On Training, Lineage, and Listening: My Certifications as a Sound Alchemist

Celebrating the Journey: A Sound Alchemist's Certifications in Medicine of Sound and Bliss Bowls for 2023 and 2024, Embracing the Art of Healing Through Training, Lineage, and Listening.

Sound work is not something I stumbled into casually. It is a practice shaped through study, repetition, listening, and respect for lineage. Becoming a Sound Alchemist was not about collecting tools or titles—it was about learning how to listen to the body, the nervous system, and the space itself.

I am an accredited Sound Alchemist through Medicine of Sound and Bliss Bowls, with formal trainings completed across 2022, 2023, and 2024. These years of study deepened not only my technical skill, but my understanding of sound as a relational and responsive practice rather than a performance.

My training emphasized:

• Conscious use of vibration and resonance

• Trauma-aware and nervous-system–informed approaches

• Ethical facilitation and consent-based sound work

• The difference between sound as stimulation and sound as support

• Listening to what the body is asking for rather than imposing an experience

  
  

Through Medicine of Sound, I was trained to work with sound as a subtle language—one that meets people where they are, rather than trying to move them somewhere else. This training reinforced the importance of presence, pacing, and restraint, especially when working with individuals navigating trauma, grief, chronic pain, or deep fatigue.

My accreditation through Bliss Bowls further refined my relationship with instruments, particularly singing bowls, and how vibration interacts with breath, fascia, and emotional holding patterns. Rather than “doing sound to someone,” my training focused on creating conditions where sound can be received safely and meaningfully.

Across 2022–2024, my education was cumulative. Each year layered new understanding onto the last—less about adding more, and more about doing less with greater clarity. I learned when sound helps, when silence helps more, and how to recognize the difference.

Being a Sound Alchemist, for me, means:

• Listening before sounding

• Respecting the body’s timing

• Honoring lineage without rigidity

• Allowing sound to be an invitation, not a demand

  
  

My certifications reflect a commitment to integrity, ongoing learning, and responsible practice. They ground my work in both training and lived experience, shaping how I hold space—quietly, attentively, and without force.

Sound does not heal by being louder, longer, or more complex. It heals by being appropriate, attuned, and listened to.