
Teachers 2026

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(UK)
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HELEN CAMPBELL
Helen Campbell is the founder and lead tutor of the Academy of Sound Therapy in the East Midlands, UK. Her mission is to support students in fulfilling their soul’s calling through sacred sound. The Academy’s Sound Therapy Practitioner Courses include training with B Love Flumies, which Helen considers the finest available. She also offers bespoke one-day workshops, including gong and Flumie training. Her teaching is rooted in integrity, depth, and a passion for empowering students on their sound healing journey.
Contact details:
Academy of Sound Therapy Ltd
Phone: +44 7450 509894
Email: helen@academyofsoundtherapy.com
Website: https://www.academyofsoundtherapy.com/
DIANNE GEORGE
Dianne George is a UK-based sound healer deeply inspired by the B Love Method and the work of Bear and Shion. Her practice centres on the healing power of sound and movement medicine to restore balance, expand consciousness, and reconnect people with the love and peace within their hearts. Through Flumies and gong work, Dianne supports emotional release, heart healing, and vibrational alignment. Her teaching is grounded in compassion and devotion, helping clients raise their vibration, let go of trauma, and rediscover their true nature as love.
Contact details:
Email: diannegeorge66@gmail.com
Phone: +44 7539 384956
Website: https://www.diannegeorgesoundhealing.com/healing
PAULINE SPEIRS
Pauline Speirs, founder of Sound Therapy Scotland, has been a certified Bear Love Teacher since 2022. She integrates the B Love Method into her Gong Practitioner training and offers dedicated Flumie training for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Inspired by Shion’s emphasis on grounded awareness, Pauline supports students to develop confidence, centred presence, and refined listening skills. Her teaching style is steady, thoughtful, and deeply rooted, helping practitioners build strong technique and an embodied relationship with sound.
Contact details:
Website: www.soundtherapyscotland.com
Email: info@soundtherapyscotland.com
Social media: Sound Therapy Scotland
RACHAEL THOROGOOD
Rachael Thorogood is a UK-based holistic practitioner with nearly three decades of experience alongside a long nursing career. Her work weaves together sound therapy with a wide spectrum of complementary practices, including reflexology, Reiki, breathwork, chakra clearing, hypnotherapy, and emotional healing techniques. Rachael offers bespoke support for individuals exploring sound, working with an extensive range of sound therapy instruments, the complete Paiste gong collection, and antique Himalayan singing bowls. She works one-to-one, with groups, and in corporate wellbeing settings. Her practice is rooted in care, integration, and deep listening, guided by what she describes as her soul purpose.
Contact details:
Website: www.soultosole.org.uk
Phone: +44 7967 797087
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(BELGIUM)
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SAM SUWIER
Sam Suwier is a sound practitioner guided by a deep reverence for life, ceremony, and transformation. Drawing inspiration from sweat lodge traditions, Sam approaches the gong not as a performer, but as a humble participant in the expression of sacred cosmic harmonics. His work weaves together sound, mindfulness, and ritual, creating spaces for deep inner listening and heart-based transformation. Discovering Bear Love Flumies has allowed Sam to access and reveal the intricate language of the gongs with exceptional clarity and precision.
Contact details:
Sound of Presence
Address: Prins Karelstraat 28, 8670 Oostduinkerke, Belgium
Email: sam@soundofpresence.com
Website: www.soundofpresence.com
Instagram: sound_of_presence
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(CANADA)
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KEN LITTLE (RESONANT TRANSITIONS)
Ken Little is an artist and sound practitioner working at the intersection of mindfulness, experimental ambient music, whole-person care, and end-of-life meditation. Under the name Resonant Transitions, he offers music, facilitated meditation, and training that gently open conversations around grief, loss, and dying. Ken specialises in large metal instruments such as gongs, bowls, cymbals, and chimes, with a strong focus on friction mallets. He offers small-group and one-to-one advanced training from his sound studio in Ontario.
Contact details:
Location: Westport & Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Email: ken@resonanttransitions.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resonanttransitions
Mobile / WhatsApp: +1 416 728 0213
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(CHILE)
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FRIDA MÖHRES
Frida Möhres has been teaching gong playing since 2019 with a grounded and intuitive approach that blends technique, presence, and playfulness. Certified as a Gong Teacher by Bear Love Sacred Sound and Don Conreaux, she supports students in building confidence, deepening their relationship with their instrument(s), and exploring sound with curiosity and openness. Her teaching honours tradition while encouraging natural expression through listening, experimentation, and co-creation.
