Sounds Heal Podcast

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

Michelle Pirret is a musician and Sound Practitioner based in New York City. Her multidisciplinary life as a performing artist has roots in classical ballet, theater, jazz vocals and musical composition. Michelle is a trailblazer in the world of luxury 5-star hotels, crafting wellness experiences that previously did not exist. She paved the way for the therapeutic use of sound to become a next level Spa offering at some of most iconic hotels worldwide. Michelle is credited with designing bespoke treatments while facilitating as the first Sound Therapist at Four Seasons NY Downtown, and at Sensei on the exclusive island of Lana’i, Hawaii. Additionally, she was Artist-in-Residence at the award winning Halekulani in Waikiki and The Palms Resort in Turks & Caicos. In solo concert, Michelle cultivates arrangements of repertoire from The Great American Songbook using Alchemy crystal singing bowls as harmonic accompaniment to her vocals. As a composer, she also utilizes gongs and hand percussion. Her original musi

Rick Plautz is an intuitive sound bath practitioner, incorporating crystal bowls, meditative music and vocal toning. He is influenced by the use of isochronic tones, binaural beats and the voice for relaxation. He is a motion designer and creates mesmerizing visuals to accompany his sound meditations. Along with our discussion about his journey, philosophy, and the field of sound healing, you’ll enjoy a sound meditation from Rick at the end of this episode. You can watch the interview and meditation here: https://youtu.be/w1H1b1OGOSs Rick's links: https://thebell.garden/ https://www.youtube.com/@thebellgarden 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 array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professiona

Welcome to our 50th episode and also 4 year anniversary of Sounds Heal Podcast! Enjoy this conversation and sound meditation with Jeralyn Glass. Jeralyn Glass is an internationally known singer, professor, sound healing practitioner, and crystal singing bowl master alchemist. We discuss her background as a Broadway and opera singer, to using sound for her own healing and growth after the loss of her only child. Jeralyn is passionate about music as as tool for healing and self-discovery, we explore her own transformation, and all that she is offering to others. We are blessed to also experience a sound meditation with Jeralyn’s alchemy bowls at the end of this podcast. http://www.crystalcadence.com http://www.jeralynglass.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

Susy Markoe Schieffelin is an internationally recognized sound healer, yoga teacher, and mentor. After years struggling with anxiety, addiction, and depression, her life was transformed when she discovered the therapeutic benefits of sound healing, reiki, yoga, and meditation. After her own healing and recovery, she felt called to help others experience the power of these practices. She began training and eventually left her career in marketing and luxury lifestyle management to create The Copper Vessel, which aims to help people live their happiest, healthiest, most radiant lives. She wants to help people heal and open their hearts to a new understanding of self-love. She is also the founder of Sound Healer’s Academy, a sound healing certification program. Along with her experience with healing modalities, Susy holds a double degree in East Asian studies and religious studies, is a certified yoga instructor, and a Usui/Holy Fire II Reiki Master. She has studied many forms of meditation and mindfulness, inclu

Ben Carroll is a gifted and intuitive sound worker. As a former full time touring musician and Universal Recording Artist with album sales reaching the hundreds of thousands, Ben has quite a unique background. As a perpetual student of metaphysics, consciousness, and the effect of sound & vibration on the body & mind, the transition from rock star to sound healer wasn't as far of a leap as one may imagine. For several years now Ben's focus has been on using sound coupled with group energy to strengthen intuition, facilitate healing, access higher dimensions of self, and facilitate the recalibration & expansion of the mind/body/soul connection. His Sound Healing Journeywork events have had a profound effect on many that have had the opportunity to experience them. http://www.innerselfsustained.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 & He

Dustin Selva is the creator of Elemental Flutes and creates one of a kind flutes using local and exotic woods. Dustin discovered the flutes after being drawn to travel the world and explore his own self-healing. When he worked with healing ceremonies in the Peruvian Amazon and sound healing ceremonies on the Hawaiian Islands, Dustin's passions of sound and spirit merged. His unique flute creations, such as the double and triple flutes, are inspirations for others to create dynamic and meditative music. Along with making the instruments, he is inspired to teach others to make and play the flutes. https://www.elementalflutes.com/ http://www.instagram.com/elemental_flutes https://www.facebook.com/ElementalFlutes 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 Sh

