Sound Bath Sessions 291: Loretta Tan

Loretta has been a master guzheng performer and teacher for the past 30 years. She perfected her skills in China and has since been invited numerous times to perform and judge competitions. While learning guzheng in China she was also interested in music therapy or sound for healing and after her studies began to explore how to combine her talents with healing and wellness.

Loretta's approach to her sessions pulls from many sources with her heritage being Chinese a lot of it is rooted in the philosophies and practices of Chinese medicine. In our conversations she mentions how she uses the TCM concepts of the 5 elements and yin and yang with the instruments in each session. The guzheng can be interpreted as having all 5 elements within its physical self, but she can also express the conceptual elements within her own improvised composition: vitality, passion, stability, strength, and wisdom.