Welcome to Barbara Swetina’s Music for Peace 2025 Training Programme!
Herzfeld Sennrüti, Degersheim, Switzerland
September 30 - 5 October 2025
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We form a community following our love for music, where learning is natural, joyful and relaxed. Together we build a connected heart field, fuelled by love for the Earth, for each other and for the Divine!
The 'Community School of Music for Peace' began as leadership training and has broadened into an educational programme for both aspiring song leaders as well as those who want to deepen into a rich field of music without leading. New and returning participants are welcome at their current level of musical unfolding. Together we are building a sacred world culture through song and dance!
Testimonial: ‘Barbara has a unique way of leading groups through music to a joyfully high frequency. Here our hearts open naturally and there is a deep and tender connection to both the universe and each other. It reminds me of the feeling I have when I hold my child in my arms. To inspire this tenderness in a group of strangers to me is a wonder. This is so healing for our world, and takes us far beyond a typical choir or circle dance experience. To experience this with Barbara and learn from her is a rare privilege, as well as a chance to practice this beautiful craft ourselves.’
— Jamie Brown Hansen, Training participant 2023, training assistant 2024
The 2025 programme will again be bilingual in English and German. Based on their own interests, participants can choose to focus on any of the following educational components, which are integrated holistically into the training:
The 2025 programme consists of one 6-day, in-person module in Ökodorf Herzfeld Sennrüti in Switzerland: September 30 - 5 October 2025.
For an optimal experience, the group size will be kept between minimum 12 and maximum 25 participants.
By the end of the programme you will have:
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The training consists of one in-person module, lasting 6 days, held at the Sennrüti Ecovillage in Switzerland: September 30 - 5 October 2025
The costs for the attendance of the course consists of 3 parts:
Tuition Fee:
For the in-person module and course materials:
Discounts & Scholarships:
If more financial support would be needed to participate, please apply for a bursary or work scholarship at the time of booking. These can be offered once the minimum number of places have been filled. To apply, write to songtraining@sennrueti.ch and tell us more about your situation in a few sentences.
Prices for food and accommodation 2025: *
Accommodation for 5 nights:
* Can all be paid upfront or 2 weeks before each module.
To register please fill out this registration form. and e-mail to songtraining@sennrueti.ch
Once we receive your registration, we will be in touch with you asap to confirm your participation in the course and to set up a payment plan if you need one. We accept payments for the course via bank transfer and will be able to assist you with all required details once we receive your registration.
“The Sacred Songs and Dances contain old wisdom teachings that are repeated over and over while singing and dancing. Through this I feel comfort, healing and am connected to humanity in a loving way. Even in everyday life I feel the power and the healing effect of the songs. This training with Barbara has enriched my life immensely.”
Josephine S. course participant 2019
“You provided me with my 'template' of singing as a source of deep connection with Spirit, with each other, with intimacy in community. So you are also 'responsible' for all those who have come to the experience of singing through the groups and sessions that I have led. Thank you, you are a wonderful gift, connecting us to music, to spirit and to each other.”
With deep love and gratitude David Harrison, (current voice teacher and song leader in Findhorn)
About Barbara:
Barbara Swetina is a professional musician and music success coach, dedicated to building a unified heart field with music and voice. She graduated from the Mozarteum Salzburg in Recorder (concert level) and Piano and has a degree from the Orff Institute for Elementary Music Education. Since her teenage years she has been on a spiritual quest and was most influenced by Rudolph Steiner, the Findhorn Community, the Sufi message, the Aloha Spirit and Nonduality.
Barbara plays and teaches 7 different instruments.
For over 30 years she has been building a culture of peace through daily spiritual singing sessions as a musical director in the Findhorn Eco-Village in Scotland. Barbara published CDs and songbooks and is the creator of the MusicTrain Method, a game for learning to read music through play. Her love of music is contagious and can transform a group of strangers into a polyphonic choir with minutes. Barbara writes and arranges music and teaches internationally. By empowering people to develop their musical potential she wants to contribute to the creation of ‘the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible’ (Ch. Eisenstein).
Any questions?
For any logistical questions or any support with booking, please get in touch with our booking angel at songtraining@sennrueti.ch
If you have any questions for Barbara, please contact her at barbara@barbaraswetina.com
We look forward to hearing from you!