John Yost has studied with master drummers in Africa, Japan, and the US and has a degree in percussion and a certificate in a Leadership and Organization Change, both from Northeastern University in Illinois. With his company Rhythm Revolution, he has been leading rhythm-based events for more than 30 years. He is certified as a drum circle facilitator by the Drum Circle Facilitator’s Guild and Village Music Circle, for which he is a global trainer. Yost serves as co-chair of the Interactive Drumming Committee for the Percussive Arts Society and is an adjunct professor at Vandercook College of Music. He has facilitated interactive music-making activities and drum circles for conferences, corporations, schools, community groups, and at major events worldwide. Along with leading a free monthly community drum circle, he heads and performs in both Sound Magic (gong and bowl immersions) and Kaiju Daiko (Japanese-style drumming) and teaches both Daiko and West African drumming. On top of all that, he has created a b

Crystanium Gongs founder, Ross Barrable, has been building sound sculptures for more than 40 years. His journey into building sound sculptures and instruments began with his discovering the melody his folk harp produced as the wind strummed the strings when he was playing outdoors. This inspired him to learn how to listen to sound and harmonics. He has evolved his sonic art form to develop innovative Contemporary Wind Harps, fabricated out of titanium, which adorn over 350 public and private landscape settings throughout North America and Europe. Working with titanium to build wind harps was ultimately how Ross was introduced to the gong community. When Ross set out to build titanium gongs, it was clear to him that this metal has a totally different vibration and a real resonant affinity with the human body that you won’t find elsewhere. He’s not interested in duplicating anything that’s out there in the gong world; rather, he’s creating something new, something that, from his point of view, resonates with th

Jason Snell is a multidisciplinary artist who performs electronic music with biosensors and builds generative art installations. His performances use biofeedback loops to explore consciousness and the line between cause and effect. His installations explore the nature of authorship, requiring the presence of visitors to generate the art. These projects use live data from the body and mind to compose music and visual sequences in real-time. The resulting compositions are biomorphic - taking the shape of life patterns - and reveal a natural intelligence inherent in the world and our bodies. Jason's work has been featured at Sundance, SXSW, CPH:DOX, the Berlin Independent, SF Independent, Slamdance, and Eufonia festivals, in TV and print news, and earned ADC, IAB, Webby, and Glaad Media awards. His brainwave and bio-sonification work has captured the attention of neuroscience and arts communities. He has presented and lectured throughout North America and Europe, including at NYU, MIT, Ableton, Native Instrument

“As far back as I can remember, music has been a vital part of my life. I always followed my own path, building a career as an independent musician and composer. Over the years, as my meditation practice deepened, I began to see how my musical and contemplative selves were intertwined. Once I discovered the power of Deep Listening® (with Pauline Oliveros) and followed in the footsteps of my teachers, meditation and music converged for me.  They now coexist within my work, providing me with endless opportunities to explore and tap into my creativity. Today, my work as a musician, composer, and teacher centers on how listening helps us heal, focus, and connect with ourselves and one another. Having dedicated my life to the art of listening, I create ambient soundscapes that incorporate frequencies, field recordings, and music for various levels of consciousness, from active listening to deep sleep.” ~ Michael Reiley. http://soundoflistening.com/ Natalie Brown:
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Jim Doble is a designer, instrument maker, sound healing practitioner, and owner of Elemental Design, a studio that handcrafts unique musical instruments for professionals, schools, science and children's museums, playgrounds, music therapy centers, sound healing practitioners and novices. Elemental Design creates instruments for sound therapy and healing, as well as large unique sound experiences like the Gong Tunnel and The Whale. Jim designs instruments out of recycled or reclaimed materials, glass, wood, metal and stone. https://www.elementaldesign.me/ https://www.facebook.com/Elemental-Design-SoundVibration-Therapy-327210097894971 
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Founded by Madhava Carrara and Margherita Cioffi, Grotta Sonora (“Sonorous Cave"), designs and constructs hand-crafted experimental musical instruments, drawing on their personal experimentation with sound, using different types of metals. Madhava is a musician, percussionist and artisan who was brought up in an environment strongly influenced by Indian culture. He has been experimenting for years with the craft of making stringed, wind and percussion musical instruments, using a wide range of materials, including recycled waste materials. With Margherita, singer and decorator, he started the exploration that is at the foundation of Grotta Sonora. Their first instruments were crafted in an Etruscan cave (“grotta”) close to Calcata Vecchia, a medieval village in the Treja Valley, north of Rome. The cave turned out to be the perfect place to play these newly crafted instruments, thus kicking off the Grotta Sonora project. In this podcast episode, we learn more about their background, how they connected, and eve