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Michael Reiley:
Ceremonial Musician and Deep Listening® Facilitator

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Meet Michael

Michael Reiley is a ceremonial musician, composer, and Deep Listening® facilitator with thirty years of practice. He creates live sound journeys for retreats, corporate wellbeing events, private ceremonies, and life’s threshold moments.

He is faculty at the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in the lineage of Pauline Oliveros, and holds MHTP certification (Music for Healing and Transition Program). He is a working composer with Wavepaths, the psychedelic-assisted therapy music platform founded by Mendel Kaelen of Imperial College London, and co-host and producer of the Science and Nonduality (SAND) podcast.

His work has been presented at retreat centers, corporate offsites, palliative care facilities, and ceremonial gatherings across Europe and internationally.

He is based at Alchemy School of Healing Arts (ASHA) in Tuscany, and available internationally.

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Michael looking into the light

Affiliations, Trainings & Traditions

  • Certified Deep Listening® Facilitator and an associate professor at the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

  • Certified Music Practitioner from the Music for Healing and Transition Program.

  • Certificate in Music for Wellness from Berklee College of Music.

  • Certified mindfulness teacher from Science of Mindful Awareness

  • Composer at Wavepaths, a platform providing music experiences for and as psychedelic therapy

  • Meditation Teacher at Springboard Studio

  • Artist in Residence and teacher at The Village of Arts and Humanities, The

  • Fidget Space, and BEEP at Temple University Boyer College of Music

  • Other Artist Residencies Include: GlogauAIR (Berlin), PECAH (India), ComPeung (Thailand),
    Listhus (Iceland), Liebig12 (Berlin), Casa Na Ilha (Brazil), Ayatana (Canada)

  • Supported and Presented by the American Composers Forum

  • Podcast Producer, Host, and Blog editor for Science and Nonduality

  • Resident artist and sound healer at Alchemy School of Healing Arts

Trusted by

The Center for Deep Listening
Alchemy of Breath
Science and Nonduality
Wavepaths
Mind Body Spirit Festival
Corporate Wellbeing Award

Interview

Discover more about Michael and his path in this interview with Simone Niles and the Soulfull Sounds Podcast.

Michael Reiley is a ceremonial musician, composer, and Deep Listening® facilitator with thirty years of practice. He creates live sound journeys for retreats, concerts, events, private ceremonies, and life’s threshold moments.

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Live Sound Ceremonies

I compose in the moment and play to the room, so the sound moves with your group instead of running underneath it. Retreats, ceremonies, festivals, and private gatherings, from intimate circles to groups of two hundred.

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Michael Reiley giving a talk at Mind Body Spirit London

Teaching

For the past 20 years, I’ve been leading small and large groups online and in-person to discover the transformative power of presence, listening, and sonic awareness.

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Commissions

I compose original music for breathwork, psychedelic-assisted therapy, clinical settings, and film. Music built for a specific purpose and a specific arc, not stock wellness audio.

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