Meet Ruth Ratliff
Sound Therapist & Voice Alchemist
Teacher - Author - Guide
Helping others experience deep healing and self-discovery through the power of sound, voice, and vibration.
Vibrational Sound Therapist, Voice Alchemist, Author, Teacher and Guide of Embodied Presence
Ruth’s work sits at the meeting point of science, spirit, and lived experience. Her path weaves together decades as a professional vocalist, a lifelong fascination with sound and vibration, and a deep calling to help others reconnect with the intelligence of their inner voice. Through sound therapy, vocal attunement, somatic practices, and heart-centered presence, she guides people home to themselves—gently, organically, and without performance or pressure.
With over 40 years as a voice professional and 20 years as a holistic voice teacher, Ruth understands the subtle relationships between sound, the nervous system, emotion, memory, and coherence. Her approach blends ancient sound traditions, modern trauma-aware techniques, and the intuitive skill of knowing how to meet someone exactly where they are.
Her work includes private and group sound sessions, experiential workshops, voice-based healing practices, her online course Healing with Your Wise Magical Voice, and community circles focused on radical self-care through sound, voice, and vibration. Everything she offers invites people to soften, breathe, and rediscover the quiet truth that has always lived beneath the noise.
Ruth is licensed and certified through the Vibrational Sound Association and trained in Sound Healing with Voice, Reiki, and Spiritual Coaching. She is the author of The Voice of Women’s Wisdom and a lifelong student of how sound shapes the human spirit.
She lives and practices in Hope, New Jersey, where she continues to explore the mystery and magic of voice, vibration, and presence.
When I began stepping into this work, I realized my life had been preparing me for it long before I ever recognized it as a path. I grew up in a home filled with music — singing in churches, blending my voice with choirs, learning how sound can hold emotion, prayer, memory, and healing. Music was my refuge from a dysfunctional family dynamic. It was the place I learned to breathe, to feel, to come back to myself.
My roots in presence reach even deeper. As a child, I was introduced to the Gurdjieff work through my parents. I studied the Movements in New York City and spent weekends in Armonk, NY with the children’s group. Those early years taught me something that would become the heart of my life’s work: the quiet discipline of attention. How to listen from the center. How to stay in the body when the mind wants to scatter. How stillness can open its own kind of doorway.
I didn’t know then that these teachings would shape the way I hold space as a sound therapist and voice alchemist, but they did. They taught me to meet people not with performance or interpretation, but with presence — with a steadiness that lets others find their own inner alignment.
Today, everything I offer comes from that same intention: to help people remember their resonance — the part of them that has never been lost.
The Voice of Women’s Wisdom
Through groundbreaking information backed by science and her personal accounts, the author conveys the potential of our sound as a dynamic sonic tool for healing and empowering the feminine voice, and awakening our divine nature.
”Wonderful, honest, inspired and helpful. A must-read for everyone.”
What People are Saying:
“It was wonderful to receive your pure vibrational sound healing. Thank you so much for following your soul purpose, I feel extremely blessed to have met you.”
Ines C.
“I immediately felt embraced in a powerful, powerful extraordinary vibrating space where the vibes moved directly into areas where I have issues. Your voice, your presence and technique are more than wonderful. Really no words can possibly express my gratitude and appreciation for what you do and how I experienced it.”
Gloria A.
I was lucky enough to experience a sound healing session with Ruth. I wasn't expecting her to include her beautiful voice. The whole experience left me feeling so relaxed and at peace with myself. What I loved most was learning that she sang what intuitively came from her heart. I have so much gratitude to have received such a personalized experience.
Patricia G.
“Ruth is such a beautiful soul. This is my second sound bath experience with Ruth and each time I leave I feel more aligned, renewed, and relaxed. She is a gifted healer. I could not speak higher of my experience!!! Great gift for loved ones!!”
Danielle R.
“I have been to other sound baths. They have all been wonderful. But this has been a special experience. Thank you so much for offering your wonderful talents.”
Karen K.
"Sound therapy is proving to be an important part of my toolkit to recover from substantial trauma. Tears have flowed freely immediately after the sound baths, particularly the sound baths with Reiki. By using so many instruments, Ruth has many avenues to reach and release what is deep within me. After four encounters, in addition to releasing stuck emotions, the most noticeable benefit is an improvement in the quality of my sleep. Ruth pulls all the stops to ensure a pleasurable and safe experience, but truthfully, having all this in the zero gravity chair is the best!"
Jan G.
Ruth is gifted both in group and individual healings. Several years ago, I experienced Ruth's sound healing during a group session at the Sussex Unity Church. It was divine! Recently, a friend gifted me with a 60-minute personal vibrational sound therapy session. I was in Heaven from start to finish! Her home is exquisite, with floral gardens and views of the countryside. Her studio is filled with wonderful amenities which enhanced all five of my senses, including a heated massage table. She will treat you like gold. I feel as if she wrapped me in a blanket of love. She cares for her clients on a very deep level. Highly Recommended!!
Tanya B.
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