7 Modules with 70+ Videos Online Masterclass
Beginner to Intermediate
by Bodhi Starwater & Christopher Sol
Awaken the Sound Healer Within
A journey through music, breath, and the elements — to awaken your inner musician, your confidence, and your calling as a sound healer.
Have you felt how the power of sound can open the heart, calm the mind, and shift your entire state of being? Have you been called to learn how to create your own Sound Healing experiences?
5 Elements of Sound Healing guides you step-by-step from curiosity to confidence, from inspiration to mastery. It’s more than a course. It’s a sacred initiation into the art of sound as vibrational medicine.
You will learn how to play a variety of sound-healing instruments and how to combine them to design your own unique sonic ceremonies.
If you don’t have all, or any of these instruments, as the course progresses, you can feel into which instruments you are drawn to and eventually attract them to you so you can offer deep and effective sound healing experiences.
You’ll learn about setting intentions and harmoniously blending sounds, allowing room for stillness and silence to enable integration.
About your course guides:
Bodhi Starwater, with over 40 years of experience as a musician, sound healer, author and poet, blends the ancient wisdom of South American sound healing traditions with extensive music training on a wide variety of instruments from around the globe. With his mastery of the flute, piano, charango and percussion, combined with his intuitive artistry, he creates deeply transformative and soulful sound journeys. He has had two #1 albums on the Zone Music Reporter New Age Music charts and has over 200 tracks on the streaming platforms under the single name, BODHI (pictured with a hat). This course is based on his book, 5 Elements of Sound Healing. With a deep passion for teaching, he has guided many students to become professional musicians, composers and sound healers.
Christopher Sol Parnell, with over a decade of experience as a sound healer, musician, teaching, and didgeridoo craftsman, brings a grounded and embodied approach to healing through sound and breath. His work is rooted in a personal journey toward intentional living, deep listening, and somatic connection.
For the past eight years, Christopher has worked within addiction treatment and mental health centers throughout Southern California, offering sound healing, breathwork, and Qigong sessions that support emotional regulation, mindfulness, and inner peace. Blending lived experience with practical, time-honored practices, he creates safe, transformative spaces that invite presence, clarity, and nervous system balance.
Within this Masterclass, you’ll:
• Learn how to develop your intuition, using different instrumental combinations to create deeply relaxing and nurturing sound-healing experiences that promote balance in the body, mind, and spirit
• Understand the qualities of the elements in relation to sound, vibration, and healing
• Receive instruction in a wide variety of musical instruments (no previous experience necessary) to increase your skill and broaden the impact of your sonic journeys.
• Learn how to establish a sacred container, an intentional space that deepens the effectiveness of your sound-healing sessions by creating a supportive environment for transformation and growth.
• Access techniques of using transitions for entering and exiting portals to create a smooth sound healing experience.
• Experience the power to harness your breath and deepen your presence during your sound-healing sessions to amplify the experience for all.
• Recognize the importance of using space and silence in your sound healing practice to support the integration of the healing potential.
What You'll Discover in These 7 Modules across 70+ Videos:
In this 7-part transformational course, Bodhi and Christopher will guide you through the fundamental skills you’ll need to successfully design deeply transformative sound-healing experiences for yourself and others. They will guide you in using your breath, the breath of life to increase your life-force energy.
This course features step-by-step teachings and experiential practices. Each session will build upon the previous one. You’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you need to create transformative sound-healing experiences for yourself and others.
You’ll learn the fundamentals of music theory to help you blend your instruments into a harmonious musical orchestra. Harmonizing the elements is about creating a balance between the different elements and using them in a specific sequence that reflects their energetic flow.
By the end of the course, you’ll have everything you need to craft exquisite, transformative sound-healing journeys; to be of service to others with the restorative musical landscapes you design, allowing your body and your clients body to heal itself.
Introduction to the 5 Elements of Sound Healing
In this module, we’ll:
• Explore the wisdom of the five elements — ether, fire, water earth and air and their connection to the art and practice of sound healing.
• Discover the power of intention. By working with 5 principles of sound healing, we learn to produce powerful, transformative journeys that allow you and your listeners to align with your true nature.
• Begin to understand which sound-healing instruments to choose for creating specific experiences, opening portals to create your own unique sound-healing sessions.
