Sound Bath Training & Mentorship

This private crystal singing bowl training is designed for students who want to begin developing the foundational skills necessary to confidently explore sound healing and sound bath facilitation.

The initial training consists of five hours of one-on-one instruction. For some students, this may be spread across five individual sessions. Others may prefer longer intensive formats. Every student learns differently, and the structure can be adapted accordingly.

The goal of the first five hours is not mastery.

The goal is to give students a strong enough foundation that they can begin practicing, experimenting, listening more deeply, and continuing to develop their own relationship with sound.

Some students may continue into advanced mentorship, while others may simply want a solid introduction and direction for personal practice.

There is no fixed endpoint. Training can continue as long as a student wishes to deepen their skills.

Crystal Singing Bowl Training

Beginner Training

This private crystal singing bowl training is designed for students who want to begin developing the foundational skills necessary to confidently explore sound healing and sound bath facilitation. In this intial phase of training, we focus on crystal singing bowls.

What We Work On During the Initial Five Hours

Topics may include:

  • Crystal singing bowl setup and care

  • Striking and singing techniques

  • Producing stable, clean tone

  • Bowl pacing and transitions

  • Listening and awareness exercises

  • Understanding resonance and overtones

  • Basic harmonic relationships and intervals

  • Layering bowls intentionally

  • Creating emotional atmosphere through sound

  • Understanding density, spaciousness, and silence

  • Basic sound bath structure and flow

  • Nervous-system awareness and pacing

  • Practitioner presence and facilitation

  • Leading short guided sound immersions

Each student moves at a different pace.

Some students may naturally connect with technique very quickly but need more help structuring sessions. Others may feel deeply intuitive with pacing and emotional atmosphere but require more technical refinement.

The training adapts to the student rather than forcing every practitioner into the same formula.

Training Details

Initial Training Package

  • Five hours of private one-on-one instruction

  • $845 total

  • If students would like additional training beyond the initial five hours, follow-up sessions may be added at a rate of $169 per hour.

Training can be scheduled as:

  • Five individual one-hour sessions

  • Longer intensive sessions

  • Custom scheduling based on availability and student preference

Additional mentorship and advanced training are available beyond the initial five hours for students who wish to continue developing their practice.

Location

Training sessions are held at Yoga Sound Bath:

4039B N Raveswood Ave, Chicago, IL, USA

Scheduling

Typical training hours are available between:

  • 10:00 AM–7:00 PM, Monday - Friday

Scheduling is coordinated directly based on studio availability and student needs.

Who This Training Is For

This training is appropriate for:

  • Complete beginners

  • Meditation and yoga practitioners

  • Therapists and wellness professionals

  • Musicians interested in sound work

  • Existing sound bath practitioners seeking refinement

  • Individuals wanting a deeper personal relationship with sound and listening

No prior musical experience is required.

What Students Leave With

By the end of the initial training, students should feel confident beginning a personal sound healing practice and continuing independent development.

Students leave with foundational skills in:

  • How to properly play crystal singing bowls

  • Producing stable and intentional tone

  • Understanding basic harmonic relationships

  • Structuring and leading a simple sound bath

  • Creating calming and emotionally coherent sound environments

  • Understanding pacing, spaciousness, and silence

  • Listening more deeply to resonance and overtone interaction

  • Beginning to develop their own facilitation style and relationship with sound

The focus is not on memorizing rigid formulas, but on learning:

  • How to listen

  • How to pace sound intentionally

  • How to create coherent sound environments

  • And how to begin developing an authentic relationship with sound work itself.

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Continued Study & Advanced Training

For students who wish to continue beyond the initial training, ongoing mentorship and advanced study are available.

Advanced topics may include:

  • Advanced harmonic layering

  • Emotional arc and session composition

  • Working with low-frequency bowls and larger instruments

  • Integrating gongs, chimes, drums, shruti box, and other sound tools

  • Creating longer-form immersive sound experiences

  • Developing practitioner intuition and sensitivity

  • Refining pacing and nervous-system regulation techniques

  • Understanding energetic buildup and release

  • Working with silence intentionally

  • Advanced transition techniques

  • Building coherent sound bath journeys

  • Playing for groups vs. private clients

  • Voice integration and guided meditation

  • Developing personal style and artistic identity

  • Live facilitation skills and room awareness

  • Sound bath sequencing and thematic design

For more experienced practitioners, advanced sessions can also function as refinement work, helping practitioners evolve beyond repetitive patterns, develop greater intentionality, and bring new depth, spaciousness, and creativity into their sound baths.

The long-term goal is not simply to “play bowls,” but to learn how to create immersive sound environments with a plehtora of intruments, that feel grounded, intentional, emotionally coherent, and deeply restorative.

