Gina Salá
Sound Therapist

One World Global Vocals
(206) 412-3745
http://www.ginasala.com/

Gina Salá is a vocalist, sound therapist and teacher  who facilitates individuals and groups internationally in experiencing directly the power of their voices to bring about healing and wellness.  With a repertoire spanning 23 languages, she has learned and shared cross-cultural songs and sound healing techniques  in stages, living rooms, healing centers and huts throughout much of the world. She has served as co-director of Sound Healers of Washington for 8 years.  Her performance credits include completing a contract as lead singer for Cirque du Soleil’s “O”, singing at the United Nations, the U.S. Pentagon and more.

SOUND, VOICE AND HEALING

Gina Sala’ (BA) began learning  and  practicing  cross-cultural sacred sound, mantra and chant at the age of 3 while living in a hindu ashram.  She has lived and studied in a buddhist monastery in Nepal, studied with shamans, and teachers from Africa, Russia, N. America, the Amazon (Peru) and more. She has also studied therapeutic aspects of sound extensively with Don Campbell, author of the Mozart Effect and Music: Physician for Times to Come, Dr. Pat Moffitt Cook, Tom Kenyon and others.  She completed coursework and assisted in workshops with the Institute for Music Health and Education. She was also one of the first musicians to finish coursework in the“Music for Healing in Transition” Program (working with people in hospice and hospital settings) and is hired to share therapeutic sound and music in hospitals.

Gina Sala’ teaches experiential classes and workshops in the power of sound, mantra, Bhutta Shuddhi and voice in schools, retreat centers, yoga centers and other venues, offers individual voice lessons and voice therapy sessions and directs a choir.

Sound with Youth

Gina Salá is  featured in the Across Borders Media documentary “Sing: a Healing Community Celebration”   for her use of cross-cultural song and voice techniques in working with “at-risk” and differently-abled youth. She continues to work with youth in variety of organizations to help them find their own wholeness, and power, and to help create the world in which they’d like to live.

Global Offerings: Tours and Conferences

She leads annual trips (called “River of Sound”) to India to study and learn with music and sound masters in sacred sites, mainly centering on the Ganges River. She helps bring unity and connection to groups in organizations (e.g. Sacred Psychology Association) and conferences (e.g. IONS) and meetings (e.g. Mid-East Peace Dialogue, World Sits Down to Dinner) through participatory, interfaith song and chant.  Repeatedly, she shows diverse groups that when our voices unite in song, our hearts experience our harmony and unity and from there anything is possible.

Recordings

Gina Salá  is a featured vocalist on many cds, including Roland Keyboard’s “Voices of the World”, “Sacred World Chants”, “Spirit Rising,”  “Raga Cycle,” Tulku’s “A Universe to Come” and others. She in the process of a collaboration with Indian musicians, recording in India incorporating sacred mantra and devotional love songs that is expected to be completed in India in May 07. Her mantra CD and Sound Practices DVD are scheduled for release in May 07 and May 08. Her Global Vocals cd is due out in fall 07.

Purpose

Gina Sala’ is dedicated to sharing awareness and experience of the power of sound and our own voices to bring about integration and balance of our mind, body, spirit and heart.  In that balance, wellness and love naturally arises and we are better able to care for eachother and the planet. Gina Salá’s passion is helping us awaken to Who we are and to experience the enjoyment and wholeness that arises from living an empowered, joy-filled life.

Other Testimonials - What People Are Saying About Gina Salá

OTHER TESTIMONIALS -WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT GINA SALA

Sound Healing/Wellness

“Gina Salá is a gifted energy healer whose medium is the human voice. She has an amazing ability to catalyze groups of people to connect from the heart through song and chant. I highly recommend experiencing Gina’s work.”

- Rick Ingrasci, M.D., Director of Community
Development BigMindMedia, Langley

Voice Workshops

"The playful and safe yet incisively calculated healing potential of Gina's workshops and sessions is astounding.  I was impressed to see healing in action, and every student walked away changed. It happened for me and I am still singing my Soul every day! Truly, Gina is a tender and gentle healer."

- Nancy Slick, Lawyer, Port Angeles

“Gina Salá possesses a rare combination of profound artistry and ability to teach. In my years of working with diverse groups . . . she stands out as one of the most effective, inspiring, and compassionate mentors and coaches I know. Anyone given the opportunity should hire her to teach her workshops!"

-Peggy Taylor ,  author of “Chop wood, carry water”
, “Falling Awake Coach”, Whidbey Island

Chant/Mantra

"Gina Sala has helped me immensely in mantra and leading of chant. She offers  precise explanation and pronunciation instruction of mantras with respect to our sounds, while offering encouragement, compassion and humor in explanation and teaching.  She has the gift of knowing her subject intimately and in depth, while making it accessible, and therefore easier to directly experience for any student. She is a rare and wonderful teacher both for the beginner in sound awareness, and experienced sound yogis alike.  Anyone who has an opportunity to study with Gina Sala’ will be fortunate indeed."

- Lee Gurreri, Yoga Teacher,
Director of Yoga and Beyond, Bainbridge Island

"Chanting with Gina is like finding yourself in the lap of the divine. . .Singing together  like this is like creating strands of love and hope that hold us together. These strands become the strength and longing for creating a world that is more embracing and peaceful. "

- Katerina Wen, Yoga Teacher,
Director of Yogiway, Seattle

“I have only been gifted to see Gina Sala’ once before and singing with her is like singing with the Divine Mother (you'd have to experience her to believe it).  She is the most beautiful being that I have ever experienced.” 

-Metta Karuna 
http://mettakaruna.zaadz.com/blog/2006/8/in_the_presence_of_the_divine

Individual Voice Lessons

"I took a step through my fear when I asked Gina to help me find my voice. Gina welcomed me with sincere openess. I was impressed how she was very devoted and gave all her energy to awakening me to my voice. Gina's warmth and approach enabled me to relax and let go of most of my nervousness. I highly recommend Gina to anyone curious about their voice, for she is a light that shines on opening doors."

- Jay Z., Designer, San Francisco

Performances

“It felt like Gina Sala’ gave our community an attunement when she sang here! Beautiful!”

-Bill Becker, Director, Sunrise Ranch, Colorado

“Gina is an extraordinary talent.  Her words and music flow freely and connect with the heart in a mystical way.  There’s an inexplicable quality in her voice that permeates the soul and transports you to a higher place.”

- Thomas Neumann- Vision Ministries, Kirkland

Work with Youth

Gina Salá has the rare gift of offering exactly what is needed in a powerful yet humble, clear and soothing way. We invite her every year to facilitate with our organization.” 

- Charlie Murphy, Director of “Power of Hope,”
former National Education Director of YMCA

“Gina Salá made some children smile that haven't smiled since their arrival here. . . . her sensitivity is a real asset and her talents speak for themselves.”

– Linda Allen
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center