The Musical Activation Experience
Receive the most potent musical activation of your life - from ZERO experience
The Musical Activation Experience: Rainforest Edition is a 2-month Beginner’s Music Program in Harp or Guitar, held live on Zoom each Wednesday beginning October 1st, 2025.
THE MUSIC PROGRAM CURRICULUM: Level 1
The Elements of Music and Sound
Embark on a journey into the elements of sound: Discover how melody, harmony, rhythm, and bass are intertwined with our human rhythms and psychoacoustic perception. Explore the architecture of music and its ability to organize sound in a way that resonates with the human experience.
Music Theory 1 + Vocal Toning
Decipher the basics of the musical lexicon - notes, steps, intervals, and scales. Experience the transformative power of your voice through vocal toning to enhance meditation, synchronize brainwave patterns, and facilitate intentional manifestation.
Music Theory 2 + Instrument Initiation
Instrument Initiation for Harp or Guitar: Deepen your musical insight with chords and strumming /picking patterns to accompany your vocal expression. Begin to engage with your instrument as a conduit for healing, learning its language and embracing its potential as a transformative tool.
The Sacred Geometry of Music
Explore the intrinsic patterns that music shares with the natural world. Understand how symmetry and proportion in music reflect the harmonies found in nature, offering insights into the order of the universe.
The Art of Performance
This is the stage where you integrate and exhibit your musical growth. Present your learned skills with confidence and share your musical voice, culminating your journey in a celebratory performance.
Zoom Program Schedule
🗓 Weekly Live Q&A Schedule
Every Wednesday:
• 11:00 AM PST - Harp
• 12:00 PM PST - Guitar
*All students are welcome to join both sessions, but it is recommended to focus on one instrument for this program
• 1st Session: October 01, 2025
• 2nd Session: October 08, 2025
• 3rd Session: October 15, 2025
• 4th Session: October 22, 2025
• 5th Session: October 29, 2025
• 6th Session: November 05, 2025
7th Session: November 26, 2025
8th Session: December 3rd, 2025
Zoom classes with Scarlett de la Torre occur every Wednesday beginning October 1st to receive live guidance and adjustments on your musical practice in a potent group setting, and to create a strong musical foundation. There is a 2-week break for classes November 9-21st for an optional immersion in the Brazilian Amazon.
📌 Recommended Time Commitment
20 minutes of daily practice
One 30-minute video lesson per week
One 60-minute live class per week
Tuition Options for your 2-month Musical Activation
What’s Included
6 weekly live Zoom classes (Harp or Guitar)
6 short music theory lessons
2 personalized video feedback opportunities
Integration call + closing song circle
Digital practice guides & class material PDF
Replay access to all sessions
Private group thread for support
2 in-person group classes for Amazon immersion participants
PRIVATE MENTORSHIP
with Scarlett de la Torre
If you're seeking personalized guidance on your musical journey, we're excited to offer exclusive one-on-one mentorship sessions with Scarlett de la Torre. This intimate learning experience allows you to work directly with Scarlett to develop your unique musical voice, enhance your skills, and unlock your creative potential.
SEE WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAYING….
This program is for you if…
You’re between 16 and 101 and feel drawn to begin a musical practice: harp or guitar — or both.
You’ve held the belief that starting music belongs to childhood, and now you're ready to change that story.
You’re a ceremonialist, healer, coach, or yogi expanding your practice to include live, intentional sound.
You explore neuroscience, biohacking, or mindfulness and want to develop music as a tool for cognitive, emotional, and spiritual presence.
You want to sing and play your favorite songs on guitar or harp, or both! From the Beatles to Beyoncé, from Danit to David Bowie, from Leonard Cohen to Led Zeppelin, and an array of ceremonial songs and mantras… We love all music!
Frequently Asked Questions
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YES! This program is for absolute beginners. If you’ve never touched an instrument, you’re in the right place.
This program is also perfect for you if you’ve had prior experience, haven’t picked up an instrument in a long time, or if you’ve taken Musical Activation with us before and wish to switch instruments!
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All Zoom sessions are recorded. You can watch the replays anytime.
We will also record the 2 live group sessions in the Amazon to share with participants who are not joining the Amazon immersion.
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Yes, if you have time to dedicate. We recommend at least 30 minutes of daily practice per instrument. If you’re ready to commit to both harp and guitar, you’re welcome to participate in both tracks.
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The MAE program stands on its own. The Rainforest immersion is for those who feel called to deepen their practice in-person with Scarlett and the Yawanawa the forest.
If you are unable to join this trip, there will be another music immersion in the forest in 2026.
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We begin 6 weeks of beginner music instruction on Zoom every Wednesday at 11am (harp), 12pm (guitar). Our last instrument class is November 5th.
For those joining the Rainforest excursion, we arrive in Brazil on November 9th-21st.
Then all students will receive 2 integration calls :
Wednesday November 26th - Integration and Sharing, plus Q&A
Wednesday December 3rd - Final Full Moon Song Circle
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Choose the Harp or Guitar
HARP: Roosebeck 22-String Fully Levered Harp is the best choice for this mentorship.
GUITAR: We love ¾ guitars like Cordoba or Martin because they’re smaller and easy to play, but pop into a guitar shop and choose an acoustic guitar that resonates. Scarlett uses a classical nylon string Yamaha TransAcoustic guitar, it’s a matter of personal taste, really. Classical strings for a softer more feminine sound and steel strings if you want to rock out and strum.
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You’ll register through Yawajourneys, a team that works directly with the Yawanawa. The cost of the immersion is $2,000 USD if booked before August 15th, plus the cost of international and domestic flights and extra incidentals.
Accomodation, ceremony, and nourishment for the retreat are included.
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Yes. We offer flexible payment options and a limited number of work-trade scholarships each cohort. Details are provided during the application process.
Step into your musical path
About Scarlett de la Torre
Scarlett de la Torre is a visionary musician, sound alchemist, and multimedia artist whose innovative work merges neuroscience-informed practices with intuitive artistry. As the founder of the AHA Sound Sanctuary, established in 2018, Scarlett creates accessible entry points into the transformative realms of music, sprinkling magic on the intersection of Sound, Entheogens, and Ceremony.
Her love of teaching spans over a decade, with roots in dedicated activism. Scarlett serves as an ambassador for Beauty for Freedom, an organization combating human trafficking through creativity, education, and rescue operations. Her work in Kolkata, India, with survivors at New Light profoundly shaped her understanding of sound as a powerful tool for healing trauma. She has similarly supported displaced Syrian refugee youth through musical education with Elpida Home, helping foster resilience and hope through creative expression.
Fusing her love of Sound and earth-based healing and advocacy, Scarlett uses her voice and sound to safe spaces of transformation. She has supported the ceremonial circles of Indigenous leaders of the Asheninka, Huni Kuin, and Yawanawa people. Through her work with Indigenous pajés, Scarlett cultivated a deep passion for supporting plant medicine circles within Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities through the transformative power of music, building bridges of peace, understanding, and cultural connection. Scarlett also collaborates closely with The Wonderland Project, providing legal and subsidized plant-assisted therapy In for survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse, offering therapeutic pathways to recovery and empowerment.
Scarlett’s mission cultivates a global community of advocates of self-discovery, unified through music, mindful practices, and compassionate activism. Her life's work continues to inspire transformation, connection, and liberation through the universal language of sound.
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