Did you know that your own voice is one of the most powerful sound healing tools available to you? We carry it around with us all the time It carries our own unique frequency It carries our heart energy and our emotions, We can use it to soothe and nurture our clients It can be comforting and nourishing It is self empowering and we can use it for personal healing. Let’s start with using our voice for our own well-being. Did you know that when you hum, the sound vibrates through your sinuses? Your body produces nitric oxide which dilates blood vessels and encourages blood flow in the body. T ..read more

If you’ve never been to a sound bath, you might be unsure what to expect as there are so many different ways of working with sound.  Sound baths are definitely not all the same! Some sound baths involve loud gongs Some have crystal bowls played really loudly Others might have only 1 or 2 instruments (mostly Tibetan bowls or most crystal bowls) While others might feature a range of instruments. Other sound baths are more gentle focusing on relaxation. There are sound baths out there to suit everyone but not all sound baths will be suitable for everyone. There are a number of contraindic ..read more

This week we will be talking to Natalie Minnis who completed the Level 1 Multi Instrument course in the summer of 2021. She runs her own mountain guiding business and is qualified as a hypnotherapist. Natalie has been loving working with her instruments for self healing. Here’s what she says about them. “Sound healing was one of these things I always wanted to do, mainly because I love the sound of Tibetan bowls, and I’ve often listened to them on YouTube while meditating or just for relaxation. My reasons for doing a sound healing course were quite vague – I just wanted to do it. I loved ..read more

The 1st of February is Imbolc, the ancient Celtic Festival which celebrates the end of winter and the forthcoming spring – moving from darkness to light. It was celebrated when the hardships of winter were over – the cold, the bad weather, the long dark nights which people used to feel more keenly when they weren’t sheltered in houses with central heating. Perhaps we’ve felt the hardships of winter more keenly this year as the cost of heating our homes has risen. Imbolc involved a host of unique customs and rituals to welcome the spring, say farewell to the winter, ward against evil and promot ..read more

All you need to know. It’s been a while since I ran an online sound bath so I thought I would remind everyone of some ways to get the most out of the experience. It really is worthwhile taking your time to get yourself in the right space beforehand. If you have attended a live sound bath, listening over Zoom is different but equally effective. It’s a more intimate experience – you can really let go and relax in your own space. You don’t have to worry about travelling home afterward: you can turn over and drop off to sleep. And the sounds are delivered right into your ears with headphones – you ..read more

In this post I’d like to tell you a bit about an overlooked sound healing instrument and that is the humble tuning fork. It doesn’t look exciting like a large gong or sexy like white-frosted crystal singing bowls. It doesn’t even have an air of mystery like some Tibetan singing bowls. When I run training courses, students are always a bit apprehensive beforehand but that reaction always turns to joy and amazement when they discover the powerful effects of tuning forks. A student recently told me, “Tuning forks were one of the great surprises of the sound healing course for me. Before I tried u ..read more

  The second in our regular series of articles about Sound Healing Academy students. This week meet Zoe Pearson. Zoe has completed Level 2 Diploma courses in both Groups and Tuning Forks. I loved working with Zoe over the 18 months of her studies. I have seen her start to really flourish and grow into a confident and natural sound bath facilitator and tuning fork practitioner. Over to Zoe: “I feel I have found the missing piece to my jigsaw of life with sound healing. My previous healing therapies (massage and reiki combined) have now fallen into place. I had what I call a ‘lightbulb mom ..read more

In this series of blog articles I’ll be introducing you to some of the talented students who have completed both Level 1 and Level 2 of the Sound Healing Academy’s Integral Sound Healing course. This will give you some insights into how they have used sound healing both for their own self-care and professionally.  First of all I’d like you to meet the amazing Sandra Hewson. Sometimes you are so grateful when the Universe brings someone into your life and Sandra is one of these people. I call Sandra my sound buddy as we both share the same passion for sound. Sandra has completed the Level ..read more

I’d like to share with you today a little bit about my own journey from being terrified to sing a note in public to using my voice as a healing tool in both 1 to 1 sound healing sessions, sound baths and even leading my own voice workshops. When I was a child I loved to sing, I would hum away to myself in my room. I was in the church junior choir and later the school choir. But something happened when I was asked to sing a solo. My voice closed up and it became a hoarse whisper. I had performance anxiety. On my own I could sing happily and tunefully yet not in front of others. My voice gradual ..read more

Are you someone who finds it hard to meditate? Do you get restless and feel as if your mind goes into overdrive? Do you find it hard to relax and let go? Taking part in a sound journey is often described by my participants as going into a deep meditation without the effort that it usually takes to get there. In fact, singing bowls are so powerful that they work even if we are trying to stay alert. Personally I love to take part in sound journeys as a participant and I am aware of the part of my conscious mind that is trying to work out what the sound practitioner is doing – playing bowls or u ..read more