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Sound Healing
Workshop

March 13th - Resonant Humming for the Nervous System

This simple but extremely effective practice is basically breath practice with sound. We will learn how the breath can influence the nervous system and how adding sound amplifies the effect. The humming breath consists of three stages, employing aspects of focus and intention to further enhance and deepen the practice. This can be used as a daily practice and is great at balancing the nervous system and also our energetic system as a whole.

After the workshop I will take you on an immersive healing journey with gongs, singing bowls, chimes & grounding percussion.

Headphones will improve your experience.

Thursdays monthly - 7.30pm

£10

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This ongoing series of workshops will introduce a new sound healing element and practice each month, followed by a sound meditation such as a soundbath, singing bowl meditation, sound activation, healing harp improvisation, planetary frequency atunement, and more.

Aspects of Sound healing will include:

Sound Healing | Theories & Practices
Sounding the Heart & Heart Activation
Music as Medicine
The Power of Intention - A Deep Dive
Resonant Humming Breath for the Nervous System
Sacred Sound Geometry
Intuitive Voice: Listening-feeling-sounding
The Ancestral Voice & Ancestral Healing Meditation
Sanskrit Bija Mantras & The Chakras
Introduction to Vocal Tai Chi
Inside the Vowels | Ethereal Vowels | Mudras for Energy Centres
Introduction to planetary frequencies
Sounding The New Earth
Toning & Tuning the Energy System
The Amazing World of Harmonics & Overtones
Higher Self Soul Invocation & Blessing
Deep Grounding & Earth Connection: Sounding with The Mother

Please get in touch if you'd like any more information (or use my contact form).

Monthly in person
Soundbaths

Selected Fridays - 7.30pm

£18

January 17th 2025
February 14th 2025
February 28th 2025
March 14th 2025
March 28th 2025
April 11th 2025
April 25th 2025

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A sound bath is an immersive sound experience. Once you are lying down and comfortable, I will take you on a meditative journey using gongs, singing bowls, chimes and percussion. Sound baths are great if you find it difficult to relax and let go. The sound gives your mind something to focus on and become absorbed in. The myriad vibrations can help your body release tension and your energetic system to shift imbalances and dissonant patterns.

Please bring anything you need to be comfortable. I suggest a yoga mat, blanket, pillow, bolster, teddy bear (optional). Please arrive 10 minutes before the start to get yourself settled.

Please read more about soundbaths below.

Venue: Life By Margot, 84 Park Rd, Crouch End, London N8 8JQ

About Soundbaths

A sound bath is an immersive sound experience. Once you are lying down and comfortable, I will take you on a meditative journey using gongs, singing bowls, chimes and percussion. Sound baths are great if you find it difficult to relax and let go. The sound gives your mind something to focus on and become absorbed in. The myriad vibrations can help your body release tension and your energetic system to shift imbalances and dissonant patterns.

Please bring anything you need to be comfortable. I suggest a yoga mat, blanket, pillow, bolster, teddy bear (optional). Please arrive 10 minutes before the start to get yourself settled.

I rarely play the gongs loudly and so most people find the experience relaxing. However, the complex sounds of the larger symphonic gongs can be unusual and challenging for who are very sensitive or vulnerable. For this reason soundbaths are not recommended for:

Women in the first trimester of pregnancy
Children under the age of thirteen
If you have a metal implant or a pacemaker
Those experiencing severe mental health problems
Those affected by sound induced epilepsy

Please get in touch if you'd like any more information (or use my contact form).

Vocal Tai Chi Group Workshops

Join me for a 2 hour Vocal Tai Chi workshop in Bowes Park, North London, N22 (Exact location provided on booking)

Next Workshop: Saturday March 22nd 4-6pm

Cost £20

To book please email: alistairsound@gmail.com

This wonderful practice is a way of working with the self through the relationship to one's own voice. Our voice contains everything we are: our identity, origin, our mental, emotional and physical states, and even our ancestry. It is a highly intuitive embodied practice, welcoming all sounds as valuable parts of us to be witnessed and honoured. It truly is liberating and can open us up to new levels of expression, truth, authenticity, release, healing and integration.

