Saturday and Sunday, September 19 and 20, 2026
Beyond Gong
Arizona
Two days of playing together around the gong and its overtones, with cymatics, a song circle and the newest instruments in the field.
Events
Past events
Gong Gatherings, sound journeys, trainings and retreats, newest first, most of them with the flier they went out with.
See what is coming up2026
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Gong Gathering
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
An evening of sound meditation and music around the gong.
Saturday, September 5, 2026
SpatialReset Soundbath
Namaste Yoga
A ninety minute sound bath at five on a Saturday.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Sunday Gong
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
A Sunday morning of guided meditation with the gong, flutes and harmonium.
June 18 to 28, and July 2 to 12, 2026
Heart Path and Fire Path
Sacred Valley, Peru
Two retreats back to back, each ten days of ancestral foods, archeological sites, sound, community and celebration.
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Gong Gathering
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
Sound meditation and music, with the gong at the centre of the room.
April 18, 19, 25 and 26, 2026
Advanced Sound Practitioner Training
Arizona
Level II. Forty hours across two weekends, for practitioners already playing for others.
April 4, 5, 11 and 12, 2026
Sound Practitioner Training
Arizona
Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends: gongs, bowls, flutes, drums and voice.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Gong Meditation
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
A midweek evening with the gong, flute, harmonium and crystal bowls.
Friday to Monday, January 16 to 19, 2026
Sound Practitioner Training
Arizona
Level I as a four day intensive.
2025
Thursday to Sunday, October 23 to 26, 2025
Sound Practitioner Training
Arizona
Level I over four days in a row. It filled and ran a waitlist.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Sound Journey
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
An evening of resonance and renewal.
July 3 to 13, 2025
Plant More Worry Less
Sacred Valley, Peru
A retreat to the Sacred Valley: ten days of circles, talks, community and celebration.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Gong Gathering
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
Sound, meditation and music.
May 17, 18, 24 and 25, 2025
Advanced Sound Practitioner Training
Arizona
Level II. Forty hours of advanced sound facilitation across two weekends.
May 3, 4, 10 and 11, 2025
Sound Practitioner Training
Arizona
Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Gong Gathering II
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
Sound, meditation and music.
Friday, February 7, 2025
Unbound Sound
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
A Gong Gathering for collective harmony.
January 18, 19, 25 and 26, 2025
Sound Practitioner Training
Arizona
Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends.
2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
Echoes of Unity
Abundant Space, Scottsdale
A sound ceremony for collective harmony: gong, meditation and music.
October 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2024
Sound Practitioner Training
Arizona
Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends, eight places.
July 4 to 14, 2024
Echoes of the Andean Heart
Sacred Valley, Peru
Ten days in the Sacred Valley, with a group that met for six months around it.
January 13, 14, 20 and 21, 2024
Sound Practitioner Immersion
Arizona
Thirty two hours across two weekends: voice, gongs, bowls, flutes and drums.
2022 to 2023
August 3 to 13, 2023
Lovesong to the Mountains
Pisac, Sacred Valley, Peru
Ten days in the Sacred Valley, from a villa outside Pisac.
November 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2022
Sound Practitioner Training
Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends.
September 10 to 25, 2022
Sound Practitioner Training
Authentic Yoga, Scottsdale
Fifty hours over three weekends and four weekday evenings.
March 2022
Sound Practitioner Training
Authentic Yoga, Scottsdale
Thirty two hours across two weekends. It sold out.
2019 to 2021
Saturday, September 18, 2021
INNER shift, with Tara Martell
Authentic Yoga, Scottsdale
A fall equinox evening of sound, restorative yoga, breathwork and meditation.
April 6, 7, 13 and 14, 2019
Sound Practitioner Training
Abundant Space, with Urban Yoga
Twenty five hours across two weekends.
April 6 to 13, 2019
Ocean Renewal Retreat
Haramara Retreat Center, Sayulita, Mexico
Seven nights of sound, movement and ceremony by the sea.
Friday to Sunday, February 8 to 10, 2019
Arizona Psychedelics Conference
SCNM, Tempe
Hamid’s talk, How Sound and Music Potentiate the Entheogenic Experience, and a sound journey on the Sunday morning.
2018
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Winter Solstice Restorative, with Tara Martell
Urban Yoga
Restorative yoga and sound to welcome the longest night of the year.
November 10, 11, 17 and 18, 2018
Sound Practitioner Training
Dave’s Astanga Yoga, Scottsdale
Two weekends of gongs, bowls, flutes, drums and voice.
Four Saturday evenings in 2018: January 27, April 14, June 9 and October 6
Transcendental Sound Journey, with Jill Honeywell
Two hours of breathwork, meditation and sound, lying down for most of it.
April 28 and 29, and May 5 and 6, 2018
Urban Yoga Sound Practitioner Training
Urban Yoga, Phoenix
Twenty five hours across two weekends.
Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25, 2018
Current Meditation Sound Training
Urban Yoga, Phoenix
Guiding a sound meditation with singing bowls and gong, for Current Meditation.
2016 to 2017
From February 2017
Urban Yoga 200 and 300 Hour Teacher Training, with Tara Martell
Urban Yoga, Phoenix
A year of monthly weekends for teachers, with guest teachers from around Arizona.
May 21 to 28, 2016
Soulfire Retreat, with Tara Martell
Haramara Retreat Center, Sayulita, Mexico
A week by the sea: yoga twice a day, meditation and discussion.
February 20 to May 7, 2016
Urban Yoga 200 Hour Teacher Training, with Tara Martell
Urban Yoga, Phoenix
Asana, anatomy, philosophy, pranayama, meditation and sound.
Coming up
The next gathering is on the calendar
Gatherings run around the Phoenix area most months, and the dates go up on the Events page as venues confirm them.
The trainings, in person and online, are on the Sound page. The online course is where most people begin.
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