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The Curator

Coen TuerlingsWhere frequencies become feelings.

Sound healing master, shamanic practitioner and developer of the Soundfulness Method. For more than three decades, Coen has worked at the intersection of ceremony, therapy and human transformation. Every instrument in this shop passes through his hands first.

Shop his curation The Soundfulness Method

30+: years in expanded-awareness work
5: indigenous shamanic traditions
100%: instruments hand-selected

Coen Tuerlings performing with a shamanic drum in a live sound ceremony

Credentials

Not a shop assistant with an aesthetic a practitioner with a résumé.

Shamanic practitioner

Works with voice and acoustic instruments in exchange with Noke Koi, Huni Kuin, Yawanawa, Shipibo and Kaxinawá traditions.

Developer of the Soundfulness Method

A systematic approach co-developed with Kees Peters that stimulates conscious contact with deeper levels of reality.

Founder & entrepreneur

Founder of Soundfulness, Soundwork and Tribal Lifestyle (since 2016). Co-founder of Whispers of the Woods (2025).

30+ years in the field

Working in expanded-awareness contexts for government, education and healthcare not a hobbyist, a professional.

"A therapeutic instrument is not decoration. It is a tool that has to work on a nervous system, in a real room, with a real person on the mat. If it doesn't do that, it doesn't belong in this shop."

Coen Tuerlings

Why his curation is different

Four reasons this catalogue outperforms a marketplace.

He plays every instrument before it enters the shop

No spec-sheet buying, no importer catalogues. Each bowl, gong and drum is struck, listened to and set aside or rejected.

He knows what a room needs to feel

Two decades of live sessions with clients means he selects for the sound a body actually receives, not what looks good on video.

He only keeps what survives real work

Instruments are chosen for tone, resonance and durability the three things that break most therapeutic gear within a year.

He sources from tradition, not trend

Direct relationships with makers and shamanic lineages the opposite of the mass-produced 'wellness' market.

The Soundfulness Method

A systematic approach to sound that isn't guesswork.

Co-developed with Kees Peters and shaped by ritual and indigenous traditions, the Soundfulness Method uses acoustic instruments and voice to stimulate conscious contact with deeper layers of experience. It is the same discipline Coen brings to selecting the tools you'll use in your own room.

Instrument choice matched to intent and body response
Layered soundscapes built for regulation, not spectacle
Ritual structure arrival, deepening, return
Safety and grounding as design principles, not afterthoughts

Coen Tuerlings' hands playing a bronze gong with a felt mallet

Training & influences

A cross-disciplinary formation

Coen's expertise doesn't come from a single lineage. Decades of formal training across body, ceremony and communication inform how he evaluates every instrument.

Counselling & Psychodrama
Sexual Grounding & Tantra
Systemic Ritual & Shaman's Body
Warrior Healer & Dream Healer
Master Presenter & Communication Mastery
Voice, breath and acoustic ceremony

Influences include work by David Deida, Jordan Peterson and multiple indigenous shamanic traditions.

Trusted by

Professionals who can't afford a bad instrument

This shop exists for people whose reputation depends on the sound in the room. If your clients feel it, you can't fake it.

Sound therapists & healing practitioners
Wellness centers, spas and retreats
Yoga & meditation teachers
Coaches and body-oriented therapists
Educators & workshop facilitators
Recording artists and composers

In Motion

Watch Coen at work.

Ceremony, teaching, instrument demonstration recorded in real rooms, with real people.

Field Archive

Thirty years, in the room.

Ceremony, teaching, one-on-one work, group circles, indigenous exchange. Every instrument in the shop earned its place across scenes like these.

Coen playing a large frame drum surrounded by three curious horses at a stable — Horses and drum inter-species work

Two women in a warm pool floating a singing bowl on the water between them — Water session floating singing bowl

Two participants forehead-to-forehead in full laughter during a session — Laughter release training day

Woman resting her head against a large gong with a soft mallet — Gong bath full-body resonance

Practitioner offering a large singing bowl to a young woman during a care session — Care offering the bowl

Portrait of Coen speaking with a lavalier microphone in warm light — In session teaching voice

Coen with two indigenous elders in traditional feather headdresses — With elders indigenous exchange

Large group holding hands in a wide circle during a Tribal ceremony — The big circle Tribal ceremony

Coen striking a water-filled crystal bowl on a speaker cabinet during a Cymatics demo — Cymatics demo sound on water

Three young boys seated in a school classroom with eyes closed in a moment of stillness — Classroom stillness boys settling

Coen Tuerlings in flat cap overlooking a still forest lake from a wooden tower — Coen lake overlook

Portrait of a young Coen Tuerlings in the dunes — In the dunes early years

Coen in front of a sweat lodge frame in a forest clearing — Sweat lodge building the frame

Coen in intimate dialogue with a participant during a coaching session — One-on-one coaching dialogue

Coen using a wooden instrument in a care setting — Healthcare setting expanded awareness work

Coen seated among his ceremonial instruments — Instrument altar the working kit

Wide array of singing bowls and mallets laid out on a red rug for a masterclass — Masterclass the full bowl set

