Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine

Acutonics® Elective: Planetary Hand Chimes: In Ceremony, Ritual and Sound Journeys

This class will introduce the hand chimes and their location in the Acutonics® system. We will address the importance of choosing suitable mallets, and methods for holding two or three at a time. We will further explore the use of Planetary Hand Chimes in both private and group ritual and sound journeys.

Our inquiry includes chime combinations and intervals, focusing on thirds, fifths, and octaves. We will discuss how to use the chimes in ceremonies and for ritual celebrations, including ones honouring the cycles of the Earth, Sun, Moon, and other planet alignments.

We will discuss creating a therapeutic sound journey and how the chimes fit in the soundscape.

Course Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:
Express confidence, holding and striking the Acutonics Hand Chimes.
Use chimes to create a safe container and smudge and clear a space.
Use the chimes to set an intention or theme of a session.
Use the chimes on chakras, with singing bowls, the three treasures, and other applications.
Discuss the intervallic personalities of 5ths, major and minor 3rds, and their therapeutic applications.
Engage the archetypal personalities of the Acutonics hand chimes and invoke them during ceremony, ritual and sound healing sessions.

Program

Day One
9:00 am – 9:50 am

Introduction to the chimes
Where they fit on our Acutonics musical scale
How to hold 1, 2 or 3 at a time
Importance of mallets

10:00 am – 12:00 am
Chimes in treatment room
Creating sacred container
Calling in the directions
Using chimes to smudge and clear space
Creating Sacred Geometry; Fire and water triangles, Spirals
Cocooning, and Figure 8’s
Chimes in group sound healing sessions
Ceremony and ritual
Weddings and Funerals.
Cycles of the Earth, Sun, Moon and other planet alignments.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break

1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Practicum Breakout Session.
Using Chimes with the Chakras.
Using chimes with singing bowls.
Using Chimes with esoteric patterns like: the Cosmic Capstone, and the Celestial Tuning Fork

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
How we use Chimes to invoke planetary archetypes and their intervallic personalities.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Exploring interplanetary intervals and their intervallic relationships beginning with a focus on 5ths.

Day Two
9:00 am – 9:50 am

More chime 5th combinations

10:00 am – 10: 50
More chime 5th combinations

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Exploring interplanetary intervals and intervallic relationships with a focus on the minor and major thirds.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break

1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Exploring interplanetary intervals and intervallic relationships with a focus on the octaves and the microtones.

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
Expanding our perceptions, expanding the soundscape.
Creating a journey with our group. Beginning, middle and end.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Presentations from students.

For the best experience for this class, it is nice to have a microphone.