immersive sonic journey
sound meditation
Hi, we’re John & Nicole.
Our journey began with a simple yet powerful realization: sound has the innate ability to heal, harmonize, and elevate the human spirit. We have had the privilege of holding space for hundreds of people to experience the profound healing power of sound meditation. Through our sessions, individuals have found clarity, peace, and a deeper connection to their true selves.
welcome to the sound meditation
If you want to understand the secrets of the universe, think energy, frequency, and vibration.”
Nikola Tesla
The world around you is an invisible network of energy —
made up of vibrations that, for the most part, escape our conscious awareness. Science now proves that our human senses perceive less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum and only a fraction of possible sound frequencies.
Despite the limitations of our human perception, quantum physics confirms what mystics, sages, and shamans have known since the beginning of time: that everything around and within you is vibrating at frequencies that are imperceptible to your human senses.
Vibration is the fabric and structure of the universe.
“We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned to the cosmos.”
Albert Einstein
The sound meditation invites you to leave behind the world of form and matter to explore the world of vibration, frequency, and energy.
If you are made of vibration, that means you are an instrument. You can be tuned, upgraded, and reprogrammed to operate at the frequency you want to experience more of.
Picture yourself as a radio receiver. You can access the entire spectrum of energetic frequencies that are available – fear, anxiety, anger, stress, shame, hurt, greed, lack, love, joy, peace, power, freedom, abundance.
They are all available, but most of us are programmed or “tuned” to the energetic channels of fear, scarcity, and lack due to our past experiences and hurts.
The sound meditation invites you to liberate yourself from your conditioning so that you may access true inner peace.
how does it work?
In sound meditations, we access the formless & eternal within.
We do this by learning how to listen.
The external sounds that Nicole and John create with their instruments are mirrors for the internal sounds inside of our heads; otherwise known as “thoughts.”
Most of modern Western society is plagued with the inability to disidentify from thought. Unlike some ancient traditions that treat thought as the sixth sense, we have become so attached and identified with our thoughts that we can no longer see them as separate from our sense of self. This over-identification with our thoughts clouds our perception and limits our ability to experience true inner peace and self-awareness.
In sound meditations, we practice listening to both internal and external sounds without reacting.
“Between stimulus and response there is a
space
In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Viktor E. Frankl
Space is what exists between stimuli and our reactions to the stimuli. People often spend a majority of their lives reacting from the unconscious.
In sound meditations —
we practice creating space within so that we may rise above our conditioned unconscious reactions to the world, and instead become the conscious creators of our lives.
When we react to life, we are victims to it.
When we are empowered to choose how we respond to life from a place of presence, sovereignty, and wisdom, we are truly free.
We are truly free.
Testimonials
“I will always be grateful to you and John for what I experienced that night.”
It has literally changed my life in so many positive ways, it has opened so many cool doors I wasn’t aware of. I literally think of the experience everyday, and have integrated what I have learned since then. It’s been a huge motivator for me. Thank you to both you and John for your kindness.Annon
“I can only describe this sound bath as profoundly healing.”
It was my first time exploring this medicine, and to do so in such a safe, nurturing space was exactly the right way for me to begin. Nicole’s work is nothing short of magic. The way the vibrations opened my body allowed me to feel my core self, the part of me that knows no fear, just love, for the first time in my life. I came away changed. I’m so grateful to Nicole for sharing her gift and to myself for receiving it.Elizabeth
“I can see my bullshit clearly, and have the courage to set it down.”
I would recommend this to anyone who is willing to look at their life and really understand where our own stories come from. This is real work. Real growth. Real evolution.Kacy
“…I’m forever grateful for both of you.”
John & Nicole I just wanted to send a sincere thank you for really one of the great experiences of my life. The chance to forget about my life while away, and to really truly play for the first time in a long time, freed up an enormous amount of space in my psyche for that I’m forever grateful for both of you. Love you both.Brian
“I can’t recommend a sound ceremony with Nicole enough.”
I was blown away by all aspects of her ceremony, the sounds she created, and the space she designed for us all to go deep and to do the invaluable inner work. I felt a strong connection with self, soul, and spirit during ceremony and that has stayed with me in the form of self-love, nurturing of my inner child, and a deeper, clearer connection with God. I found myself to be more present, more connected, and more kind to me. I have been able to release feelings of shame and guilt more easily while giving gratitude for all that I am and all that I am not.Robert
the science of sound
Sound meditation is not just a spiritual practice; it’s backed by scientific research.
