Our Handpan Pro-D Program offers a restorative space to pause, recharge, and reconnect with your mental well-being.
50-60% of educators experience burnout in their careers.
Through the playful experience of learning the Handpan, teachers step into a beginner's mindset, rediscovering curiosity, creativity, and the courage to learn something new.
This shared musical journey strengthens community, supports wellbeing and offers a unique and memorable wellness experience for your next
Professional Development Day.
Professional Development
Professional Development
Teachers offer deeply meaningful work yet constant sensory input, emotional demands, and a fast-paced, overstimulating day-to-day environments can lead to burnout. From managing classrooms to supporting diverse needs, teachers are often in a sustained state of giving, leaving little time to pause, reset, and regulate their own nervous systems. Over time, this can lead to stress, fatigue, and burnout.
This workshop responds to that need by offering accessible tools to better understand and regulate stress. Through this unique Handpan meditation workshop, participants will explore how sound, listening, and mindful attention can support nervous system regulation, restore focus, and cultivate a greater sense of calm and presence both in and beyond the classroom.
We specialize in
burnout prevention...
Build healthy work relations through participatory and collaborative team building activities.
community building
Learn about the benefits of sound meditation and its effect on the brain and body. Build self awareness through evidence based mindfulness exercises.
Neuroscience 101
Practical strategies for integrating mindfulness for personal growth and professional practice
Mindfulness
-St. Johns IB World School
"Luisa has such a comforting and calming presence, while being engaging and informational. She is extremely knowledgeable about her areas of expertise, and creates such a safe, mindful, and easy space to learn, relax, and be creative in!"
At the heart of this series are a circle of 10 unique Handpan instrument. Their soothing, resonant tones naturally invite relaxation and focus, making it especially accessible for beginners. Participants will have the opportunity to step into a “beginner’s mind,” engaging in playful learning that mirrors the curiosity we ask of our students. This experience not only reignites curiosity but also rekindles joy and creativity in the learning process.
What to expect...
Luisa encountered the Handpan for the first time in 2016, an experience that would shape the next decade of her musical path. She has since designed and facilitated over 300+ mindful music programs for school classrooms K-12. In her workshop she invites participants into the tranquil world of Handpan melodies, capturing the instrument’s imaginative emotional and expressive potential.
Luisa's dedication to making music accessible to all abilities has lead her to working in special needs programs, elderly care, community services, exploring music as a tool to cultivate deeper listening as a pathway to presence. She brings her embodied understanding into her teaching, creating a supportive and inspiring space where students can grow their musical understanding of this unique instrument and world percussion.
In Luisa's Handpan workshops she shares practical, easy-to-learn techniques that allow you to begin playing melodies and rhythms right away. She believes that everyone is musical, and that learning the Handpan is not only about playing an instrument, but about cultivating sensitivity, and attunement to ourselves and others...strengthening essential skills for everyday life.
Luisa Henz BA, MEd*