Coen placing a large hand-hammered singing bowl beside a ceremonial altar with feathers and salt lamp — Placing the bowl ceremonial setup

Ceremonial altar with feathers, salt lamps and offerings on sheepskin — Altar detail sheepskin and salt

Close-up altar with bones, feathers, seed brushes and clay bowl — Altar detail bones and brushes

Close-up of shaman's rattles and seed shakers on red cloth — Rattles and seed shakers close up

Close-up display of hand-hammered singing bowls, bamboo chimes and tingshas — The collection bowls and chimes

Practitioner selecting from a table of singing bowls in a shop setting — Choosing a bowl the fitting

Table lined with wooden Native American style flutes and rattles — Flute collection training kit

Still life of singing bowls, seed pods and a white pelt on red cloth — Altar still instrument close-up

Coen teaching a Soundfulness class to seated participants in a circle — Teaching Soundfulness training

Coen and participants drumming and singing with wide open mouths in joy — Full voice drum and song

Coen laughing with participants during a shaman voice workshop — Shaman voice workshop connection

Two participants drumming face to face with intensity — Face to face drum work

Two women holding a large frame drum between them, laughing — Frame drum shared play

Woman in yellow top playing a large frame drum in a bright practice room — Frame drum solo practice

Large seated circle of participants under an attic beam ceiling with paper lanterns — Attic circle year training

Coen demonstrating singing bowls and a gong to a classroom of seated students — School demo instruments up close

Coen playing a frame drum for a seated row of teenagers in a school classroom — Classroom session sound relaxation for youth

Coen holding a large singing bowl above a client's head during a wellness session — Wellness session bowl over the crown

Practitioner playing a singing bowl beside a client lying in savasana on a black mat — Wellness savasana with bowl

Two practitioners seated cross-legged playing singing bowls in a wellness studio — Paired practice bowls in the studio

Practitioner passing a wooden rainstick over three clients lying on mats — Rainstick passing the tone

Wellness practitioner holding a singing bowl above a resting client's head next to a Buddha statue — Wellness bowl over the crown

Wellness studio set with mats, bolsters and a central altar of bowls and shakers — Studio set wellness sound bath

Close-up of a hand striking a Tibetan singing bowl with a red felt mallet — Close-up mallet meets bowl

Young woman with Down syndrome holding a singing bowl in dialogue with practitioner — Care bowl in dialogue

Young woman with Down syndrome listening as practitioners play shanti chime and rainstick — Care shanti and rainstick

Care group sound session with clients on a couch and altar of bowls and chimes on the floor — Care group sound session

Singing bowl resting on a reclining client's chest while hands play surrounding bowls — Care bowl on the body

Close-up of hands guiding a client's fingers along the rods of a shanti chime — Care shanti chime, guided touch

Older woman with Down syndrome watching a black feathered rattle held in front of her — Care feathered rattle

Older man in a purple recliner resting his chin on a singing bowl held in his hands — Care bowl to the chin

Young man in a care setting looking at a wooden mallet held by the practitioner — Care meeting the mallet

Client in a purple recliner watching a felt mallet swing above a singing bowl — Care swinging mallet

Boy holding a singing bowl close to his ear with a mallet in hand — Listening in bowl to the ear

Teenagers seated in a full circle around an instrument altar during a school session — School circle instrument altar

Two teenage girls smiling while playing a singing bowl together — First bowl teen curiosity

Row of boys in classroom seats each holding and playing their own singing bowl — Everyone a bowl classroom hands-on

Young child smiling at a row of small singing bowls being played with a mallet — First encounter small bowls

Teenage students seated in a semicircle around a large instrument altar on a red cloth — Teen semicircle big kit up front

Young girl in green shirt playing a small singing bowl with a wooden mallet — Education girl and bowl

Singing bowls, bamboo chimes and a book on healing sounds for ADHD displayed at a fair — Sound and ADHD display table

Empty parish hall set with a wide circle of chairs and instrument altar in the center — Parish hall organisational session set

Corporate amphitheatre set with a row of frame drums and pendant lights above — Corporate amphitheatre drums ready

Organisational session room with chairs, cushions and central altar beneath a Shiva tapestry — Organisational session room set

Symmetrical wall of frame drums, singing bowls and offerings against a warm brick backdrop — Drum wall symmetrical altar

Historic barn loft set with sheepskins, cushions and central instrument altar — Barn loft retreat set

Coen presenting Klankwerk.info to a large seated audience in a hotel ballroom — Conference Klankwerk keynote

Coen speaking with a raised hand to a seated audience in a warm theatre — Theatre talk public lecture

Soundfulness title slide projected at a professional conference — Conference slide the Soundfulness method

Coen presenting a Soundfulness video to a full seated audience in a community hall — Community lecture video and story

Theatre stage set with singing bowls, gong and projected bowl image on the back screen — Presentation stage set

Coen leading a group ceremony with smudge cleansing — Group ceremony Tribal Warrior curriculum

