405 — The Science and Spirituality Behind Sound Therapy With Tenille Bentley

Sound can do so much for us. It can entertain, inform, motivate and immerse you in its healing tones. If you don’t believe it, take an early morning walk in a park and let nature surround you with sounds that can heal your soul if you let it.

At the dual closures of a 15-year adventure in the corporate world and a long-term relationship, Tenille Bentley came back to her first love — music — as medicine to bring joy and healing to her body and soul. 

Tenille shares her healing story that led to a new career as a performer who combines music, frequency and science to connect, heal, soothe and celebrate and explains how you can too, even with little to no musical knowledge, this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Tenille’s work on her website. Find her on social media via Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Listen to her music on Bandcamp and Spotify. Explore a coaching/mentoring opportunity with Tenille at this link. Watch the trailer for her film, Does Sound Heal, and learn about sponsoring opportunities at this link. Check out Tenille’s Attune app at this link.

For Spirit Gym listeners: Save 20 percent on Tenille’s 12-week, self-paced Institute of Sound and Frequency course at this link. You need no prior knowledge of music or know how to play an instrument to take this journey. Use the promo code CHEK2026 to receive your discount. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.)

Timestamps

2:40 The differences between sound healers and sound therapists.

7:14 “My work has been shaped by beauty, but also the rupture of life.”

10:38 Giving up music for building companies.

18:04 When Tenille’s calling back to music returned.

25:21 “You don’t choose the instrument… the instrument chooses you.”

33:29 Your relationship with sound.

41:42 The ngoni (African harp).

46:36 Tenille recalls experiencing trauma, heaviness and crying during a concert.

54:10 “I purposely walk in (to a sound experience) without a plan because the room is going to tell me.”

1:10:59 The importance of silence.

1:18:28 Over the past 15 years, Tenille has surrendered to a journey that’s led by something greater than her with unwavering faith and surrender.

1:29:09 The first instrument that called to Paul.

1:39:16 A sound diet.

1:58:02 “Some of the deepest, most profoundly changing songs in people's worlds have been ones that have just been written through me in five minutes.”

2:08:11 Do you regularly question your contribution to the world, especially if you’ve left it for a short time?

Resources

Digital Consciousness: The Emotional Digital Frequency of Self by Tenille Bentley

The Shruti box

Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)

Healing at the Speed of Sound: How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives by Don Campbell and Alex Doman

Paul’s podcast conversations with Ian Morris, Dr. John Demartini, Ross Newkirk and Jonathan Goldman

The work of Don Miguel Ruiz and Dr. Bruce Lipton

Searching For Sugar Man

The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden

The Humming Effect: Sound Healing for Health and Happiness by Andi and Jonathan Goldman

Find more resources for this episode on our website.

Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music

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