Sonic Events
Sound as Medicine Retreat (Boston)
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.COURSE OVERVIEW
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- The Seven Directions
- The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
- Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Traditional and indigenous perspectives
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
ABOUT THE SONIC INSTITUTE:
The Sonic Institute offers experiential workshops, healing sessions, trainings and events designed to help people connect with sound and music as a tool for healing and meditation.
The Sonic Institute unites ancient spirituality with modern science to reveal the impact of sound vibration on health and consciousness. Through music lessons, sound baths, instrument demonstrations, lectures, presentations and interactive workshops, SINE participants gain the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences.
FACILITATOR BIO:
Adrian DiMatteo (B.M. Eastman School of Music, 2012) is the founder of the Sonic Institute. He is an international performing and recording artist, author (Elements of Sound: A Full-Spectrum Exploration of Sound and Consciousness), music educator, app creator (Chord Atlas), and sound meditation facilitator with over 20 years’ experience in the music world. Adrian has toured and traveled extensively—exploring sound, language, musical culture and how they affect individual and collective wellbeing. Hundreds of students have now graduated from the Sound Healer Training programs and weekend retreats that Adrian regularly facilitates nationwide. To date, he has offered musical experiences to thousands of people in hospitals, hospices, elder care facilities, and children’s centers.
Sound Oasis: Baja California
Please read the complete program outline and register here:
sonicinstitute.com/baja
WHAT:
A certified six day program by the Sonic Institute, featuring workshops in sound healing, meditation, instrument training, nature pilgrimages, yoga classes and more. vegetarian diet.
WHEN:
6 days: January 31st — February 5th
OPENING CEREMONY:
6pm January 31st
CLOSING CEREMONY:
8am February 5th
WHERE:
Baja del Sur, Mexico
Beachfront accomodations and vegetarian meals included at Cerritos Beach Inn.
Contact Adrian DiMatteo with any questions:
Email: info@sonicinstitute.com
Whatsapp: +16469618618
“The intimate power of sound is that it can bring you in touch with the vulnerable parts of yourself: emotions, memories, pain, pleasure, visions. This retreat is a tremendous opportunity for soul-level work and spiritual growth; a transcendental portal into understanding one's own nature, limitations, hopes and fears. ”
— Adrian DiMatteo
Retreat Curriculum
SOUND HEALING EXPERIENCE
The opening ceremony of this retreat will be an experiential sound bath to receive the clarifying and healing benefits of sound meditation. It will also be a moment of integrating into the energy of Baja California and setting intentions for our group and individual work.
FREQUENCY THEORY AND ALTAR CONSTRUCTION
Learn about the cosmology of sound, frequency theory, altar construction and practices and rituals for maintaining energetic and spiritual hygiene.
VOICE ACTIVATION
The voice is our first instrument. You will learn vocal exercises and techniques to improve tone, volume control, range, clarity and power, as well as teachings related to the diet of the voice, and how to use your heart with your voice to connect with the throat chakra. Singing is deeply connected with creativity and communication. There will also be song study and group chanting.
RHYTHM WORKSHOP
Rhythm is fundamental to sound and music. Many consider the drum to represent the heartbeat. Together we will explore drums, shakers and rattles, clapping and dancing as ways to connect with the principle of rhythm. We will also explore rhythm theory and learn to practice with a metronome to build rhythmic confidence and strengthen our sense of time.
FLUTE FOUNDATIONS
Archaeologically, the flute is among the oldest instruments known to humanity, with mammoth bone ivory flutes dating back over 40,000 years. A wide variety of flutes are found throughout the world, making it one of the most widespread sound healing instruments.
Learning to play the flute is a powerful way to connect with the breath. At once meditative and healing, oxygenation also provides a range of benefits for the brain and the entire physical body.
Learn breath control and fingerings for a variety of traditional flutes from around the world, such as Native American flutes, bansuri, quena, shakuhachi, overtone flutes and more. We will provide variety of Andean bamboo flutes available for use, with the option of purchasing at the retreat.
SOUND FACILITATION TRAINING
This training will provide a valuable window into the work of a sound healer in a real world one-on-one private session scenario. We will guide you through important considerations to bear in mind as you learn to facilitate sessions, and provide clear demonstrations of how to combine instruments and use them on and around a person’s body.
There are many approaches to sound facilitation worldwide, and some of the instruments we will be covering include: singing bowls, chimes, tuning forks, chakapas (leaves), shruti box, gongs, flutes, drums and mixed percussion, charango, guitars and other stringed instruments, and a variety of others.