During sound meditation, your nervous system moves out of fight-or-flight mode into rest-and-digest mode and your brain enters a state of coherence. Coherence is a phenomenon where different brain regions synchronize in harmony.
EEG scans below display a transformation from scattered brain activity to synchronized waves after exposure to specific instruments. This synchronization is linked to numerous benefits, including enhanced mental clarity, optimal cognitive function, emotional stability, improved creativity and learning, and overall well-being.
PHOTOS OF EEGS SCANS
baseline brain scan
brain scan after large gong
brain scan after rainstick
SOUND AND YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS
Typically, our brains operate in the beta state, associated with daily stress and cognitive tasks. Sound meditation facilitates a downward shift to alpha and theta brainwave states—slower and more meditative states promoting relaxation, creativity, and mental clarity.
As your brainwaves slow down into alpha and even more relaxed theta, your focus transitions from the external environment to the rich internal world, granting access to your subconscious mind.
If you desire change but struggle to actualize it, you need to work with your subconscious. Your subconscious mind makes up 95% of your everyday thoughts and habits. It continues to store limiting belief systems even when your conscious mind is “doing the work.”
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
Carl Jung
Meditating with sound helps make the unconscious conscious —
by facilitating a shift from mere cognitive processing (which can only take you so far) to deep emotional and experiential engagement. This process helps to surface and transform subconscious patterns that typically govern our behaviors and beliefs.
Sound also enhances neuroplasticity —
the brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections. By engaging with sound in meditation, you can stimulate and strengthen new neural connections, promoting mental flexibility and the ability to adapt to new experiences and challenges.
This is where true long lasting embodied transformation becomes possible.
When you’re not just talking about it… but you are FEELING it, EXPERIENCING it, and forming the new respective neural connections in your brain to solidify new thoughts, patterns and behaviors.
Sound meditation moves beyond intellectual understanding to a deeper, more embodied wisdom.
It transforms theoretical knowledge into palpable, felt wisdom,
experienced through every cell of your body.
And guess what?
It gets to be fun!
The playful nature of sound invites you to explore your inner world with a sense of wonder and delight, where doing the work to heal, reprogram outdated beliefs, and let go of limiting patterns gets to be an experience that allows for both healing and joy, depth and silliness, even when sitting calmly in meditation with an eye mask on!
if you…
- Are ready unlock your highest potential
- Want to deepen your spiritual connection,
- Are curious to explore altered states of consciousness,
- Desire to transform self sabotaging patterns
- Struggle with the weight of negative thought patterns that control you,
- Have experienced trauma that remains unaddressed and unintegrated,
- Struggle with your sense of self-worth,
- Find yourself feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or like you’re playing a role that is not right for your soul,
Then the sound meditation is right for you.
Testimonials
“I can’t thank you enough. I will hold last night forever in my heart.”
Daniel
“Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to take part in something that really comes down to one thing for me, “life changing”!”
Kian
“What a night, thank you to all the goddesses and gods that shared the space last night to help me remember who I am”
Gerardo
“I have to say. That was probably the best ceremony I’ve ever been in. It was magical and very powerful.”
Anonymous
“Honestly of all the ceremonies I’ve sat in, that was the best one. I never realized music would affect a ceremony so deeply.”
Anonymous
“That sound ceremony was life-changing – thank you both so so deeply.”
Anonymous
the goal of the sound meditation
- To get beyond your analytical mind
- To activate your rest and digest response
- To bring coherence and regulation into the mind & body
Components of the Sound Meditation
The sound meditation is a 6 hour immersive experience that includes 5 chapters:
Nicole and John will introduce the principles of sound, delve into the science behind it, discuss its therapeutic and medical benefits, and demonstrate how to use sound as a powerful tool for meditation.
Nicole will lead a breathwork session designed to help you transition from your default mode of awareness to a heightened, deeper state, priming your mind and body for the upcoming sonic journey.
Explore and discover your unique frequencies through guided vocal meditation. This practice enhances presence in the body, and allows you to release stuck energy and emotion.
Nicole and John will play a variety of overtone-emitting instruments, including gongs, singing bowls, tuning forks, bells, chimes, and more. These sounds will guide you into a profound state of meditation and relaxation.
Conclude the journey with an (optional) opportunity to share your thoughts, feelings, insights, and revelations. This reflective session fosters a sense of community and enhances the personal insights gained during the experience.
how to book
We offer both private and community ceremonies in Los Angeles and all over the world, including in our international retreats.
If you are interested in attending or booking a ceremony, please fill out the form below and tell us more!
We look forward to holding space for you.