Sounds Heal Podcast

With Gar Den Boi (Tyler Manning) and the The Sound Medicine Collective (Adrienne White and Luke Andresen). They have paired up to create a rich in person experience as well as a forthcoming album. Chakra Garden is a transformative two-hour journey through electronic tracks from the upcoming Frequency Medicine Album, designed to illuminate the seven major energy centers in your body. With a blend of movement, chanting, and sacred sound healing practices, this experience invites deep meditation and realignment with peace. Created by Detroit music producer Gar Den Boi, this sonic odyssey features a rich tapestry of bass, solfeggio tones, and live orchestral elements. In live performances, he enhances these tracks with piano, flute, and guitar, often collaborating with talented instrumentalists on cello, viola, voice and other instruments. Guided by Adrienne and Luke of The Sound Medicine Collective, participants engage in yogic movement, meditation, and chanting, culminating in a restorative session enveloped in

Tony Nec was born and grew up in Malawi, a small country in southeast Africa, in 1957. As a teenager, he attended a school in England run by Catholic monks where he first experienced the power of Gregorian chant. While at university in the 1970s, he was inspired by Tibetan monks to participate in a structured meditation program, involving visualisation, mantra chanting and silence. In the mid-1980s he participated in various workshops and personal development courses, including mountaineering with the Outward Bound Trust and shiatsu with Elaine Liectie in Glasgow, Scotland. Between 1988 and 1981 he studied for a Diploma in Shiatsu and Oriental Medicine in Bristol, England with Keith Philips. He also holds a Certificate in Meta-Coaching from the International Society of Neuro-Semantics led by Michael Hall and a Diploma in Sacred Sound Therapy from the Colour of Sound Institute (now called The Sound Healing Academy) with Rachael Burnett. He has been involved with the Integral movement since 1995, following the

Ashana is one of the premiere healing music artists and New Age vocalists of our time, weaving together soaring, angelic vocals and the celestial sound of alchemy crystal singing bowls. This exquisitely crafted sonic tapestry has been hailed by listeners all over the world as “breathtaking” and “a gift from heaven.” Ashana's best selling music from “All Is Forgiven”, “Jewels of Silence”, “Beloved”, “The Infinite Heart”, “River of Light”, “Celestial Sleep”, and “The Illuminated Path”, have been downloaded and streamed by millions of fans around the world. A life-long student of yoga and mantra from many of the world’s spiritual traditions, Ashana has led two online group meditations touching the lives of more than 20,000 people in 50 countries. As a renowned master crystal bowl artist, teacher, and sound healer, Ashana is an expert in the field of sound healing with crystal bowls, training students from all over the world in the art of applying crystalline sound to therapeutic and artistic healing modalities i

Sound Healing News Alert! Tune into a special episode of Sounds Heal Podcast, hosted by Natalie Brown. In this bonus episode, we dive into the latest advancements in sound healing and sound therapy. Discover recent research updates, explore the NIH Sound Health Initiative, get insights into the new book Music and Mind (2024), and preview upcoming events. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode—please reach out and share your feedback! NIH Sound Health Initiative: https://www.nih.gov/sound-health Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness: https://reneefleming.com/advocacy/music-and-the-mind/ ISTA Conference: https://istasounds.org/ Previous episode of Sound Healing News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I0UW3Z_pAc Natalie Brown: http://www.soundshealstudio.com http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio.com http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio Music by Natalie Brown

Julie Afsahi is a mother, gong therapist, yoga and mindfulness teacher, entrepreneur, and chronic illness warrior. Perpetually looking for ways to increase wellness and ease for all people, Julie co-founded and owns Soul Strong Yoga, a yoga and meditation studio and training center with an emphasis on accessibility. As a co-creator of Seasons for Sound, with a commitment to providing quality learning resources for others in the wellness space, Julie loves sharing her love for sound healing practices rooted in yogic and Buddhist philosophy. From al ong lineage of teachers, Julie has a Master’s in Teaching and has written professional development resources for tens of thousands of educators across a wide array of fields. Find out more about Julie and her mindfulness, meditation and yoga trainings on https://www.soulstrongyogatx.com/ Jessica Cross is a passionate sound practitioner, yoga teacher, and meditation teacher. She's a former corporate marketer and events producer for several Fortune 500 companies who

