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9 Things You Will NOT Get at a Heart of Sound Retreat⊠GUARANTEED!
Recently, around the lunch table with our group of wise, embodied, mature souls on chant retreat, we had a lot of laughs about what a Heart of Sound retreat is NOTâŠ
Nowadays one must be quite discerning about which retreat you choose to attend, since there are SO MANY. Iâve even seen inexperienced facilitators plan retreats in locations theyâve never been to, with content/themes they donât even know themselves!
A retreat deep into the Heart of Sound is a life-changing experience wrung from over 25 years of retreat & pilgrimage leading experience. Pure sound medicine,...
Mantras for Peace and Healing Through Ayurveda with Laura Plumb
Bridging Ayurveda and Jyotish into the modern life, she speaks about the connection of mantra to the elements and tissues in the body.
âThere are a lot of people who arenât sure how to handle the world as it is today. So look, there is a possibility that we can awaken spontaneous peace in the world but at the very least we can create peace within and that peace will resonate out. That peace will bring more peace to more people. At least in your family and in your neighborhood. I think all of us can use that. I think the world needs that.â- Laura Plumb
As a graduate...
Sound Healing Yoga Deepens Through Sanskrit Mantras
The Sanskrit alphabet is more than a collection of sounds. According to the mystical esoteric perspective, Sanskrit is the delightful creative play of consciousness into form. When the sounds themselves come alive in our direct experience, mantra is no longer a distant, mystical subject but a dynamic, harmonizing celebration of life.
An Energy-Based Language When you chant in Sanskrit, specific mouth and tongue placements result in certain neural pathways being stimulated. Because of this, you donât need to understand the âmeaningâ to feel the power of a mantra.
Th...
Mantra for Addiction Recovery and Inner Peace with Kia Miller & Tommy Rosen
Addiction is often described as a cycle of negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. For many, breaking free from this cycle feels impossible. Yet, ancient wisdom offers a simple but powerful toolâmantra practice. By consciously repeating sacred sounds or affirmations, we can shift from destructive thought patterns into states of peace, connection, and healing.
In this conversation, Tommy Rosen and Kia Miller share their personal insights on how mantra transforms addictive patterns, expands consciousness, and restores a sense of meaning and unity.
About Tommy Rosen...
Sacred Activism vs. Personal SÄdhanÄ: Finding Balance, Avoiding Burnout
How do we show up for a world in crisis without burning out or bypassing our own healing?
This heartfelt dialogue between Anandra and Kathy Bolte explores the delicate, often confusing dance between sacred activism and personal sÄdhanÄ. With gentle honesty and lived wisdom, they reflect on how to stay spiritually rooted while remaining compassionately engaged in a turbulent world.
This isnât about finding perfect answersâitâs about listening deeply, honoring your inner rhythms, and discovering that activism can take many forms. Sometimes it's a sound bath. Sometimes ...
Tips for Leading a Great Chant Experience
Leading people into a meditative, prayerful experience of sound and mantra is a skill that anyone can acquire. We'll share a couple of key tips that will help increase the chances of your participants to experience a "magic moment" with the mantra.
- Start with something personal.Â
Take 1 minute to let people know why you're offering the event. If you have something personal or vulnerable to share, even better, as it'll start the heart connection even before you start singing. For example... "My daughter is on military duty in Afghanistan right now, and I wanted to gat...
Top 30 Sound Yoga Therapy Professional Offerings
This year marks a milestone: 10 years since the first cohort of Heart of Sound teacher trainees gathered to immerse themselves in the transformative practice of nÄda yoga and mantra-based healing.
Since then, hundreds of graduates have carried the essence of this lineage-rooted, heart-centered training into the worldâinto yoga studios, trauma recovery centers, hospitals, cancer wards, classrooms, and homes.
And in this tenth year, our current trainees are showing us just how far the ripple has reached.
As part of their final practicum, each student designs and deliv...
Sound Healing Trauma With Voice and Mantra of Christine Masonâs Journey
Christine Mason paints a picture of resilience through sound, voice, and mantra
Christine is the founder of Rosebud Woman. She has a deep interest in women's wellness and the liberation of all people. She hosts a weekly podcast, The Rose Woman, and writes weekly letters on love power and womanhood to more than 30,000 people. As a yogi, bhakta, tantrika and mystic Christian, Christine draws on ancient wisdom, while working with current modalities including neuroscience informed collective trauma healing. She's authored seven books, and is the co-founder of Sundari, an...
Sanskrit Wisdom and Ancient Practices for Modern Times with Dr. Katy Jane
Dr. Katy Jane elucidates the bridge between traditional practices and modern relevance. Dr. Katy Jane is a Sanskrit scholar, Vedic astrologer, and spiritual guide known for making ancient wisdom accessible and relevant to modern seekers.
Our conversation with Sanskrit and Vedic Astrology expert elucidates the bridge between traditional practices and modern relevance. "Sanskrit is a technology for awakening consciousness. It is designed for us to tune into it, so the sounds can awaken our natural intelligence." -Dr. Katy Jane
Anandra had the great privilege to have ta...
Sound Yoga Therapy vs. KÄ«rtan: Whatâs the Difference?
A lot of folks assume I'm a performing kÄ«rtan musician like so many others out there... however I'd like to be clear that while I love kÄ«rtan and enjoy singing with people very much, my true and deepest love (and the thing I'm most experienced with) is being a sound yoga therapist leading a chant experience.Â
KÄ«rtan vs. Sound Yoga Therapy: 4 differences
There are many differences between performing kīrtan musicians and sound yoga therapists leading a chant experience here are four main distinctions.
What a Sound Yoga Therapist does:
- Prioritizes the participant's ...
