A NOTE FROM NATE:

Sound therapy and sound baths have entered the mainstream as more people seek tools to regulate stress, restore balance, and reconnect with themselves in an increasingly busy and complicated world. As interest has grown, so too has the number of trainings and certifications promising to teach this work. While the intention to support others through sound is genuine, much of the available education lacks a coherent foundation—often relying on myth, symbolic language, or under-examined pseudo-science while overlooking the essential discipline of truly knowing the instruments being used.

This program is designed to approach sound not as a performance, belief system, or set of claims, but as a practice of facilitation. This requires technical fluency, perceptual awareness, and ethical communication. Understanding velocity, dynamics, touch, and interaction with each instrument is not secondary to this work—it is the work. Without this literacy, facilitators risk projecting meaning onto sound rather than creating a neutral, supportive container in which participants can have their own experience.

I developed this program as a response to what I believe is currently missing in many sound education offerings worldwide. It offers a comprehensive, accessible foundation rooted in history, psychoacoustics, and embodied learning. You will explore how sound has been used across cultures as a tool for transformation, while learning to distinguish between documented effects, subjective experience, and symbolic interpretation. Rather than avoiding complexity, the curriculum intentionally engages the grey areas—teaching students how to communicate clearly about what sound can and cannot do, without exaggeration or myth-based framing.

Through disciplined instrument study, grounded language, and experiential practice, you will develop the capacity to facilitate sound with clarity, integrity, and confidence. Equal emphasis is placed on personal inner work and external skill development, ensuring that facilitators are not only technically competent, but self-aware and responsibly oriented toward those they serve.

The goal of this program is not certification for its own sake, but transformation through understanding. My goal is for you to leave with a strong foundational knowledge, a refined relationship to sound, and the ability to share this work authentically within your communities. It’s intentionally designed to be financially accessible—without compromising depth, rigor, or the potential for a truly meaningful educational experience.

I look forward to investing energy into this program and I hope you’ll join our collective journey.