Introduction to the Training

This 4 module certificate course in Integral Sound Healing offers the opportunity of a thorough
introduction, exposure, immersion and training in the vast subject of Music and Medicine and can
benefit the lay-person’s personal growth journey, deepen the practice of yoga aspirants, as well as
enhance the professional work of therapists, educators, health and social workers and wellness
specialists and offer a gradual entry into the world and practice of sound healing.

The international presenters have decades of study, experience, work and production in the field of
Sound and Healing and bring together their expertise for this pioneering training opportunity in India.

Aurelio C. Hammer
Aurelio C. Hammer is the Founder and the Creative Director of SVARAM
Musical Instruments, an organologist, ceremonial musician and sound
therapist. He has done more than 25 years of research and studies in ethno-
musicology, acoustics and harmonic studies, listening traditions, music
pedagogy and healing arts. The Austrian born Sound Explorer has become a
noted pioneer in the development of innovative musical instruments and
created the holistic modality „A Sound Approach to Life“.
Combining the gifts of a musician, artist, socio-cultural activist and
visionary, Aurelio has an in-depth understanding of the underlying physics
of sound. Deeply listening, his life-long search and sound journey for the
secret of our existence led him through many countries and cultures before
he settled in Auroville, South India, where he practices the path of the Integral Yoga, a more
wholesome, energetic and creative way of life.

Joshua Leeds
Joshua Leeds is a sound researcher, educator, composer, and music producer.
He specializes in the field of psychoacoustics—the study of the effect of
music and sound on the human nervous system, and bioacoustics—how
human sound affects other living beings. Current fields of interest include
the use of music and sound for health, learning, and productivity, and the
study of sound/music from a cross-species perspective. Joshua teaches the
therapeutic applications of music and sound to musicians, healthcare, and
education professionals.
Since 2003, Joshua has directed BioAcoustic Research, Inc., dedicated to
clinically-researched auditory solutions for canine/feline behavioral issues. Since 2008, he’s served on
the faculty at “The Sound and Music Institute” at New York Open Center (NYC). As an international
presenter, Joshua’s seminars focus on the impact of Resonance, Tempo, and Pattern Identification as
common threads in sound and music therapies.He is the author of “The Power of Sound” (2010, 2001)
and “Sonic Alchemy” (1997). His 50+ recordings are used in homes, clinics, and classrooms
worldwide. Joshua resides in Ashland, Oregon, USA.

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 Main Sessions
(studies, presentation, dialogue, experiential)

“In an integrative, cognitive, contemplative, creative and playful work we will explore the realm of
sound, self and community, understand its scientific base, psychological parameters
and the instrumentations of Sound Healing as a practice and profession towards a transforming
harmonization of the being, society and environment.”

Subjects and contents that will be introduced and shared in the course of the opening first module, will
be explored experientially in deepening reflection and clear cognition:

Aurelio:

I. Nada Brahman – A Sound Philosophy

 Origins, evolution and concepts of a sound world view
 Harmonic Sciences and Canon of Proportions
 Effects of Sound on Matter, Cymatics and Yantra

II. Integral Psychology - Mapping the Human System

 The Mind-Body phenomenon
 Planes and Parts of the Being
 Integration and Holistic Healing

III. Organology – Musical Instruments of the World and their therapeutic significance
 Classification of Musical Instruments
 Traditional cultural application and new inventions
 Finding ones own instrument and healing tool

IV. Overview of Integral Sound Healing

 Differentiating healing modalities
 Core principles of Integral Paradigm
 Unfolding ones own unique practice

Joshua Leeds:

I. Introduction to Tone, Tempo, and Pattern

• Introduce physiology of hearing and psychology of listening.
• Learn the basic principles of resonance, entrainment, and pattern identification.
• Apply Tone, Tempo and Pattern to application-specific music and sound.

II. Core Principals of Alfred Tomatis

• Explore Tomatis core principles.
• Learn inter-relationship of auditory tonal processing and auditory sequential processing.
• Review why sound is important in neuro-developmental issues.

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III. The Building Blocks of Therapeutic Sound
• Explore drone, repetition, rhythm, harmony, melody, instrumental colors, form, intent, etc.
• Discuss synthesis and harmonics.
• Understand differences of live performance and recorded auditory experiences.

IV. Overview of Soundwork

• Explore relationship of Music therapy/Sound therapy.
• Explain the International Standards for Therapeutic Musicians.
• Describe the geography of the Soundwork field.

Daily Sessions (experiential, interactive, contemplative, playful)

Rhythm : Playing Tone, Tempo & Pattern

• Isolate High/Low frequencies in the body (Play tone; play silence)
• Feel tempo differences in the body.
• Experience the effect of complex vs simple sound.
• Explore difference between live and recorded therapeutic music.

