Welcome to Whole Life Studio
My name is Surya Leigh Mellor, RP, MFA, MPS. I am a Registered Psychotherapist, artist, and sound practitioner. In addition to my psychotherapy practice in Walkerton at the historic Walker House, I also welcome clients and community into Whole Life Studio, my home studio north of Durham.
Whole Life Studio is a spacious, light-filled environment set within a cedar forest. It serves as both a therapy space and a community gathering place. In my psychotherapy work, I draw on somatic therapy, sound as a therapeutic tool, art-based processes, and integrative trauma-responsive approaches. Sessions at the Studio allow for movement, creative engagement, and embodied practices that complement and deepen the therapeutic process.
The Studio is also a home for community offerings — sound baths, workshops, and kirtan. These gatherings are guided by the values of belonging, creative expression, and restorative practice. They provide an opportunity to pause, connect, and renew through sound and shared experience.
Through both psychotherapy and community practice, my vision for Whole Life Studio is to hold space where connection, presence, and wholeness can be experienced and lived.
Upcoming Sound Bath
November 28th from 4:30pm-5:45pm
Cultivating Calm and Stillness
Sound Journey: Guideposts for Life
Each Sound Bath is guided with intention, weaving together sound, mindfulness, and breath with themes inspired by Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection (2010). You do not need to have read the book to attend. Each session introduces a guidepost as a principle for reflection and intention, offering participants the chance to align sound with personal meaning.
Sound Baths create space for:
Entering deeper states of consciousness through sound and mindfulness
Rest, renewal, and liminal space for integration
Closing with reconnection, voice, integration, and yes — chocolate
Upcoming Dates
Friday, November 28, 2025
Guidepost 8 – Cultivating Calm and Stillness
Letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle
Friday, December 19, 2025
Guidepost 9 – Cultivating Meaningful Work
Letting go of self-doubt and “supposed to”
Friday, January 16, 2026
Guidepost 10 – Cultivating Laughter, Song, and Dance
Letting go of being cool and “always in control”
Time: 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Fee: $25 (cash at the door or e-transfer to connect@wholelifestudio.ca)
Pre-registration required – Please use the Contact Page and indicate which month you’ll attend.
This Sound Journey series combines sound, mindfulness, and intention-setting with the guideposts of imperfection — offering a space for presence, renewal, and deeper connection to self.
Next Sound Bath
Friday, November 28th, 2025
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Fee: $25 (cash at the door or e-transfer to connect@wholelifestudio.ca)
Please pre-register on the Contact Page and indicate the month you plan to attend.