Journey to the Heart of Sound (Peru retreat with Tito la Rosa)
Please read the complete program outline and register here:
sonicinstitute.com/peru
WHAT:
A certified diploma program by the School of Sound, Peru under the direction of Tito la Rosa. This immersion will be an advanced study of traditional shamanic techniques and forms of healing with sound.
WHEN:
7 days: October 12 — 18
OPENING CEREMONY:
11am October 12th
CLOSING CEREMONY:
1pm October 18th
WHERE:
The Sacred Valley, Peru
Five Star accomodations and vegetarian meals included at Munay Sonqo near Pisac.
Contact Adrian DiMatteo with any questions:
Email: info@sonicinstitute.com
Whatsapp: +16469618618
“This you have to encounter, because the sound itself does not heal, but that which is inside of and outside of the sound.”
— Tito la Rosa
Instruments
Receive direct transmission from Tito la Rosa — Maestro of sound healing — to confidently express yourself on three primary traditional flutes; the mamaquena, flauta de los abuelos and a class of instruments known as cañas.
MAMAQUENA
The mamaquena — the mother of flutes — is among the most ancient instruments in the world. As an edge-blown flute, it requires different mouth position (embouchure) than other varieties of Native American flutes. Learning to play this powerful, expressive instrument will open new horizons for you to explore other types of edge-blown flutes, such as the bansuri from India.
FLAUTA DE LOS ABUELOS
As Tito says, “[The flute of the grandfathers] is not for performance — it can be used for that, but that is not its function or nature. The abuelo flute produces harmonics which you construct with a circular breath. I’ve heard it used to make music for entertainment. That’s ok, but that is not its nature. Its nature is to release harmonics, and the harmonics go up to the Creator. It is a flute with history.”
You will learn to use this flute with drums, feathers and shakers — because there is a relationship between the movement that you produce, and the emission of acoustic waves.
CAÑA
Cañas are ‘cavity’ instruments. The caña (from the word cane) — that which is blown inside to produce the sound — is also called the antara or the samponia. Tito and his son Omar will teach the technique of using two samponias — one of dialogue, and one of a single line. This dialogue is an interrelation — first with yourself, with your inner music, and after with another, as you construct music through the dialogue.
“The samponia teaches you to wait for the other, and to work with your unbridled ego. ‘I want to know more, I want more, I want more.’ But no, you need to breathe that little which is learned, so that your bones don't forget it, your heart doesn’t forget it, your ancient memory doesn't forget it.”
*Additional instruments to be encountered include the charango, shakers, seeds, feathers and drums, which are complimentary to the flutes.
Oracular Tradition
Receive the message of the ancestors through the oracular tradition. You will gain access to the oracle through 28 symbols, which you will learn to read as you encounter them in stone and ceramic. Each symbol offers a reading, but more than information they offer you visions, which tell of many things and of how things were; the history of the grandfathers and grandmothers — not through another person’s interpretation, no — you are dialoguing with each of the symbols. This will open another space and a deeper understanding.
This is a special transmission that is only open to certain groups of students such as ours who have been through a training process.
Ceremonies
Another important aspect of this retreat will be the ceremonies. You will experience several types of ceremonies, and through these ceremonies gain a deeper understanding of the connections between instruments, elements, sacred symbols and words in the Andean tradition.
OFRENDA (Maestro Benito, Quero)
The ceremony of the ofrenda with Maestro Benito Apaza and his wife is a ritual of offering to Pachamama and the Apus — Maestro Benito is a Pampamisayoc Priest. Apus are the ancestral protector spirits of the mountains and rocks, and Pachamama is the cosmic mother, or ‘the mother of worlds.’
FLOWER CEREMONY (Tito la Rosa)
The flower ceremony is a healing with roses. It is an ancestral ceremony of blossoming, of rebirth, of bonding with our inner world. We work with the elements of nature and the four deities. Using rose petals, the red color awakens the power of love in our lives, while the white color fosters forgiveness and healing, and the yellow color opens our minds and links it with our emotions and our body. This is a ceremony to unite the heart and mind.
WATER CEREMONY (Tito la Rosa)
For the ceremony of the water, we will go to a temple of water where we can have a ceremony of purification with the water (pakarina). We will understand what the “vasillas silvadoras” are, which are instruments of earth and water. There you will understand how to touch the charango, because it's an instrument of water. Its sounds are crystals of water; fibers. So there enter the charango, vasijas, the work with feathers, songs, prayers – in the third ceremony of water, pakarina, purification, cleaning, but also of vision, because vision is constructed through experiences of water and the sounds of water. These are the following three things that we will do.