• Learn the ‘Ocean Wave Buddha Breath’ and a simple harmonica exercise
• Discover how elements interact with and influence one another in the context of sound-healing
• Learn about the importance of balancing the elements within yourself and in the environment for optimal healing
Guidance from within & developing intuition
Bringing in the concept of the “directions” into our practice, we begin in the center, with the element of Ether. Ether is the element of infinite potential and represents the space in which all the other elements exist. It doesn’t have the movement of wind, the heat of fire, the coolness of water, nor the firmness of earth. It’s “akasha,” the sky; boundless, formless, completely free. Ether is the beginning of All, holds All together, and moves through All. This is where we find our inner music and discover how it can help us connect with our innate wisdom and intuition. It’s here that all things begin and it’s here that we begin our journey.
In this module, we’ll:
• Learn about the sound healing principle of Intention.
• Delve into the realm of ether, the most subtle element in sound healing
• Understand the connection between sound, vibration, and the expansion of consciousness
• Experience techniques for using the drone, humming, and vocalizing with a simple vowel practice and chant
Purification, Transformation, Vitality & Empowerment
We move to the East and the element of fire, the place of the sunrise. Known as Grandfather Fire in the Huichol tradition, an Indigenous community that resides in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. Fire is the first healer. It’s the element of purification and transformation. It represents the energy of change. The element of fire in sound healing can help to release old patterns and beliefs that no longer serve. It symbolizes death and opens the door for rebirth and renewal.
The element of fire can be used to create energy and movement, purifying the container of your practice.
In this module, we’ll:
• Learn about the sound healing principle of Entrainment.
• Discover the transformative power of the fire element in sound healing.
• Explore instruments and techniques that resonate with the fire element, such as gongs and rattles.
• Develop the ability to incorporate the fire element into your sound-healing sessions to enhance vitality and empowerment.
Emotional release, balance and harmony
We travel to the south, the element of water — the ocean, rain, rivers, and lakes. This gentle element represents emotional flow and the power of the moon. The energy of water can provide a sense of calm and peacefulness in your life. When balanced, it offers a sense of emotional connection and openness, allowing you to flow with your emotions and express yourself more freely. Water flows to the lowest level and, entering smoothly, fills any space. Mother Ocean is the birthplace of all living things on earth. She invites surrender and the allowing of all our experiences.
In sound healing, the element of water can be used to create a sense of relaxation through the use of instruments like Tibetan and Crystal Bowls, Handpan, and the Ocean Drum, which have gentle and soothing qualities. These sounds can release emotional blocks and awaken a sense of flow and ease in your life. Water has the power to inspire growth and compassion. It’s a gentle and flowing force, representing fluidity and connection to the Divine Feminine.
In this module, we’ll:
• Learn about the sound healing principle of Cymatics.
• Dive into the realm of water and its connection to emotions, healing, and the natural flow of energy in sound-healing practices.
• Understand the relationship between sound, vibration, and emotional balance within the context of the water element.
• Explore instruments and techniques that resonate with water, such as Tibetan and Crystal Bowls, Handpan, and Ocean Drum.
Grounding and stability
Dancing to the west, earth is the most stable of all the elements. It’s the body of the planet herself, associated with a sense of safety and inner security. Like a good mother; nurturing, protective, and firm, it represents grounding and connection to our physical body. Through the earth element, we connect to our collective past, all that has transpired before our birth, and all that will continue after our death.
In this module, we’ll:
• Learn about the sound healing principles of Binaural and Isochronic Beats.
• Understand the significance of resonance and grounding techniques in creating a strong foundation for healing.
• Experience the power of instruments that resonate with earth, such as drums and the didgeridoo.
• Incorporate earth practices into our sound-healing sessions to promote overall wellbeing and self-care.
Freedom and Flight
Moving to the north, we come back to the breath. Air is the element of movement and has the quality of freedom. It represents the power of the wind and the breath of life. This element is often associated with the sky and clouds. Air is unstable, ungrounded, light, swift, and etheric. It offers a higher perspective. It’s through air that we are able to connect to the upper realms of the shamanic world. The breath of life, the breath in our lungs can guide us to reflect on our experience on earth.
Air is also the element of communication, new perspective, and the mind. It can act as a bridge between the earth and fire elements, as it connects physically with the burning of material. A fire can only burn as long as it has access to air.
In sound healing, the element of air can be used to create a sense of openness and expansion through the use of instruments such as flutes, feathers, and chimes, which have a light and airy quality.
