College of Sound Healing Annual Gathering 2027
Meitheal — Sound in Service
For the land, for one another, for what is asking our care.
14–16 May 2027
Common Knowledge, Kilfenora, County Clare
Sound Healing Annual Gathering 2027
Meitheal speaks of people coming together to share work and support one another. In this spirit, we invite sound healers and kindred spirits to a weekend exploring what becomes possible when we bring our listening, voices and intentions together. Through sound, song, movement, ceremony and silence, we will explore how our practice can become an offering of care—to the land, to our communities and to the stories we carry. There will be space to contribute and to receive, to meet what needs our attention and to find nourishment in being together. Whether this is your first gathering or you are returning, you are warmly welcome.
Immerse Yourself in Transformative Vibrational Medicine
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Ceremony/Ritual
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Fuaimeanna Gaeilge (sounds of Irish)
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Chanting & Singing
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Movement - 5 Rhythms
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Sound Bath
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Deep Listening
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Outdoor events (weather permitting)
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Fire Ceremony
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And more...
Our Guest Speakers and Facilitators
Claire Marie Barton
Dance of Life/Singing Sanctuary
Claire and Elizabeth look forward to sharing beautiful Chants and Songs with simple harmonies from our “Singing Sanctuary" repertoire on Saturday evening at the Sound Healing Conference.
Claire Barton and Elizabeth Ewing created Singing Sanctuary as a community supportive space in the middle of Clonakilty in 2024..We felt drawn to creating a place of Sanctuary once a month where people could come together to "calm down "and replenish themselves with Sound, Meditation and gentle Soul sharing.
A place for people to relax, be themselves, nurture joy and a feeling of connection.
We combine our shared experiences of Sound healing, Chant, Poetry and Meditation from Eastern, Irish and Nature based wisdoms. .
Claire and Elizabeth love creating harmonies and singing together to create the kind of space that we ourselves love to be in.
About Claire
Claire Marie Barton is a sound healing practitioner with the UK College of Sound Healing and a singer-songwriter who uses both her voice and instruments to create deeply relaxing and transformative experiences. Combining her love of music with sound therapy, Claire offers retreats, workshops, sound baths, and individual sessions that help people connect with themselves and find balance.
https://clairemariebarton.com/
Vivienne Crighton
Fire Ceremony at the Stone Circle
About Vivienne
A glance as to who I am...
Vivienne is a naturally creative, intuitive healer, educator and
facilitator, who is deeply inspired through liberating and empowering
the soul with the authentic voice.
Also as a Shamanic Artist I work with a palette of ingredients combining
voice, shamanic journeying and dreamwork as art in its many forms
bringing the inner world to share with the outer reality.
I work creatively with healing tools and techniques created to enhance
wellbeing and harmony in body, mind and spirit,now for over a decade.
I love to weave sound work, voice, poetry, stillness and movement with
shamanic practice to bring through a sturdy and well held conscious
creative space that is profoundly unique.
Katie McShane
Elementals - connect with Earth, Water, Fire and Air, through physical elements, sound and deep listening
Lucia Guerin
Sanskrit Sound and the Elements: An Experiential Exploration of Voice and Resonance
Sanskrit Sound and the Elements: An Experiential Exploration of Voice and Resonance
This workshop explores the vowel sounds held within the Mātṛkā (16 Divine Mothers), expressed through the throat centre and understood in Sanskrit traditions as fundamental sound units of creation.
Through guided vocalisation and deep listening, we will work with the first five sounds associated with the classical elements—earth, water, fire, air, and ether—and their corresponding bija mantras. With careful attention to precise articulation, we will explore how these sounds influence breath, resonance, and vibration in the body, supporting regulation of the nervous system and promoting coherence across the voice, senses, and energetic centres (chakras).
Aligned with the theme of Listening to the Land, this practice invites a direct, embodied experience of sound as a means of attuning to both internal physiology and the rhythms of the natural environment.
About Lucia Guerin
Lucia is a sound healer, voice guide, and founder of The Listening Field, a space dedicated to inner listening, embodied voice, and vibrational awareness. Her work weaves sound, breath, movement, and silence as pathways into presence, self-remembrance, and deep connection with the living world.
Alongside her work in sound healing and yoga, Lucia continues to study Sanskrit and explore the subtle intelligence of mantra and sound as living vibration. This study informs her deepening relationship with voice as both expression and listening — a threshold between body, breath, and consciousness.
Through her offerings, she invites people into a gentler relationship with their own voice, supporting nervous system regulation, emotional release, and embodied awareness. Her work is rooted in the understanding that sound is not only something we make, but something we listen through — a way of returning to harmony within ourselves and with the world around us.
https://www.listeningfield.ie/
A Beautiful Setting for Connection and Healing
- Common Knowledge is set in over 50 acres in the Burren - Kilfinora, County Clare.
- Accommodation:
- Dormitory-style with limited twin rooms (first-come, first-served) or
- Camping/Campervan
- Meals: Delicious vegetarian food included throughout the weekend.
- Link to venue: www.ourcommonknowledge.org
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Hear From Past Attendees
Elizabeth
Participant
It was truly a magical and nourshing experience. The softness and compassion and support was palpable and I really appreciated that level of care.
Oh and not to mention the great fun which is essential!
Conference - 2025
Jantsje
I feel that it brought my energy in a better flow, feel inspired again, that was my intention and love the work with the water as a continuation I take a sip and feel the energy rising.
Strong medicine all of it, also the connection with all who were there deeply touched me.
So much gratitude.
Conference - 2025
Liz
I thought the structure of the weekend was really well balanced.
The facilitation was without any sense of separateness, them and us which I loved.
You seemed to work as an integrated energy skillfully and compassionately.
I loved the early morning ,sleepy movement and kirtan sessions, drumming, time to chat, the food, the physical space, the evening concert the Toning,loved it all really.
I especially loved the ritual welcome on the first evening. It felt so lovely,sensitive, kind and inviting.
Isabella
Thanks again for this amazing weekend.
I am looking forward to the next conference.
Helena
I would like to express my deepest gratitude for this Sound Healing Conference.
This work to support & guide people with an “ alternative modality’s “ which I as a nurse was not aware of is so enlightening and empowering.
As I said, I am tone deaf but I learnt from the facilitators and it did not stop me being included in the work.
The efficient way the team organised the whole event & schedule created a safe and effective workshop in which I felt each and every one of us learnt from sharing with sound.
This has opened up an awareness in me that I didn’t know I didn’t know until until now. Thank you for making this possible.
