find your balance with sound

Sound Therapy

@hAirds

In 2021 I suffered two strokes. Whilst I was in hospital, I recalled a lecture that I had attended 20 years earlier at the Cheltenham Science Festival whilst I was studying Music Production. The lecture was by neuroscientist, and cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin who studied the effect that listening to music has on our brains. One of the things that stuck in my mind was that when we listen to new or unfamiliar music, our brains create new neural pathways, and I as had just suffered brain damage from the stroke, I decided that was what I needed to do! And so began my passion about how music and sound can have positive benefits to our physical, emotional, mental & our spiritual state, leading to my becoming a fully qualified Sound Therapist with the International Sound Healing Academy.

We all know of the positive effects that listening to music has on us. When we distill music & sound down to its essential elements it can become therapeutic, bringing about deep relaxation, stress reduction, clarity of thought, and is an effective enabler for self-healing. I bring together music psychology, the science of sound, elements of traditional Tibetan methods from Suren Shrestha, Deep listening practice & Integral Sound Healing techniques to create my bespoke treatments.

Sound sessions are held on Thursday early evenings, & Saturday after the salon’s other appointments are finished for the day to ensure a safe, calm and quiet space.

Individual treatments

  • Tuning fork therapy

    45 minute session £35

    Best for:

    Clarity of thought and focus

    Stimulating the Vagus Nerve

    Balancing the Autonomic Nervous System

    Seated session

  • Singing bowl sonic massage

    1 hour session £45

    Best for:

    Deep relaxation for Body and Mind

    Triggering the Relaxation Response

  • Therapeutic session

    1.5 hour session £65

    Best for:

    Specific Physical, Emotional and Mental Challenges including anxiety, pain management and navigating life transitions using a variety of instruments.

Upcoming Group Sound Baths & Events

  • 5th May 2024, Torrisdale

    11:00-12:30, 13:30-15:00

    Held at Beinn An Tuirc Gin School, Torrisdale Castle Estate. £20 per person

Group Sound Baths

We’re super happy to be continuing our Wellness & Mindfulness partnership with Torrisdale Castle Estate, and offer regular monthly small group Sound Baths

Our group sessions at Torrisdale are usually held every 1st Sunday of the month at the Beinn An Tuirc Gin School on Torrisdale Castle Estate. There are two sessions, in the morning from 11.00 - 12.30, and in the afternoon from 13.30 - 15.00. Places are limited so to reserve your place email bewelcome@hairds.co.uk

I also hope to hold pop-up beach sound baths, weather depending! Keep an eye on our socials for details.

If you’re new to the concept, a Sound Bath is a deeply immersive listening experience that intentionally uses sound to invite therapeutic and restorative effects to the mind and body. Listening to the sound of harmonic vibrations created by singing bowls, gongs, and chimes can be a meditative, peaceful, and restful experience, and help you into a relaxed state. All you have to do is be comfortable and listen.