Lavender Suarez is a sound healing practitioner, meditation teacher and artist based in New York City that has been assisting individuals, couples, and groups with their holistic wellness goals since 2014.
Lavender is the author of "Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives" (2020, Anthology Editions) which delves into how listening to the world around you and your inner self can foster and develop any creative practice.
Lavender specializes in working with creative people on their wellness and inspirational goals to help them generate new ideas while feeling their best. She has hosted sound baths and workshops at major museums and cultural institutions including MoMA, The Whitney, Hirshhorn, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Museum of The Moving Image, and The Rubin Museum. Her insightful workshops range in varied topics from meditating with sound, the neuroscience of listening & meditating, noise pollution awareness, personal relationship to sound, technical audio recording skills, and storytelling with sound.
Lavender has extensive experience educating teenagers about the power of sound and meditation from the joyful interactive workshops she has taught at The Brooklyn Public Library, Museum of the Moving Image, and Kites Nest (Hudson, NY).
Lavender's name alone brings forward visions of clarity and tranquility as does her calm tone and incredible listening skills as a practitioner of the philosophy "Deep Listening " which she studied with it's founder, Pauline Oliveros.
Lavender's insights on creativity and wellness are featured in the books "Make Time For Creativity" and "Stay Inspired" by Brandon Stosuy (co-founder of The Creative Independent).
Lavender's original binaural healing music is featured on TRIPP VR, the #1 VR meditation app.
Lavender Suarez is a certified member of the Sound Healers Association and is certified in Tibetan Usui Reiki. She has a B.S. in Psychology w/a concentration in artistic therapies from St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Short/Press Bio:
Lavender Suarez is a sound healing practitioner, artist, and educator. Since 2014 Lavender has conducted healing sessions for individuals, couples, and groups of all sizes. She regularly facilitates meditation workshops and has been a featured presenter at The Whitney Museum, The Rubin Museum, MoMA, Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, D.C.), The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Lincoln Park Conservatory (Chicago, IL), Bemis Center (Omaha, NE) and Wanderlust Yoga Festival. She is the author of the book “Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives” (Anthology Editions, 2020), which delves into how listening can be a powerful source of inspiration. To learn more, visit www.lavenderhealer.com @lavenderhealer
"Suarez has worked to dismantle gatekeeping within the wellness world by pushing community access educational opportunities for sound healing. Her ongoing series of sound baths in art institutions and museums across the country, has been the driving force. Through electronic, digital, and acoustic instrumentation, and a wealth of sound bowls and tools, Suarez has created accessible and stimulating environments for the newly curious as well as the seasoned sound healing enthusiast." - Flaunt Magazine
Featured In
Human Shift Magazine "Sound Mavens"
Yoga Journal "The Power of Sound"
Departures Magazine "Positive Vibrations"
Henry Ford Museum Magazine "The Role Music Can Play in Healing: Innovators in Electronic Music"
NY Yoga + Life Magazine "Profile: Lavender Suarez"
Flaunt Magazine "To Listen is to Heal"
The Creative Independent "Musician and Sound Healer Lavender Suarez on The Power of Intention"
Varyer "How We Listen: A Group Discussion on Our Myriad Interactions with Sound"
Women in Sound "Lavender Suarez"
The New York Times "Lend Your Ears To the Boston Pops or a Sound Bath"
The Harvard Crimson "Portrait of an Artist: Lavender Suarez"
Art Zealous "How to Boost Your Creativity Through Sound Healing"
Audiofemme "Woman of Interest: Sound Healing Practitioner Lavender Suarez"
Bandcamp "On 'Myth of Equilibrium' Lavender Finds Her Calling: Sound Healing"
Podcasts
The Astral Hustle with Cory Allen
Soundfood with Nitsa Citrine "The Vibrational Power of Sound: Amplifying Resonance and Creativity with Sound Healer Lavender Suarez"
Yoga Journal "The Power of Sound"
Departures Magazine "Positive Vibrations"
Henry Ford Museum Magazine "The Role Music Can Play in Healing: Innovators in Electronic Music"
NY Yoga + Life Magazine "Profile: Lavender Suarez"
Flaunt Magazine "To Listen is to Heal"
The Creative Independent "Musician and Sound Healer Lavender Suarez on The Power of Intention"
Varyer "How We Listen: A Group Discussion on Our Myriad Interactions with Sound"
Women in Sound "Lavender Suarez"
The New York Times "Lend Your Ears To the Boston Pops or a Sound Bath"
The Harvard Crimson "Portrait of an Artist: Lavender Suarez"
Art Zealous "How to Boost Your Creativity Through Sound Healing"
Audiofemme "Woman of Interest: Sound Healing Practitioner Lavender Suarez"
Bandcamp "On 'Myth of Equilibrium' Lavender Finds Her Calling: Sound Healing"
Podcasts
The Astral Hustle with Cory Allen
Soundfood with Nitsa Citrine "The Vibrational Power of Sound: Amplifying Resonance and Creativity with Sound Healer Lavender Suarez"