*This program is limited to those who have already completed Sound Healer Training: Mode One.
This advanced training program offers extended practice and direct experience with a variety of instruments, prolonged chanting, guided meditation and healing techniques. Participants will engage in twenty hours of focused work applying skills and knowledge acquired in Sound Healer Training: Mode One.
This training is limited to 15 participants to allow for small, in-depth group work and personalized attention. Each person will gain experience facilitating a 30-45 minute sound healing session, as well as deeper training with voice, percussion, flutes, shruti box and smudging herbs for energetic clearing, prayer, blessing and protection.
There is no partial attendance. A certificate of attendance will only be issued to those who fully attend the training.
*Completion of Sound Healer Training: Mode One is a prerequisite.
Opening night (3 hours)
Sound Bath
Orientation to the retreat
Receive a sound bath to meditate and concentrate on your intentions for the weekend
Day 2
Morning session (4 hours) — Group chanting
Vocal warm-ups and exercises
Mantras and sacred songs from around the world
Learning meanings and memorizing a variety of chants
Afternoon Session (4.5 hours)
Training with herbs/smudging
The functions of herbs: energetic clearing, blessing, prayer, protection, memory
Overview and connection with sage, copal, cedar, sweetgrass, amber, Palo Santo
Flute Workshop
All participants will learn to play traditional pentatonic flutes
Day 3
Morning session (4 hours) — Instrument training continued
Drums and percussion
Singing bowls (crystal and metal)
Shruti box
Functional music theory basics
Afternoon session (4 hours) — Practice sound healing sessions
Small group work
Setting up the healing space
Creating an altar
Orienting the participants
Guided sound healing journey
Closing and integration
When:
Fri 6-9pm
Sat 10am-8pm
Sun 10am-6pm
Cost: Suggested contribution $500. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Adrian DiMatteo (B.M. Eastman School of Music, 2012) is the founder of the Sonic Institute. He is an international performing and recording artist, author, music educator, app creator and sound meditation facilitator with over 20 years’ experience in the music world. Adrian has traveled to over 40 countries — exploring sound, language, musical culture, and how they affect individual and collective wellbeing. He is a student of Maestro Manuel Rufino and a representative of Music That Heals, offering musical experiences to people in hospitals, hospices, elder care facilities, and children’s centers.
The Sonic Institute:
The Sonic Institute of the New Era (SINE) offers experiential workshops, music lessons, healing sessions, events and trainings designed to help people connect with sound and music as a tool for meditation and healing.
SINE unites ancient spirituality with modern science to reveal the impact of sound vibration on health and consciousness. Through music lessons, sound baths, instrument demonstrations, lectures, presentations and interactive workshops, SINE participants gain the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences.