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14/07/2025

Part of the photoshoot that happened last week.

This one in Pooja Kana villa, Habaraduwa.

While the afternoon session was hold in Galle Fort, the morning was nested in nature...,
With a session in the yoga shala and another in the pool.

Different instruments for land and water use, which means that everything needed to be taken up and down from the car to the venues. Obviosuly I got a little help, but that's good exercise!

11/07/2025

Fun photoshoot day with Veronica at

We proposed varied experiences involving sound (with breathwork, with yoga, chanting meditation, mindful listening, gong bath and sound journey, and also floating in swimming pools..).
The photos and videos will be posted later.

Thanks to the ladies who volunteered to participate!
, Lindsay and Eva
Special thanks to for inviting us and organising it
And to .londo for making it happen !! 🙏💜

04/07/2025

Traveling Plants - Closing Performance,
A journey into deep listening of the more-than-human world.

* Chapter 1: a play of Elemental sounds and animals (played on sound healing instrumentd)

* Chapter 2: introduction of consciousness through collaborative play of live Plant music (PlantWave) and Voice

* Chapter 3: playing around with Machines, loops, rhythms and effects, as a metaphor for the rise of AI as a new form of consciousness
.. And closing slowly back into silence,
Where it all ends and begins...

Thanks to the lovely helpers from Studio Kayamai, Alliance Francaise and Goethe Institute.

13/06/2025

Echoing Nature's Resonance... (part of the Traveling Plants Exhibition)

A meditative and immersive sound journey into the Earth’s pulse,
Through the reimagined voices of Nature's sounds & live-looped healing instruments.

From whispering winds to rhythmic roots,
From the quiet stir of the elements to the chorus of the wild,
From ambient stillness to blossoming rhythms,
This slow-building sonic ritual weaves healing tones, natural textures, and rhythms & into a crescendo of sonic life.

This performance invites the audience into a deep listening experience; an awakening of inner resonance and a reconnection with the wild within.

Thursday 26th June
6pm onwards
@ studio kayamai, havelock rd, Col.05

It is a free event
Registration recommended: events@alliancefrancaise.lk
(All other events are also free and listed in the last attachment)

The picture and video were made last year at Studio Kayamai, also cocreating with Plant music.

26/05/2025

This was a super inspiring session, taking the "sound bath" to its literal meaning ;)

We tried a few different activities, combining sounds and water explorations.

It was at times fun, deeply relaxing, interactive and educative, with a lot of surrender to the curious child mind, and on the other side, the meditative and imaginative heart brain,
Also working with the physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual aspects of water.

The interesting thing in terms of using sounds and vibrations in water is that it makes the whole
Experience completely different:
1. Vibrations carry so much better and stronger in water than in air, so you feel it through your sense of touch
2. Instruments sound totally different when played in water, or listened to with the ears underneath the surface...

The workshop was performed a few weeks ago for , who chose Sri Lanka for their 2025 retreat abroad.
Thanks for the trust and for the good times.

And thanks Sharon
For the loving welcoming as usual

11/02/2025

Thanks to , I decided to propose my first short sound healing crash course in my small rooftop .

Best idea ever, thanks man!🙏

After 10 years of practice, many online and in-person trainings, I thought it was actually the best time to do it (and will do it again!)

We learnt about cymatics, psychoacoustics, resonance, entrainment, frequencies, overtones, intervals, Quantum and indigenous knowledge, the science and the magic, healing specs of sound in body, mind, emotions, spirit and biofield, various types of sound baths and few small practices with resonance, voice and instruments.

I think we all enjoyed it, and I didn't feel stressed even a minute during the whole weekend!!

30/01/2025

Master the basics of using sound & music,
as effective tools in your professional or personal practice.

Sat-Sun. 8-9th February, 9am-5pm
, 38 Rodrigo Mw, Nawala
Rs.25,000 lunches included (Rs. 22,000 without)
6 spots only.
All instruments are provided
DM for info and booking (+94773519237)

