INNER SOUND Sound Therapy Practitioner Training - USA, Holland

This professional training is identical to the course in Spain & London but is offered over 4 x 3-day weekends in Seattle, Washington (USA) and Borne, Holland.  Includes the INTRODUCTORY COURSE in SOUND THERAPY. It is a training in the use of INNER SOUND, a system of sound and therapeutic music for the expression and integration of the emotions.

Course content:

Module 1 - Introduction to field of sound therapy and therapeutic music Journey through 2000 years of music favorite music physics of sound

Module 2 - Diagnostic Tools: Iris interpretation and Body Reading/structures

Module 3 - INNER SOUND Listening Programs
How to create a listening program How to use Interview worksheet Use of CDs as a complement to other therapies such as Flower remedies, Chinese 5 elements, Healing Touch, massage therapy, etc.

Module 4 - Practitioner/ client relationship Transference /countertransference

In Seattle, we offer the Practitioner training between January and July over 4 weekends (includes Friday night of each weekend).

In Holland, we offer the Practitioner training between September and November.

The remainder of course work is to be completed by distance learning. Half the course is theoretical information, listening programs for the CDs, iris factors and body reading client/practitioner relationship. The other half is listening to the CDs over a period of months.

A 5th weekend is available to learn how to compile the Personal Music. There is no obligation to do the Personal Music course. However, the Professional training is a prerequisite for it.

INNER SOUND Personal Music Compiler Training (Advanced)

This course is a synthesis of 25 years of investigation by INNER SOUND in helping individuals make change through the use of sound and music. Based on over 10,000 personal music compositions by Arden Wilken, this course teaches how to compile a personal music composition based on the individuals theme using over 150 sound bytes.

Cost: $1500 (Course alone is $300. Dedicated computer $1200.) Prior registration and deposit is required.

This includes 2 Personal Music Compiler CDs. (It does not include the keyboard and mouse. Most people have these.) Afterwards each CD is $5.00 each. There is no minimum number of these you have to purchase. These are printed on the disk face with INNER SOUND Personal Music CD and there is a place for you to write the person's name and the date.

Booklets, similar to the previously provided Personal Music booklet, in which practitioners can indicate listening instructions for their clients and nominate CD titles you might also recommend.

A space is provided on the back page of the booklet for practitioners to provide their own contact information, either by stamp or sticker. Above that are contact details for Inner Sound in the US, UK and Europe.

INNER SOUND Sound Touch Practitioner Training

The Basic and Advanced courses can be taken either separately or together over a period of 2 days. Both trainings are included in the Practitioner course in Barcelona.

Upon completion of both trainings and submission of a complete treatment process with 2 models, certification as an INNER SOUND Tuning Fork Practitioner will be given.

INNER SOUND Tuning Fork Training - Basic Level

This is a training course of 12 hours tuition, about the use and basic application of the 13 INNER SOUND Tuning Forks. Each participant will have the opportunity to practice using the forks under direct supervision.

Course requirements: none.

Training objective: To learn how to use the 13 INNER SOUND Tuning Forks personally and with others as a general balancing tool.

Cost of Training: please email

This is a 2-day in depth use of the tuning forks where each participant learns specific ways to apply using all 21 of the INNER SOUND motifs to create specific healing effects.

Course requirements: A set of INNER SOUND Tuning forks.

Training objective: To learn how to use specific sequences of pairs of tuning forks to create 21 INNER SOUND motifs. Each motif has a particular healing effect at all levels - physically, mentally, emotionally & energetically. Motifs can be combined to release emotional blockages within the system that relate to a variety of different themes.

Cost of Training: please email

Basic and Advanced Tuning Fork Trainings are presented in many different locations and countries.  If you are interested in either attending or hosting Tuning Fork Trainings, please contact us

INNER SOUND Autophonetic Practitioner Trainings

Autophonetics is a bodywork technique that combines working with your body and your voice to re-tune your whole system.

The 3 key elements to achieving this are -
1) learning the correct anatomical posture in which your body recognizes when it is naturally aligned;
2) learning about the role connective tissue plays in storing unresolved trauma in your body so that you understand how that impedes your body's natural alignment and how you can change that; and
3) giving you the tools with which you can 'fine tune' your body in order to maximize the unblocking process and ultimately promote greater self-expression.

