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 voice, 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.
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 and 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.
How does this work and which instruments
correspond with each element?
• Ether, representing the principle of intention, creates a sense of spaciousness and clarity, using the voice and drone
• Fire, representing the principle of entrainment, inspires transformation and purification — and activates energy, movement, clearing, and releasing — using the rattle and gong
• Water, representing the principle of cymatics, stimulates fluidity and flow, promoting emotional healing and relaxation, using Tibetan and crystals bowls and the ocean drum
• Earth, representing the principle of binaural* and isochronic beats, brings stability, grounding, and a sense of calm and presence, using the drum and didgeridoo
• Air, representing the sound-healing principle of harmonics, represents openness and expansion, promoting a sense of freedom and lightness of being, using the flute and feather
Join Bodhi and Christopher in their 7-module online masterclass. They will teach you 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.
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 explore the wisdom of the five elements — ether, fire, water earth and air and their connection to the art and practice of sound healing.
We 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.
We begin to understand which sound-healing instruments to choose for creating specific experiences, opening portals to create your own unique sound-healing sessions.
In this module, we’ll:
• Understand the characteristics, qualities, and associations of each element in relation to sound, vibration, and healing
• 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 space and infinite potential. It’s the most subtle of the elements 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 session, we’ll:
• 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.
Through the use of instruments such as gongs and rattles, which have a strong percussive quality, the element of fire can be used to create energy and movement, purifying the container of your practice.
In this session, we’ll:
• 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, Hand-pan, 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 session, we’ll:
• Dive into the realm of water and its connection to emotions, healing, and the 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 Singing Bowls, Ocean Drum and Handpan
Grounding and stability
Dancing to the west, the element of earth, we learn the qualities of stability and grounding. It represents the physical body. The element of earth is associated with a sense of safety and inner security. The energy of earth can also be used to release anxiety. Earth is represented physiologically in our bodies through minerals like zinc, potassium, and magnesium. Earth is the element associated with mountains, forests, and fields. The most stable of all the elements, it’s the body of the planet herself. It represents grounding and connection to our physical body and all living beings. 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. Like a good mother, the earth element is nurturing, protective, and firm.
By working with instruments that have a deep and grounding quality, like the drum and didgeridoo, we start to feel grounded and connected to our physical body.
In this session, we’ll:
• 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
• Learn how to harness the earth element to enhance relaxation and reduce stress
• Develop the ability to incorporate earth practices into our sound-healing sessions to promote overall wellbeing and self-care.
Higher perspective, increased ease with change and improved communication skills
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.
Air is part of the transformation process that takes place within, enabling our ego and mind to burn away and be released, so the new can unfold. Air stores and categorizes information, as does the mind.
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 session, we'll:
• 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
• Develop the ability to incorporate air practices into your sound-healing sessions to promote self-expression, communication, and energy flow
Bringing it all together. Creating powerful and transformative Sound-Healing Experiences
In this module 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.
We use the techniques we have learned, including intention-setting, performance flow charts, smooth transitions, sound portals and silence, to craft a balanced and transformative experience.
In this session, 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 about music theory and how to harmoniously blend instruments together by determining the key and the mode of your instruments, using the modal matrix
• Cultivate the ability to unite the elements within our body and energy field, enhancing our personal sound-healing journey
• Understand the importance of creating a nurturing and sacred healing environment
• Discover how to combine the wisdom of the five elements to create balance and harmony in our 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
• Modal Matrix
• Intervals
• Harmonic Overtone Series
• Pentatonic Scales
Breathwork Practices
We incorporate breathwork practices into the elemental modules to assist with deepening your relation to each element. These are also great breath-works to bring into your 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 clients 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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