The world’s leading voices in sound healing will gather for an immersive retreat dedicated to the sacred power of sound. Guided by distinguished scholars, doctors, healers, and sound practitioners, participants will explore the therapeutic potential of tuning forks, crystal bowls and pyramids, Tibetan bowls, sacred gongs and bells, voice, drums, conch, flutes, and other sacred instruments. The retreat offers a rich introduction to sound healing and its applications for creating sacred space, shifting and expanding consciousness, supporting a range of physical conditions, restoring balance, and encouraging positive change at the cellular level.

Featuring sound pioneers Silvia Nakkach, Peter Blum, Lea Garnier, Nicholas Pertrucco, and Katya Varlamova.

Sage Tuition: $699

Tuition Option: 50% down upon registration, with the remaining balance charged one month before the retreat begins.

Please note that tuition and accommodation/food are separate registrations. After tuition registration, a link will be provided to register directly with Menla.

June SoundHealing Retreat Intensive Schedule 2026

Day 1: Friday, June 26th

3:00 pm - Room Checkin
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Afternoon Program
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Evening Program: SoundHealing Ceremony

Day 2: Saturday, June 27th

7:00am-8:15am: Optional Morning Sadhana
8:00 - 9am: Breakfast
9:30 am – 12:00 pm: Morning Program
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Afternoon Program
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Evening Program - SoundHealing Ceremony

Day 3: Sunday, June 28th

7:00am-8:15am: Optional Morning Sadhana
8:00 - 9am: Breakfast & Checkout (before or after breakfast, but by 9:30 am preferable)
9:30 am – 12:00 pm: Morning Program
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Afternoon Program

Faculty & Classes 2026

Lea Garnier: Creating A Vibrational Doorway Into The Human Crystalline Field

Drawing on ancient wisdom, this session explores how sound and intention can access the body’s subtle energetic system. Through crystal bowls, gongs, voice, flutes, and other sacred instruments, participants will experience how healing sound can quiet the mind, release tension, and open space for restoration. The class also includes handling and playing techniques, areas of the body to clear, and an exploration of how these living mineral tools support our highest vibrational potential.

Silvia Nakkach: The Generative Voice of Medicine Melodies and Diverse Vocal Traditions

This session invites participants into the expressive power of the voice through acoustic nuance and refined melody. Exploring the ecstatic, shamanic, and contemplative dimensions of vocal work, the class weaves together Icaros, Afro-Brazilian Orixà invocations, and Indian ragas, accompanied by indigenous instruments, Crystal Tone bowls, and the harmonic resonance of the sruti box. The voice is approached as tone magic: a pathway to deepen sensitivity, expand vocal expression, and reconnect with an innate sense of joy.

Peter Blum: Where Three Rivers Meet - Hypnosis, Shamanism and Sound Healing.

This class examines the strong connections between traditional indigenous shamanic practices and contemporary western hypnotherapy. Participants will consider how vibration, sound, and music have long been used across cultures to support healing, vision, and creativity, while also looking at how spoken language can be used to encourage change. The session asks how hypnotherapists can better integrate music and sound healing, and how sound healing practitioners may incorporate hypnotic language into their work.

Nicholas Pertrucco: The Healing Power of the Drum

Centered on shamanic drumming, this session explores how rhythm can be used for healing and for channeling sound in service of transformation. Participants will learn how journeying, drumming, and singing can bring forward meaningful information for self-healing and for supporting others, while also helping to direct healing energy into a client’s energy field. The class is informed by Nicholas’s own healing journey and his work as a scientist, sound healer, shaman, and instrument maker.

Katya Varlamova: Icaros & Andean Ceremony

This workshop offers an introduction to the healing vibrations of plant medicine as expressed through sound. Participants will learn about and experience Icaros, the plant medicine songs of the Amazon, each carrying its own frequency and purpose within ceremony. The session creates space to connect with the healing qualities of plants through sound and medicine.

Lea Garnier & The Sage Sangha: Crystal Corpus SoundHealing Ceremony

When crystal bowls and pyramids are played with healing intention in a sacred setting, they can create a quiet spaciousness that calms the mind and releases stress from the body. Because of their crystalline structure, these instruments are viewed as powerful tools for amplifying, storing, and transmitting intentions of healing, love, and well-being. Their resonance also speaks deeply to the crystalline nature of the body and DNA, inviting a profound and mysterious response.

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