Time to get your zen on with the 49-year-old actress who is a certified sound therapist.
Picture this: It’s 11am on a public holiday , and this writer is currently barefoot in a sparse studio, wondering how best to clamber gracefully onto a foldable massage bed in front of
She explains to 8days.sg that the vibrations of the sound waves from the tools she uses, from the simple tuning fork to the monochord, which is an ancient instrument with only one string, interacts with the atoms in our bodies to regulate it, and create more nitric oxide. “I felt that the market wasn’t ready . If I started doing this in 2010, I would be called funny names like a witch or a voodoo doctor or whatever,” she said.
What we got on the day we dropped by was a teaser of sorts. We climb onto the massage bed as Cynthia sets up the scene. The lights are dimmed, and a soft, soothing nature soundtrack plays from her phone. She then places a singing bowl between our feet.
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