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Yoga Vacation Program
July 4 — 6, 2022

The Science and Spirituality of Sound Healing

David Perez Martinez, MD

“A person does not hear sound only through the ears; they hear sound through every pore of their body”

 – Hazrat Inayat Khan

Sound has been used for thousands of years in various cultures as an effective means for healing. All variations of sound healing have the same purpose: to bring the body from a state of imbalance to a state of balance. Sound healing is both a passive and participatory experience, and it affects both the energy body and physical body.

Experience the healing power of sound for yourself. When you use the scientific and artful practice of sound creation, you can assist your natural abilities to heal on all levels. Learn how to integrate sound healing practices with mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral techniques for personal growth and performance enhancement. In this program you will learn how to use various instruments of sound, including the voice, tuning forks, singing bowls, and other sound healing instruments.

Offered as 3 satsangs and 2 workshops (subject to change).


Leave this retreat with an incredible toolkit involving:

  • The theory of sound healing
  • The integration of sound healing practices with familiar and well-known mindfulness meditations
  • The integration of sound healing practices with cognitive behavioral techniques
  • The use of sound healing, mindfulness meditation, and cognitive behavioral techniques to free your mind from limitations; enhance performance; promote profound inner healing from trauma, stress, sadness, and more; attune yourself to higher universal vibrations; allow you to go deeper in your own spiritual practices; boost your energy reserves
  • The practical use of various instruments of sound, including: the voice, tuning forks, singing bowls, and other sound healing instruments
  • The power of sound to elevate you instantaneously regardless of place, time, or emotional frame of mind

What is sound healing?

Sound healing is a form of healing that uses various instruments of sound (such as the voice, tuning forks, singing bowls, etc.) to produce different vibrations to heal the body, mind, and spirit. The process of sound healing functions based off of two principles: one, the notion that different emotions have different correlation vibratory levels and two, that blocked or unexpressed emotions are the main source of mental afflictions, physical pains, and serious disease. In short, the practice of sound healing is one that uses vibrations to relax your mind and body. In just one session, many patients of sound healing practitioners report feeling a pervasive sense of calm with a profound sense of well-being.

While the studies on sound healing are still forthcoming, one thing is for certain: as a stress reduction technique that boosts general levels of wellness, sound healing is a potent self-care method to add to your arsenal. Sound healing doesn’t always have to involve a practitioner, either; chanting is a form of sound healing. If you have a spiritual practice, sound healing can be a powerful tool to help you go deeper. If you struggle or are just establishing yourself in your spiritual practice, you may find sound healing a fun and easy way to jumpstart your spiritual journey; many practitioners of sound healing say that it is less challenging than meditation because listening to and/or producing the sound helps keep their mind occupied, making it much easier to access the deep states of calm that spiritual practices are so well-known for giving us.


What are the benefits of sound healing?

  • Relieves many mental ailments related to imbalances in the body such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia
  • Lowers blood pressure
  • Improves circulation
  • Reduces respiratory rates
  • Reduces stress
  • Fewer mood swings
  • Better pain management
  • Boosts health self-esteem
  • Produces a state of mind that has clarity and focus naturally, helping you think more clearly
  • Improves sleep quality
  • Helps you maintain higher energy levels throughout the day
  • Improves organizational skills, concentration, and attention span
  • Because most of today’s ailments (physical, mental, spiritual) are stress-related and sound healing helps to lower stress levels, sound healing also helps to reduce the symptoms and negative effects of many common ailments experienced from today’s modern stresses
  • Fewer headaches

David Perez Martinez, MD, is an integrative psychiatrist, psychotherapist and sound healer. He has travelled all over the world to study music and sound practices of other cultures and is the creator TuneUp Rx, a series of sound healing protocols. In 2018, he co-wrote with John Beaulieu a chapter on sound healing in a textbook of Integrative Medicine.

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