Sara Teal Sound Therapy & Yoga (2026)

16/12/2025

Why handpans don’t sit comfortably in a sound bath

This often surprises people, because handpans are beautiful instruments.
But beauty isn’t the same as suitability.

A sound bath isn’t a performance or a listening experience.
It’s a nervous system practice.

The intention of a sound bath is immersion rather than attention — sound becomes an environment the body can rest inside, rather than something the mind follows.

Instruments like gongs and singing bowls work so well because they’re non-linear and non-melodic. They don’t tell a story. They don’t ask the listener to track rhythm or phrase. The system can soften, widen, and drop out of effort.

A handpan, by contrast, is melodic and relational. Even when played gently, the mind naturally follows it. Attention gathers. The field subtly reorganises around the player rather than around vibration itself.

That doesn’t make handpans “wrong”. They’re exquisite in concerts, ceremonies, and devotional spaces. They just create a different state.

Understanding these distinctions is one of the things that separates a relaxing sound session from a truly regulating one.

This kind of field awareness is at the heart of my Sound Therapy Facilitator Diploma — not just learning how to play instruments, but learning how to sense the state you’re creating, and why. Full details in the pdf brochure on my website: www.sarateal.co.uk Early bird ends 21/12/25

09/12/2025

Most people think sound therapy is simply relaxing.
But the real magic of sound is that it changes the state of the body.

When the body is overwhelmed, the system tightens.
Breath shortens.
Thought loops strengthen.
The subtle body contracts.

Sound works because it gives the system something it rarely receives in daily life:
a steady, coherent vibration to entrain to.

As bowls, drums, and gongs move through the room, the body begins to soften its grip.
Muscles release.
The breath deepens without effort.
Old patterns start to loosen.
The whole field reorganises itself toward harmony.

This is why a sound session often feels like a reset — not because of volume or drama, but because the body remembers how to return to its natural rhythm when given a stable frequency to lean into.

My Sound Therapy Facilitator Diploma teaches you how to work at that level.
Not just “how to play an instrument,” but how to sense the shifts in the room, guide people safely through deep layers, and shape a session that genuinely supports change.

If you’ve ever felt that sound carries wisdom, depth, and mystery…
This training shows you how to meet it with presence, skill, and integrity.

✨ Early Bird closes 21/12/25
✨ Payment plans available
✨ Sheffield • Feb - April 2026

Full brochure on my website: www.sarateal.co.uk

25/11/2025

✨ 90-Minute Restorative Sound Bath with Gong

Tuesday 2nd December • 7pm
Hillsborough Golf Club • £18 ✨

Sink into deep rest as you’re bathed in soothing sound and vibration.
This 90-minute session is designed especially for those who’ve *never* experienced a sound bath before — a gentle introduction to the power of sound to calm the nervous system, settle the mind, and return the body to its natural rhythm.

You’ll lie down, get cosy, and let the shifting tones of the gong and other therapeutic instruments wash over you. Nothing is required of you except to relax. Most people describe feeling clearer, lighter, grounded, and deeply restored afterwards — like a long exhale they didn’t know they needed.

**Please bring:**
– a yoga mat or camping mat
– blankets
– cushions
– an eye mask if you have one
– anything else that helps you feel comfortable and supported

There’s no movement involved and no previous experience needed — simply come as you are, settle in, and allow the sound to do the work.

To book or ask any questions:
Contact Louise on **07881 364702** or **louise@tranquilescape.co.uk

12/08/2025

The Sound BATH is FULLY BOOKED...and 3 places left for the Sunday morning workshop on the 31st...

01/08/2025

Late Summer Offerings ✨
As we move through August into early autumn, you’re warmly invited to gather in circle, breathe deep, and realign with the quiet intelligence of your body and the rhythm of the seasons. Here’s what’s coming up:

🌑 New Moon Sound Bath – 22nd August
Join me for a deeply restorative sound journey under the dark moon, a time to empty out and begin again. Bathed in the resonance of healing sounds, you’ll be invited to set fresh intentions and recalibrate your inner frequency.

🌹 Rest, Receive, Remember – 31st August
A nourishing 3-hour ceremony for women, weaving rest, sound healing, and the heart-medicine of rose. Limited to 12 spaces, this intimate circle invites you to soften, reconnect, and remember who you are beneath the noise.

🌬️ Conscious Collective Breathing – 3rd September
A guided breathwork session to clear the clutter and connect more deeply with your body, heart, and truth. Through conscious breathing in community, we’ll create space for insight, regulation, and release.

🍂 Autumn Equinox Ceremony – 19th September
Mark the turning of the wheel with an evening of tulsi tea, yin yoga, crystal bowls and gong, honouring the balance of light and dark. A sacred pause to reflect, realign, and root into the season ahead.

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Booking details and spaces for each are available now (link in bio) — feel into what’s calling and join me where you’re drawn.
With love,
Sara x

28/06/2025

Sound Bath
Wednesday 9th July | Full Moon Portal
This immersive sound journey invites you to soften into stillness and listen with your whole being. As the full moon in Capricorn approaches, we’re offered a potent moment of reflection — a time to honour what has been built, acknowledge what’s no longer needed, and make space for quiet revelations to rise.