Sound as Medicine Retreat (Rochester, NY)
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.COURSE OVERVIEW
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- The Seven Directions
- The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
- Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Traditional and indigenous perspectives
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
ABOUT THE SONIC INSTITUTE:
The Sonic Institute offers experiential workshops, healing sessions, trainings and events designed to help people connect with sound and music as a tool for healing and meditation.
The Sonic Institute unites ancient spirituality with modern science to reveal the impact of sound vibration on health and consciousness. Through music lessons, sound baths, instrument demonstrations, lectures, presentations and interactive workshops, SINE participants gain the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences.
FACILITATOR BIO:
Adrian DiMatteo (B.M. Eastman School of Music, 2012) is the founder of the Sonic Institute. He is an international performing and recording artist, author (Elements of Sound: A Full-Spectrum Exploration of Sound and Consciousness), music educator, app creator (Chord Atlas), and sound meditation facilitator with over 20 years’ experience in the music world. Adrian has toured and traveled extensively—exploring sound, language, musical culture and how they affect individual and collective wellbeing. Hundreds of students have now graduated from the Sound Healer Training programs and weekend retreats that Adrian regularly facilitates nationwide. To date, he has offered musical experiences to thousands of people in hospitals, hospices, elder care facilities, and children’s centers.
Calm Among the Palms (Sound Bath)
In celebration of the new palm trees in the Winter Garden, Brookfield Place will present a site-specific, restorative sound bath experience.
Led by shamanic sound healing artist, Robin Kang in collaboration with Adrian DiMatteo (the Sonic Institute) and Diego Bravo, this therapeutic and rejuvenating experience will combine multi-instrumental sacred sound, breath, and energy work among the palm trees, providing participants with stress relief, healing, and a moment of respite during the busy workday.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
Each session is 20 minutes. RSVP required. Walk-ins may be accommodated, capacity permitting.
Session 1 | 11:30 AM
Session 2 | 12:05 PM
Session 3 | 12:40 PM
Session 4 | 1:15 PM
ABOUT ROBIN KANG
Robin Kang (Tonalmētzli) is an intuitive multimedia shamanic sound healing artist. She is dedicated to helping others – individuals, communities, and corporate clients – heal, expand, and find greater wellbeing through sound and breath. Having spent nearly a decade honing her craft of sound meditation and trauma-informed breathwork facilitation, she is intently focused on supporting the healing, wellbeing, and expansion of humanity. She is an Initiatic student of Maestro Manuel Rufino, an Ollintlahuimētztli Moondancer, sacred song carrier, and a certified Usui & Tibetan Reiki Master that creatively combines her training with shamanic energy work and sound healing to support a complete energy reset to tune your frequency to the place of bliss that is already inside you, the healing place where your body begins to heal itself. Her sessions are catered individually to the needs of the client or group. Her gentle hands-on touch or remote Reiki is amplified with resonant sonic vibrations to heal physical ailments, stress, trauma, and restore overall wellness. Percussive instruments, drums, singing bowls, flutes, overtone-emitting instruments, and sacred songs are used in each session. Sacred instruments used in sound healing help regulate and calm the nervous system, boost energy, let go of energetic blockages, and release emotions in order to facilitate the healing process.
ABOUT ADRIAN DIMATTEO
Adrian DiMatteo (B.M. Eastman School of Music, 2012) is the founder of the Sonic Institute. He is an international performing and recording artist, author (Elements of Sound: A Full-Spectrum Exploration of Sound and Consciousness), music educator, app creator (Chord Atlas), and sound meditation facilitator with over 20 years’ experience in the music world. Adrian has toured and traveled extensively—exploring sound, language, musical culture and how they affect individual and collective wellbeing. Hundreds of students have now graduated from the Sound Healer Training programs and weekend retreats that Adrian regularly facilitates nationwide. To date, he has offered musical experiences to thousands of people in hospitals, hospices, elder care facilities, and children’s centers.
ABOUT THE SONIC INSTITUTE
The Sonic Institute offers experiential workshops, healing sessions, trainings and events designed to help people connect with sound and music as a tool for healing and meditation. The Sonic Institute unites ancient spirituality with modern science to reveal the impact of sound vibration on health and consciousness. Through music lessons, sound baths, instrument demonstrations, lectures, presentations and interactive workshops, SINE participants gain the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences.