Practicing Vocal Tai Chi in a group is an opportunity to explore how you feel about your voice and expressing yourself in the company of others. Letting go of the constraints of words and meaning, we gain some freedom from convention and conditioning. We can be more bold and courageous, and therefore more creative. What emerges for you can be witnessed and honoured by the group. I will guide you through this journey. It may comprise many layers, twists and turns, surprises, challenges and rewards. It is also a lifelong journey, as our own true nature unfolds and threads a path through this world.

We will begin with grounding and Earth connection, and then feel into the flow of energy in breath and body. I will guide you through ways to engage and open your voice. From this grounded, centred presence, we will feel into and explore what emerges.

Vocal Tai Chi is an initiation into an ever deepening exploration of yourself within your sound. And, as our voice is one of the primary ways we interact with the world, we can explore how we feel about this relationship and how we feel about being here in a body on this Earth.

To book please email: alistairsound@gmail.com

Day Retreats - Surrey

Healing Sound & Vocal Tai Chi

Healing Sound & Vocal Tai Chi - Day Retreat

Claridge House, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QH

NEXT RETREAT: Autumn 2025 - 10am - 4pm

Cost: £60 (not including lunch)

£75 (with lunch provided)

With sound we can tend to our inner world, aid our physical healing and health, and harmonise our energetic system.

To Book contact Claridge House

This day retreat will be an introduction to sound healing and a taster of what Alistair offers on his weekend retreats.

The program will include:

An Introduction to Sound Healing
Sound and Sensation - Deep Listening Meditation
Vocal Tai Chi
Soundbath

Vocal Tai Chi is a way of working with the self through the relationship to one's own voice. Connecting with the flow of energy in breath and body, Alistair will guide you through ways to engage and open your voice. Vocal Tai Chi is a highly intuitive embodied practice, welcoming all sounds as valuable parts of us to be witnessed and honoured. It truly is liberating and can open us up to new levels of truth, expression, authenticity, release, healing and integration.

A soundbath is like a guided meditation but with sounds. The evolving soundscape takes you on an inner journey, whilst the myriad vibrations help to move emotions and release tension.

If you've never experienced sound healing before, this day is for you.

If you have any questions, please get in touch: alistairsound@gmail.com

Day Retreats - Hertfordshire

Healing Sound & Vocal Tai Chi

Healing Sound & Vocal Tai Chi - Day Retreat

Fanshaw Rooms - Opposite the village green, Brickendon Green (near Bayford), Hertfordshire, SG13 8PB

Public transport: A 10 minute walk from Bayford train station with direct connections to Moorgate, several north London stations & Hertford North

April 12th 2025 - 10am - 4.30pm

September 13th 2025 - 10am - 4.30pm

Cost: £80

With sound we can tend to our inner world, aid our physical healing and health, and harmonise our energetic system.

To Book email: alistairsound@gmail.com

APRIL'S THEME

The 'I' within the Storm

Finding Centre

Finding Stillness

Finding Self

Life can be such a whirlwind of hectic busyness, stress, worry, anxiety, responsibilities, expectations, joys and disappointments. All of this constant activity and ‘noise’ can be overwhelming, can unbalance us, confuse and distract us from what’s important to us, and spin us out and away from our centre and sense of self.

Throughout this day retreat we will explore ways to find some calm and balance, and to re-centre. More than this, we will practice various ways to find a deeper sense of ourselves within this storm, using breath, vocal sound and gentle movement.

The Day will finish with a calming centring soundbath.

The Plan for the day

The Storm - Life's whirlwind - The heavy weather of emotional turmoil - Aftermath of physical effects
The Perfect Balance & Coherence Within Sound
Resonant Humming to ground & balance the nervous system

Break

Introduction to Vocal Tai Chi
Vocal Tai Chi #1 - Finding & Sounding our centre

Lunch

Vocal Tai Chi #2 - Coherent Sounding - Our Sound Self

Break

Contemplating the Higher Self - moving into
Centring & Grounding Soundbath

What to bring

Please bring your own lunch, a yoga or camping mat, pillow, blanket and anything you need to be comfortable and warm for the sound bath.

