Join Dream Seed for an intensive journey into using sound for transformation and healing with a special focus on working with the sounds of the four elements: air, fire, water and earth. At this weekend-long workshop we will study what each element represents, its connection with the cycles of life, its associations with the mind, heart, soul and body, and how to use sound and music to evoke the elemental powers. Participants will gain hands-on experience in using sound for healing and well-being, receive training in a variety of sound healing modalities and will walk away with the skills and knowledge to be able to incorporate sound into healing sessions and meditative environments.
Learn to use sound healing instruments including flutes, chakapas, shamanic drums, tuning forks and others directly on and around recipients.
We will work with instruments, the voice and sounds from around the world to develop a relationship with sound as a practice for developing consciousness, meditation, deep relaxation, healing, and prayer. Throughout the course of this training, we will focus on various exercises to learn more about sound healing through intention setting, listening, giving, receiving, and developing our intuition in relationship to sound.
Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the course.
Schedule:
Friday, June 2, 7:30-9:30pm Opening & Sound Journey with Dream Seed
Saturday, June 3, 10-5pm Sound Healer Training workshop
Sunday, June 4, 10-5pm Sound Healer Training workshop
All events at Golden Drum, 97 Green St. #G1, Brooklyn, NY 12428
Online participants will receive a link to attend via Zoom.
Each Sound Healer Training will explore topics amongst the following:
Principles of Sound:
Deep Listening Exercises
Sound / Music theory
432hz vs 440hz tuning systems
Harmony & Melody
Overtones & Harmonics
How sound healing is used in traditional and indigenous cultures
Voice Activations:
Sacred Song Studies
Mantras
Overtone singing and throat singing
Learning to sing in key
Vocal techniques and warm-ups
Developing a singing practice with instruments
Freeing the voice
Working with the following Instruments:
Crystal singing bowls & Tibetan singing bowls
Gongs
Guitars, charangos, and other string instruments
Tuning forks
Handpans and tongue drums
Drums, rattles, chakapas (leaves) and percussion
Shruti box and harmonium
Didgeridoo
Flutes and wind instruments
Other ethnic instruments from around the world
Creating a Sacred Container:
Understanding the medicine wheel
Incorporating the four directions and the three hearts
Working with the four elements
Creating altars
Using sacred herbs and incense
Healing Techniques:
Energetic hygiene
How to determine what a sound healing recipient needs
Breathwork
Incorporating sound healing into other modalities and environments
Conducting a Sound Bath:
Intention setting
Giving and receiving sound baths
Developing Intuition
Combining multiple instruments to make a larger sonic environment
Skills to conduct sound healing sessions
Private sessions vs. group work
Drum journeying
Professional skills for artists and sound practitioners
Personal Well-Being Practices and Studies:
Harmonizing body, mind, and spirit
Energetic body, chakra system and endocrine system
Developing a meditation practice
Self-healing with sound
Daily Practices for cultivating consciousness and awareness
Photos of Dream Seed members:
What is sound healing and what is it used for?
Sound is our essence. We are vibration. Sound is one of the prominent medicines of the Aquarian Age. The world is waking up to “new age” therapies rooted in sound and vibration that are in fact ancient. Sound rituals have been an integral part of indigenous and spiritual traditions and cultures worldwide for thousands of years. In every indigenous culture, it is deeply understood that sound is an essential element of creation and well-being. Today, science is catching up to this understanding and sound is growing as a mainstream therapeutic practice for consciousness, healing, and wellbeing.
***Participants are encouraged but not required to bring their own sound healing instruments that they would like to work with during the training. Tibetan and crystal bowls, gongs, shakers, chimes, shamanic drums, and other instruments from around the world will be available for participants to utilize and a variety of sound-healing instruments will also be available for sale.
Space is limited!
Suggested donation: $275 in-person, $200 online; no one turned away for lack of funds.
About Dream Seed:
Dream Seed is a sound healing collective created by members of Golden Drum, Sacred Arts Research Foundation, and Didge Project. As students of Maestro Manuel Rufino, the members of Dream Seed are dedicated to the study and preservation of the sacred traditions of humanity and the continued exploration of sound as a healing modality of the Aquarian Age. Dream Seed studies and works with indigenous and traditional elders, continuously seeking to expand their knowledge of sound and healing as universal methods of cultivating harmony, peace, and well-being.
Members of Dream Seed conducting the Sound Healer Training include Brooke Gillespie, AJ Block, Matt Canale, Xango Shola, Jerry Walsh, Ixchel Prisma, Nicole Adriana Casanova, Mateusz Bazgier, Michael Fisher, Hannah Apollonia, Naku Anu, Hillary Love Canale, Amalthea Sirena & Renata Rufino.