Success Stories

 


 

Feedback from Community Music Sessions The session was obviously very special since the Young People were all thoroughly engaged for the whole session - which is no small achievement!! Many of them have attention difficulties, which is a big struggle for them in school so the session was clearly really well paced and included enough variety to ensure that everyone was kept focused by it.  Just enough challenge to be exciting, but no-one was really out of their comfort zone, which was great.
It was so great to see individuals really embracing the singing - some in particular I know would never have dreamed of doing this
in school in front of their friends so it was a mark of the safe space you created that enabled them to feel able to do this.

Everyone was hypnotised by the gong - what a wonderful instrument.
 - Suzy Strudwick, Forest Project Manager

The day Katie was able to spend with us was amazing; we were inspired by her visit. The People who use the Service all seemed very relaxed after sessions, and Katie's sensitive approach was perfect. 
 
- Ben Hallman, Action on Hearing Loss (RNID)

 


Feedback from Soundbath Sessions
I highly recommend Sanctuary of Sound with Katie Rose.
Katie is an engaging and wonderful workshop leader! She makes the sessions enjoyable, creating a chilled out and safe space. The session was very fun and very relaxing, and as it is held on a Sunday evening, is a great way to finish the weekend and an excellent preparation for the new week. Book your space! - Simon Pimenta

Katie's Soundbaths are a real sanctuary from the outside world. During the second session, I completely drifted away with the flute, and came back to sweet voices singing. It feels like she is playing the instruments to wash the air around you and leaves you feeling lighter, uplifted and profoundly relaxed. The atmosphere is warm, friendly and even my shy other half felt happy to sing his own name in the group! I felt truly looked after and refreshed afterwards
 - Abigail Sudbury

 

 


 


 

Feedback from Vocal Coaching Sessions
Today,
I heard my heart sing for the very first time .... it felt and sounded both beautiful and amazing. A warm and very heartfelt thank you to Katie Rose for gracefully and intuitively facilitating this process..... If you desire to free your inner voice or wish to hear your heart sing then I cannot recommend Katie highly enough.... I am excited and deeply grateful. - Nikola King

Katie, you can't imagine how good I feel. I was extremely exhausted after our session yesterday but I sang like I never sang in my life, I  sang in the park and I sang at the train station. I was singing under the rain, with the rain and to the rain! And today again I sang while painting.  I feel so relieved and free and wild and soft at the same time.  Thank you Katie, deeply thank you!  - Juliette Jean Claude 

Thank you for encouraging me with my singing and bringing my voice out. I was so shy about my voice before meeting you that there was no way I could sing in front of anybody. Now I warble as I walk down the street and it makes me feel great. All thanks to you and your wonderful lessons! - Sophie Camu

Katie is such a sensitive sound worker and really understands the connection between voice, emotion and spirit. In our voice session I was able to uncover areas of my body that were physically and emotionally restricted. I received clear psychic information during the exercises, and Katie holds such a safe space that I was able to really let myself go and be open to the insights my own voice had for me. Wise, intuitive, supportive and non-judgemental, Katie is the perfect facilitator for exploring the voice for healing and spiritual growth as well as vocal development.
- Kay Gillard

 

Feedback from Sound Therapy
Katie was recommended to me by a friend when I started chemotherapy. I had no idea what to expect. As a retired chiropractor and teacher of meditation I was open to the idea of music affecting me physically and emotionally. It did. My liver throbbed, my heart vibrated, my scalp and feet tingled as Katie sang and played different instruments, bells and gongs above me.
I felt as if I levitated above the treatment couch. - Linda Chard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feedback from Workshops

Katie Rose facilitates a great nurturing space, as a teacher I've seen many, many teachers. Katie not only sings like a goddess she brings a huge degree of professionalism with her work. Structured but flowing, teaching and guiding, nurturing and enveloping you in song. Facilitating movement and flow, laughter and passion and in a beautiful feminine but strong and highly intelligent way. Katie will I am sure be a guiding light in her work and will touch thousands of peoples hearts with her work. -  Sally Francis

I felt an amazing relaxing 'letting go' during the day - Michele

Lovely Day, a truly magical experience in capable, wise and accepting hands. - Mo

Very enriching and inspiring, really enjoyed Katie's energy, knowledge and gentle support. - Azenath

When I go to a workshop, I want to be taken on a journey. I want to go from somewhere to somewhere and I want to trust the workshop facilitator to be my guide. I want them to have a map, but not grip on to it too firmly. Katie did this beautifully. There was a flow from one exercise to the next and my whole body was involved through sound, movement, words, drama and more. She stood back and allowed us to explore and then stepped in with her exquisite intuition to nudge us towards new places to look. I left the day with so much serenity, humming contentedly to myself all the way home.
 - Corrina Gordon-Barnes

 


Feedback from Singing Groups & Classes

I now have more confidence in singing... I find your relaxed and informative style really helpful - thank you. - Joan Reid

I really enjoy the sessions and have alot of fun - C.D.


