Arden and Jack Wilken - Creators of INNER SOUND

1950
Born April 18, in Santa Rosa, California.

1958
Began piano studies.

1972
Graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theory

1973-8
Certified Shorthand Reporter in the State of California

1977-8
Studied meditation, energy healing and the visual perception of energy at the Washington Psychic Institute, Seattle.

1978
April 4 began the development of INNER SOUND™ with the composition of the first Personal Music.

1978
Married Jack Wilken

1978- 98
Cruised and lived aboard various sailboats in North and Central America and the Mediterranean.

1981
Son Alex born in San Jose, Costa Rica

1983
Identified most of the 50 motifs used in the Personal Music

1984
Daughter Heidi born in Carthage, Tunisia

1985-96
Composed the 20 TOOLS FOR SELF-DISCOVERY titles onboard Yacht ORION

1985-92
First 6 TOOLS FOR SELF-DISCOVERY titles published by Colin Wilcox of New World Cassettes, Suffolk, England.

1986-93
Collaborated on the use of sound and music in SOUND SEX, developed by Jack Wilken, a program created to serve therapists, professionals working with others, as well as individuals to clarify their own sexuality.

1988-94
Investigated the use of sound, music, colour and therapeutic strobes in the psycho-therapeutic process with Jack Wilken and Marc Costa, psychologist and founder of Integration Psico-corporal, Barcelona Spain.

1991
Incorporated Spectrum Sound Resonance System (SSRS), a range of psycho-acoustic effects developed by Jack Wilken into INNER SOUND.

1992
Co-published 18 TOOLS FOR SELF-DISCOVERY titles in a new edition with SSRS in conjunction with INFINITUM MUSICA, Barcelona Spain.

1993
April 28-May 2: presented work with sound, music, colour and therapeutic strobes in the psychotherapeutic process, Spectrum Light System (SLS) at Third International Congress on Psycho-Therapy, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain.

1993
Formalized Sound Touch, sound healing method for individuals and professionals based on the 50 INNER SOUND motifs.

1994
June 10-11: presented SLS at Second International Congress of Holistic Bodywork and Bodymind Therapy, Villersexel, France.

1994
Began a series of Healing Concerts for the general public as well as therapeutic situations incorporating images into the use of sound and colour.

1998
August 14-16: presented Personal Music at Sixth International Sound Colloquium, Loveland, Colorado.

1998
Created Sound Touch CD and Instruction Manual.

1999
1999 With Jack Wilken, developed the Inner Sound Correspondence Course

1999/2000
Hosted radio talk show entitled Inner Sound about the use of sound and music to improve the quality of life (KFNX, Phoenix, Arizona USA & WALE, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

1999
Co-founded the Institute of Sound Therapy, an international body to educate and inform the public about different techniques and therapies in the use of sound.

2000
Founded the School for Inner Sound, Barcelona, Spain

2001 Founded School for Inner Sound, USA

2002 Founded School for Inner Sound, UK

2004 Founded School for Inner Sound, Netherlands

1944
Born July 12, Santa Monica, California, USA.

1963-1969
US Coast Guard Service and operated an underwater diving service.

1965-1968
Studied Technical Oceanography at Fullerton as well as other US Navy Schools

1964-1973
Received an Associate of Arts Degree in Marine Sciences, Fullerton College, Fullerton California.

1969-1973
Taught Technical Oceanography at Fullerton College.

1975-1977
Engineering Group Manager, also Customer Service Quality Control Manager, Westsail Corporation, USA. Project Manager for boat building projects in the US and Taiwan including the Crealock 37.

1978-present
With Arden Wilken, co-creator of INNER SOUND (1978), a system of sound and therapeutic music for the integration and expression of the emotions.

1979-1998
Traveled extensively in Australia and the Far East; sailed and lived aboard various sailboats researching the effect of sound and music in different cultures in North and Central America and the Mediterranean.

1988-1994
Investigated and developed a unique system for the use of sound, music colour and therapeutic strobes in the psychotherapeutic process with Arden Wilken and Marc Costa, psychologist and founder of Intergracion Psico-corporal Barcelona, Spain.

1988-1994
Developed a range of psychoacoustic effects which were incorporated into INNER SOUND as SPECTRUM SOUND RESONANCE SYSTEM (SSRS)

1993
April 28 - May 2 - presented SPECTRUM LIGHT SYSTEM (SLS), the result of their investigation into sound, music, colour and therapeutic strobes in the psychotherapeutic process at Third International Congress on Psycho-Therapy, Castelldefels (Barcelona) Spain.

1993
Collaborated on formalization of SOUND TOUCH (1993), a sound healing method for individuals, health professionals, musicians and music educators.

1994
June 10-11 - presented SLS at Second International Congress of Wholistic Bodywork and Bodymind Therapy Villersexel, France.

1994-present
Creation of visual software as a further development of SLS for eventual commercial production.

1998
Collaborated on creation of SOUND TOUCH CD and 120 page instruction manual in English

1998
Co-authored the Inner Sound Correspondence Course

1999
Projects involved development of new psychoacoustic and recording effects to include in further musical compositions; research and development of a "sound bed"

1999/2000
Co-founded the Institute of Sound Therapy, an international body to educate and inform the public about different techniques and therapies in the use of sound.

2000
Founded the School for Inner Sound, Barcelona, Spain

2001 Founded School for Inner Sound, USA

2002 Founded School for Inner Sound, UK

2004 Founded School for Inner Sound, Netherlands

2005 He and Arden continue to travel throughout the world, sharing their work