Healing Sound Garden

The Sound Garden is an experiential pathway leading into the Sonorium Dome — a sequence of outdoor installations designed to progressively awaken the senses and deepen the visitor's receptivity before they enter the main sound healing space - The Sonorium Dome. Unfolding across three elemental circles — Earth, Fire, and Ether — the journey introduces a different register of sound at each station, drawing the visitor progressively inward. By the time they reach the Sonorium, they are not simply entering a room; they are arriving as an already attuned receiver. The pathway begins at an entrance portal embedded with movement-reactive sensors, which trigger a curated soundscape through concealed speakers — an invisible threshold that marks the shift from the everyday into something more deliberate.

The first circle is anchored by a large stone sculpture at its centre, into which lithophones and singing stones are directly integrated — instruments played by hand, drawing resonance from the earth's own material. Grounded and tactile, this station invites the visitor to slow down, make contact, and listen through touch as much as through hearing.

The second circle takes its cue from fire: a volcanic structure one can walk inside, housing a large storm drum and thunder sheeting. Together they conjure the full force of a storm, inviting the visitor to be both player and witness to elemental sound at its most primal.

The final circle unfolds as a spiral pathway lined with metal instruments — gongs, chimes, and tubular bells — each playable as the visitor winds their way through. The spiral form is intentional: it draws movement inward and slows the pace, while the layered metallic tones build a shimmering, sustained resonance. Emerging from the spiral, the visitor steps onto the final path into the Sonorium — ears open, attention gathered, and fully prepared to receive.