Recorded on Zoom, watch video on YouTube for best quality: https://youtu.be/vRqD5exqGGg

Simone Vitale is a sound therapy teacher and practitioner and a visionary musician. Since 2002, he's been deepening his understanding of the effects and healing potential of sound and music. He is now dedicating his work to promoting an ecology of sound in which kindness and mindfulness are the keys to a deeper connection with ourselves and each other.

Simone offers individual sound therapy sessions with a focus on the use of tuning forks and metal singing bowls and teaches sound therapy both online and in person. His musical creation is multifaceted and includes healing music, music for pregnancy and birth, live music for yoga and movement, kirtan and devotional singing, recording the music of plants, and more.

Originally from Rome, Italy, and currently based in New Zealand, Simone has been sharing his work with both sound healing and music internationally in Italy, Germany, Finland, Estonia, France, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and New Zealand.

http://www.thesoundhealer.org

http://www.soundofgoldenlight.com

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart http://www.youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. Call them today or visit them at www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Two Year Anniversary of Sounds Heal Podcast! Thank you all so much for your support of the podcast. TWO episodes this month for the second anniversary of the podcast, the second this month is with Rudi Bach.

Rudi Bach performs and teaches sound meditation using a large collection of antique Himalayan Bowls. Working both privately and publicly, he plays for large groups and individuals, in numerous settings. His background as a vocal coach, Voice Dialogue counselor, and sound designer informs his approach to creating contemplative and therapeutic soundscapes. He studied Sonic Theology at 9 Ways Academia. Rudi’s website: https://www.himalayanbowlmeditation.com/

This is a fascinating conversation about the personal qualities of a sound worker: what are we sensing or listening to in a session, how do we connect with and reflect our clients or audience, aesthetics, and many other considerations. Please enjoy!

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart http://www.youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. Call them today or visit them at www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Two Year Anniversary of Sounds Heal Podcast!

* this episode was recorded on Zoom and the video can be viewed on youtube.com/soundshealstudio *

Thomas was the first guest on this podcast series and we get an update on Thomas’ explorations, discoveries, motivations and upcoming projects.

Thomas Orr Anderson is a musician, physicist, author, teacher and sound researcher.

https://thomasorranderson.com/

https://digdeepersound.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtScienceSoundHealing/

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart https://youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. More and more we are coming to understand that our individual wellness is a direct reflection of our personal vibration. How we care for ourselves, our physical bodies, our minds and our spirits. The OM Shoppe is ready to help you today in a variety of ways. They offer the countries largest showroom of Quartz Crystal Singing bowls, sound healing instruments and vibrational medicine tools. If you are ready to uplevel your sound healing practice The OM Shoppe is a great place to get guidance and direction. They are available to consult with you directly by phone or you can shop online. They really enjoy getting to know their clients and customers one on one to better help recommend the right sound healing tools in the right tones for you. Call them today or visit them at http://www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Guy Yair Beider is a sound meditation facilitator and sound wellness arts educator. He is passionate about providing the audience with healthy sonic nourishment and diversity of scenarios for mindful and safe sonic journeys. Guy has engaged in extended research in psychology, musicology, and psychoacoustics. He has been particularly inspired by the practices of healers from the Amazon. Since 2011 Guy has facilitated hundreds of meditations in yoga studios, martial arts schools, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, and various organizations for people with special needs, PTSD, and AA groups. In May 2020 Guy launched an online Sound Wellness Arts Academy with the goal of helping holistic medicine and sound practitioners to become confident in the philosophy, science, and practical applications of sound.

Guy Beider:

https://bellsofbliss.com/

https://soundhealing.thinkific.com/

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart http://www.youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. Call them today or visit them at www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Kelvin Young is a Community Health Worker at InterCommunity HealthCare in Hartford, CT and certified Sound Healer. He is also a person in sustained recovery, which means he hasn't used alcohol or other drugs to cope with his mental and emotional distress since March 6, 2009. The first time he was exposed to sound healing, Kelvin discovered the sounds of the crystal and Tibetan singing bowls and gongs calmed his mind, relaxed his body and nourished his soul. He went on to study sound healing with Master Sound Healers, Paul Hubbert of the Holographic Sound and Inner Balance, Tony Nec of Sound Healing Academy and Satya Brat Jaiswal of the International Academy of Sound Healing, Kelvin has also studied with Brian Luke Seaward of Inspiration Unlimited, a renowned international expert in the field of holistic stress management and received his recovery coach certification from CT Community for Addiction Recovery.(CCAR)

Kelvin has presented around the country in diverse settings, including Yoga Reaches Out, Newtown Yoga Festival, The Shift Network, Indie Yoga in San Francisco, CA, Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, yoga studios, retreat centers, conferences, colleges, prisons, addiction treatment centers, psychiatric inpatient units at state hospitals and mental health agencies. Kelvin also was presented with the 2017 Dr. F. Marcus Brown Memorial Integrative Medicine Award for exceptional commitment to incorporating integrative medicine within CT Valley Hospital, a state psychiatric hospital. Kelvin was featured in a powerful documentary on trauma, addiction and recovery called Uprooting Addiction. He also serves on the board of directors at Manchester, CT HOPE Initiative, Eat The Sunlight Health Inc., A Promise To Jordan, Inc. and CT Alcohol and Drug Policy Council. He is also a founding member of CT Black Mental Health and Wellness Initiative. Kelvin has been inducted into the CT Hall of Change in September, 2020. CT Hall of Change is designed to recognize formerly incarcerated men and women who have made substantial contribution to CT communities since their release.

