Berna Efeoğlu Ulus
Independent musician/percussionist, space holder and facilitator working on sound healing, healing voice and deep listening practices.
Berna started playing piano at the age of 6 and continued her piano education for 12 years. After completing her bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering at Galatasaray University (2000-2004) and working in this field for a while, her path met with music again. She completed her master's degree in Music/Performance/Percussion at ITU Music Advanced Research Center MIAM (2010-2013). She studied percussion with local and international instructors (Mısırlı Ahmet, Çağdaş Yıldırım, River Guerguerian, Tommy Be, Mehdi Darvishi, Amy Salsgiver, Kerem Kırca, Engin Gürkey).
Since 2011, she has continued to take part in different styles of music projects and orchestras (The Music Medicine (2017-2018), Batuhan Polat (2018), Istanbul Film Music Orchestra-Percussionist (2012-2017), Nevazen (2015), Passatempo (2013-2016), etc.). In the projects she has been involved in the field of performing arts, she has taken the stage as a music director (Yürüme (2018)), creative facilitator (Sekmeler (2018)) and performance artist/musician (Yürüme (2018), Un-Label (2016-2017), Bir Dilek Olarak Unutmak (2017), Hippies for Sale (2017)).
In addition to her music and stage performances, she has held space with live sounds and rhythms in various self-awareness practices (5Rhythms Movement Meditation, body workshops, Tensegrity Practices, etc.).
In 2014, she met The Way of Council, a communication method based on deep listening used in ancient communities to maintain peace and tranquility. She continued to facilitate circles and hold space based on The Way of Council tradition. She co-organized deep listening and circle practice-based workshops with communities and teams working/producing together with Awareness Coach Yılmaz Ulus.
She experienced body practices such as 5 Rhythms, Authentic Movement, Movement Medicine, Skinner Releasing Technique, Axis Syllabus, Contact Improvisation etc., which have an important place in her own growth and healing journey (2014-...) and completed the Creative Dance Instructor Training (2016) and Dance and Movement Therapy Techniques Training Programs (2016).
Berna has been working mainly with sound healing since 2017. In August 2018, she completed the intensive training program organized by the Association of Sound Therapy in Spain and received the International Sound Healing Diploma. In this context, she guides sound journeys and takes part in sound healing concerts and performances.
Her journey towards her own unique voice first began with one-on-one studies with Berna Anıl Özkurt during her master's degree (2010-2013). This journey gained momentum again when she started working with sound healing in 2017. During this process, Berna continued her studies with Kefas Berlin, Michele Averard & Nestor Kornblum, Nessi Gomes, Chloe Goodchild, Almunis (Alejandra Ortiz), Susie Ro, is currently studying Free the Voice Program with Odeya Nini and continues to walk on the discovery journey of her own voice and learn with enthusiasm.
Since 2019, she has been writing and singing “Songs for Healing” with her ukulele. Since 2021, she has been facilitating her "Journey to My Voice" workshop, a deep listening and voice workshop that she designed herself.
In 2022, she met Dances of Universal Peace (DUP), a form of circle dances adapted from sacred songs from different local cultures and traditions of the world, whose seeds were seeded by Sufi and Zen Master Samuel L. Lewis in the 1960s, and she walked on a path of dance leadership for some time.
Berna is about to complete her Shamanic Healing Practices Training Program "Walking The Shaman's Path" created by her teacher Patricia White Buffalo, which she began in 2024.
In addition to her sound and energy healing sessions enriched with shamanic approach, Berna offers a one-on-one space for those who wish to explore their own unique voice.
Healer Women of Anatolia - Podcast / Oct 29, 2022
Women Are Medicine - 11th Hour Talks / July 31, 2022