Through layers of sound — from singing bowls, voice and drums — you’ll be gently supported to release the energetic clutter of daily life and return to a deeper rhythm within.

This is not about doing or fixing. It’s about remembering. Listening and letting go.

Let the sound carry you toward clarity and a renewed sense of alignment with your inner wisdom.

No experience is necessary — simply bring yourself, a mat , blanket, and a willingness to receive.

30/05/2025

Gong Bath Meets Yin Yoga: A Journey into the Fascia — Preparing for the Summer Solstice

This is a practice of deep listening — to the body, to vibration, and to the shifting energies of the Earth herself.
Yin yoga invites you into long-held, supported postures that reach into the fascia — the connective tissue network that holds our structure, our patterns, and even our emotional imprints. By pausing in stillness, we create the conditions for this tissue to rehydrate and release, softening places of holding we may not even realise we carry.
As the body yields to gravity, the live gong bath adds another layer — a field of sound that doesn’t just move through the air, but through you. Gong vibrations pe*****te the body’s fluid systems, travelling along fascial lines, reaching places words and touch can’t always access. The result is a powerful synergy: the architecture of the pose creates space, and the gong fills it with resonance.
Held a week before the Summer Solstice, this session also offers an energetic clearing — a way of shedding what's no longer needed so we can meet the turning point of the year in full presence. Just as fascia responds to warmth, intention, and flow, so too can our inner landscape prepare to greet the light with more spaciousness and vitality.
You're invited to rest, to receive, and to be attuned — body, mind, and seasonal spirit.
www.sarateal.co.uk for more information and to book.

07/05/2025

Gong Bath: Rest. Reset. Tune In.
A gong bath is a chance to fully switch off while being immersed in sound. You don’t need to do anything — just lie down and let the vibrations of the gong move through your body and mind. People often say it helps them feel clearer, more grounded, and less tense.
This session will support your ability to slow down, tune in, and maybe even find words for things that have felt stuck or unspoken. It’s ideal if your head’s felt full lately, or you’ve been finding it hard to focus or express yourself.

Friday 16th May
7pm - 8.15pm
Hillsborough Trinity Methodist Church
£15
More info and to book in - see link in bio

20/04/2025

So excited for this…4 weeks today!

Awaken, Ignite, Expand

After letting the midpoint energy of Beltane settle—between the renewal of the Spring Equinox and the height of the Summer Solstice—this is a moment to pause, reflect, and honour what’s stirring within. We’ll begin with heart-opening cacao to ground and centre, then move into journaling and sharing to explore what is ready to emerge. Gentle yoga will support the body in softening and opening, creating space for insight and renewal. A deeply restorative sound bath follows, inviting integration and deep rest. We’ll close with journaling and reflection, giving space for intentions to root and expand in alignment with the season’s energy.

16/04/2025

Just some thoughts channelled through ChatGPT following the UK’s Supreme Court ruling that legal definition of women is based on biological s*x.

One of our chats:
Biological Reality vs. Identity You’re recognising that biological s*x—chromosomes, reproductive organs—is not something that can be fully changed. In a society grounded in materialism and science, public discourse often prioritises “proof” over lived experience.
Energetic Alignment & Embodiment You’re also honouring that gender identity can be felt energetically or soulfully—someone may deeply sense alignment with a different gender than assigned at birth. This resonates with many spiritual traditions where gender is viewed as fluid energy (e.g. yin/yang, shakti/shiva).

I would love to know your thoughts! (Compassionate replies preferred! 🤣)

Energetically, the feminine is not limited to biology—Shakti lives in many forms.
Trans women may feel deeply connected to the feminine archetype, but that doesn’t negate the different path cis women have walked.
Perhaps the goal is mutual honouring of the different routes we’ve taken to arrive in the feminine.

15/04/2025

Anyone else think that this year is flying…?!

Next stop is BELTANE, a halfway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. A perfect time for a sacred pause & reflection — to honour how far you’ve come, tend to what’s blossoming, and feel into what still wants to grow.

Let the fire of Beltane rekindle your connection to passion, purpose, and possibility.

How are you feeling as we move towards this potent threshold?

Beltane offerings:
SOUND BATH Wed 7th May
GONG BATH Fri 16th May
AWAKEN, IGNITE, EXPAND Sun 18th May
A 3 hour workshop with cacao, meditation, journalling, gentle yoga and a sound bath.
EARLY BIRD PRICE £29 use code BEL29 when prompted.
Details in bio.

07/04/2025

✨ WAXING CRESCENT SOUND BATH ✨

Embrace the gentle energy of this Friday’s waxing crescent moon with a deeply restorative yin sound journey. As the moon begins its cycle of renewal and growth, we’ll create space to nurture our own quiet intentions and inner wisdom.

Surrender to the qualities of receptivity and restoration as crystal bowls, gongs, and gentle percussion guide you into deep relaxation. This intimate sonic experience honours the moon’s current phase—a perfect time to slowly cultivate energy and plant seeds for what you wish to manifest.

Bring: Comfortable clothes, mat, blanket, eye pillow
When: Friday, April 11 at 7pm-8.15pm
Where: Hillsborough Trinity Methodist Church
Investment: £15

Book through www.sarateal.co.uk

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