Michael Reiley is a threshold composer, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer with over 25 years of experience performing and recording around the world. His work spans hospice care, breathwork ceremony, and psychedelic-assisted therapy — music and sound made for the moments that ask the most of people.

At ASHA, Michael leads group sound journeys and ecstatic dance sessions, and offers bespoke one-to-one Deep Listening sessions tailored to each participant's needs. He is the composer behind the Alchemy of Breath Breathwork Music Library — a 70-track commissioned work built around the full arc of a breathwork journey — and has created original music for Anthony Abbagnano's Mandala breathwork journey and Soul Song Messages with Amy Rachelle.

A student of composer and pioneer Pauline Oliveros, Michael has practiced and taught Deep Listening for decades — an approach to sound that expands awareness beyond the everyday and into the full spectrum of listening experience. His instruments include handpan, crystal bowls, flutes, piano, guitar, and synthesis, woven together live or in the studio depending on what the moment calls for.

Qualifications & Experience

• Certified Deep Listening® Facilitator and adjunct professor at the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, following the lineage of Pauline Oliveros.

• Certified Music Practitioner (Music for Healing and Transition Program) and Certified Mindfulness Instructor from the Science of Mindful Awareness.

• Holder of a Music for Wellness certificate from Berklee College of Music.

• Over 20 years as a musician, sound healer, and producer, with music featured in dance, film, installations, and for clients such as Alchemy of Breath, Wavepaths, and IKI Health.

• Co-founder of Listening Bodies, offering collaborative workshops and Deep Listening practices with his partner, Monica.
  

One-to-One Sessions (1.5 hours)

• Deep Listening Session A bespoke one-to-one session drawing from a range of practices depending on your needs: compassionate listening, sounding and vocalization, instrumental sound healing using crystal bowls, handpan, flutes, or piano. Also available: one-to-one coaching for breathwork facilitators on playlist production, mixing, and sequencing.

Group Sessions (1.5 - 2 hours)

• Sound Journey An immersive group soundscape using handpan, crystal bowls, flutes, synthesizers, and field recordings. Music that holds the space rather than fills it.

• Ecstatic Dance A liberating movement experience set to dynamic live music, guiding participants to connect with their bodies and express freely.