Biography
Renee has been practicing the art of Sound Healing for nearly 30 years through both group sound meditations and personal healing sessions. She uses a huge array of instruments including Crystal Singing Bowls, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Gongs, Native American style flute, Medicine Drums, Tuning Forks and so many more instruments and frequencies!
She's also produced a number of recordings and albums to share her music.
"My life changed after having a sound healing with Sound Therapist Cathy Dean. I was in my early twenties and my whole life changed - I left my job, my fiancee and my house!
I moved to the forest and began my Sound Healing apprenticeship. I was lucky enough to work with Cathy Dean for a year, as well as other sound healers, learning about toning and the power of sound.
After this year I came to Cairns and fell in love with the place and began holding Harmonic Whirly Meditations on the full moon. Over the years I continued to slowly gather more sacred sound instruments, like Tibetan Singing Bowls, Native American Medicine Drum, then the Crystal Singing Bowls, then Gongs, Crystal Lyre and Native American Flutes. My musical family is always slowly growing with new sonic healing delights that I love to share with the commUnity.
The formation of a group Soul Harmonics Orchestra enabled the first recorded album, The Cosmic Seed to be released in 2010. Blessed in Cairns by Cherokee Medicine Man Bobby Runningfox - a special highlight in my life.
Although there are many memorable moments in my journey through sound healing I'm going to skip to 2015, the year when my eldest son died at the age of 14, due to an asthma attack. The Native American flute strongly came into my life helping me express and heal my heart. In 2019 I created an album dedicated to my son, Paul, with both traditional and original songs - Peace.
Also in 2019 I was honored to play in front of 400 people at an Interfaith Gathering attended by His Holiness the 42nd Kyabgon Gongma Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche. The largest gathering I've played for and such an honour at this special event.
Over the years I have held hundreds of sound meditations, personal sessions and have played at some special events, including a wedding, art exhibition openings, and numerous retreats.
Now my focus is leaning into teaching others all the skills I have gathered over my years, so that they can be the best version of themselves and share the power of sound long after I am gone.