Sound Meditation

Being Of Sound Health’s wellbeing programme is designed to benefit the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of pupils and staff, and support the school’s Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare strategy.   Sessions include the use of therapeutic sound and instruments, dance, breath and body awareness exercises, grounding and mindfulness strategies, within a contained and safe space.

It is delivered in a number of ways, dependent on the needs and targets of the school and pupils, through assessing the overall health and wellbeing needs of pupils and staff with a view of creating a programme of action in response to the findings, and measuring and evaluating the impact of any interventions

Practical tools that are modelled, taught and experienced by pupils and staff and parents, as evidence shows that interventions that take a whole school approach are more likely to have a positive impact in relation to outcomes.

Who delivers this therapy?

Joanna is a qualified and experienced Sound Practitioner and wellbeing coach of over 10 years’ experience. She has 20 years experience working in the formal and informal education sector, as well as lived experience of SEN and Mental Health and Wellbeing challenges.   Places of work include SEN schools and PRUs, KS1-KS4 mainstream, youth and community groups, NHS groups and private clients, for parents and families, as well as children and young people. She has an MA in Applied Anthropology, Youth and Community, where her thesis was on the power of food and ritual in communities; is a qualified Empowered Learning Practitioner, teaching visual methods of learning for those with SEN, and has completed an AFN Certified course in nutrition.  She trained with Deb Dana in the Poly Vagel Theory, which focuses on the interplay between trauma and stress within the body with our ease of social engagement.