FOR WHO THIS IS
Anyone interested in bring the proven healing powers of sound into their professional or personal practice:
- Yoga and meditation teachers,
- Holistic healers (reiki, breathwork, acupuncture, hypnotherapy, massage, etc.)
- Therapists (psychology, oncology, Ayurveda, etc.),
- Counsellors and educators,
- People dealing with chronic pain or health issues, in search of alternative ways to heal or cope with symptoms (with no side effects!),
- People resonating with music in general, and willing to find ways to enhance their health and well-being,
- People interested in a sound healing training course, who’d like to get an introduction before diving into a full-on expensive course abroad.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
- Basic Sound Healing principles; from the perspectives of Classical & Quantum Physics, Eastern sciences and indigenous knowledge;
- How Sound, Music and vibrations affect physical, emotional, cognitive, energetic, spiritual, social and behavioral states;
- Basic playing technics on Gongs, Singing Bowls, Tuning Forks & Voice
- Different types of sound healing and their specificities
- Do’s and don’ts + useful tips
- How frequencies, harmonics, intervals, timbres or melodies can relax, energize, heal, deplete or destroy
- How to choose your instruments
- Using Sound as a healing tool when you don’t have an instrument with you
- Sound exploration practices (individual + collective)

MEET YOUR TEACHER
Rachel Chanmugam is a French Yoga Teacher and Sound Healer, with over 10 years practice. She got first certified in 2019 (Healing Sound Academy, UK) and is currently halfway through a 2-year course with Svaram, India (Integral Sound studies).
Rachel has been living with her sri lankan family for almost 2 decades.

15/01/2025

I started a daily sound practice a couple of months ago.
It includes various aspects and angles that connect everything together;
From attuning the self, to research & learning, composing, co-creating, combining sounds & instruments, etc.

This one is an exercise that I like and that I called Tuning to the state of resonance.
I do it by merging my voice (in the form of sustained tones, usually vowels)
with the healing frequency(ies) I'm hearing.

When frequencies are matched,
resonance happens,
and when resonance happens,
you can hear your voice suddenly louder,
somehow supercharged,
to the point that you don't only feel it it the voice, but in the whole body and field!

And it doesn't happen because I have a big bowl on my head carrying extra vibrations;
it works just as well with tuning Forks not touching the body!

On top of being very pleasurable, it is also super quickly very calming, gives a sense of serene inner peace, centering and clarity.
I'm sure it does much more, but that's what I fee, even just after a few minutes only...

Try it for yourself!

23/12/2024

22/12/2024

Gong Bath & Sound Journey
Next , Hiriketiya
on Thursday 26th Dec, 4.30-6pm
DM for info or booking

10/12/2024

Allow me to explain what I mean by “Augmented Sound Bath” (or Power Rest, or anything ‘Augmented’).

These terms are sometimes confusing for people, but the fact is that we have to find titles for our events, something that’s short and sweet, as well as catchy and understandable in a few words (hence the challenge! ;)

So I’ll just make an attempt at describing what I do and why I call it ‘Augmented’. I could also call it Enhanced Immersive Sound Experience, or Elevated Musical Journey, or Transcendent Healing Music... I see other terms used by sound healers, referring to ‘Amplified’ or ‘Electronic’.

First, I need to clarify that I’m using a loop station (BOSS RC505 MkII), so it is also logically ‘Amplified’ anyway, through microphone and speakers (= making the sounds louder, especially from the small instruments that we can barely hear otherwise). I wouldn’t call it ‘Electronic’, because I’m not a DJ and I’m not mixing per say.

However, the loop station allows to record concurrently up to 5 sound tracks, which can be individually monitored for volume and effects (prior + post recording).
In that sense, I can mix and change the combination of sounds as I want.

Obviously I can also play live, on top of the loops, which provides another opportunity: moving through the audience with different instruments, giving an extra dimensional direction to the sound (3D Sound = sounds coming from multiple directions and moving around).

It also allows me to come closer to the ears of the public (with instruments that are made for this purpose), while keeping a sonic background throughout for the other listeners.

So, to summarize, it’s called ‘Augmented’ because I alter the perception and feeling of sounds in many ways: by adding layers, textures, effects, rhythms and spatial directions to the sounds...
The result is a uniquely immersive sensory experience that is so much more than your usual Sound Healing!

09/12/2024

Currently going every other week to Dots Bay, Hiriketiya, to propose a few sound experiences...

This week's schedule (Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th) is available on the second page.

In a nutshell:
* Full moon Sound Journey
* Augmented Power Nap (will explain on a separate post what it is exactly 😉)
* Yoga & Sound (flowing through the 5 elements)
* Vinyasa in Sounds (with Sophie)

Brainstorming new offering for next trip (26th dec) at the moment,
And will hopefully propose a couple of new inspiring experiments!..🩵