Bilateral Self-Soothing on Monochord
Marina Perdos was our special guest in March 2025 as part of our "Monochord Monday Meetup" series who joined us live from Ohio.
Marina spent decades in nursing and has worked in emergency rooms, in hospice as well as being a trained practitioner of many alternative healing modalities.
She shows us a playing technique she originally started using the Monolini so that she could double the playing face of the overtone strings to make up for the Monolini's smaller size face. However, this technique is perfect to use for the larger Monolina too and has an incredible bilateral self-soothing effect.
Marina Perdos PhD, RN, Ayurvedic Practitioner, BCTMB, LMT, CCA-AP, CCMHt, CYT -750, Sound Healing Therapist, Reiki Master-Teacher, Celestial Herbalist, is the owner of Natural Healing Therapies located in Ohio.
A preventative holistic healthcare practice, Natural Healing Therapies stemmed from an interest over 30 years ago to help reduce and create stress management programs and implementation with those who suffer from mental health, addictions, and in hospice and who require palliative care. Marina's concern and passion went beyond the patient and included support and utilization for their family members and caregivers.
In her practice, Marina specializes in custom therapies using the 5 elements of nature and 5 senses. She has empowered individuals of all ages, from teaching newborn and infant massage techniques to compassionate care aiding in the transition for the end of life.
Marina has been a registered nurse since 1993 and has been self-employed for over 25+ years. With her board certifications and degrees in metaphysics, nursing, nutrition, herbalism, massotherapy / body work, reflexology (1996), she is also an advanced clinical aromatherapist (NAHA-registered), certified clinical master hypnotherapist using NLP - neuro-linguistic programming (1998). She incorporates other skills in her practice that include education and accreditation in personal training, pilates, sound therapy, meditation and yoga - (teaching since 1988 specializing in restorative, children’s, and yoga therapy), to completing her Reiki Master/Teacher certification (1996). This ongoing continuous education has given Marina a solid foundation as a healer / educator using her training from Western Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Marina has used yoga in combination with ayurvedic knowledge / principles for keeping her own family's health and vitality (ojas), along with her own well-being since 1982. She received her Ayurveda Practitioner’s certification in 2018, specializing in nutrition and digestive issues.
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These chimes are exquisite, and We Play Well Together is a great company to purchase from.
Highly recommended!
I have a Monolina for my Sound Healing practice, but wanted a monilini for myself. I am so happy with my purchase. It is perfect!
I bought a Sansula deluxe at We play well together. The service was exceptionnal and I received it within 4 days. The Sansula's sound is simply magic. So rich and vibrant. It creates an ambiance of it's own.
Really happy and satisfied about this purchase.
I just took the week-long monochord training with Joule and fell in love with my Monolina. Joule is a fun, engaging and knowledgeable teacher who brings deep reverence to her instruments and the art of playing them. We got to experiment with and experience all the different ways of expressing through our monochords and came away with a proven, complete and beautiful 45-minute session we can now offer. I highly recommend this class.
Quick delivery, wonderful company and lovely instrument!
It is always a pleasure to speak to Gabriella and her customer service is top notch
this set is legit sounds like little angels 😇
I am new to the Monolina world but have been around stringed instruments all my life. I'm so excited about its possibilities as a solo instrument for use in Reiki, as well as in an ensemble setting. It helps me to meditate as well.
We have a full set of crystal bowls, and the low C monochord adds a wonderful depth to their sounding. I also find myself humming/singing over the low C drone in a quite natural way. Very happy with my new instrument.
I've wanted to purchase a Sansula ever since I first heard one, two years ago. I finally purchased one and upon receiving it was disappointed in it's sound. Customer service was extremely helpful and promptly replaced it. Couldn't have been a better experience. I highly recommend the instrument and the company is top notch.
Works well. Delighted to have the ability to tune my Sansula myself.
We Play well together has been a resource for instruments for, at least, 5 years. The quality of the instruments, customer service, kindness and expertise of the staff has been a huge bonus and blessing in our interactions. I am grateful for their service, friendliness and flexibility. thank you so very much VLamura
These mallets are super fun to use and I love the sounds they create. I purchased a pair of each set of mallets and I love them all so much, I'm planning on keeping the pair I thought I would send back originally.
I have a set and love these so much. They are well made, and the sound is solid and carries well in small and large spaces. Highly recommend!
Wonderful instrument. It’s easy to travel with and well crafted. Customer service is wonderful as well. Very responsive. I am always impressed with the attention to customer service and care of the instruments. This instruments complement my crystal singing bowls and monalina nicely.
My G Monolina is perfect! Beautiful to play in a group, as well as on the body.
Absolutely in love, but should have ordered the bag! Ordering it now as it is was too fragile to travel with without the bag.
The instrument brigs such an amazing quality and super easy to play
I recently purchased a D Monolina. Meditative and meditative; a full immersion sound experience that simply wraps you in a beautiful feeling and sound. What an incredible instrument this is! I highly recommend purchasing one, or more, for meditation, relaxation, or sound baths.
This set elevates one’s instruments to the next level. Having all these components really sets one up for success and allows room for growth to grow into your sound practice.
The versatility that comes with having the leg extensions allows the player to be comfortable in a variety of ways while playing. The mallets add additional ways to play.
Tuning is a breeze with the template. When not being played or on the go with this monolina, the mats keep everything safe and the backpack makes it so you can take it to the studio or out into nature to play.
I can’t say enough great things about it, it’s a must have in the sound tool kit for sure.
The floor model sale price feels too good to be true for such a fabulous instrument. So easy to create varied, beautiful sounds. This is the 3rd instrument I've purchased from WPWT and they're always efficient, friendly and helpful.
My first experience with a Hokema Kalimba was at the gift shop of the Music Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ. I was blown away by the big, beautiful sound of those instruments, but I wasn’t ready to plunk down $200 for it.
Fast forward, I read about the Twin Kalimba and was encouraged by a review that suggested it was great for events. This particular person, evidently a musician like me, gave out ten of these during his shows and was thrilled by how the audience members enjoyed the experience.
So, given these two experiences, I had high hopes for the twin.
It is a sweet sounding instrument, but the sound is very quiet. The wood is solid so it doesn’t resonate like its higher priced solo cousins (that feature a resonator) or traditional kalimbas that have found holes.
So, I’m a little underwhelmed by the sound, but it’s still a great concept. Perhaps it will be fine and dandy when I share it with audiences. Let’s see!
Joule is an excellent teacher! Her lessons flow from topic to exercises with so much ease and class time is so enjoyable. Joule makes sure everyone's questions are answered before going to the next lesson. Before this training, I had no idea of all the many different ways to play the monochord. After this course, I now have so much more knowledge and I'm able to tap into my creativity with a deeper love and appreciation with this beautiful instrument.
I love the "water" collection and this chime is one of my favourite instruments (so far!). The D minor tuning is said to be the "saddest" key, but I find it soothing, ethereal, and utterly charming. The gentle tones of this chime bring gentle, meditative tones. Do yourself a favour if you can and get the matching Koshi chime. They sound absolutely amazing together!