Voice and Sound Healing Workshops

Accredited Sound Healing Practitioner Trainings with the College of Sound Healing

Sound Meditations/Sound Baths

Workshops in
​Voice for Wellbeing and
​Sound Healing

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Discover Your Voice for Health and Wellbeing - ONLINE Workshop
Sunday 28th February 2021 10am-4pm
Cost £70 
Full payment is required to book your place. Please contact Alexandra for details.
This workshop will be held via Zoom.
Please see the workshop cancellation policy.

​Alexandra spent the last 20 years studying the production of the human voice as a working opera singer. She is now a full time Voice Coach, Singing Teacher and Tutor for the College of Sound Healing in the UK.
After training as a Sound Healer and CoSH Tutor with Simon Heather, she now combines her understanding of voice production and Sound Healing to help people find, rehabilitate and rediscover their voice for singing and speaking, stress relief, emotional healing and general well-being. 
This popular workshop has been running for the last 7 years and is going online for the first time this year, in order to maintain wellness education throughout the pandemic and reach people that are not local and who would not be able to attend the workshop otherwise. 

​This fun and informal day will teach you how to relax, calm and strengthen body and mind, prevent illness and enhance wellbeing through using YOUR VOICE. Learn more about this amazing healing tool we all have within us and how to apply it for healing yourself and others.

The day will be a balance of theory and practical and will include:

• Learning Vocal Toning on the Breath
• The Use of Body Scanning and Relaxation Meditations with Vocal Toning for Pain Relief
• Diaphragmatic Breathing - for Calm and Stress Relief
• Reconnecting To Your Natural Sound - Your True Voice
• The Power of Chant to Quieten the Mind
• Affirmations and Understanding Your Inner Voice
• Understand the Healing Power of Your Birth Name (Sonic Identity)

If you are doing the College of Sound Healing Practitioner Training then this workshop will count towards one of the two additional workshops.
If you are considering joining the CoSH Practitioner Training, this workshop is a helpful introduction to working with the voice for healing.
​If you are just interested, that's more than fine too!

Technical and Online Requirements:

• You will need a working device such as a laptop or tablet that has a camera and microphone so that you can be seen and heard/see and listen 
• You may find that headphones provide better a sound quality and a more effective learning environment
• You will need a minimum internet bandwidth of 600kbps and recommended is 1.5Mbps, if you are able to access YouTube/Netflix smoothly then you will be able to access Zoom
• A link will be emailed to you in advance of the workshop and this will enable you to open Zoom. However, on some devices, Zoom needs to be downloaded in advance. Please ask Alexandra if you are unsure.
• You will need to be able to work online in a space where you are undisturbed by others. This is important for your learning, but also for the smooth running of the course and to respect your fellow participants.

Please note: it is your responsibility to make sure you have the correct technical requirements before booking your space.

​Feedback from participants:

"I did some of the warm ups this morning before my music classes, and my voice felt, and sounded, so much better, I couldn't believe it! My voice felt much more 'in my body' and much more..me. " Natalie

"The tongue info was a revelation to me, despite years of choral training when I was younger! I also felt fantastic emotionally and physically after the workshop. The info on breathing properly and the effects of hyperventilation were incredibly valuable and thought provoking. I also thought your presentation and the structure of the whole day was a masterclass in how to run a workshop!" Vici

 An Introduction To Sound Healing with the Voice - Part One
at the Virginia Water Community Centre, Beechmont/Cabrera Ave, Virginia Water, Surrey. GU25 4EY
Saturday 22nd Sunday 23rd May 2021
Cost: £250 if taking the training as a stand alone workshop.
​Please see the CoSH training page here for further payment options if you are considering undertaking the whole course.
Full payment is required to book your place.
​Please see our cancellation policy here

This two day workshop is Part One of the College of Sound Healing Practitioner Training and can be taken as a stand alone workshop without committing to the full training. For more info on the full training on this website please click here.
To be directed to the College of Sound Healing website please click here.

