Sound Healing with the Drum (CoSH)® Practitioner Training (in person)

Sound Healing with the Drum (CoSH)® Practitioner Diploma

Part 1: The Journey Begins: 24 & 25 March 2026

Part 2: Extending Practise, Drum Journeys and Power Animals: 9 & 10 April 2026

Part 3: Feather & Sound Healing with the Drum, Power & Medicine Songs, Journey to the Ancestors: 11 & 12 June 2026

Part 4: Further Sound Healing with the Drum: 10 & 11 September 2026

Part 5: Group Drumming & Celebration: 17 & 18 November 2026

The Sound Healing with the Drum Practitioner Diploma Course is a training course held over five modules. Completion of this training will give participants the information, knowledge and tools required to become a specialist Drumming Practitioner. The course is certified by the College of Sound Healing and is evaluated and approved by the CMA (Complimentary Medical Association).

The power of the drum and its use for healing is universal, wide ranging and all embracing.

This training course aims to give you the confidence to use your drum, rattle and other medicine tools for self-healing, healing the Earth and others. Information and wisdom from other cultures is imparted to reinforce up-to-date scientific studies on the use of drum in sound healing. Adding a richness and depth to your experience and understanding.

In many cultures the shamanic drum continues to be used to help heal individuals and hold the social fabric of communities together. This course reawakens you to this healing potential for the benefit of all. You are encouraged to develop through dedicated practice and autonomous study, a deep and personal understanding of yourself as an effective practitioner. Seeing your place in the world and offering your service.

The course is based on the frame drum and rattle. You may use a drum and rattle you currently work with, subject to approval of suitability by your course tutor, or you may wish to join one of the regular drum birthing and rattle making workshops offered by the tutors throughout the year.

Module 1: The Journey Begins

Day 1 - Introduction to the Medicine Wheel, creating ceremony, cleanse clear our tools, our energy field, body and mind.
Bringing cohesiveness to the group.
Creating ceremony for the group and a learning environment.

Learning Objectives:

• To learn how to cleanse and clear themselves.
• To gain an understanding of a medicine wheel and how that relates to practicing sound healing.
• To learn how to open a medicine wheel and create sacred space.
• To learn how to cleanse, clear and open their medicine tools.
• Understand the importance of honouring and working with the energies involved with their medicine tools. Drum blessing.

Day 2 - Dowsing with the drum, healing self.

Learning Objectives:

• To gain knowledge and understanding of the Medicine Wheel.
• To learn dowsing techniques.
• To learn self-healing techniques with the drum and rattle.

Module 2: Extending Practise, Drum Journeys & Power Animals

Day 1 - Introduction to drum journeys. Drumming in nature.

Learning Objectives:

• To gain knowledge and understanding of drum journeying, principles and practice.
• To experience a middle world drum journey.
• To learn about drumming in nature and offering healing.

Day 2 - Power animals, upper & lower world journeys.

Learning Objectives:

• To learn about the concept of power animals and drum journey to meet their power animal.
• To learn how to build connections with their power animal through trance dance and sound.
• To gain knowledge and experience of upper and lower world journeying.
• To learn about the assignments and criteria for working in a professional capacity.

Module 3: Feather and Sound Healing With The Drum.

Day 1 - Feather healing tool and sound healing with the drum protocol.

Learning Objectives:

• To gain knowledge and understanding of feather healing tools and techniques.

Day 2 - Power and medicine songs, ancestors and sound healing with the drum practise.

Learning Objectives:

• To learn and create their power song.
• To gain knowledge and understanding of ancestors.
• To extend knowledge and practice of drum journeying and drum healing.

Module 4: Sound Healing with the Drum Practise, Distance Sound Healing with the Drum

Day 1 - Feather healing tool & sound healing with the drum protocol.

Learning Objectives:

• Developing wider knowledge and practising protocol.
• To develop deeper knowledge and experience of sound healing with the drum.

Day 2 - Distance sound healing with the drum protocol.

