Sunday, November 15, 2026 | 1:00–5:00 PM | $75 Ohana Health & Wellness Centre — 1436 Main St. N., Callander
Join internationally experienced musician, counsellor and educator Gary Diggins for Sounding for WellBeing—an experiential workshop exploring how we can create therapeutic soundscapes.
Gary blends sound therapy with expressive arts. His work, Soundwork as Soulwork, has taken him around the world, sharing music as a tool for healing, connection and well-being. This workshop is experiential and accessible—all are welcome.
Gary Diggins began his musical career in the Detroit area working as an opening act for performers ranging from Alice Cooper to Sly and the Family Stone. In his early twenties, Gary shifted his orientation from the performing arts to the healing arts. His interdisciplinary studies led him into the fields of psychology, spiritual directorship, grief counselling, and music as a therapeutic modality.
For the past four decades, Gary has maintained an expressive arts practice that blends sound therapy with counselling. His service is called Soundwork as Soulwork. As an educator, Gary has served on faculty for the Haliburton School for the Arts, the Transformational Arts College, the Institute for Traditional Medicine, and the CREATE Institute for their three-year expressive arts program.
Gary has written five books related to music as medicine. His current guidebook is entitled Liminality — Traversing the In-Between: A Guidebook for Therapists and Expressive Arts Practitioners.
Gary’s work with music as medicine has taken him to India, Africa, Europe, South Korea, Israel, and throughout North America, including a performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Gary and his family currently live on a rural property near Rocklyn, Ontario.
