Sounds of Stillness
The creative power of sound
Ebooks, soundscapes and live online training in the therapeutic art of sound — tuning forks, gong, Himalayan and crystal bowls — by Mikaële Lagadec Patten.
An invitation
Some sounds pass through us without leaving a trace. Others reach somewhere deeper. They slow the breath, soften what we hold, and open a quiet space in which something new can take shape. For more than ten years, Mikaële Lagadec Patten has devoted her practice to that space. Through the tuning fork, the gong, the Himalayan bowl and the crystal bowl, she has guided many practitioners in the art of listening: listening to the instrument, to the body, and to the subtle moment when a state shifts and a new possibility appears. Sounds of Stillness gathers that experience into ebooks, recordings and live trainings, so that it can be studied, practised and deepened wherever you are in the world.
A lineage, and a path of her own
Mikaële's approach was shaped by many years of study with some of the great figures of contemporary sound work: Dr John Beaulieu and Dr Joseph Schmidlin for therapeutic tuning forks, and Don Conreaux and Richard Rudis for the gong. Her spiritual path also led her to Japanese Reiki: she is a certified Master Teacher in the Komyo ReikiDo tradition transmitted by Hyakuten Inamoto Sensei. Her path has also been one of shared teaching. At Lerab Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the south of France, she organised and co-taught a training in singing bowls alongside Diáne Mandle. Between 2020 and 2022, she co-led several sound therapy retreats and trainings in France with Philippe Garnier. From these encounters, she has developed protocols of her own. They bring together the gong and the drum, Himalayan bowls, tuning forks and crystal bowls, and weave in other energetic signatures: essential oils, crystals and sacred geometry. For the gong in particular, often played in dialogue with the therapeutic drum, she has created a distinctive method of rhythmic phrases, modelled on the biological cycles found in sleep, which give each session its structure and its natural progression. Her approach is rooted in the ancestral traditions of sound, informed by neuroscience and biology, and held within the contemplative framework of Tibetan Buddhism that has guided her for many years.
The collections
The collections
Therapeutic Tuning Forks — the first collection
Five ebooks retrace, stage by stage, the training Mikaële has taught to practitioners for many years. They begin with the essentials: the two families of tuning forks, the perfect fifth and its effect on the nervous system, and a first complete protocol. From there, the series opens step by step onto balance, the nervous system, the flow of energy and the elements. Each ebook can be read on its own. Together, they form a structured path towards a confident and personal practice.
Gong, Himalayan Bowls and Crystal Bowls — coming soon
New collections are in preparation, devoted to the instruments with which Mikaële has worked most closely for many years. They will include her own protocols, in which the gong, the bowls and the tuning forks meet essential oils, crystals and sacred geometry.
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