A warm, welcoming space where pain is seen and heard through music and love — that's how the team at Placebo Club Bangkok describes its 'Alternative Music Therapy (Sound Healing)' programme, which launches with an opening session on September 29 from 2pm to 5pm at the Hoam Building on Charoen Krung 47/2.
The sessions combine therapeutic sound waves from Slipk Road, a Bangkok-based artist and alternative music therapist, with specialised instruments including the Prasat drum, Indian bansuri and Himalayan singing bowls, each tailored to the individual. The aim is to ease physical discomfort and rebuild mental strength through cancer treatment, while giving patients and their families a space to recharge alongside their primary medical care.
Leading the work is Vira Likitkijsorn, co-founder of Placebo Club, a healing school and community known locally for intensive sound and energy healing. His credentials are substantial: he directed the Thai Health Promotion Foundation's Community Healing Innovation Centre Programme from 2023 to 2025 and has taught and performed in more than 70 communities, hospitals and schools, reaching over 900 records of significant health recovery.
If you miss the September 29 launch, there's good news — a monthly session will follow. Admission has no fixed fee; participants contribute according to their willingness and convenience.
One important caveat from the organisers themselves: this is a holistic alternative support activity, not a medical treatment, and it cannot replace primary medical care. It's designed to sit alongside treatment, not instead of it.
For travellers, this is a small window into Bangkok's wellness scene beyond the spa menus — a grassroots healing community in Charoen Krung, one of the city's most interesting old-meets-new neighbourhoods. It's also a genuinely useful resource for anyone visiting or living in Bangkok while supporting a loved one through cancer, offering an afternoon of rest that doesn't cost a set fee. Accessibility matters here: sessions are donation-based and open to patients and families, so there's no barrier beyond turning up.
Credit: Bangkok Post Life