Coen smudge-cleansing a large group lying face down in a Tribal Warrior curriculum session — smudge cleansing Tribal Warrior

Group performing an embodied warrior exercise — Embodiment warrior work

Group of men in low warrior stance led by Coen in front of the instrument stage — Warrior stance embodied practice

Participants passing a bundled offering in a standing circle — Passing the bundle group ritual

Coen playing a frame drum with a horse — Frame drum inter-species listening

Ceremonial circle setup with gong and chairs — The circle before the work begins

Participants resting under blankets during a sound journey — Sound journey deep rest

Overhead view of Coen holding a ceremonial instrument beside a laid-out altar — Overhead the working altar

Group dancing with arms raised inside a colourful yurt — Yurt dance ecstatic movement

Looking up at the ornate crown of a yurt with a raised hand — Yurt crown reaching up

Small group joining hands in a close outdoor circle — Hand circle group connection

Full instrument set laid out on a red rug with chairs and Buddha altar in the background — Space set before participants arrive

Empty training room set with red-draped chairs around a central altar — Room set before the training

Row of floor mats with bolsters and blankets prepared for a sound session — Mats ready sound bath setup

Full instrument set on a concert stage before performance — Concert stage full instrument set

Coen showing seed rattles to a participant in a one-on-one instrument session — 1:1 instrument teaching

Practitioner demonstrating a pair of Koshi chimes in a light-filled studio — Koshi chimes demonstration

Coen playing Koshi chimes for a participant with closed eyes — Koshi over the head sound bathing

Two Koshi chimes played above a seated woman's head with closed eyes — Twin Koshi quiet listening

Coen showering a lying participant with a seed rattle over the face — Seed rattle face shower

Coen kneeling in an embodied movement in front of frame drums and singing bowls — Solo embodiment before the circle

Abalone shell with burning herbs flanked by salt lamps on a ceremonial altar — Fire altar abalone and salt

Participants resting under blankets as Coen offers a Tibetan singing bowl — Singing bowl bedside offering

Coen teaching a Tibetan singing bowl circle — Singing bowl circle teaching

One-on-one sound session on the floor with flutes and drums — 1:1 session sound at rest

Coen standing beside a life-size meridian and chakra banner in his practice room — Meridian banner the studio

Coen playing a large frame drum next to a seated participant's head — Frame drum on the head resonance work

Two Soundfulness frame drums with bamboo shakers and rain sticks on purple cloth — The Soundfulness kit drums and shakers

Visitors testing singing bowls at a hands-on Soundfulness fair table — Fair table trying the bowls

Close-up of a singing bowl, gourd shakers and a seed rattle on red cloth — Detail bowls and seed shakers

Sound ritual room with two red chairs, Buddha altar and instruments laid out on a red cloth — Soundritual room set

Close-up of ritual altar with bell, gong, singing bowl and shanti chime on red cloth — Soundritual altar detail

Singing bowls, seed shakers and wooden clappers arranged on a red cloth — Sfeer instrument still life

Two women seated on mats in a studio each holding a singing bowl and mallet — professional development studio pair

Attic training room with participants seated in a circle and teacher standing on a red carpet — professional development Huissen attic

Practitioner playing a waterphone in front of a seated circle — professional development Waterphone

Group standing beneath the stained-glass apse of a Nijmegen church — professional development Nijmegen church

Two women in animated hand-gesture dialogue during training — professional development Huissen dialogue

Participants lying star-shaped on the floor while Coen guides from the centre — professional development Huissen relaxation

Four participants seated on cushions in intimate sharing circle — professional development Huissen sharing

Woman with head tilted back in blissful release during sound session — professional development Haaren release

Central altar with feathers, flutes and Soundfulness cards laid on a red cloth — professional development Gorinchem altar

Barn loft with wooden beams, red chairs in a circle and red carpet centrepiece — professional development Meddo barn set

Participants resting under coloured blankets around a central instrument display — professional development Meddo session

Woman floating in a therapy pool with orange noodles and a large singing bowl beside her — professional development Meddo water bowl

Participants holding hands in a circle inside a stained-glass church — professional development Nijmegen circle

Coen seated in meditation with two large frame drums and instruments during a year training — Year training drums and stillness

Three singers performing beside a stained-glass rose window in a church balcony — Church acoustics voice training

Practitioner brushing a feather rattle across a resting participant's face — Feather rattle face work

Coen using a feather fan and rattles on a resting participant wrapped in purple blanket — Feather fan energetic clearing

Client lying face down as Coen places a singing bowl on the back of the head — PMT training bowl on the head

Client lying face down with a dark singing bowl resting on the lower back being struck with a mallet — PMT training bowl on the back

Practitioner placing hands on a resting client during a floor session — Hands-on floor session

The Curator's Promise

If it isn't good enough for his own sessions, it isn't in the shop.

Every product page is written after Coen has played the instrument himself. Materials, dimensions, tonal character, how it behaves in a room, what it is and isn't for. No importer descriptions. No stock photography spec sheets. Just what a practitioner needs to know before choosing a tool for real work.

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