Bespoke Sound Ceremonies

Intentional rest and purposeful celebration

To sit in a ceremony with sound is to come together with loved ones, friends, and colleagues with an intention to release what no longer serves you and to invite what would.

Through the sounds of chakra attuned singing bowls, gong, rhythmic drumming, and chimes your bioenergetic field (the aura) is gently cleansed and your nervous system shifts into a parasympathetic state (rest and digest). We know from research the benefits beyond rest include lowering blood pressure and cortisol levels. This provides a sense of balance and calmness, leaving you feeling well rested.

We then move into celebration with a tea or cacao in a circle so that you can share anything you have noticed and would like to offer the group.

In closing, we will optionally use divination tools such as tarot and oracle decks to support personal inquiry and journaling prompts for going forward or we will use a simple set of questions we align on before the ceremony to leave attendees feeling supported.

Bespoke sound ceremonies last 90-minutes to 2-hours and are intended for date nights, celebrations of life and death, family and friend gatherings, and retreats.

Is this ceremony a sound bath?

Yes, the ceremony includes a guided body scan to relax each area of your body (toes, balls of the feet, ankles, and so on) as well as 60-minutes of pure sound bath intentionally focused on balancing the energetic body using specific notes and frequencies to support your transition into a parasympathetic state. We use a chakra attuned singing bowl set with notes tuned to 440hz and gongs offering a much deeper resonance than the bowls for a deep cleansing.

What will happen?

Your breathing slows and deepens
Blood pressure naturally lowers
Cortisol levels drop
Cellular repair activates
Mood-balancing hormones like dopamine return to equilibrium

You may feel your body vibrate in tune with the music at first—then soften into stillness. Many describe this as a place between consciousness and sleep: a gentle, blissful release.

Where does Attune conduct sound baths?

We work in Bellevue, Seattle, Tacoma, Vashon and the Kitsap County region with venues we regularly use or we can work in your space.

Why is a sound bath so relaxing?

When you're wide awake, the cells in your brain are bubbling around at a frequency of roughly 12.5 to 30 Hz. Singing bowls can help move your brain cells to a slower frequency of Alpha state which is around 8 to 12 Hz and gongs even lower around 4 to 8 Hz. Put simply, Beta state is awake and active. Alpha state is relaxed and sitting by the beach. Theta state is lucid dreaming and cellular regeneration. It works because your brain, like the rest of your body, is dense with water - and guess what is conductive? Water! So, when we play a singing bowl, your brain and body cells respond to the sound by vibrating at that same frequency. As we play more deeply, your cells begin to get comfortable at that frequency and replicate it themselves (entrainment). Soon, you're gently floating in a dreamlike state and your body is doing what it does best when it's relaxed - healing muscle tissue, reducing cortisol, and recovering from everyday life.

What are divination tools like Tarot and Oracle decks?

Instead of purely esoteric ideas and woo, think of tarot like a framework where each card represents an element (Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Quintessence), a zodiac sign (e.g., Scorpio, Taurus), a state (Cardinal, Fixed, Mutable), and an archetype (e.g., Emperor, Empress), etc.

The system is rooted in a blend of traditions ranging from Egypt and alchemy to humanistic astrology and Chinese medicine.

The cards combine these parameters into a single toolbox for interpretation.

As you learn the tarot framework, you’re able to read much more into the cards than the short explanation in the book. This allows you to engage with the system as a flexible language rather than a fixed set of meanings.

I do not view readings as prescriptions for action. Rather, they present possibilities and probabilities. The possibility is laid out for your consideration; the probability is shaped by your choices and free will.

Tarot can also be understood as a way to interrupt confirmation bias—our tendency to favor information that supports what we already believe. For example, if you’re convinced you should quit your job and a card suggests restriction or delay, you’re forced to pause and ask: am I actually stuck, or am I interpreting things that way? A random draw might reinforce your thinking—or challenge it.

That moment of agreement or resistance is useful. It creates an opportunity to question what you already believe and why.