Events
What is coming up
Everything on the calendar is on this page. Gatherings run around the Phoenix area most months, and most of them are about ninety minutes. No experience is needed, and nobody is watching you.
The calendar
| Date | Gathering | Place | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThursdayOctober 8 | Gong GatheringFall Sound Events | Abundant SpaceScottsdale | 6:00 to 7:30pm | Pre-register |
| WednesdayNovember 11 | Fall Sound EventsA monthly evening around the gong | Abundant SpaceScottsdale | 6:00 to 7:30pm | Opens in turn |
| WednesdayDecember 9 | Fall Sound EventsA monthly evening around the gong | Abundant SpaceScottsdale | 6:00 to 7:30pm | Opens in turn |
Registration is open for October 8, and each later evening opens in turn.
Next gathering
ThursdayOctober 8
Gong Gathering
Come gather around the gong in community. An evening of sound meditation and music: the gong and the instruments played alongside it, used to help you balance and integrate.
When
Thursday, October 8. 6:00 to 7:30pm.
Where
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
Contribution
$44 suggested
Nobody is turned away for lack of funds.
The fall series
Same room, same hour, once a month
A monthly evening around the gong, running through the fall.
Come to one or come to all of them. October 8 is the Gong Gathering above, and November 11 and December 9 follow it in the same room.
| Evenings | October 8, November 11, December 9 |
|---|---|
| Time | 6:00 to 7:30pm |
| Place | Abundant Space |
| Contribution | $44 suggested |
| Registration | Open for October 8 |
New to this
What a gathering is like
Sound meditation is a branch of nada yoga, sound yoga, where sound is directed toward the body to move energy and quiet the mind. Hamid calls it sound meditation because you are participating rather than receiving.
For anybody who has never been to one, sound meditation covers what actually happens in the room.
An evening at Abundant Space
5:50pm
Arrive
Ten minutes before the start. The studio provides mats, blankets and bolsters. Wear something you can lie down in and bring water.
6:00pm
The doors close
A session that has begun is disturbed by somebody walking into it, so the doors close at the start and there are no late arrivals.
6:00 to 7:30pm
Ninety minutes of sound
You lie down, and Hamid plays the gong and the instruments alongside it. You are the one meditating. The sound is what you do it with.
Learn to play
The trainings: begin online, deepen in person
The trainings are separate from the gatherings and run on their own schedule. They are the way in for anybody who wants to play these instruments as well as listen to them.
01Begin
Online Sound Course
Over 20 hours of self paced video, at your own speed. A reasonable way to find out whether this is for you before committing a weekend to it.
02Deepen
Sound Practitioner Training
Level I. Thirty two hours in person, across two weekends, in Arizona. Hands on the instruments the whole time, in a small group.
03Continue
Advanced Sound Practitioner Training
Level II, for people who have finished Level I, or trained somewhere else, and are already playing for others. Forty hours, capped at eight people.
Or one to one: Sound Mentorship, shaped around you.
Dates for both in person trainings are announced as they are set, and go out by email first.
New dates
Dates go out by email before they go up here
Gatherings, training dates and the occasional piece of writing. Venues confirm on their own schedule, so the list on this page is always a little behind what Hamid knows.
Dates are added as venues confirm them. Earlier gatherings and trainings are on past events.