This workshop will cover:

FINDING YOUR VOICE
Understanding the healing power of the voice
Removing blockages from the voice
Voice exercises
Creating pure tone

HEALING WITH THE VOICE
Experience a sound healing session

BREATH
The Importance of the Breath

HARMONICS
Understanding harmonics and their role in healing
Develop the ability to hear harmonics
Learn techniques to create vocal harmonics

CHANT
Learn sacred chants from different spiritual traditions

CHAKRAS
Balancing the chakras with vowel sounds
Using sound for meditation

How To Run Group Sound Baths Workshop -
Sunday 13th June 2021
Virginia Water Community Centre, Virginia Water,
Surrey. GU25 4EY
Cost £90 
Full payment is required to book your place (there is some flexibility with the current pandemic) please contact Alexandra to arrange this or call 07771 956754.
Please see workshop cancellation policy

This Workshop is for qualified Sound Practitioners or students on the CoSH Sound Healing Practitioner training who wish to be insured to work in a Sound Bath setting or those who would like to learn more about working with instruments for healing and meditation in a group environment, possibly Yoga teachers/therapists. 
This workshop counts as one of the additional workshops for the CoSH training.

Some insurance companies have recently demanded that Sound Healers/Therapists be specifically trained in the instruments they use for Sound Baths and have an understanding of how to administer Sound to people on mass, as well as one to one. 
This workshop will give you a CoSH Certificate of Attendance which you can then present to your insurance company to add to your existing Sound Healing Practitioner Training.

The Workshop Will Cover: 
Creating a Sacred Space 
Using Instruments and Voice
Balancing Sound and Silence
Working with Group Energy
Grounding
Clearing Energies
Giving your own mini Sound Bath

Six Sound Baths will need to be written up as homework to complete the training.

This fun and informal day will be a balance of theory and practical.
​ Instruments (Tibetan Bowls, Gongs, Rain Sticks, Chimes, Shruti and more) will be available to play, but feel free to bring a few of your own instruments you would like to work with.
Tea, Coffee, and biscuits will be provided, but you will need to bring a packed lunch.
You will also need to wear comfortable clothing for warm up exercises, and giving and receiving of sound baths.

Feedback from participants:
"Very thorough teaching style. Alexandra’s approach was creative but grounded in theory and experience, with a good balance of learning and doing" Alistair

"I felt Alexandra kept us interested and made the day well-proportioned in theory and practical. A much recommended workshop." Marguerite

"It was great to see a full group which worked beautifully the energy flowed very well, everyone was friendly and helpful, it was a supportive, nurturing and great learning experience." Suzan

"It was a fantastic day and very informative. Alexandra is a very inspiring tutor she created a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere I really enjoyed the day." Hayley

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How to Work with Crystals and Sound - An Introduction
Sunday 11th July 2021 10am-5pm
at the Virginia Water Community Centre, Beechmont/Cabrera Avenue, Virginia Water, Surrey. GU25 4EY
Cost £90

​Full payment is required to book your place, please contact Alexandra to arrange this
Please see the workshop cancellation policy

​On this workshop you will learn how to:
Sense, cleanse and dedicate crystals for work with Sound
Choose appropriate crystals for healing others
Work with crystals during one to one Sound Healing treatments
Release pain from the body using Sound and Crystals
Balance the Chakras using crystals

This informal day will be a balance of theory and practical and is an introduction to working with Crystals and Sound.
The workshop is most suited for those training to be Sound Healers with the Voice, or those already trained that would like to add the Crystal dimension to their work.
In addition to sensing and sounding crystals, we will look at advanced treatments that follow on from the CoSH core Practitioner Training. 
This workshop serves as one of the two additional workshops required for the CoSH practitioner training or as 7 hours CPD. You will receive a CoSH certificate of attendance on completion of the day.
 