Sound healing with the drum practise.

Learning Objectives:

• To learn about distance sound healing with the drum.

Module 5: Group Drumming; Practical Assessment; Celebration

Day 1: Facilitating sound healing with the drum in groups and practical assessment.

Learning Objectives:

• To learn how to bring knowledge gained to facilitate drum circles.

Day 2 : Group sound healing with the drum.
Continuing the journey and extending practise.

Learning Objectives:

• To learn how to facilitate sound healing with the drum in groups.
• To learn how to extend knowledge, move forward and deepen practise.

Full cost of training = £1375

Price includes manual and certificate

Registration Link: https://www.anitadas.co.uk/sound-healing-drum

Location: Woodmansterne Village Hall, 24 Carshalton Road, Woodmansterne, Surrey, SM7 3HR

Additional Course Costs and Materials:

At Part Two - You will need Insurance, Student Membership

• Student Membership - £40 updated Jan 2023 (covers you for two years)
• Insurance for UK Student Members - £35.50 per annum

First Aid Course (required to graduate): The First Aid Plus Online Course covers you for 3 years and costs £35. Other First Aid Courses may be more expensive.

Additional Sound Healing Workshops

In addition to completing the core curriculum students will need to complete one or two additional Sound Healing Workshops to broaden and deepen their knowledge of Sound Healing through different mediums e.g. working with Gongs, Giving a Group Sound Bath etc.

​These workshops can be taken before or during attending the core curriculum. Students can choose from one of these options:

• Two one day workshops (minimum 6 hours per day) One weekend workshop (minimum 12 hours)
• The College of Sound Healing Conference
• The cost will vary depending on which workshops you choose to attend. A one day workshop will cost between £50 -£90. A two day workshop will cost around £170 – £185

Prerequisites:

Participants are required to source a hand held frame drum, rattle and feather of their choosing. The drum and rattle will be assessed by the Tutor prior to the first module to ensure suitability. Both natural skin and vegan fibre skin drums are accepted as well as natural skin or vegan rattles. Workshops are available within the College of Sound Healing for participants to make their own drum and/or rattle if they so wish. To complete the case studies from Module 3, a current first aid certificate, insurance and Student Membership of the College of Sound Healing is required. Full details and guidance will be provided.

Assessment:

To fulfil the course certification requirements to become a practitioner of drum healing, the following assignments must be completed:

• There will be a practical evaluation in module 5 in which participants give a drum healing.
• 18 client case studies and 18 drum journey case studies will need to be carried out and written up.
• 1 assignment (2,000 words or equivalent).
• Plus completion of 2 additional sound healing related workshops.

To receive a CoSH Diploma students will need to:

• Attend all five parts of the Sound Healing Practitioner Course (in order and with the same tutor)
• Complete the required case studies and written work
• Attend the additional Sound Healing Workshops
• Become a Student Member of the College of Sound Healing
• Hold a current insurance and First Aid certificate

What to Bring - You will need to bring a packed lunch; mug; a pillow; blanket, notebook, pen, folder to keep handouts. Please let me know in advance if you are able to bring a massage couch if you already have one.

What to wear: All training weekends will incorporate voice and body work, as well as the giving and receiving of treatments after Part One, so please wear comfortable clothing that you can move around in and relax.

Course Content and Requirements: Before committing to the training, please ensure you have read the full course details, curriculum, full cost breakdown and requirements for certification.

Payment Options

Option 1: pay in full at the time of booking, total course cost = discounted rate of £1300

Option 2: 6-pay option of 6 monthly instalments of £230

Option 3: If you wish to just book for Part 1 as a stand-alone workshop, the cost for the part 1 weekend is £375

If you then decide to continue with the training, full payment of £1000 for the further 4 parts is required to join the part 2 weekend (total cost £1375)

Price includes manual, certificate and online portal for support.

Please see below link to this training via the college of sound healing website:

Part One : Drum Practitioner Training

Registration link: https://www.anitadas.co.uk/sound-healing-drum