Kelvin sustains his health and recovery by eating a vegan/plant-based diet, practicing sound healing, deep breathing exercises, listening to uplifting and relaxing music, body movement, being in nature, reading, massages, resting and spending quality time with family and friends.

Today, he publicly speaks about mental health, addiction recovery and wellness within communities of color. Kelvin also facilitates private and group sound healing sessions at different locations throughout the United States. He is passionate about holding space for people to heal and is known for his warm, loving and down-to-earth way of connecting with people. https://kelvinbyoung.com/

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart http://www.youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. Call them today or visit them at www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Elian Zach received her formal training in sound therapy at The New York Open Center under the guidance of world-renowned sound researcher, practitioner and ethnomusicologist, Alexandre Tannous. An advanced, E-RYT yoga teacher, she completed her trainings and continuing education in New York with a variety of master teachers from different yogic disciplines, including Nevine Michaan of Katonah Yoga, Colleen Saidman and Rodney Yee of Yoga Shanti, Leslie Kaminoff, Ramanand Patel, Sam Chase and Kevin Gardiner. Elian is also a breathwork facilitator, trained in Breakthrough Breathwork, a modality which she frequently incorporates into her sound offerings.

Early in her life’s journey, she was trained in classical and contemporary theatre at Circle in the Square Theatre School on Broadway, and has worked extensively on stage, film and television productions, as well as contributed her voice to various projects.

Together with David Shemesh, she co-founded WOOM CENTER, New York's first of its kind multi-sensory yoga and meditation studio, based primarily on the therapeutic and psychedelic properties of sound vibration, where they both facilitate and host practitioners from all over the country and the world. Along with Alexandre Tannous, David and Elian host WOOM Sound School several times each year, a celebrated sound practitioner training program.

WOOM has been featured in various publications such as Vogue, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Well + Good, and has also been covered by BuzzFeed, NowThis and The Culture Trip.

Elian has had the pleasure of sharing sound with both smaller private groups and on larger scale events such as MediClub, Flavorpill’s Quiet Mornings at The MoMA, and Burning Man. The team has taken their work all over the world and facilitated experiences in Costa Rica, Ibiza, Tel Aviv, Colombia and Hong Kong.

Elian’s greatest joy is to meld all of her passions into one transformative practice that invites a holistic participation of the physical, emotional, intellectual, creative and spiritual bodies.

http://www.woomcenter.com

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart https://youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. More and more we are coming to understand that our individual wellness is a direct reflection of our personal vibration. How we care for ourselves, our physical bodies, our minds and our spirits. The OM Shoppe is ready to help you today in a variety of ways. They offer the countries largest showroom of Quartz Crystal Singing bowls, sound healing instruments and vibrational medicine tools. If you are ready to uplevel your sound healing practice The OM Shoppe is a great place to get guidance and direction. They are available to consult with you directly by phone or you can shop online. They really enjoy getting to know their clients and customers one on one to better help recommend the right sound healing tools in the right tones for you. Call them today or visit them at http://www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Sheila Whittaker is a sound healer and teacher with a background in classical music. She studied violin at the Royal College of Music and has had a career playing and teaching in the mainstream classical music world for many years. To use her musical abilities in a more focused, holistic way, she became a sound healer more than 20 years ago. During the last 15 years, she has specialized in using large high-quality gongs for her sound healing work.

Sheila is a course tutor for the UK College of Sound Healing. She runs a gong practitioner training course for the college and also conducts other gong and sound healing workshops. For two years she was chairperson for the college and continues to serve as its advisor on all matters gong-related.

In 2010 Sheila published Sound Healing with Gongs: A Gong Book for Beginners. Her second book, In the Heart of the Gong Space: The Gong as a Spiritual Tool appeared in 2012. She has recorded several gong CDs, appeared on the radio, and has many gong videos on YouTube. She is a member of the Complementary Medical Association and the UK Sound Healers Association and runs a private therapy and teaching practice in Devon.