Throughout all my experiences at Katie's 'Voice of the Soul' class, I found a space of immense support and freedom. This space I find difficult to come by and made the most of it! We had so much fun, making all sorts of crazy sounds all across the spectrum. Along with the joy came the sweet sensation of intimate release, and many-a insight revealed. Thank you Katie.  - Mark Ridout, Voice of the Soul, Alchemy 



 
Katie is an amazing lady with many inspiring talents. She is a wonderful singer with a beautiful soothing voice, she is also a gifted musician, song writer and composer, as well as an author, sound therapist, and teacher. Katie is also an outstanding workshop leader with the ability to put everyone at ease and have them singing, chanting, dancing, laughing & giggling, with everyone felling relaxed and uplifted. Katie is a kind, thoughtful, patient, energising, caring person and most of all she is deeply passionate about all her projects giving 100% of her spirit, and energy and is committed in bring out the best in everyone she meets.  I have attended several of Katie's events over the years and have always found them to be fun, and enriching.  If you are thinking of attending any of Katie's events, I sincerely recommend that you go and meet her in person and you will be in for a lovely experience. Keep up the great work Katie. Rami Shaafi - musician & sound healer www.ramivana.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feedback from workshops with Babies & Children
Joe and I loved and valued these weekly sessions so much; a beautifully calming hour of music, sound and song.  Singing songs from around the word was wonderfully refreshing, this is a music class for babies with a difference. 
Katie is a great teacher and her passion shines through.Sarah Lindsay

Thanks so much for providing an oasis of calm in my busy London life. It really helped to create an environment where I could connect with my baby- Sarah Allerton

To be a part of Katie's Blissful Bumps group and to sing and share and listen to others was a magical experience.  I absolutely loved joining in the weekly sessions which encouraged me to reconnect with myself in these times of huge change and to connect with my growing baby.  The environment was nourishing and very nurturing and I always felt uplifted, peaceful and confident after the sessions.  I would highly recommend Katie's session to other women as a chance to sound out from the heart, and to empower ourselves as women. - Jo Lee

The Tibetan bowl assembly was a hit(!) The children were fascinated and it was interesting to see how the sounds/vibrations had a calming effect on the pupils. It would be an idea to try using a bowl in class to help focus and concentration!  They all wanted to have a go on the gong and talked a lot about it afterwards.
Anne Bryant, EMA, Loughborough Primary School

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 Sound Healing Module 2012
Feedback from Holistic Healing College
Sound Healing Module

Katie was certainly the best thing about this module, she was a great teacher, obviously very experienced.  A confident facilitator whom I really respected.  She sensitively balanced the different needs of the group, and you felt safe with her - Janice

Dear Katie, Thank you so much for your presence at the sound healing module held by the Holistic Healing College last December. Your spontaneity, laughter and easiness with which you expressed yourself made me think about my own voice and about how I can or cannot express myself. I spent the whole Christmas doing the sound healing exercices you taught us and I discovered that I have a beautiful voice and that I love singing. I also loved your CD, The Singing Tree which I was listening to over and over while painting one of my first pictures. I am grateful to you because your music helped me to find the way to my heart. May all your dreams come true. With love, - Zuzana Grygarova

 

 

Cambridge Chanters

Feedback from Chanting Sessions

I thought singing was not something I would ever be able to do until I came to your workshop. - Geraldine, One World Festival (far right)

Thank you for the gift of chanting...I was not a fan before, and now I can't get enough.
Sam Gordon-Barnes 

It was amazing to share the beautiful sound vibrations in the room charged with such special energy - Zuzana  

Just wanted to say thank you so much for such a beautiful full moon chanting session last Saturday.  I've never liberated my voice quite like that before - you held such a beautiful space - it was truly inspiring!! I would also add that I felt so full of complete joy afterwards (that I danced around my living room for ages when I got home) - Marian Rose

We both had a wonderful time last night.  It was incredibly powerful, balancing and healing.
Michelle & Goldie, Cambridge Circle of Sound

 

 


 

 

 

Feedback from Bilgi Paylasim, Istabul
It is a great experience to learn more about my purpose of living (singing) and serving people with it.  You have given me the answers of the questions I have been asking recently how to server better with my singing to others.  Thank you a lot for helping me remember my home, joy, purpose.  I am full of joy as I shared it with you. - Gonca Gursen van Herpen

I really enjoyed the group therapy with Katie and was curious to dive into the unknown parts of my voice. Our private session together helped me release a lot of repressed emotions while also giving me practical tools for the future. In her sacred presence, if you just give 100% and be brave to be yourself, the experience will transform you in many ways.  - Banu

Taking a session with Katie is you have the chance to surprise yourself.  Magical. It is taking a journey into yourself, & coming back a little wiser, stronger, compassionate, loving, the whole caboodle. And surprise (again), it is actually is fun. - Canan

Feedback about Music
When I was in hospital for a week recently, I made a sleep playlist to listen to when I slept to drown out the noise of the hospital. I had Ohm Namah Shivaya and the Reprise on it. It was so reassuring and soothing and
I went into my op the next day very calm and feeling super safe. - Charlotte Askew.