Ali
Ali is a sound therapist, retreat facilitator, and founder of Resonant Being and Earth Sea Sky Retreats. With over 15 years of experience, she specialises in sound healing, meditation, and nature-based practices. Rooted in Cornwall, Ali creates sacred spaces that support deep transformation, embodied presence, and inner connection.
Sound as Medicine, Nature as Guide
Ali Gunning is a sound therapist, retreat facilitator, and trainer who brings over 15 years of experience in the healing arts. Her journey into the transformative power of sound began through yoga and travels in India, where she first encountered the mystical depth of mantra and the vibrational potency of the human voice. This early exploration led her to specialise in sound therapy, particularly in the use of the gong as a tool for self-healing and meditation.
Ali is a member of the College of Sound Healing and has undertaken thousands of hours of training and continuing professional development across a range of healing modalities. However, she places greater value on embodied experience than formal qualifications, emphasising the importance of living from awareness and from the heart. It is this daily grounding in presence and authenticity that informs her work.
Her intention is to hold safe, loving, and transformational spaces that incorporate sound, movement, meditation, cacao, and nature connection. Her approach helps others access the deep inner well of being that holds healing, wisdom, and the potential for meaningful change, both subtle and profound.
After many years of facilitating retreats in locations such as India and Italy, Ali founded Earth Sea Sky Retreats, rooted in the elemental landscape of Cornwall. These retreats bring women together in community and practice, drawing on the power of the land and the supportive energy of sacred space.
At her home on the Lizard Peninsula, Ali created a dedicated ‘sound temple’ space that has evolved into a thriving therapeutic practice. Here she offers sessions centred around gong healing and Acutonics tuning forks — a refined and powerful modality that works with the body's meridian and chakra systems.
Ali is also the founder of Resonant Being, a registered training school with the Complementary Medical Association (CMA), offering in-depth training and mentoring for emerging sound practitioners.
With a grounded presence and deep intuitive sensitivity, Ali holds space in a way that invites openness, resonance, and transformation.
