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Beginner's Path
Cohort I runs August 15 - November 15 2026
From Chords to Confidence
Beginner's Path is a 12-week guided journey for complete beginners and aspiring spirit-led musicians who are ready to build real lasting musical foundations, establish a sustainable daily practice, and begin sharing music with confidence.
I'm Benny Oyama, at your service.
Welcome! So happy you've made it here.
I created Beginner's Path because I see the light in so many people who carry songs and prayers in their hearts, and are in need of the foundation and rigor to make their music manifest in the world. To become the kind of person music flows through; to become a medicine musician.
It's a joy to share 20+ years of experience in my musical and spiritual studies with various masters with the community. My mission is to genuinely help you develop a strong, meaningful practice with the guitar, voice, and buffalo drum through careful, precise study of 10 medicine songs over the course of the immersion.
Looking forward to guiding you and creating with you, with love, devotion and service.
-Benny Oyama
What's included?
12 weeks of building the foundations of musicianship in a safe container with complete or very beginner's like you.
Develop a consistent musical practice, build confidence with your instrument, and learn the essential skills of rhythm, harmony, melody, and accompaniment. Much more than learning to play (although you will definitely do that), you'll begin transforming your relationship with discipline, challenge, and the learning process itself. From there the music emerges naturally, like magic
The Experience Includes:
༓ 75+ Sequential video lessons, quizzes, essays and assignments on a private online platform
༓ Weekly live group mentorship calls with your cohort
༓ Bi-weekly masterclass calls
༓ A precisely structured step-by-step musical curriculum
༓ Guided daily and weekly practice framework
༓ Personalized feedback throughout the program
༓ Private community for accountability, support, and celebration
༓ Session recordings + Beginner's Path learning materials
Watch a sample lesson from the Beginner's Path curriculum
Alternatively, Medicine Music 12 Week Immersion is for you if:
You have already prepared the basic open chords on guitar (C, D, G, Am, Em, Dm, A, and have explored barre chords.). A few basic strumming patterns and fingerpicking patterns.
You have already started independently to learn to play and sing a few medicine songs and are feeling stagnant/stuck, like you keep repeating the same things over and over again.
You have a vision for the musician you could be but are consistently facing a lack of confidence and struggle to maintain a disciplined practice. You're ready to learn for real.
Beginner's Path is for you if:
You are in the early stages of your journey (complete beginner or very beginner) with the guitar/voice/music in general and want to start off on the right foot.
You are seeking the quality of guidance that can save you hundreds of hours of confusion and needing to relearn and undo bad habits down the line.
What it's like working with me
"I honestly loved working with Benny. I really appreciated his humor, his lightness, and also his ability to keep showing up authentically while clearly holding a lot behind the scenes.
That felt very inspiring to witness. I could really feel how much work and care and intention went into the container he created for us during 12 weeks. I’m genuinely grateful for that." — Ivana
“It’s been such a valuable lesson, and to have this group, even this small group, and you Benny, has been huge for me. It’s been amazing just to have that little bit of dialogue and to be able to talk about it. Even just meeting on Sundays and doing that has really helped." — Matt
"You just need one person to be ignited to feel the inspiration and ignite yourself. Like when you see the spirited person, the fire spreads, right?
And for me, I’ve really felt it and seen so many spirited people. It helped me go back and feel my own fire.”
— Tamara
"I've just been reflecting on how grateful I am for this opportunity that we've had to build a real relationship with this instrument and this music, and such a consistent and eager daily practice that I've never had before.
Even when I studied a different instrument for almost a decade, I never felt that sense of connection, devotion to my daily practice.” — Brad
By the end of this training you will have:
Built the Foundations of Musicianship
༓ Developed a consistent daily musical practice rooted in presence and devotion.
༓ Built a strong foundation in rhythm, harmony, melody, and accompaniment that allows you to continue growing with confidence.
༓ Learned to comfortably accompany yourself while singing.
༓ Gained the confidence to learn new songs independently for years to come.
༓ Established the technical and musical skills needed to express yourself authentically through music.
Transformed Your Relationship with Music - and Yourself
༓ Transformed your relationship with practice from one of pressure and self-judgment to one of curiosity, patience, and joy.
༓ Developed the ability to consistently regulate your musical nervous system so learning feels grounded and enjoyable.
༓ Cultivated greater confidence, presence, and resilience both as a musician and as a person.
༓ Discovered your authentic musical voice instead of comparing yourself to others.
༓ Integrated music into your life as a lifelong celebratory, contemplative and spiritual practice.
Become a Sacred Musician
༓ Planted the seeds of confidence to share your music, uplifting friends, family, ceremonies, circles, and community.
༓ Fortified a lifelong relationship with music rooted in devotion, authenticity, and service.
༓ Deepened your capacity for listening, presence, and genuine musical connection.
༓ Begun living as a Sacred Musician - someone who doesn't simply play music, but allows music to become a life-long path of personal transformation and contribution.
Cohort I runs August 15 - November 15 2026
“As to what we call music in everyday language, to me architecture is music, gardening is music, farming is music, painting is music, poetry is music.”
-Hazrat Inayat Khan