3 Day Sound Healing Retreat

Sound Healing & Vocal Tai Chi Retreat

May 30th - June 1st 2025, Claridge House, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QH

Cost - £399

Finding Centre & Finding Self - With Sound Healing & Vocal Tai Chi

Life can be such a whirlwind of hectic busyness, stress, worry, anxiety, responsibilities, expectations, joys and disappointments. All of this constant activity and ‘noise’ can be overwhelming, can unbalance us, confuse and distract us from what’s important to us, and spin us out and away from our centre and sense of self.

Throughout this weekend we will explore ways to find some calm and balance, and to re-centre. More than this, we will practice various ways to find a deeper sense of ourselves within this storm, using breath, sound healing, and the wonderful practice of Vocal Tai Chi.

The plan for the weekend...

Friday

An introduction to the world of sound healing
Deep Listening Meditation - Sound & Sensation - Learning to Be With What is
The healing power of the voice
The power of intention deep dive
Singing Bowl Choir

Saturday

Grounding & Deep Earth Connection
Resonant Humming for grounding & the nervous system
Vocal Tai Chi session 1- Finding and sounding from centre
Vocal Tai Chi session 2 - Coherent sounding - Our sound self
Contemplating the higher self - leading into...
Soundbath
Silent Time

Sunday

Toning & Tuning the Energy System

Vocal Tai Chi

This wonderful practice is a way of working with the self through the relationship to one's own voice. Our voice contains everything we are: our identity, origin, our mental, emotional and physical states, and even our ancestry. Connecting with the flow of energy in breath and body, I will guide you through ways to engage and open your voice. From grounded, centred presence, you will initiate an ever deepening exploration of yourself within your sound. Vocal Tai Chi is a highly intuitive embodied practice, welcoming all sounds as valuable parts of us to be witnessed and honoured. It truly is liberating and can open us up to new levels of truth, expression, release, healing and integration.

To book, contact Claridge House 01342 832 150

Please get in touch if you'd like any more information.

Claridge House - A Place of Renewal

Built in the mid-19th century, Claridge House was acquired in 1954 by the Friends Fellowship of Healing, a Quaker body, for Friends to come and convalesce and gain spiritual renewal and healing. Later courses and retreats were added and the house became an independent charity. Throughout the past 70 years it has continued its original purpose of providing a sanctuary for guests seeking rest and renewal.

At the heart of our ethos lies a commitment to the timeless values of peace, simplicity, equality and truth. These Quaker values shape Claridge House, creating a sanctuary where everyone is welcome.

At Claridge House, our mission is simple yet profound: to cultivate a community where rest and renewal are accessible to all. Our commitment extends beyond providing a place of respite; we strive to foster an atmosphere of peace, safety, and connection, ensuring that every guest feels valued and supported on their journey to well-being.

Nestled within our tranquil retreat, you’ll find nourishment for the mind, body and soul. From enriching courses to inspire personal growth, space to dive deep within to wholesome vegetarian food. Every aspect of Claridge House is designed to ignite a sense of renewal within our guests. Our beautiful 2 acre garden serves as a sanctuary, offering a connection to nature that rejuvenates and restores.

But beyond the amenities lies something deeper — a heartfelt dedication to service and a genuine desire to exceed expectations. At Claridge House, our guests are more than visitors; they are cherished members of our community, and their well-being is our highest priority.

So whether you seek solace, healing, connection, or personal transformation, we invite you to step through our doors and experience the transformative power of Claridge House. Your journey to holistic well-being begins here, where everyone is truly welcome.

Day Retreat - Reddish, Stockport

The Sacred Chalice of Embodiment

Sound Healing - Day Retreat

Sand & Sound Centre

Unit 1 (1st Floor), Reddish Business Centre, 123a Gorton Road, Reddish, Stockport SK5 6EE

September 21st 2025 - 10am - 5pm