Universal Sound

SCREECHING TYRES. HONKING horns. Construction pounding and drilling. It's all noise to us, but to sound therapy practitioner Amelia Kang, these are discordant sounds.

"These sounds trigger emotions of negativity, distance, and irritation," says Ms Kang, who runs a holistic consultancy firm, and is also the festival director of Universe of Sound (UoS).

UoS Festival is a non-profit event dedicated to empowering the mind, body and soul through music and frequencies.

Studies have shown that the cells in the human body are in a constant state of vibration. As long as they vibrate in harmony, the body is in a state of balance. Discordant sounds disrupt …