SOMATIC SOUND TRAININGS + CERTIFICATIONS
with Charlie
For those with a hum in their heart and a desire to hold nervous system-informed space for their communities. The sonic bodies™ method of training is tailored for both new sound-makers and experienced ones alike, and offers comprehensive education in sound meditation and listening experiences; combining somatically-oriented facilitation, Deep Listening® practices, collaborative and solo sound practice, and the art of soundscape creation. Charlie has been leading sound meditation trainings since 2015, offering sound meditations since 2012, and practicing as a certified Deep Listening® facilitator since 2024. These trainings are the amalgamation of 14 years of dedication, education, apprenticeship, research and self-study, collaboration, as well as facilitating thousands of sound offerings.
This is not a training that focuses solely on instruments. Supported by cultural and scientific research, music theory, listening as foundation, slowness as our pace, and focus on individual experience, you will be invited to approach sound-making with play, curiosity, and devotion to craft. We learn to be listeners first and foremost, then scaffold our way into instrumental work, voice, and creating sound experiences that have the potential to nourish the imagination and bring ourselves (and communities) into regenerative rest. These trainings are meant to explore what a sound and listening practice means for you. We explore many different ways of using sound, honouring your own voice and vision, and move away from what a sound practitioner “should” sound or look like.
No previous musical or sound experience necessary. These trainings have supported folks from all walks and backgrounds and has lead to folks exploring and offering sound in many different ways. The listening path is yours to follow.
“Charlie’s teaching style is immersive, gentle, and inclusive. It was one of the first learning experiences where I felt I could truly be myself and be fully accepted, which was deeply empowering. Although I was slightly concerned about the long days as an introvert, time became irrelevant when we were learning, connecting, creating, practicing deep listening, and bathing in beautiful sonic meditations. It was moving to witness how deeply the training resonated with each person.”
- A.M. Resonance Somatic Sound Training participant - Copenhagen
50hrs of sound meditation TRAINING
sonic bodies™ training is a comprehensive, expansive sonic education touching in on different forms of listening and sound-making. Created for both new practitioners and seasoned ones, we wade into this work through the frameworks of somatics and nervous system education, Deep Listening®, the art of sound meditation, and science (research based information) as well as individual experience and the mystical qualities of sound and music. There will be a focus on both receiving and giving sound, for you to tune your ears to what you love and expand upon how sound meditations can be shaped. These training will offer you the tools to begin curating and orchestrating sound offerings with confidence and delight, or support you in finessing and refining your work as a sound facilitator.
Please note: this training has been expanded upon to include online workshops that will be offered before the in-person immersion. This is to support us building our foundation before entering physical space to explore sound in real time.
What you will learn:
꩜ The Science of Sound (online workshop)
꩜ Navigating Misinformation + Building Standards of Practice
꩜ History of Sound + Music / Cultural + Spiritual Significance
꩜ Somatics for Sound Practitioners (online workshop)
꩜ Nervous System + Brainwave Education
꩜ Musicality: Intervals, Pairings, Tunings, Psychoacoustics + Circle of Fifths (online workshop)
꩜ Explorations in Instrumentation
- melodic, non-melodic, drones
- crafting supportive sound offerings
꩜ Sounding, Toning, and Voice Work
꩜ Deep Listening® + Guided Practice
- creation of text + graphic scores
- dreaming, moving, listening, sensing
꩜ Intro to Field Recording + Basic Editing (online workshop)
꩜ Collective sound making and somatically-oriented facilitation
꩜ Self-guided practicum for after the training * must be completed to receive certificate *
Things to NOTE:
꩜ You will not need your own instruments for this offering, but are welcome to bring them if you’d like to explore and share them.
꩜ Each individual who comes out of these trainings will explore sound in very different ways. This is to be supported and celebrated!
꩜ The science of sound and listening is always changing and shifting. I orient myself to research-backed information to guide us away from pseudoscience claims and popular myths that are deeply imbedded in the sound meditation community. I believe these myths often lead listeners into feeling there is something wrong with them and do more damage than good. While this training is deeply supported by scientific research, I also believe in the magical and mystical experiences we (and our ancestors) have had around music as ceremony / ritual / trance that often cannot be explained through science.
꩜ My approach as a teacher intends to be life-affirming, rooted in inquiry and curiosity, and celebratory of each persons sonic journey. I like to lean away from binary ideas of how to explore sound meditations, and explore this work from a queer, empathetic, and expansive lens.
