Private classes

When you want in depth learning you can purchase a 4-class packet that gives you a discount on the hourly rate and gives you more time to go deeper into topics on sound. You can tailor your classes to your interests and we will design a curriculum that fits your needs and goals.

These classes come with PDF notes and instructional videos that apply to what you are learning.

Classes are also available over the internet on Zoom if you cannot meet in person. Contact Andrea to schedule your lesson.

Please Note: You can transfer this 4 Class Pack after completing to the entire 19hr Certification Program. The 4 Hours completed will count as credit to the program. The payments however will not be credited towards the total owed for the program. Payments however for the class will be reduced if you decide to take the 19hr program.

Learn about sound and how to use it therapeutically in sessions, groups or for self-care. These consultations are offered by the hour and as needed, whether you are a therapist, healing practitioner, sound practitioner looking for advice or an individual interested in using sound at home.

You will be guided by board certified Music Therapist, Andrea Cortez, who was trained in how music affects the nervous system, the emotions, the mind and physiological processes of the body.

Contact Andrea to schedule your appointment. Classes are also available over the internet on Zoom if you cannot meet in person.

If you are interested in learning about music but not for performance these lessons may be for you. If you want to learn how to practice sound meditation at home for self-care then these lessons are a good fit. These classes are for learning concepts of sound meditation and how to practice. No previous music experience required.

Learning an instrument for sound meditation is optional. You can practice with recordings.

Andrea teaches how to use the harp, voice, singing bowls, harmonium and shruti box as a way to relieve stress, a meditative practice, and a way to support mental, emotional and spiritual wellness. In these classes you learn improvisational techniques for playing with basic music theory. You will not learn pre-written songs. You will learn how to create music and sound in the moment, from your heart.

Sound therapy classes for learning how to facilitate sound baths and sound meditations with singing bowls, gong, chimes, voice, and harps.

This option is for Canadian students only.

This class is for students that have taken more than 4 classes with me and are now considered part of my studio and community student group.

Once you are part of the studio, you will receive invitations to free online Zoom meetings with Andrea offered only to students and Patreon members.

These classes can be counted towards completing the 19-hour Sound Practitioner training or can just be taken as continuing education beyond the program.

*Option available to make payments in blocks.

This program is designed by music therapist, Andrea Cortez, MM, MT-BC, who has developed the Somatic Sound therapy approach of sound healing. This method is based on mindfulness, the neuroscience of sound, mind-body awareness, and deep listening. This program is designed to give an understanding of the principles of healing with sound and to educate on how to apply therapeutic sound interventions. You will learn how to facilitate sound meditation groups and sound healing sessions for individuals.

This program includes 3 levels and apprenticeship hours for a total of 19 hours. When you complete the program you will receive a certificate as a Sound Practitioner of the Mind Body Music Method.

This program is available in-person or virtual on Zoom. All classes are private 1:1.

What you will be able to do once you complete the program:

• Feel confident playing various sound healing instruments

• Understand basic music harmony and how to shape a healing music experience

• Facilitate a sound bath or sound meditation group

• Provide trauma informed individual sound healing sessions

  Important Note: This training for sound healing is specifically to help the following areas:

1. Reduce physical and mental effects of stress and anxiety

2. Rehabilitate restorative rhythms in brain and body

3. Increase Mind Body connection and awareness of energetic body

4. To regulate the nervous system and emotional energy in the body

5. Improve inner listening and inward connection

   This training is NOT meant to teach how to use sound to heal specific illnesses or to cure disease. No claims can be made by students who complete this program that they are certified to heal a person from sickness or mental illness with this training. This is not a training for in depth psychoanalysis of patients nor can the student upon completing this program claim to be a licensed therapist.

   This certificate program is focused on working with the autonomic nervous system as well as increasing mindfulness in clients. Students completing this program can work with individuals in the capacity of assisting the wellness and self care of the client.