with their thought processes during the test.

“I’m always experimenting that way,” he said. “Overall, the whole idea is there are many ways to stimulate memory and recall.”

There are absolutely no risks with experiencing the tuning forks and Gyenis suggests it to anyone feeling any negative emotions and hopes that it will become an available alternative for other options such as anti-depressants and psychiatry.

“My job is the pest control,” he said. “I get rid of all of the negatives and this way they can become empowered and do it all themselves. It’s just getting yourself to a point where you can function without negativity. The tuning forks don’t really cure anything. It allows you to let go of emotional underpinnings and then you can heal yourself.”