Contact details:
Location: Santiago de Chile, Chile
Email: gongwithfrida@gmail.com
Website: www.gongwithfrida.com
Instagram: gongwithfrida
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(CZECH REPUBLIC)
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NICOL KOZÁKOVÁ (NARAYAN PRITI KAUR)
Nicol Kozáková (Narayan Priti Kaur) experienced a profound encounter with sound in 2010 that became deeply imprinted in her consciousness and life path. Since then, sound has been her way of life and a central tool in her calling to support the awakening of human consciousness. Her work is rooted in lived experience, devotion, and the transformative potential of sound.
Contact details:
Phone: +420 604 477 618
Email: nkozakova2@gmail.com
Website: https://www.awakening-klinika.cz/
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(GERMANY)
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JØRG BEHNSEN (JØ GI BÄR)
Jørg Behnsen is a physiotherapist and osteopath whose refined sensitivity allows him to perceive and work with the smallest vibrations. Meeting Bear and Shion expanded his gong practice into a vast spectrum of magical sound textures. His creativity, deep empathy, and extensive experience with gongs from various makers—especially Oetken gongs—inform his B Love Flumie training. With access to a large gong collection, Jørg offers immersive and practical learning environments rooted in precision, resonance, and embodied listening.
Contact details:
Email: jb@pfg-ol.de
Location: Germany
MICHAEL KARLINGER
Michael combines gong work with vibroacoustic therapy, creating a precisely tuned sound experience that allows vibration to be felt directly on the skin and deep within the body. His work supports nervous system regulation, emotional release, and the creation of clarity, creativity, and authentic connection. Michael offers one-to-one and couples sessions, as well as gong trainings that integrate B Love Sacred Sound tools with grounded emotional intelligence. His approach blends physical impact, emotional presence, and structured, clear guidance.
Contact details:
Website: www.michael-karlinger.de
MAIKE WITT
Maike Witt is an experienced gong player and certified B Love Flumie Teacher since 2022. Her first workshop with Bear and Shion in 2020 profoundly touched her, and she has since devoted herself to sharing the techniques developed by Bear. Maike teaches the energetic, mental, and technical foundations necessary for successful Flumie playing, with passion and dedication. A highlight of her journey was the Flumie workshop at the Golden Gong Gathering 2025. The magic of Flumies continues to inspire her daily practice.
Contact details:
Die Klangreise – Maike Witt
Location: Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Website: www.die-klangreise.de
Email: info@die-klangreise.de
Mobile: +49 157 58399329
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(HONG KONG)
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MARTHA COLLARD
Martha Collard is the founder of Red Doors Studio, established in 2015 as Asia’s first dedicated gong centre. The studio represents major European gong, mallet, and sacred sound instrument makers and houses one of the largest gong collections in Asia. Martha is an international teacher, performer, and presenter at festivals and large events across Asia and North America. She also teaches gong on The Shift Network. Her work focuses on experiential learning, emotional wellbeing, and deep sonic exploration.
Contact details:
Red Doors Studio Limited
Address: F/21, Block A, Lee Fund Centre,
31 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong
Email: martha@red-doors.com
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(ITALY)
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CHIARA LEONE & ENZO MILONE
Chiara Leone and Enzo Milone are certified sound healers and gong practitioners based in Tuscany, near Lucca. Their shared journey with the gong began over ten years ago and has since become a devoted path of practice, teaching, and exploration. They offer sound sessions and workshops with care, sensitivity, and deep respect for the transformative power of sound.
Their work includes Paiste, Grotta Sonora, and Woom gongs, alongside corn shells, terracotta sounding sculptures, and other acoustic instruments. Trained initially by Don Conreaux and later influenced by many teachers, their meeting with Bear and the Flumie in 2023 profoundly deepened their sensitivity, awareness, and way of playing.
Contact details:
Phone: +39 333 175 7895 / +39 391 477 5384
Email: chi_leone@yahoo.it
Email: milone.enzo@yahoo.it
Location: Tuscany, Italy
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(MALAYSIA)
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YAN SOH
Yan Soh is a sound practitioner who approaches sound as a sacred practice of remembrance and return. Through vibration, tone, and silence, she creates gentle spaces where the heart softens, the mind rests, and inner listening can unfold. Guided by deep listening and trust in the natural intelligence of each being, her work emphasises presence, compassion, and allowing sound to flow where it is needed.
