Step into your calling
and share your gifts with the world
Become a Certified Somatic Vocal Healing Practitioner
Dear Friend,
You’ve experienced the profound impact of Somatic Vocal Healing firsthand. Now, imagine guiding others on their healing journey, empowering yourself to hold space with confidence and compassion.
Whether you seek to deepen your own practice, integrate this modality into your existing therapeutic or coaching work, or embark on a new professional path, I warmly invite you to this exclusive certification program.
Together, we will create meaningful change—one voice at a time.
With love,
Jacob
A transformative 9-month journey,
culminating in an unforgettable
retreat in Portugal.
Somatic Vocal Healing
Certification Course
This certification is your gateway to mastering Somatic Vocal Healing and confidently facilitating sessions, enabling deep emotional healing and personal transformation in others.
Who This Is For?
You’ve tasted the sweet nectar of healing and felt its profound impact—and now, you feel a deep desire to share that experience and help others discover it too.
You’re a sensitive, intuitive soul who has felt the deep power of Somatic Vocal Healing and longs to share it with others
You’re a yoga teacher, coach, healing practitioner… wanting to expand your tools and impact
You’re ready to start your own practice or integrate this modality into their current work
9 months of guided experiential learning…
🎶 Deep training in holding space and reading vocal patterns in others
🧭 Step-by-step frameworks and templates for guiding healing sessions
🌀 Advanced Somatic Vocal Healing practices with trauma-informed application
💻 Somatic Vocal Healing App to log your sounds, train your skills and track your progress.
💡 Intuition training to strengthen your inner guidance and insight
🪷 Integration of systemic constellation methods into vocal healing
🔍 Tools to recognize and work with (counter)transference, mandates, and resistance
🌿 Ongoing self-healing throughout the course to deepen your presence
💗 A heart-centered, safe space for learning and growing together
9-Month Live Online Journey — immersive and interactive learning experience from anywhere in the world
(Bi)Monthly Live Classes — Build mastery step by step with powerful, 2-hour guided sessions on Zoom, held once or twice a month.
In-Person Retreat in Portugal — April 5–10, 2026 in the Algarve: a nourishing deep-dive and loving connection
Bi-Weekly Q&A Sessions — 90-minute live calls offering real-time support, feedback, and mentoring.
SVH App — A web app developed exclusive for Somatic Vocal Healing students to log your sounds, train your skills and track your progress.
Course Manual and Graphic Learning — Written materials provided with each class, including a course manual and visual aids to support growth, practice, and note-taking for visual learners.
Practice Sessions — Deepen your skills through peer practice sessions that offer support, collaboration, and reflection.
Lifetime Access to Replays & Resources — Revisit the course materials anytime, at your own pace.
Private Certification Community — Stay connected, inspired, and supported throughout your journey.
Personalized Certification — Receive tailored feedback from Jacob and earn your well-deserved certificate.
What’s included?
What will we cover?
Module 1
Space Holding
Master the art of creating and maintaining safe, nurturing environments for profound healing.
Module 2
Therapeutic Essentials
Acquire foundational therapeutic skills essential for successful, safe and responsible facilitation.
Module 3
Contextual Frameworks
Understand and apply various healing paradigms to support individual and collective transformation.
Module 4
Constellation Templates
Learn frameworks that facilitate deeper systemic understanding and ancestral healing.
Module 5
Intuition Training
Develop and trust your intuitive insights to enhance your facilitation skills — seeing, feeling, and hearing more.
Module 6
Vocal Pattern Recognition
Decode vocal expressions and learn how to master “the map” to better understand and guide your clients.
Module 7
Mandates & Resistance
Navigate and transform your client’s resistance to unlock deeper healing. Understand the mandate you’ve been given, and make the most of it.
Module 8
Sound OF vs. Sound FOR
After having worked with the sound OF, learn how more traditional forms of sound healing can work complementary in making sound FOR your clients.
Continuously
Practice, Practice, Practice…
Hands-on application and experiential learning for mastery. Practicing with fellow students by giving sessions or receiving them.
Continuously
Self Healing & Immersion
Ongoing deepening in the practice through continued self-healing work. This will help you to identify and overcome blind spots and avoid projection.
Bonus
Songdeck
Integrating our beloved
mantra card deck into your
sessions, workshops and more.
+ You receive one for free when registering for the course!