In this module, we'll:
• Learn about the sound healing principle of harmonic overtones.
• Explore the world of air and its connection to breath, communication, and prana (life force energy) in sound-healing practices
• Experience techniques and instruments that represent air, such as the flute, feathers and chimes
Bringing it all together. Creating powerful and transformative Sound-Healing Experiences
We focus on harmonizing the elemental energies to design a sonic ceremony that flows naturally. We incorporate basic music theory to understand the importance of harmonious connections between instruments, using our intuition to create a space for deep healing and alignment.
Weaving the techniques of intention-setting, performance flow charts, smooth transitions, sound portals and silence, to craft a balanced and transformative experience.
In this module, we’ll:
• Develop the skills to combine instruments that resonate with the elements in a sonic ceremony, to address imbalances and promote an overall sense of well-being.
• Learn how to harmoniously blend instruments together by determining the key and the mode of your instruments, using the modal matrix.
• Understand the importance of creating a nurturing and sacred healing container.
• Combine the wisdom of the five elements to create balance and harmony in your own sound healing practice.
Instrument Techniques
We cover all the instruments we have associated with the 5 Elements including;
• Ether: Voice and Shruti Box
• Fire: Rattles and Gong
• Water: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Crystal Bowls, Ocean Drum and Handpan
• Earth: Frame Drum, Didgeridoo
• Air: 5 Flutes and Feathers
+ Harmonica
Music Theory
• Basic Keyboard Fundamentals
• Scales and Chords
• Intervals
• Harmonic Overtone Series
• Modal Matrix
Breathwork Practices
We incorporate breathwork practices into the elemental modules to assist with deepening your relation to each element. These are also great practices to enhance your own offerings.
• Ocean Wave Buddha Breath
• Breath Of Fire
• Alternate Nostril Breath
• Box Breath
• Consciously Connected Breath
• Double Beat Breath
Special Bonus Material
5 Elements of Sound Healing (.pdf)
The Art of Vibrational Medicine and Sonic Ceremony
*Used as a manual for this course to further deepen your learning and deepening into Sound Healing.
Using the five elements of nature as our guide, we will explore the techniques of intuitive sound healing and how to apply these in a practical way. Our body has a natural capacity to regenerate itself. With the right nurturing environments, rest and nutrition, our body repairs itself. The healing comes from within. All medicine, including sound, simply facilitates this process.
TESTIMONIALS
What students are saying
"Bodhi and Christopher are extraordinary teachers that meet you where you are. They made me feel incredibly welcome, capable, competent, and engaged at every level. I love the integration of the elements and understanding how they work together. I look at them as building blocks and I was able to associate instruments with them in a new way." - Alex
"I'm grateful to this course because they took the difficult things and made them simple. I feel more confident that I can work with other people and we can blend our tonal instruments together. I would never have tried that before.” – Kemira
"This course really provided very useful information to help me up-level my Sound Journey offerings! I feel blessed to have taken this high quality training with Bodhi and Chris. Their breadth and depth of knowledge and experience, combined with an accessible teaching style, made this an extraordinary training! I would love to study more with them.”
– Michelle, Yoga Teacher
“Working with Bodhi and Chris was a magical learning experience. I came in loving music but not knowing a lot about how to put it together. They are phenomenal teachers.” – Mary
“Bodhi and Chris are the best teachers that I've come across. I've been a sound healer for over 10 years, and they assisted me with better understanding music theory, guiding me on the path of making really harmonious music.”
– Kyle, Sound Practitioner
“After this course, I finally had the confidence to lead full sound baths on my own. The structure, the breathwork, the mindset — everything just clicked.”
— Maya, Massage Therapist
FAQ
Still have questions?
Yes, our course is independent study consisting of 70+ videos that guide you step-by-step through teachings and experiential practices. Each session will build upon the previous one. You’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you need to create transformative sound healing experiences for yourself and others.
You can go at go at the pace that feels good to you. Participants usually take 7 weeks to digest the course and implement each teaching and practice.
If you have prior experience of sound healing than you may find yourself implementing these lessons more quickly to expand your practice.
If you have questions along the way Bodhi and I are here to support you within the community.
We have been hosting sound healing sessions and teaching for well over a decade and have witnesed many sound healings that are harmonious and not.
For certification through us we require you to implement the teachings, practices and then record your own sound healing to showcase where you are. Upon our review we will give you a certification with the Starwater & Sol stamp of approval.
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