BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) -- Stress and anxiety are big forces in today's world. Sports, hobbies and healthy eating can help. Another approach is a sound bath -- using sounds to find relaxation and transformation.

Sounds can help the body. In ancient cultures, sound was used to promote healing. The Center for Sound Therapy in Boardman takes a more contemporary approach.

Maria and Calvin Wagner are sound therapists who play bowls, gongs, bells and many instruments to produce the sounds. Those work with the mechanics of the body.

"What we're doing is we're using their ancient techniques in a modern-day world with the science that backs behind what sound therapy could do," said Maria Wagner. "So we're using the sound, the frequencies and the vibrations, to induce a state of meditation. And we

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