All crystals will be available to use for the workshop. There will also be an opportunity to purchase crystals from our selection should you wish to. You are also welcome to bring your own. More info will be provided about this on booking.
 
For this workshop Alexandra will be joined by her mother Iris Rigazzi-Tarling Cert.Ed, DipSoc, FIPTI.
Iris is an experienced lecturer in Education, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, and Crystal Therapy. Her work with crystals has been extensive and she devised one of the first crystal therapy training courses for international accreditation in the UK.
Iris has written several books for Education on Business Practice for NVQs and Higher Qualifications. She has been an advisor and validator for several national awarding bodies in complementary therapies and has many years experience in both industry and education. Iris runs her own business as a home visiting practitioner in complementary therapies.

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Sound Meditation (Sound Bath)
Every third Wednesday of the month 7.30pm-8.30pm
at the Virginia Water Community Centre, Cabrera Avenue/Beechmont Avenue, Virginia Water, Surrey. GU25 4EY
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These sessions are postponed until we are able to resume safely

Alexandra began these events at the Virginia Water Community Centre over five years ago, with the intention of bringing therapeutic Sound to the community for everybody to experience. 
Whilst overheads allow, we maintain our original price of £5 per session, in the hope that finances don't have to stand in the way of experiencing the many benefits of Sound, as well as the relaxation, healing and wellbeing that it brings.

As usual, you just turn up, bring a mat and cushion...or both, whatever you need to sit or lie comfortably for an hour and allow the soothing sounds to wash over you, like a form of sonic massage, facilitating rest, relaxation and clarity of mind.

This is a drop in session but please message via Facebook or website or mark yourself as "going" on Facebook to say you are coming so I can have an idea of numbers. We can get very busy and this is a first come first seated event, there is no advanced booking.
Please note there is NO ADMISSION after 7.30pm so as not to disturb others. Doors open at 7.15pm. Parking is adjacent to the community centre on the grasscrete area by the field.

We start with a guided meditation to deepen your state of relaxation and then a Sound Bath using Tibetan Singing Bowls, Chimes, Rain Sticks, Rattles, Native American style flutes, Improvised Voice and Gongs. 
You can simply listen to the sounds, drift off, meditate, contemplate life or not...but the aim is to take a peaceful hour out of your routine, enjoy the therapeutic benefits of Sound and put things in perspective, taking a slice of tranquility back with you for the rest of the week.
We will also have our crystal collection there for you to browse afterwards should you wish to.

If you are pregnant, terminally ill, in the final stages of cancer, have severe mental illness or a pacemaker, I need to know in advance. People with ear and balance problems may also be more sensitive to sound variations.
If you are suffering from a fresh cold or a bad cough, please consider others before attending, as this event encourages deep peace and quiet.
Please note that this event is not suitable for people under 16 years of age except by special arrangement.

Voice Meditation and Chant
7.30-8.30pm (please note time change)
at the Virginia Water Community Centre, Surrey. GU25 4EY

These sessions are postponed until we are able to resume safely.

It is widely acknowledged that the key to our healing on so many levels can occur by allowing our voice to sound freely, without fear and judgement. Allowing the breath to deepen encourages relaxation, and connecting the breath to the voice through toning and chant allows a natural state of meditation to occur. 
Meditative voice use, such as toning, changes your brain patterns helping you achieve a deep state of relaxation more easily. 
In addition it promotes good health and wellbeing by offering all the same benefits of singing (but without the music, notes and getting it 'right').
This session is NOT about singing, making a "nice" sound or performing to others. It is about discovering, allowing and strengthening a part of you that for many people has been suppressed. All vocalising is done as a group.

This session will include:

Guided Breath Meditation
Guided Toning (connecting the breath to single vocal tones)
Improvised Toning Meditation
Chanting

Please arrive from 7.15pm.
No admission once the session has begun.
This is a drop in session but it is always helpful to know who is coming, so ping me a message on 07771 956754

For the Workshop Cancellation Policy please here