Education with the sonic den

Tommy, founder of The Sonic Den, is a fully qualified Schools' Music Specialist with nearly 20 years’ experience delivering Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative across West Dunbartonshire. He has worked with over 8,500 pupils, supporting a diverse range of ages and educational needs.

He has written, organised and delivered a wide array of music and performance lesson inputs including Singing lessons, Digital Music Making, Songwriting workshops, Music & Mindfulness lessons as well as Therapeutic Sound inputs for a wide age-range of children and young people with additional needs.

Including Sound bath inputs with young people and Educational Staff is an inclusive and accessible modality that anyone can participate in; there are no physical requirements and no meditation experience necessary.

Discover the benefits of sound and mindfulness with a fun, interactive curriculum that includes Mindfulness, Arts and Crafts, Sound Relaxation, Storytelling, Games and Fun with a Brain Science.

Tommy from The Sonic Den can offer once-off or weekly programmed sound relaxation and mindfulness sessions both in-school or as part of after school clubs and groups for primary and secondary schools.

Benefits of the sessions:

• Reduce stress,
• Learning self-regulation tools to face difficult emotions,
• Increased self-control, patience, stillness,
• Improves focus and concentration,
• Learning breathing techniques,
• Learning about the body, mind, and emotions,
• Self-confidence, self-compassion, empathy,
• Making new friends,
• ​Better listening skills

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