With guest Michael Bettine, exploring his new books, ‘The Way of the Gong – Explorations and Observations in Sound’, and ‘Art As A Spiritual Practice’. Michael Bettine was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Besides being an active musician for over 50 years, he has also run drum shops, worked with musical instrument manufacturers, taught music and been a music journalist. He has contributed hundreds of articles to such magazines as: Modern Drummer, Down Beat, Rhythm, and many others. Since 2002, Michael has worked under the name, GONGTOPIA, presenting sound sessions and workshops, using gongs, singing bowls, bells and other percussion. Including his two new books, he is the author of ten books. Michael is also devoted to music education. Besides teaching privately, he has presented workshops on gongs at the prestigious Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in 2005 & 2012; at the 1st Gong Summit in 2019 and the online Gong Summits in 2020 & 21, at Gong Camp in 2021–23, at ‘Focus on sound therapy’

Joshua Leeds is a sound researcher, music producer, and educator. He is one of few published authorities in the emerging field of psychoacoustics - the study of the effect of music and sound on the human nervous system, and bioacoustics - how human sound affects other living beings. He is the author of The Power of Sound, Sonic Alchemy, and Through A Dog's Ear. He is currently working on his next book, Soundwork on a Hot Rock. His application-specific soundtracks are used in homes, clinics, and classrooms around the world. He presents seminars, classes and presentations internationally. https://www.joshualeeds.com/ Photo credit: Jolene Monheim 2024 ISTA Wave Makers Conference https://istasounds.org/events-conferences Natalie Brown: http://www.soundshealstudio.com http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio.com http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart http://www.youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA This episode is sponsored by The Om Shoppe.

Sound Healing News! Special episode of Sounds Heal Podcast, hosted by Natalie Brown. In this bonus episode, we explore developments in the sound healing and sound therapy fields. We explore recent sound healing research news, such as brainwave entrainment, sound therapy and neuroscience, sound healing and mental health. We delve into community sound healing initiatives, and upcoming events. Please touch base, I would love to hear what you think about this Sound Healing News episode!

Kayce Laine is a Certified Sound, Crystal and Reiki Practitioner based in Nashville, Tennessee. As a life-long musician with a degree in Music from The University of Virginia, she earned her certifications in Crystal and Usui Reiki Healing as well as a Diploma in Sound Healing with Crystal Bowls with the international Sound Healing Academy. She now serves as an Associate Teacher for the Sound Healing Academy, teaching workshops and training new sound healers across the world. Her clients have included The Recording Academy's MusiCares, Prescription Songs and Anacrusis Music and she’s facilitated in music venues including The Ryman Auditorium. She shared a sound bath to the cast of season 16 of the Lifetime Channel show, Married at First Sight and her work and insights have been featured in publications including DailyOm, Byrdie, Thrive Global, YouAligned, Verywell Mind and many more. https://kaycelaine.com/ https://kaycelaine.com/your-ultimate-crystal-singing-bowls-buying-guide/ https://www.academyofsoundheal

Jay Taylor is a musician, sound healer, shamanic practitioner, community builder, and urban farmer. Jay has had the opportunity to lead Sound Voyages for large and small groups, collaborate with yoga instructors, and utilize sound as a container for guided meditations. He believes that everyone is doing their best at any given moment and that expanding our version of 'best' can be accomplished through the release of stress, healing of trauma, and the loving consideration of the body. As a special education teacher in Chicago for the past 10 years, Jay understands that he must meet each person he works with right where they are in their consciousness. https://www.currentvibrations.com/ Natalie Brown: http://www.soundshealstudio.com http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio.com http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart http://www.youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA This episode is sponsored by The Om Shoppe. The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast a