ABOUT DIEGO BRAVO
Diego Bravo is a musician, composer, and sound healer based in New York City. Originally from Ecuador, he is charanguista in bands celebrating Quechua style music. Additionally, he has studied the music of many healing lineages, including Santo Daime and Umbandaime traditions. Diego masterfully combines his musicianship and spiritual training in his sessions by utilizing multiple string instruments, percussion, and gongs to calm the body, mind, and spirit
ALSO ON VIEW:
Galactic Garden by Robin Kang | August 20 – November 11
Visit the Winter Garden Gallery and discover artwork that merges the vibrancy of the natural world with the complexity of the digital through woven tapestries inspired by the Amazon rainforest and modern computational biology.
Commissioned by Brookfield Properties Arts & Culture for Brookfield Place NY
Guest Appearance: Singing In Love (Song Retreat)
Simplified Schedule:
Thursday Aug. 29th: 3pm-10pm: We highly encourage arrival on this day to get settled in, enjoy the evening ceremony and be ready for Opening Orientation Ceremony the next morning. There will be a bonus meal offered around 6pm-7pm for early arrivals. Then Sacred Fire Lighting Ceremony will be at 7pm followed by community singing in the evening.
Friday, Aug. 30th : Opening Orientation Ceremony at 9:30am and the magic begins!
Friday-Sunday, Aug. 30th-Sept 1.: Facilitated song circles, 3 yummy organic community meals per day, open community singing around the fires in the evening & tea temple throughout the day and night.
There will also be a "Flowering Angel wash" on Sunday afternoon.
Monday, Sept. 2nd : Morning song circles, breakfast and lunch, a community bartering market (bring items to sell/trade), closing circle and clean up/pack out.
Voice Activation Wokrshop
Singing is deeply connected with creativity and communication. This workshop is committed to providing a safe space for you to connect with your voice, release fear and shame and realize that you have unique, powerful and healing vibrations inside of you.
Sound Healer Training (Miami)
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.COURSE OVERVIEW
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- The Seven Directions
- The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
- Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Traditional and indigenous perspectives
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
FACILITATOR BIOS:
Adrian DiMatteo is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and a student of Maestro Manuel Rufino. For over 20 years, he has studied and traveled the world -- exploring sound, language, musical culture, and how they affect individual and collective wellbeing. With a holistic approach to science and consciousness, he offers a closer look at how sound itself can impact life.
Sound Healer Training (Pomona)
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י אֹ֑ור וַֽיְהִי־אֹֽור
God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Explore the power of sound, music, prayer and the word through the lens of physics, psychology, spirituality and Jewish mysticism.
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences or as a personal practice. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop. No prior experience necessary.
Monday Dec 18th (7-10pm): Opening Lecture followed by Sound Bath (guided meditation)
Tuesday Dec 19th (10am-2pm, 3:30-8pm): Cosmology of Sound & Instrument Training
Wednesday Dec 20th (10am-2pm, 3:30-6pm): Q&A, Open Mic (friends & family welcome)
COURSE OVERVIEW
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred language, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
FACILITATOR BIO:
Adrian DiMatteo (מַלְאָך) is the founder of the Sonic Institute. He is an international performing and recording artist, author, music educator, app creator (Chord Atlas), and sound meditation facilitator with over 20 years’ experience in the music world. Adrian has toured and traveled extensively—exploring sound, language, musical culture and how they affect individual and collective wellbeing. Hundreds of students have now graduated from the Sound Healer Training programs and weekend retreats that Adrian regularly facilitates nationwide. To date, he has offered musical experiences to thousands of people in hospitals, hospices, elder care facilities, prisons, and children’s centers.
Sound Healer Training (Miami)
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.COURSE OVERVIEW
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- The Seven Directions
- The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
- Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Traditional and indigenous perspectives
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
FACILITATOR BIOS:
Adrian DiMatteo is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and a student of Maestro Manuel Rufino. For over 20 years, he has studied and traveled the world -- exploring sound, language, musical culture, and how they affect individual and collective wellbeing. With a holistic approach to science and consciousness, he offers a closer look at how sound itself can impact life.
Julieta Ferrero is a certified and experienced yoga instructor, hypnotherapist and sound healer. A citizen of the world; she has lived in many cities including Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Miami and Los Angeles. This worldly intuitive free spirited woman combines her knowledge of the healing arts with her passion for music by uplifting the spirit with her unique voice and a variety of instruments from diverse cultures throughout the world. In her ceremonial music she combines intertribal spiritual chants, and Icaros from all over the world, while singing in different languages, and with a variety of instruments honoring and respecting all traditions, linages, and the medicinal plants.
