John Villa is a Didjeridu master, multi-instrumentalist, polyphonic overtone vocalist, composer, researcher and sound healing facilitator who grew up in Big Sur, California in a family of musicians, dancers and healers. He began playing Didjeridu in the mid 1980’s, and lived and studied with Wardaman aboriginal elder Yidumduma Bill Harney in the Australian outback. John has also studied with master musicians from North Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia and India as well as sound healing pioneer Jonathan Goldman. He is a practitoner of Qi Gong, Shiatsu Anma Accupressure and has studied massage at the Esalen Institute where he was a sound healing facilitator and musician for workshops on dance, yoga, healing and spirituality. John holds a BFA and Masters in world music performance and ethnomusicology and he has more than 30 years experience using sound to guide people into altered states of consciousness to support their healing journey.