Each of these elements empowers you in freeing up the tensions in your own body - both physical and emotional - that keep you in the past and keep you from living your full potential in the present. In working with these techniques you can restore your body's alignment, improving its flexibility from the outside by manipulating the connective tissue and from the inside by using the conscious production & direction of sound to different areas or systems of the body through bone conduction and resonance. Each of these elements combines synergistically with the others, building on the progress you create, in a truly integrated and holistic approach.

Autophonetics is unique to INNER SOUND & can easily be integrated into other therapies or vocal techniques such as toning, chanting or overtone singing to deepen and enhance their effect.

It also can be used on its own to facilitate self-expression and build self-confidence. 

It is based on the 5 touches (neutralizing, opening, breaking, flowing and integration) that form an integral part of the INNER SOUND Motifs and the structural basis for the INNER SOUND Self-Discovery titles.

There are 2 INNER SOUND Autophonetic Practitioner Trainings: Basic & Advanced Levels.

The 2 courses are offered either as separate weekend courses or as a 3-day Intensive Course.

• Autophonetic Practitioner Training - Basic Level

  This is a one and one half day course presenting the basic intention and use of auto-phonetics.

  Training objective: To teach the participants to express their inner sound for greater self-awareness by using concrete sounds.

  Training requirements: None. No prior singing or voice work necessary.

  Training content:

  Anatomy of the production of sound
  Breathing exercises
  INNER SOUND 5 touches
  Introduction to the INNER SOUND Motifs
  Vocalization practice
  
  Cost of Course: on application. Course duration - one and one half days.

• Autophonetic Practitioner Training - Advanced Level

  This is a two-day course where the participants learn to vocalize many of the INNER SOUND motifs to deepen self-awareness and the expression of their inner sound.

  Training requirements: Auto-phonetic Training - Level 1. Tape recorder with the capacity to record the voice.

  Training content:

  Breathing exercises
  Advanced work with INNER SOUND 5 touches
  Application of INNER SOUND motifs for voice
  Use of auto-feedback via recording of touches and motifs
  Vocalization practice
  
  Cost of Course: on application. Course duration - 2 days.
  
  

Autophonetic Practitioner Trainings are presented in many different locations and countries.  If you are interested in either attending or hosting Autophonetic Practitioner Trainings, please contact us on info@ardenwilken.com

SOUND TOUCH Master Classes

Arden Wilken works on an individual basis with musicians using the INNER SOUND motifs and 5 touches to help them achieve their desired goal in relationship to their music.

There is no minimum number of classes. Arden works with all levels and instruments regardless of the kind of music normally played.

Cost: US $50.00 / GBP £35 per hour (pro rata) / € upon request

Some examples of desired goals are as follows: to gain greater satisfaction and pleasure while playing, to learn to improvise, or to attain greater mastery over a chosen instrument. The sessions are normally 1½ hours.  There is no minimum number of classes. Arden works with all levels and instruments regardless of the kind of music normally played. 

Student comments:

“I was practicing for my next level exam in piano and I had to play a Beethoven Sonata.  I had never liked Beethoven and was having enormous difficulty sitting down to practice.  I had a session with Arden and she showed me how to refocus my playing using 5 different touches and several of her motifs.  I was so amazed at how differently I felt in just a short period of time.  I could sit for hours practicing Beethoven and I loved it! I passed with no problems.  I now teach my piano students about the motifs and touches.”  CH, Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands

“I’m from the Caribbean and play the steel drum. I took 4 sessions with Arden and she showed me that I was playing with a lot of tension in my body, particularly in my thumbs where I was holding the mallets. I practiced the 5 touches a lot just by themselves and as well about 10 of the INNER SOUND motifs.  I noticed that I felt really good when I played my concerts and that more people were coming up afterwards and saying, ‘Hey man, that was great!’ One of the guys I play with told me that he couldn’t say exactly what was different but that the tone of the drum was ‘sweeter’ sounding.” HB, Oakland, CA