This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.
We will be exploring:
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
Inner space
The outer environment
The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
The Seven Directions
The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy, etc.
Nature sounds, white noise, etc.
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy
What is healing? What is meditation?
Traditional and indigenous perspectives
Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration
Cosmology of sound
Physics of sound
Passive and active listening, group participation
What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
The power of the “Word”
Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
What constitutes a “sacred song”?
Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator
What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music
Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
Notes, colors, and chakra associations
Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of Peace
Giving and receiving
Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
Physical, mental, and emotional balance
What?
20 Hour Sound Healing and Guided Meditation Training*
When?
February 10th — 12th, 2023
Where?
Golden Drum: 97 Green Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Schedule
Friday (6-9:30pm): Introduction, guided sound meditation, foundational principles.
Saturday (10am-2pm, 3pm-8pm): Extended study. Morning session (1 hr break) Afternoon session.
Sunday (10am-2pm, 3-4:30pm): Q&A, “Open Mic” (friends and family invited, free attendance), formal closing.
Cost of attendance?
Suggested donation: $250; no one turned away for lack of funds. Contact us for assistance.
Adrian DiMatteo is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and a student of Maestro Manuel Rufino. For over 20 years, he has studied and traveled the world -- exploring sound, language, musical culture, and how they affect individual and collective wellbeing. With a holistic approach to science and consciousness, he offers a closer look at how sound itself can impact life.