Biography of William Stanhope Cutherell:

Stan Cutherell is a practitioner of Sound Healing and Psychoacoustics, a Leadership/Life Coach, and a Spiritual Counselor with more than 20 year of experience in the musical field.

For most of his adult life, Stan, a certified drum facilitator and accomplished guitarist, has been exploring the link between music, spirituality and creativity. In 2005, Stan Cutherell teamed up with Jimmy Pennington, an acupuncturist and Doctor of Chinese Medicine, to explore sound as a healing method, using various frequencies and vibrations to complement Bio-Feedback and wellness methods.

Stan, who studied under the guidance of artist, classical guitarist, and world renowned violinist Maestro David Baquero (himself a student of the classical guitarist Andres Segovia) is the co-founder, songwriter, and guitarist for the band “The Rafters” and has co-produced and written the music for there two CDs of original material. Prior to playing with “The Rafters”, Stan produced two CDs with the band “Railroad Gin” for whom he was guitarist and song writer for ten years. He has worked with clients to organize, produce, and write their own original music as well with his latest project being the co-producer of Insideout, an all original CD by Krissi Minten, an extremely talented and soulful singer-songwriter.

Stan also worked with author and innovator Rolf Smith, founder of The School of Innovators and the Virtual Thinking Expeditions, and attended the Creative Problem Solving Institute of New York, assisting in conducting workshops in the field of creative expression.  He has also worked with many different clients in his Coaching practice, all of which centers around increasing emotional awareness and developing connection and leadership skills.

Stan is an active member of The Mankind Project and actively staffs the New Warriors Training Adventures, a program that empowers men to achieve their full potential by living in integrity.

Stan holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from Texas Christian University. He has completed his course-work toward a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology at the University of Houston. He is also a certified Birkman Consultant and Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory Consultant.

Apart from his interests in music, creativity and healing, Stan Cutherell is an accomplished businessman and entrepreneur. He is an active Licensed Real Estate Broker and has more than 25 years of experience in real estate, both commercial and residential. From 1989 to 1998 Stan owned and operated Vetmart, one of the first chains of retail animal pharmacies in the state of Texas.

Stan is the father of two daughters who teach him about love and hope. In his free time Stan practices yoga and Qigong. He is a lifelong student of human behavior. He best describes himself with this quote from Picasso: “I am always doing that which I cannot do in order to learn how to do it.”