Sound Healing Practitioner Training Curriculum

The Core Curriculum comprises five weekend workshops taken over a year and a half. The five parts of the course should be taken in order. If you have previous experience with sound healing or voice work it is possible to join the Sound Healing Training at Part Two of the course.

Students will also need to complete two additional Sound Healing Workshops during the time that they are training. Attending the College of Sound Healing Conference counts as one workshop.

CORE CURRICULUM

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1. An Introduction to Sound Healing with the Voice

2. The Theory and Practice of Sound Healing

3. Music as Medicine

4. Sound Healing through the Chakras

5. Graduation Weekend

COURSE INFORMATION

PREREQUISITES
It is helpful if participants have had some experience of healing or voice work before attending the course.

COURSE TUTOR
Students should complete the five weekends of the Sound Healing Practitioner Training with one tutor. If there are good reasons why they can't do this, they can attend one part of the course with another tutor.

ASSESSMENT
There will be a practical evaluation in which the participants will have to give a supervised sound healing treatment to another student. Thirty-six practice treatments will need to be carried out and written up to complete the course.

Two pieces of written work of approximately 600 words each will need to be completed by students after each part of the course. Students will also need to complete a 3,000 word essay.

CERTIFICATE
At the end of the course, if participants have satisfactorily completed the practice treatments, written work and sound healing evaluation, they will be presented with a certificate of competence by the College.

COLLEGE MEMBERSHIP
Once you have completed the Core Curriculum you will need to complete two additional Sound Healing Workshops to become a Member of the College of Sound Healing (MCSH).

Membership of the College of Sound Healing costs £25 per year. Student Membership costs £20 for the course. Associate Membership costs £20 per year.

CPD
After they have qualified College members are expected to do a minimum of 16 hours a year Continuing Professional Development.

COURSE BOOKS
Simon Heather has written two books to accompany the sound healing training (see Books and CDs page for more information).
* 'The Healing Power of Sound - How to Enrich Your Life With Sound and Music'
* 'Sound Healing Practice'

COST
£165 per weekend workshop (£185 in London). This cost includes the course book 'Sound Healing Practice'.

The total cost of the course is £825 (£925 in London) for the five weekends of the basic training. The cost of the additional Sound Healing Workshops will vary depending on which workshops are taken.

Students will need to become Student Members of the College and have insurance cover while they are training. Student Membership costs £20 for the course. Insurance for Student Members is £32.50 per annum.

Students will need to purchase a set of 'Body Tuner' tuning forks (£42 plus £2.50 postage).

BURSARIES
The College provides bursaries for students on low incomes.

QI GONG/YOGA
Most workshops will begin with some gentle Qi Gong or Yoga exercises. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a blanket and a pillow with you.

INSURANCE
The College has a Block Insurance Scheme. The premiums are £32.50 for Student Members and £46.50 for Graduates in the UK. Students need to have insurance cover while they are undergoing the Practitioner Training. Practitioners who already have insurance cover may be able to add sound healing to their existing policy at no extra charge.

Please see the Training Dates page for forthcoming workshop dates and venues.

SOUND HEALING WORKSHOPS

These workshops can be taken before, during or after completing the Core Curriculum.

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1. Shamanic Sound Healing

2. Sound Healing with Crystals

3. Sacred Drumming

4. Chant / Mantra Workshop

5. Sound Healing With Himalayan Bowls

6. Overtoning and Harmonics

7. Sound Healing with Gongs

8. Sound Healing and Nature

9. Naad Yoga - The Yoga of Sound

10. Sound Healing with Tuning Forks

11. Soundwork in Schools

12. Sound Healing with Crystal Bowls

13. Sound Art

14. Let Your Soul Sing!

15. Angels and Sound Workshops

16. Harmonium

17. Raag Singing

For more information on these workshops please go to the Methods of Sound Healing page.

Attending the College of Sound Healing Annual Conference counts as one workshop.

Please see the Workshop Dates page for forthcoming workshop dates and venues.

History of the College

In 1996 Simon Heather brought together a group of sound healers to form the UK Sound Healers Association. One of the objectives of the Sound Healers Association was the establishment of a College of Sound Healing in the UK.

In 1998 Simon began teaching a sound healing training course for healers and therapists.

In 2000 Simon was invited to take this training to Canada. Simon spent two years training sound healers in Canada. He also taught people to be sound healing teachers so people would be able to carry on his work.

Simon has also taught sound healing in Australia (1999, 2003, 2004), Ireland (2004), New Zealand (2003), Russia (2006, 2007), South Africa (1994, 1995, 1996) and the USA (1996, 1998, 2002).

In 2005 the sound healing training course was expanded to provide a more in depth training. New tutors joined the College and a new web site was launched.

The College offers a wide range of workshops run by some of the UK's leading sound healing teachers.

COLLEGE MEMBERS MEET THE MAYOR OF SHREWSBURY AT A HEALING DAY