Dr Gemma Perry

Dr Gemma Perry Researcher, educater, meditation and yoga facilitator, investigating and sharing the psychology of mantra meditation 🕉

06/10/2026

Sounds, Symbols and Spaces course is starting Monday 19th October.

This is an 8 week course focused on sound meditation, chanting as well as sacred geometry and other meaningful symbols.

We also have a little “spring clean” throughout the course and build a spiritual space to supercharge our practice.

If you are interested, please let me know and I will message you the details. I love sharing this course and look forward to supercharging our space for practice and daily life!

Thank you to Channel 9 for featuring the launch of the “Voices of Inspire” project yesterday. It was a moving event and ...
01/10/2026

Thank you to Channel 9 for featuring the launch of the “Voices of Inspire” project yesterday. It was a moving event and demonstrated the power of community and music for people living with dementia.
Congrats to the wonderful Marta Kashyrina for a smooth and successful launch of this project during a challenging time!

I recommend heading over to the inspire YouTube channel to view the first story in this project of choir members, Edith and Bill. Thank you for sharing your story.

Dedicated to Jan Gillies, the visionary and founder.

That day we got together to brainstorm a dementia friendly choir on the Gold Coast. This is now a thriving community of ...
01/10/2026

That day we got together to brainstorm a dementia friendly choir on the Gold Coast.
This is now a thriving community of hundreds of people who’s lives have been touched by Jan and her vision to start this choir. Today, Jan’s passion project will be launched, which is sharing stories of the members of Inspire! Dementia friendly choir on the Gold Coast. Members are sharing their journey with dementia and how the choir has impacted their journey.

Music and community are such powerful tools for people living with dementia and for their carers and family.

We of course wish Jan would be here for the launch today but we all carry her joyful and forever caring nature with us. She continues to support the choir through her legacy and last wishes of donations for this project. ✨

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28/09/2026

What does sound do to us? What does the research tell us?

I get these questions a lot!

The answer depends on what practice we are doing, what question we are asking, and what we are measuring!

There are countless ways to practice with sound, and countless things we can measure. We need to consider what outcome we are interested in (if any), and then think about how the practice might be tailored to the person and the particular outcome they are working towards.

There is just so much to understand! I have been thinking about this stuff daily for 15 years and I am not getting bored — if anything, I’m even more intrigued by what these practices can do.

If you are a yoga teacher, therapist, or just keen to go deep, you can register for the waitlist for my practitioner training. I’ll be sending an email in the next couple of weeks to those who are interested in taking it further.

Link to register for the waitlist - https://www.drgemmaperry.com.au/training

I’m excited!

24/09/2026

I am not someone who has received too many awards in this lifetime (if any!) but this is one of my favourite things for being congratulated for 33 years ago 👀

“bringing a ray of sunshine to the class”

You’re welcome class. You’re welcome 🤣

Have you ever received a funny award like this? Would love to know! Maybe y’all topped the class in something so they didn’t have to make something like this up for you 😅

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24/09/2026

It warms our broken hearts to see beautiful Jan Gillies acknowledged in this way for her work with Inspire! Choir DF (members group) 🎶

Jan was of course also one of our long standing members of our chanting community and we miss her soooo much! 🪷 so so so much.

Please do get in touch if you would like to be involved with the choir on the Gold Coast or if you are setting up your very own dementia friendly choir somewhere in the world.

Jan’s dream is to see individuals living with dementia more understood and to provide them, their carers and their families with resources needed to continue living full and meaningful lives.




We have had so much wonderful feedback from our neuroscience of meditation workshop and a lot of requests for holding it...
21/09/2026

We have had so much wonderful feedback from our neuroscience of meditation workshop and a lot of requests for holding it in different parts of the world. Possibly even online!

🧠 We really love sharing the neurological benefits of contemplative sound meditation with you so please stay tuned for upcoming events in your city.

🧘‍♀️ If you do want to go deeper into the science and practical application of sound, I also suggest joining the waitlist for the practitioner training, which will be launched soon.

📑 By joining the waitlist, there is absolutely no obligation to you, but you will have access to Earlybird pricing, bonuses and be the first to know about when enrolment opens!

🧠 The practitioner training is designed for therapists, psychologists, yoga teachers and anyone wanting to go deep into the art and science of contemplative sound practices.

In the training, we cover topics such as sound for trauma, focus, calm, breathing, connection and of course we go deeper into the neurology!

🔗 Join the waitlist through the link in bio or by going to my website.

14/09/2026

☀️ For thousands of years, people around the world have embodied the energy of the sun through prayer and sound.

In India, the Gayatri Mantra honours the sun, and in Vedic traditions, 108 names of the sun are chanted. In ancient Egypt, people worshipped Ra, the Sun God, as the giver of all life. In Japan, Shinto prayers honour Amaterasu, the sun goddess.

And why wouldn’t we honour and contemplate that great fierce life giving ball of fire, the sun! 🌞

12/09/2026

We landed in Tasmania last night and it is the most beautiful place on the planet! Oh wow! So if you are one of the lucky ducks that live in this magical place 🪄 🌳 we will be at Udara Movement Studio - Hobart Sunday (tomorrow) 1pm sharing the neuroscience of meditation!

We are sharing some contemplative sound practices as well as the science behind how they impact the body and brain. You can still get tickets in the link in bio.

OMG Tasmania, you are stunning, friendly, kind and some of the most creative I have seen in a while. Heavinly to be here. Can’t wait to share meditation with you tomorrow!

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