Sara Auster is a world-renowned sound therapist, meditation teacher, and author. She has spent the past decade introducing sound baths to diverse audiences and unique environments across the globe. Her transformative experiences and original teaching method have made her a leader in the health and wellness space, bringing deep listening and sound meditation to the mainstream. Named one of 50 Innovators Shaping the Future of Wellness by Sonima and recognized as a top meditation expert by Oprah magazine, she has also been featured in print, online, and on television, including Billboard, TIME Magazine, The New York Times, VICE, and Vogue.  Auster’s work explores how sound and listening transform space — both physically and psychologically — for the purpose of creating connection and healing. She has facilitated intimate sound bath events in public schools, hospitals, boardrooms, and nonprofits, and has guided large-scale mass meditations at sites like the Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center, Central Park Summe

Jonathan Goldman is an international authority and founding pioneer in the field of sound healing. His many publications include The 7 Secrets Of Sound Healing and the best-selling The Humming Effect (co-authored with his wife, Andi Goldman), which won the 2018 Gold Visionary Award for health books. A special 30th anniversary edition of his classic Healing Sounds was released in 2022. Jonathan is director of the Sound Healers Association, president of Spirit Music in Boulder, Colorado, founder of World Sound Healing Day, and facilitates sound healing seminars at universities, hospitals, holistic health centers, and expos throughout the United States and Europe. He has studied Tibetan chanting and recorded sessions with Lama Tashi. A Grammy nominee, he has created more than 25 best-selling, award-winning recordings, including Chakra Chants, Frequencies: Sounds Of Healing, The Divine Name, and his latest, Colors Of Sound. Jonathan has been named as one of Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine’s 100 Most Spiritually

Dr. Thompson is the Founder/Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research in Carlsbad, California, a research center which is actualizing its vision of “Healing the Body*Heart*Mind and Spirit through the Scientific Application of Sound.” Dr. Thompson is considered the world’s premier sound healing researcher, brainwave entrainment expert, and high-tech personal transformation innovator, motivator and futurist. He is a physician, musician, composer, inventor, educator and author. His work addresses harmony between the body/mind/spirit and is clinically proven to foster deep personal wellness and expansion of consciousness. Certified in multiple healthcare modalities, Dr. Thompson draws people nationally and internationally to his clinical practice and to his cutting-edge auditory, kinesthetic and visual therapeutic products and services. https://scientificsounds.com/ Natalie Brown: http://www.soundshealstudio.com http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio.com http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Peter May received a Bachelor of Science in architecture from the University of Michigan in 1988. In 1990, he began consulting on, designing, and building passive solar and bioharmonic structures. He is a meditation teacher, triathlete, natural alchemist, fire manager, wilderness guide, and Grammy award winning producer and musician. He teaches Conservation Biology and Spirituality at Colorado College. His work with Paul Winter and Richard Cooke on the album “Crestone”, which received a Grammy award in 2008, helped him refine his art of playing and recording music with animals out in nature. His current work is expanding to playing and recording music with the plant and mineral kingdoms. He has also been facilitating Paul Winter’s Adventures in SoundPlay sessions since 2006 and sound journeys since 2008. In 2006, Peter began distilling essential oil from several native Rocky Mountain plant species. He continues this distillation art and produces one of the finest piñon pine (Pinus edulis) oils in the world. P

Mandara Cromwell, D.C.M. (Doctorate of Cymatic Medicine), is an American woman entrepreneur and inventor, who is the CEO and President of Cyma Technologies, the manufacturing company for her own inventions – the AMI Acoustic Meridian Intelligence devices. The AMI 750, an advanced sound technology device, was nominated for the Thomas Edison Award for Innovation in the Fields of Science and Medicine in 2013. In 2002, she coined the term “Cymatherapy” to refer to wave therapy based on the work of Dr. Peter Guy Manners, with whom she studied extensively. She continues to promote sound as a healing modality throughout the world. As a way of forwarding the field of vibrational medicine (specifically sound therapy), Ms. Cromwell founded (ISTA) the International Sound Therapy Association. Since 2006, the organization has been producing conferences to bring new voices together in the field of “sound science.” Ongoing classes, trainings and programs are offered by ISTA and Cyma Technologies in numerous cities throughou

