The Way of the BoneHearth

15/10/2026

Learning how to play instruments on The Way of Sacred Sound is big part of the course. Of course it is, but it is only one part of it.

Because knowing how to make a beautiful sound doesn't automatically teach you how to create a meaningful experience for another person.

We'll explore:

🌀 listening and sound awareness
🌀 working with gongs, singing bowls and percussion
🌀 sound and the nervous system
🌀 ceremony and structure
🌀 the Archetypal Voices of Sound
🌀 holding space
🌀 working with groups and individuals
🌀 intention and discernment
🌀 designing your own sound experiences
🌀 responding to what is actually happening in the room

And there won't be a set formula that you have to reproduce. I'm not going to give you:

“First play this instrument for three minutes, then this one for five minutes, then hit the gong twice like this…”

Because what happens if the ceremony needs something completely different?

Instead, I want you to understand why you might make a particular choice and to become confident enough to make a different choice when the situation calls for it.

That's the difference between learning a sequence and learning to facilitate.

We are starting in November, if you are drawn to join us, get in touch.

With blessings
Monika 💜

12/10/2026

There is something else I want to do differently with The Way of Sacred Sound…

I don't want students arriving on day one with a shopping list of instruments as long as their arm. 😂

You do not need to spend thousands of pounds on instruments before you've even discovered what you actually like.

There will be opportunities throughout the training to work with different instruments and explore what you're naturally drawn towards.

You might discover that you love the gong. You might fall completely in love with singing bowls. You might discover that percussion is where your rhythm lives.

You might already play an instrument that you hadn't considered bringing into sound work. And that's absolutely fine too.

If you already have an instrument you love, we'll look at how you can incorporate it into your own sound work and ceremony, rather than telling you that you need to replace it with something else.

I'm much more interested in you developing a relationship with the instruments you use than collecting a room full of things because someone told you that you need them.

The instrument collection should grow from your practice, not the other way around.

We are starting in November. If you feel drawn to step on the path of sound, please get in touch.

With blessings
Monika 💜

08/10/2026

One of the things that matters to me about The Way of Sacred Sound training is what happens after you've learnt the basics.

It's one thing to practise playing an instrument with the people on your training course. But it's another thing entirely to stand in front of a room full of people and think:

Right… they're all looking at me now. 😂

Facilitation takes a different kind of confidence.

So, as part of The Way of Sacred Sound, there will be opportunities for students to gain experience working with real people in real settings, with opportunities at the studio to facilitate sound experiences before they step out on their own.

This will be done with guidance, with feedback and with the chance to try things, get things wrong, learn what works and also learn what doesn't.

I don't expect someone to complete a training and suddenly feel that they have to know everything.

I want them to have had the opportunity to build their confidence gradually. Because holding space is not just about knowing which instrument to pick up next.

It's about being able to read the room, notice when something needs to change, know when to continue, know when to stop and sometimes know when the best thing you can do is absolutely nothing.

That kind of confidence comes from experience and opportunities to gain experience is a big part of The Way of Sacred Sound.

With blessings
Monika 💜

06/10/2026

Why am I running The Way of Sacred Sound as a one-year training?

There are plenty of ways to learn how to play a gong or a singing bowl.

But learning to play an instrument and learning to hold sound for other people are two very different things.

I've been working with sound for more than 15 years, and during that time I've held sound experiences for a very wide range of people and settings.

🌀 Public gong meditations
🌀 1:1 session
🌀 Corporate groups
🌀 SEND groups
🌀 Hen parties
🌀 ​C​are homes
🌀 Pregnancy
🌀 During birth
🌀 ​End of life
🌀 Ceremony and ritual

And, perhaps most importantly, people at very different points in their lives​. People who are relaxed, people who are nervous, people who don't know what to expect, and people who need something very different from what I might have planned.

I've learned that there isn't one way to work with sound.​ There isn't one sequence that works for everyone.​ And there certainly isn't one instrument that magically does one particular thing.

The work is in learning to listen, notice, discern and respond.​ That's a big part of why I've created The Way of Sacred Sound.

I'm not interested in teaching people to become copies of me.

I want to help people develop the knowledge, experience, confidence and discernment to find their own way of working with sound.

And that's why this is a one-year training, rather than something I believe can be squeezed into a weekend.

​We are starting in November. If you are interested and would like to know more, send me a message.

With blessings
Monika 💜

02/10/2026

A new chapter in my work with sound is about to begin... 😁

For many years now, I’ve held gong meditations and sound ceremonies in a variety of settings. ​I watch people arrive, settle, listen, relax, go on a journey, ​and maybe laugh or cry.​ And gradually ​, along the way, I have been learning just how much there is to this work.

