Katie Down and Jessica Caplan, long-time collaborators and co-teachers for Sound School introduce students to basic theoretical understanding of sound and music in healing practices. Students will learn what the standard and recognized practices and instruments are in sound work and holistic practices using sound and music. Students will learn how to integrate their voice, rhythm, movement, Deep Listening methods, and specific instruments.

We will impart the importance of understanding the cultural and historical contexts of instruments introduced, as well as the ethical use and whether or not to incorporate traditional, indigenous instruments in sound and other healing practices. We will introduce gentle therapeutic touch and the parameters and ethics of holding therapeutic space for another, when to use touch and when not to, the combination of instruments and sounds to facilitate shifts in consciousness and brainwave states, and the use of our voices to open, connect, and express for…