Joey McCune is a sound practitioner based in Tulum, Mexico.  Called to be in deeper service, Joey and her husband, Mitch, moved to the jungle of Tulum to build a Sound Temple.  An innovator in spiritual tourism, she curates private sound healing experiences in her jungle setting. She paved the way for the therapeutic use of sound to become a next level offering in both her Sound Temple and Water Temple.  Joey is credited with designing bespoke treatments for travelers wishing to relax, reconnect, and deepen their relationship with spirit. A gifted and intuitive sound weaver and a perpetual student of metaphysics, consciousness, and the effects of sound, vibration and frequency she works in service using sound and frequency to facilitate healing, strengthen intuition, access higher dimensions of self, and facilitate the recalibration & expansion of the mind, body and soul connection.  In solo concert, Joey weaves sound using alchemy crystal singing bowls, planetary gongs, marrying the magical sounds of the jun

After hearing Paul Horn play flute in the Taj Mahal, Bodhi Starwater knew, at 15, that the silver flute would be his lifelong companion. Over the years, he has added many other instruments to his collection, including exotic flutes from around the world, conch shell, charango, 12-string guitar, Tibetan bowls, feathers, harmonica, gong, drums, and rattles. Bodhi's been working with sound meditation, sound healing, and sacred sound journeys for over 40 years. He's studied with Tito La Rosa, Paul Horn, Allaudin Mathieu, and many other artists. Around the globe, his music is used in yoga studios, health spas, and health practitioners' offices. His music has had millions of plays on Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming sites. Bodhi’s deep love for the natural world led him to work many years as a wilderness and river guide. Playing his flute in the forest, inspired by the sounds of nature, he developed his own unique style of improvisation within the healing music modalities. He's been a featured art

Jeremy Arndt has been fusing the mindfulness-based practices of yoga and meditation with his music for over a decade. Since 2009, he has traveled the globe, with music as his guide, studying different musical traditions and finding a consistent thread of inspiration for his own music. His journeys have taken him to performance stages around the world, in 25 countries and on 5 continents. With nearly 1,000 performances over the course of his career, he has collaborated with artists from the United States, Europe, Australia, West Africa, and Indonesia. His music currently has over 5 million streams on Spotify. With Nancy Grzeszak, he founded Settle Into Stillness; they met in 2011 and began traveling around the world together, sharing their passions of yoga and music through their Sound Journey events, retreats, and summer training sessions. Settle Into Stillness combines different world music instrumentation such as the handpan and didgeridoo with elements of gong baths and crystal singing bowls, creating an o

Lisa Schuster is a Munich-based Medical Doctor, Acupuncturist, Meditation Teacher, Mentor, Sound & Yoga Therapist.  Her work combines different holistic modalities and focuses on sound therapy to offer an integrative approach to healing. Lisa is known for her unique ability to support people in releasing unhealed traumas so that they can deeply relax and reconnect with their full potential.   Lisa has developed cutting edge sound healing techniques using crystal singing bowls and other high vibrational instruments that help people to find healing and live a life they truly love. Her internationally renowned Sound Bath Meditations are described as 'fluidly powerful' and 'sonically alive'.  Lisa is also the founder and director of the Sound Medicine Institute Germany, creator of the Crystal Bowl Brand AkashaBowls® and leads courses, workshops and keynotes all over the world. https://soundbyalizz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/soundbyalizz/ https://www.instagram.com/sound_medicine_institute Natalie Brown: http:

Erik Lawrence has toured the world as a saxophonist, flutist and composer, sometimes with his own original groups and often in support of a wide variety of legendary artists, from The Band, Levon Helm, Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello to Chico Hamilton and Sonny Sharrock, from Tibetans Yungchen Lamo and Nawhang Khechog to poet Robert Pinsky, from David Amram to the Spin Doctors, My Morning Jacket, Roger Waters, Joan Osborne, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, Aaron Neville, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Miles, Henry Butler, Big Chief Russell Moore and countless others. He’s currently a member of the legendary band Little Feat and Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra. In addition to a busy concert and recording schedule, Erik performs musically guided meditations, which he calls Sound Sanctuary. Often performed solo or with one, two or three other like minded musicians, these are intended to calm, uplift and respond to the listener and help them to attain a higher sense of peace and confidence. He also offers private ses