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The Healing Power of Sound

Breathwork, Mindfulness & Sacred Sound

Singing Bowl

Sacred Sound

A Healing Journey

Discover sound as a transformative tool to relieve stress, reduce anxiety, and support self-care. Within a supportive community, this immersive workshop weaves together guided breathwork, mindfulness, and sacred sound practices. Join us on a healing journey as we deepen our connections and build inner resilience for emotional well-being.

We will engage in gentle yoga, sound baths, and playful group explorations, all infused with the vibrations of tuning forks, singing bowls, and sacred mantras.

Whether you're a curious beginner or experienced seeker, this workshop offers a profound journey into the harmonizing essence of sound.


Activities & Practices

Using Sound

  • Science: Learn about the science behind sound's impact on the brain and body.
  • Wisdom: Explore the wisdom of sound developed across cultures and traditions.
  • Centering Breathwork: Setting our container with gratitude and healing breathwork
  • Mantras: Work with the mantras of AUM (sound of the universe) and RAM (activates personal power)
  • Chakras: Use sound to help focus on different energy centers and discover practical ways to incorporate sound into your daily life.
  • Sound baths: Experience the deep relaxation of a sound bath and assist with creating one by choosing the instruments you're drawn to.
  • Intention: Combine sound with intention - Sound + Visualization = Manifestation
  • Band Circle: Participate in a playful sound circle, where everyone contributes their voice or an instrument.
  • Yoga & Sound: Infuse yoga with sound allowing the vibrations to integrate into your body and mind.
  • Himalayan Singing Bowls: Experience a sound meditation that helps you settle into stillness and deeply absorb the vibrations.


Leave Feeling Empowered

We will leave with practical sound practices, like chanting mantras, using sound for healing (e.g., with singing bowls or tuning forks), breathwork fundamentals, and tools for integrating sound into daily life. We'll also leave with a renewed sense of inner peace, vitality, and connection to our authentic voice.

By the end of the weekend, you’ll feel empowered to use sound as a tool for personal growth, healing, and expression. Whether you're seeking to find your voice or reconnect with it, this retreat will help you unlock your full potential through the transformative power of sound.


Arrival & Departure

Friday, please arrive 3:00 - 6:00pm for registration.
Dinner will be served at 6:30pm.
The program will officially begin at 7:30pm.

On Sunday, the program will finish by 12:30pm with lunch afterwards.


Getting Here

Visit our Directions and Transportation page to see different options for traveling to Karmê Chöling including pick-up service from Hanover, Lebanon, White River Junction and Burlington to our front door.

Pricing

Karmê Chöling values its commitment to making programs affordable and available to all who wish to study with us. To support this commitment we provide two program price options.

Generosity Price: $265.00
You're able to help us with this commitment by choosing the "Generosity Price". The money above the basic tuition cost goes into a scholarship fund for those who might not be able to attend a program otherwise.

Tuition: $220.00
This is the price of the program, it does not include housing options or material fees.

Please Note:
Price does not include accommodations, which will be added during the registration process.

Policies

Payment Policies:
Please read the payment policy before proceeding with registration.

Financial Aid:
Karmê Chöling offers full-time student discounts, scholarships and other financial aid.

Program Credit:
If using existing program credit to pay for a program, you must pre-register for this program at least two weeks prior to the program start date by calling the front desk (802-633-2384 x3000). Program credit may not be used to pay for housing or practice materials and may not be used on or after arrival day.

Instructors

Leo Ryan
Leo Ryan

Leo has spent decades exploring traditions and practices that expand the mind and challenge the body. He is blessed to have studied with and lived amongst Jesuit scholars, Benedictine monks, Shambala Shastris, the Kripalu and Findhorn communities, Jaguar Path founders, and lineage holders of the Q’ero people.

Leo offers yoga to help us live a balanced and empowered life and shamanic tools to promote healing and bring joy.

Nicole Ward
Nicole Ward

Nicole Ward is a certified Reiki Master and intuitive healer. As a deep perceiver and feeler, she approaches energy healing multidimensionally to support the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual journey of the embodied soul. Her training spans a variety of esoteric traditions that see human life as a precious gift, inseparable from nature, and an integral dreamer of the evolution of all life.

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Instructors:

Leo Ryan

Nicole Ward

Date & Time Details:


May 2025
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Location:

On-Land

Program Fee:

Generosity Price - $265

Tuition - $220

Room/Meals Fee:

This will be added in during the registration process.
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Wellness Update:

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Getting to Karmê Chöling:

Directions and transportation

Contact Us:

Karmê Chöling
(802) 633-2384
info@karmecholing.org

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