Over the years, people have asked me many times:

“Are you going to teach this?”
“When are you going to run a training?”

And for quite a while, my answer was essentially… maybe one day. 😂

Well, that day has ​now finally arrived.

After many conversations with Kerrina​, and her gentle but persistent nudges towards stepping into this next part of my path​, I’m very happy to finally announce:

The Way of Sacred Sound
A One-Year Training in Sound, Ceremony & Facilitation

Starting in November 2026, I’ll be taking a small group through a year-long journey into working with sound, ceremony and facilitation.

​However, this isn't simply a course in how to play instruments.

Learning how to strike a gong or play a singing bowl is one thing. Learning how to listen to the sound, the people in front of you, the space, the nervous system, the silence,​ and what is actually needed in a moment​,​ that is something else entirely.

This training has grown out of the way I have come to work with sound ​and hold the space myself.

There will be instruments, techniques, and plenty of hands-on practice, but also ceremony, listening, nervous-system awareness, holding space, working with groups and individuals, learning to respond rather than simply follow a sequence and finding your own authentic way of facilitating.​ I don't want students to become mini me.

And it is a one-year-long training for a reason.

I don't believe meaningful facilitation can be learn​t in a weekend.

You can learn techniques quickly. But developing your listening, your presence, your discernment and your confidence in holding space takes time.

I want students to have time to learn, experience, practice, make mistakes, reflect, receive feedback and grow into the role​. ​Rather than simply being handed a set of techniques and sent off with a certificate.

I've spent years holding sound for others.​ Now I'm ready to begin holding space for people who want to learn how to hold it themselves.

There are currently a few places available for the first training beginning this November.

If you've experienced my gong work and have ever wondered what happens on the other side of the gong​, this might be the beginning of that journey.

The Way of Sacred Sound
Listening · Resonance · Presence

Link to more info in the comments below.

With blessings
Monika 💜

28/09/2026

Last night we floated into autumn. 🍂

As the nights draw in and the season is starting to shift, we gathered for a floating gong bath to welcome the autumn.

There is something about being cocooned in the silks with the gongs sounding that makes the season feel in your body. The vibration moves through you, loosening what summer left behind, making space for what autumn asks of us, from the slower pace and the turning inward to the reflection of the harvest .

Thank you to everyone who came and floated with us into the new season. 🙏

With blessings
Monika 🍂💜

27/09/2026

Something very exciting is starting in November!! 😁😍

27/09/2026

22/09/2026

On the eve of the Autumn Equinox, we welcome the turning of the seasons and step gently into the darker part of the year. Just as the sap in the trees returns to their roots, so too does our energy begin to turn inward.

Autumn is a time of duality, when we celebrate the abundance of harvest while also witnessing nature slowly fade.

This is our invitation to honour our own harvest: reflect on what we’ve achieved during the active part of the year and notice what may need shifting to support next year’s growth.

Like the trees releasing their leaves, we are called to release what no longer nourishes us. What has served its purpose? What holds you back from your path? Release it with gentleness. And remember, release often carries endings and endings are often the opening to a rebirth.

Every leaf released becomes compost for the future, fertilising the seeds of new ideas and projects to come.

Equinox carries the message of balance and it invites us to reflect on all parts of ourselves:

🍁 the active and the passive
🍁 the seen and the unseen
🍁 the outer journey and the inner journey
🍁 the logical and the intuitive
🍁 the conscious and the unconscious
🍁 the known and the unknown

After six months of the outer journey, of doing and striving, we now begin the inner journey, which is a softer, more receptive way of being.

A little note: the equinox is the moment when day and night are almost equal. But the true balance of light and dark happens a few days later, known as the Equilux. The Equilux in the South of UK falls on 25th September and this is the actual day when daylight and night hours are balanced. A perfect reminder that nature’s rhythms are subtle, not fixed to our calendar.

How will you welcome this change of season and prepare yourself for the deep rest and wisdom of the darker half of the year?

With autumnal blessings
Monika 💜

21/09/2026

I love holding gong meditations at the Bristol Goddess Temple and last night was no different. Journey on the wings of gongs for the autumn equinox was truly abundant, grounding and nurturing. Being held by the Goddess and the gongs while releasing, just like the trees are releasing their leaves, was pure magic.

My heart is full of gratitude to everyone who came along to welcome the transition into a new season.

With blessings
Monika 💜