Contact details:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DyFTZA5sH/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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(PANAMA)
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MONIQUE ILLONA
Monique Illona is the founder of The Gong Lab in Alto Boquete, Panama. She offers gentle, spacious gong baths in an intimate setting, allowing participants time to connect with nature, community, and inner stillness. Her sessions emphasise deep listening, nervous system relaxation, and embodied presence. With small group sizes and a serene garden environment, Monique creates a welcoming space for those drawn to the transformative vibrations of gongs, whether beginners or experienced practitioners.
Contact details:
Location: Alto Boquete, Panama
Business: The Gong Lab
Email: thegonglab@gmail.com
WhatsApp: +1 781 576 0273
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(SINGAPORE)
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FIONA TEO
Fiona Teo began her spiritual journey in 2016, guided by curiosity and a love for sound healing. She has studied with teachers across Asia and Europe and considers sound healing the heart of her work. Flumies are her favourite instrument, which she weaves seamlessly with gongs to create fluid, immersive sound journeys. Fiona’s work invites deep listening, inner reconnection, and transformation.
Contact details:
Website: https://www.fionaearth.co/
Email: hello@fionaearth.co
Mobile / WhatsApp: +65 8822 1005
NOEL TUAN
Noel Tuan is a sound practitioner, spiritual guide, and founder of The Ark, a sanctuary for healing and transformational arts. Trained by master gong teachers and experienced with renowned gong makers, Noel brings reverence, playfulness, and curiosity to Flumie teaching. His background in Akashic Records, Kundalini Yoga, and Innerdance adds depth and soul to his work. Noel invites students into a joyful journey of creativity, inner listening, and authentic self-expression.
Contact details:
Website: https://noeltuan.com/
Email: noeltuan@gmail.com
Mobile / WhatsApp: +65 8124 9832
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(SWITZERLAND)
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ANDREJ MASSARO
Andrej Massaro is a trained sound therapist, mindfulness trainer, and gong trainer with a strong focus on Bear Love Flumies. He offers gong trainings in Switzerland and at a sound therapy school near Lucerne, as well as internationally. His gong baths are highly Flumie-focused, reflecting his belief that Flumies unlock access to all layers of sound. Andrej teaches in German, French, and Italian, and can also offer courses in Italy. His work blends attentiveness, depth, and refined sonic awareness.
Contact details:
Klangsamkeit – Praxis für Klangtherapie & Achtsamkeit
Address: Moosmatt 25, 8905 Arni AG, Switzerland
Website: www.klangsamkeit.ch
Email: andrejmassaro@mac.com
Mobile: +41 79 476 07 42
ALAN STEINBORN
Alan Steinborn is an internationally active gong artist and teacher based in Zürich, Switzerland, known for a refined approach to friction-mallet playing rooted in listening, felt sense, and non-action. His work emphasises sensitivity, restraint, and clarity, allowing sound to emerge through attentive contact rather than force. Alan teaches internationally, supporting students in developing a grounded, responsive relationship with the gong.
Contact details:
Website: www.dasgongbad.com/en/
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(USA)
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BRIAN DICKINSON
Brian Dickinson is a sound practitioner, mechanical engineer, and herbal alchemist devoted to creating restorative experiences that support the nervous system and deepen connection with nature. He has been offering professional sound immersions since 2017 and began working with B Love Flumies in 2020. Brian shares his work in hospitals, schools, retreats, festivals, and sacred spaces. He also offers private and group training in heart-centred gong and Flumie techniques across the US and internationally.
Contact details:
Location: Durango, Colorado, USA
Website: www.sonicalchemy.co
Email: brian@sonicalchemy.co
MELISSA DICKINSON
Melissa Dickinson has practiced mindfulness since 2009 and began studying Sheng Zhen Qigong in 2015. She has travelled globally for workshops, retreats, and teacher trainings. Introduced to gong and sound vibration in 2020, she deepened her practice through the Echo of Silence retreat in Austria with Bear and Shion. Melissa brings a refined understanding of energy movement to her Flumie and gong work, offering a subtle, embodied, and energetically informed approach to sound.
Contact details:
Location: Durango, Colorado, USA
Website: www.sonicalchemy.co
Email: HeartCenteredDesign@gmail.com















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