Sound Healer Training (Rochester)
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.COURSE OVERVIEW
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- The Seven Directions
- The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
- Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Traditional and indigenous perspectives
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
Sound Healer Training (Ithaca)
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.COURSE OVERVIEW
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- The Seven Directions
- The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
- Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Traditional and indigenous perspectives
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
Sound Healer Training: Mode Two (Golden Drum, NYC)
*This program is limited to those who have already completed Sound Healer Training: Mode One.
This advanced training program offers extended practice and direct experience with a variety of instruments, prolonged chanting, guided meditation and healing techniques. Participants will engage in twenty hours of focused work applying skills and knowledge acquired in Sound Healer Training: Mode One.
This training is limited to 15 participants to allow for small, in-depth group work and personalized attention. Each person will gain experience facilitating a 30-45 minute sound healing session, as well as deeper training with voice, percussion, flutes, shruti box and smudging herbs for energetic clearing, prayer, blessing and protection.
There is no partial attendance. A certificate of attendance will only be issued to those who fully attend the training.
*Completion of Sound Healer Training: Mode One is a prerequisite.
Opening night (3 hours)
Sound Bath
Orientation to the retreat
Receive a sound bath to meditate and concentrate on your intentions for the weekend
Day 2
Morning session (4 hours) — Group chanting
Vocal warm-ups and exercises
Mantras and sacred songs from around the world
Learning meanings and memorizing a variety of chants
Afternoon Session (4.5 hours)
Training with herbs/smudging
The functions of herbs: energetic clearing, blessing, prayer, protection, memory
Overview and connection with sage, copal, cedar, sweetgrass, amber, Palo Santo
Flute Workshop
All participants will learn to play traditional pentatonic flutes
Day 3
Morning session (4 hours) — Instrument training continued
Drums and percussion
Singing bowls (crystal and metal)
Shruti box
Functional music theory basics
Afternoon session (4 hours) — Practice sound healing sessions
Small group work
Setting up the healing space
Creating an altar
Orienting the participants
Guided sound healing journey
Closing and integration
Sound Healer Training (Hudson Valley/Red Hook)
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- The Seven Directions
- The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
- Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Traditional and indigenous perspectives
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
Sound Healer Training (Boston)
This comprehensive sound healer training will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate guided meditation and sound healing experiences. Through hands-on training with a variety of instruments, participants will directly experience the power of sound as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual attunement. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments (instruments will also be provided as needed, and a variety of sound-healing instruments will be available for sale). The weekend will include a sound bath, interactive discussions, group exercises, and a “Sound Healer Open Mic” (friends and family welcome, free of charge).
*A certificate of completion will be issued to those who fully attend the workshop.
The Space: creating a hygienic “container” for healing and meditation.
- Inner space
- The outer environment
- The relationship between the facilitator and the receiver
- The Seven Directions
- The Four Elements and the Three Hearts
- Incense, altars, crystals, herbs, elements, oils, aromatherapy
- Nature sounds, white noise, recorded vs. live audio
Modalities: exploring the fundamental categories of sound-based therapy.
- What is healing? What is meditation?
- Traditional and indigenous perspectives
- Empirical science-based, physiologically-oriented treatment
- Intuitive approaches, “channeling,” etc.
- Conducting ethical “spiritual business”
Sound and Silence: frequency theory and the nature of vibration.
- Cosmology of sound
- Physics of sound
- Passive and active listening, group participation
- What are “healing frequencies” and are they objectively beneficial?
- Tuning systems, 432 hz, Schumann Resonance, Overtones, Solfeggio Frequencies, etc.
The Voice: the first instrument.
- The power of the “Word”
- Thoughts, prayers, mantras, invocations, sacred languages, translation, interpretation
- Guided meditation, drum journeying, call and response
- What constitutes a “sacred song”?
- Physiology of the voice, vocal exercises, breath, sighing, yawning, laughing, crying
- The diet of the voice
Instruments: tools of the sound healer/meditation facilitator.
- What constitutes a sound healing or meditation instrument?
- Practical demonstration, participants will gain experience giving and receiving sound in proximity to the body
- Common instruments: drums, shakers, leaves, gongs, singing bowls (metal, crystal, terracotta, etc.), guitars, flutes, handpans, tuning forks, bells, chimes, crystal instruments
- Instruments and the elements
Sound and Music Theory: the language of music.
- Dynamics, tempo, rhythm, intensity, tension and resolution
- Notes, colors, and chakra associations
- Combining instruments: determining compatibility, intervals, scales, keys
- Global music theory traditions
Harmony: principles of peace.
- Giving and receiving
- Sensitivity, empathy, intuition, emotion, compassion
- Physical, mental, and emotional balance