Singing : Voice Practices and Energetics

• Basic warm ups
• Unison, Polyphonic
• The joy of singing

Tuning
• Art of Listening
• Toning, harmonic singing
• Modal and intuitive singing
• Sacred and original chants

Outcome:
Modul 1 serves as a powerful entry and introduction into the vast subject of Therapeutic Music and
Sound Healing. The participants of the full certificate program will acquire a reliable foundation for
professional work in the field of Sound Healing.
The training offers an innovative, multi-cultural and integral approach to awakening one's musicality.
Through its overall layout of subjects, studies, practices and experiential learning students gain an
understanding of how sound, rhythm, voice and music can affect one's state of consciousness, promote
relaxation and assist in the process of healing.
The participants of the full certificate program will have started direct experimentation and work on
self and others, in binary and group settings, documenting queries and progress, preparing a focused
project. They will learn how to apply sound and music for personal growth, and will be able to apply a
chosen sound healing modality into their life.
Module 2, 3 and 4 are a continuation of Module 1 and are going more into depth in each area covered
in Module 1. Personal musical creativity and therapeutic practices will be explored and special
attention is given to each trainees needs and their individual focus.
Students who sucessfully complete all requirements are awarded with a Certificate of Completion.

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Booking / Prices / Payment
MODULE 1 : Residential Program, January 18-22, 2017
Residential Program with Accomodation Total 34.800.- INR
(4 days / including 3 meals per day)
Seminar (Module1) / 36 hours 22.800.- INR
Accomodation + 3 Meals / 4 days 12.000.- INR

Seminar is limited to 30 participants.

Early bird reduction-fee registration of: 1500.- INR by booking before 1.12.2016

MODULE 2-4 (accomodation organized per request)

Module 2 (3 days/27 hours) April 6 - 9. 2017 18.800.- INR

Module 3 (3 days/27 hours) July 13 - 15. 2017 18.800.- INR
Module 4 (3 days/27 hours) October 6 - 8. 2017 18.800.- INR

Booking all modules in advance: 75.000.- INR

For booking and for further correspondence please write to the following email address:
Email: svaramsoundhealing@gmail.com Tel. SVARAM Office: +91 413 2622 220
For wire transfer / bank transfer the details are given below:
Name of Account Holder: SVARAM
Account Number: 30521041770
Account Type: Current Account
Name and Address of Bank: State Bank of India, Auroville International Township,
Kuilapalayam, Auroville – 605 101, India.
IFSC Code Number: SBIN0003160
SWIFT Code Number: SBININBB474
BRANCH Code Number: 3160

organised by:
SVARAM CAMPUS
Kottakarai, Irumbai Post
Auroville 605111, Tamil Nadu, India
Phone 0091 - 413 - 2622220
Email: svaram@auroville.org.in Website: www.svaram.org

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Module 1 Accomodation in Adishakti
How to reach Adishakti
You can reach Adishakti from Chennai (the nearest airport and main train station) by road. It is a three
hour journey by bus and a two and a half hour journey by taxi. From Bangalore there are direct buses to
Pondicherry which take approximately seven hours.
The Adishakti Campus is 8 kilometers from Pondicherry and is 100meters off the Chennai-
Tindivanam-Pondicherry highway/ the Bangalore-Tindivanam- Pondicherry highway.
Should participants need to be picked up from Chennai we could engage taxis which would meet them
and bring them directly to Adishakti. A taxi charge for such a pick up is approximately Rs.2700/-
Adishakti, Edayanchavady Road, Vanur Taluk, Auroville Post, Irumbai Panchayat, Villupuram District,
Tamil Nadu

Recommended reading

• “The Power of Sound: How to Be Healthy and Productive Using Music and Sound” Joshua
Leeds, 30 August 2010
• “Rhythm, Music and the Brain: Scientific Foundations and Clinical Applications (Studies on
New Music Research) Michael Thaut, 14 July 2005
• “The Ear and the Voice”, Alfred A. Tomatis and Francis Keeping
• “The World Is Sound: Nada Brahma: Music and the Landscape of Consciousness” Paperback –
Import, 1 May 1991, by Joachim-Ernst Berendt
• “Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology” - January 2, 2003, Compiled by S Dalal

Additional

• “Through Music to the Self: How to Appreciate and Experience Music Anew”
Paperback – 15 Mar 1979, by Peter Michael Hamel (Author)
• “The Yoga of Sound: Healing and Enlightenment Through the Sacred Practice of Mantra”,
Russill Paul, 30 April 2006
• “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain”, Oliver Sacks, 16 June 2011
• “Healing at the Speed of Sound”, Don Campbell, 1 December 2012
• “The Conscious Ear: My Life of Transformation Through Listening”, Alfred Tomatis and Billie
M. Thompson, March 1992
• “The Ear and Language”, Alfred Tomatis and Billie M. Thompson, April 1997