Get access to the innovative
Somatic Vocal Healing app
only for certification students
Retreat
Somatic Vocal Healing
Complete your training with the life-changing Somatic Vocal Healing Retreat, limited to the first 22 participants to register for the Certification Course.
Join us in Portugal, 5–10 April 2026.
What to expect…
✔ 6 days of bathing in a field of love in a stunningly beautiful natural setting, with the power of Somatic Vocal Healing under the guidance of Jacob — exclusive to Level-2/Certification students.
✔ Engage directly and experience the power of Sound Constellation Work using Jacob’s method. You will master the fundamentals by going through the process yourself.
✔ Understand how and when to apply the principles of feminine and masculine facilitation through concrete exercises designed to enhance your space-holding skills as a Somatic Vocal Healing facilitator and in daily life.
✔ Explore the transformative practice of hands-on Somatic Vocal Healing. In this modality, you combine gentle, energetic touch with vocalization.
✔ Participate in Sound Bathing, exploring the power, magic, and beauty of making sound for someone, particularly in a group setting.
✔ Gain life-changing insights, transformations, and experiences that will stay with you for years to come.
Go from Zoom
to being
in the same room
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Practical
Monte Velho
You’ll be staying at the pristine Monte Velho, a holistic learning center perched on a hilltop, offering a deep connection to the surrounding natural beauty—the raw power of the elements, breathtaking coastlines, and lush forests that make this place truly unique.
The retreat provides a fully immersive 6-day experience, featuring delicious meals, stunning nature, a warm and welcoming community, and nearly 50 hours of guided Somatic Vocal Healing with Jacob.
Located in Portugal’s Algarve region, you can easily reach the retreat by flying into Lisbon or Faro, then continuing with a shared taxi or rental car.
Early Bird Registration & Pricing
Payments are available in EUR and USD
Payment plans available
Option 1:
6-Day Retreat only
✔️ 6 days of in-person sessions, 5-10 April 2026
✔️ All-in experience in the pristine Monte Velho Retreat Center in the Algarve in Portugal
Price: €2250
Registrations open mid-August. Early registration possible through the bundle Retreat + Course.
If the retreat is sold out with the bundle, you will not be able to book it.
Option 2
Certification Course only
✔️ Live classes on Zoom from September till May
✔️ Bi-Weekly Q&A’s from July until May
✔️ Personalized certification
Price: €1750
With early bird discount: €1500
Bundle:
Certification Course + Retreat
✔️ Everything from the Certification course
✔️ Everything from the Retreat,
Portugal, 5-10 April 2026
✔️ The whole experience: both the online journey and the in-person journey
✔️ Bonus: Our beloved Songdeck - musical card deck shipped to your home for free
Price: €4000
With early bird & bundle discount
€1100 off : ⭐️ €2900 ⭐️
Places are limited!
FAQ
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Participants of the Level 1 Vocal Sound Healing course or the 12-Week Somatic Vocal Healing Immersion.
Practitioners who have completed Vocal Sound Healing Level 2 and are now seeking to deepen their practice, expand their understanding, and pursue formal certification.
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The early bird offer runs until mid-August. However, the sooner you register, the sooner you’ll regain access to Q&A sessions throughout July, August, and September, leading up to the course start on the 21st.
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YES! Unlike the 12-week course, this one includes a course manual, graphics, and printable exercises to support your learning and integration—especially for visual learners.
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Similar to the 12-week course, most classes are held on Sundays. Q&A sessions follow a rotating schedule, with a different time slot and weekday each week to accommodate international time zones.
Replays are available for all classes and Q&A sessions.
The first class will be on Sunday 21 September 2025.
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All classes are 2 hours long.
All Q&A sessions run for 90 minutes.
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Yes, replays are made available for all classes and Q&A sessions. And they remain available for a lifetime.
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There are a limited number of scholarship places available that offer a reduced price. Contact me by email, jacob@songdance.co, for inquiries.
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Yes, you can pay in monthly installments.
Still have questions? Feel free to reach out to info@songdance.co for personal support before the course begins.
Who’s Jacob?
Jacob Vermeulen is a passionate pianist, singer, and composer whose life experiences inspired the development of the Somatic Vocal Healing method.
With over a decade of experience as a healer and teacher, he has guided thousands of students worldwide through profound inner healing using his innovative methodologies.
Jacob has led workshops and retreats across Europe and South Africa, serving a global clientele.