Podcast recorded July 29, 2020.

https://www.sheilawhittaker.com/

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart https://youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. More and more we are coming to understand that our individual wellness is a direct reflection of our personal vibration. How we care for ourselves, our physical bodies, our minds and our spirits. The OM Shoppe is ready to help you today in a variety of ways. They offer the countries largest showroom of Quartz Crystal Singing bowls, sound healing instruments and vibrational medicine tools. If you are ready to uplevel your sound healing practice The OM Shoppe is a great place to get guidance and direction. They are available to consult with you directly by phone or you can shop online. They really enjoy getting to know their clients and customers one on one to better help recommend the right sound healing tools in the right tones for you. Call them today or visit them at http://www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Alex Braidwood is a sound artist, media designer, and design educator. He maintains a practice centered around a process of play, experimentation, and research through making. His work explores methods for transforming the relationship between people and the sounds in their environment. Alex has been an artist in residence in an Australian National Park, on an Iowa farm, at a mid-western biological field research station and most recently on Isle Royale National Park. Alex has exhibited work, led creative technology workshops, lectured on his research process, and performed live at a variety of events throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. Alex is on the board of directors for the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and education director of AIGA Iowa. He is also currently Associate Professor in the Graphic Design, Masters of Sustainable Design and Human Computer Interaction PhD programs at Iowa State University, faculty at the Iowa Lakeside Lab biological field research station and Director of the Artist-in-Residence program at the Iowa Lakeside Lab.

http://listeninginstruments.com/

Receive free download recording for a dawn chorus at Badlands National Park: http://listeninginstruments.com/soundsheal/

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart https://youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. More and more we are coming to understand that our individual wellness is a direct reflection of our personal vibration. How we care for ourselves, our physical bodies, our minds and our spirits. The OM Shoppe is ready to help you today in a variety of ways. They offer the countries largest showroom of Quartz Crystal Singing bowls, sound healing instruments and vibrational medicine tools. If you are ready to uplevel your sound healing practice The OM Shoppe is a great place to get guidance and direction. They are available to consult with you directly by phone or you can shop online. They really enjoy getting to know their clients and customers one on one to better help recommend the right sound healing tools in the right tones for you. Call them today or visit them at http://www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Katie Down, (LCAT, MT-BC, MMT, MM) is a licensed creative arts therapist, music psychotherapist, Reiki practitioner, deep listening practitioner, educator, performer and composer. She has been teaching and facilitating sound meditations and deep listening workshops for over 10 years and offers classes and training programs in music therapy and sound healing as well as providing clinical supervision for LCATs, LCSWs, MDs and other creative arts therapists. 

Katie has worked in the Balkans, South Africa, and Ecuador, presenting workshops in improvisation and songwriting and has studied with Musicians Without Borders in their training for trainers workshop in the Netherlands. Along with her interest in stress reduction and trauma therapy, she works toward social justice for refugees and marginalized populations. 

Katie is the chair of the music therapy department at the Brooklyn Music School, meditation teacher at MNDFL, and practitioner at Maha Rose Center for Healing and at MINKA Brooklyn. 

http://www.katiedown.com

http://www.soundwellcenter.com

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart https://youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. More and more we are coming to understand that our individual wellness is a direct reflection of our personal vibration. How we care for ourselves, our physical bodies, our minds and our spirits. The OM Shoppe is ready to help you today in a variety of ways. They offer the countries largest showroom of Quartz Crystal Singing bowls, sound healing instruments and vibrational medicine tools. If you are ready to uplevel your sound healing practice The OM Shoppe is a great place to get guidance and direction. They are available to consult with you directly by phone or you can shop online. They really enjoy getting to know their clients and customers one on one to better help recommend the right sound healing tools in the right tones for you. Call them today or visit them at http://www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.

Frank Perry is an astrologer, artist, healer, and musician based in the town of Ringwood in southwest Hampshire in England. He has been a part of the soundscape/healing music scene since the 1960s and has dedicated his life to his music and spiritual journey. A leading expert in Himalayan singing bowls, he has published two books on the subject, Himalayan Sound Revelations (2014) and The Language of Singing Bowls (2017). His percussion set up is made up of hundreds of instruments, including not only gongs, bells, bowls, and metallophones but also his own inventions. In addition to recording 45 solo albums, he has contributed as composer and performer to countless albums.

Frank Perry:

http://www.frankperry.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/Frank-Perry-1253481594770135

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBmMd_lMH4pwpRXh4spyh1Q

Natalie Brown:

http://www.soundshealstudio.com

http://www.facebook.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.youtube.com/soundshealstudio

http://www.instagram.com/nataliebrownsoundsheal

Music by Natalie Brown, Hope & Heart https://youtu.be/hZPx6zJX6yA

This episode is sponsored by The OM Shoppe & Spa.

The OM Shoppe & Spa offers a vast array of Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine tools for serious professionals and for those ready to make sound and vibration part of their ongoing lifestyle. More and more we are coming to understand that our individual wellness is a direct reflection of our personal vibration. How we care for ourselves, our physical bodies, our minds and our spirits. The OM Shoppe is ready to help you today in a variety of ways. They offer the countries largest showroom of Quartz Crystal Singing bowls, sound healing instruments and vibrational medicine tools. If you are ready to uplevel your sound healing practice The OM Shoppe is a great place to get guidance and direction. They are available to consult with you directly by phone or you can shop online. They really enjoy getting to know their clients and customers one on one to better help recommend the right sound healing tools in the right tones for you. Call them today or visit them at http://www.theomshoppe.com. If you are ever near Sarasota, Florida, do consider stopping in and visiting with them or enjoy a luxury spa treatment such as sound healing, energy work, massage, vibroacoustics or hypnotherapy. They truly offer a full holistic experience for practitioners and those seeking healing through natural means.