These sessions are $169 per hour and are sold in packages of five.

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Apprenticeship

Sound Bath & Wellness Apprentice

Yoga Sound Bath is looking for an apprentice interested in learning the operational and facilitation side of meditation, sound healing, and wellness work.

This is not a traditional hourly position. It is an apprenticeship and mentorship pathway designed for someone who wants to immerse themselves in this work and eventually grow into a teaching and facilitation role.

The role includes approximately 10 hours per week of administrative and studio support work, primarily in person in the Ravenswood Corridor area of Chicago, with some flexibility for hybrid work depending on responsibilities and scheduling.

This Role May Be a Good Fit If You:

  • Feel called toward meditation, sound healing, yoga, or wellness work

  • Want deeper immersion in a consistent wellness practice

  • Are organized, reliable, and good with people

  • Enjoy creating calm, welcoming experiences for others

  • Are interested in eventually facilitating classes or sound baths

  • Are looking for meaningful mentorship and long-term growth rather than just a temporary job

This apprenticeship could fit someone already deeply immersed in wellness work and looking to transition more fully into the field, or someone with another career who wants to begin developing this work more seriously on the side.

Responsibilities May Include:

  • Client communication and customer support

  • Assisting with class setup and reset

  • Managing props, mats, blankets, and studio organization

  • Helping coordinate scheduling and bookings

  • Assisting with social media and studio communication

  • Supporting sound bath events and workshops

  • General administrative support

  • Helping maintain a calm, welcoming studio environment

Weekend mornings and some evenings are strongly preferred, though scheduling can remain somewhat flexible.

What the Apprenticeship Includes:

  • Free access to all three public weekly sound baths

  • One-on-one mentorship in:

    • Meditation

    • Sound healing

    • Nervous-system regulation

    • Practitioner presence

    • Facilitation and class leadership

  • Behind-the-scenes education in how a wellness studio operates

  • Gradual hands-on involvement in assisting and eventually leading experiences

  • A pathway toward paid opportunities teaching classes and hosting sound baths

The goal is not simply to train an assistant. The goal is to help develop a practitioner.

You also specifically wanted the framing to feel like:

  • an apprenticeship

  • a mentorship relationship

  • immersion into a wellness practice

  • a pathway into real facilitation/teaching

  • not a transactional “internship”

And you wanted the tone to attract someone who feels genuinely called to this work rather than someone simply looking for hourly admin pay.

Interested in the Apprenticeship?

If you feel genuinely drawn toward this work, we’d love to hear from you.

Please email info@yogasoundbath.com with the following information:

  1. Please title the email: “Apprentice Applicant”.

  2. Tell us why you’re interested in meditation, sound healing, yoga, or wellness work, and how you hope to use these practices in the future.

  3. Share any experience you have with yoga, meditation, sound baths, wellness practices, facilitation, teaching, or related fields. No prior professional experience is required.

  4. Tell us why you feel you’d be a good fit for an apprenticeship at Yoga Sound Bath.

  5. Please include your general availability, including weekend mornings and evenings if possible.

  6. Attach a current resume.

Because this is a mentorship-based position, we are looking not only for skill or experience, but for qualities like presence, reliability, curiosity, warmth, professionalism, and a sincere desire to grow within the work.

Sound Bath Training FAQs

  • No. Some students arrive with years of experience in yoga, meditation, or wellness work, while others are completely new to sound healing. The training and apprenticeship are designed to meet people where they are.

  • No. This is hands-on mentorship and practical training rather than a large-scale certification model. The focus is on developing real listening, presence, technique, and facilitation ability rather than simply completing hours or memorizing information.

  • The Sound Bath Training is a paid educational experience focused on learning crystal singing bowls, sound bath structure, and facilitation skills.

    The Apprenticeship is a longer-term mentorship pathway that combines studio support responsibilities with deeper immersion, ongoing mentorship, and eventual opportunities for teaching and facilitation.

    Not everyone who completes training becomes an apprentice.

  • The beginner training focuses specifically on crystal singing bowls and foundational sound bath facilitation.

    Topics may include:

    • Crystal singing bowl setup and care

    • Striking and singing techniques

    • Producing stable, clean tone

    • Bowl pacing and transitions

    • Listening and awareness exercises

    • Basic harmonic relationships and intervals

    • Layering bowls intentionally

    • Creating emotional atmosphere through sound

    • Understanding silence and spaciousness

    • Basic sound bath structure and flow

    • Nervous-system awareness and pacing

    • Practitioner presence and facilitation

    Students leave with foundational experience creating and playing a crystal bowl sound bath.

  • Yes. Advanced training expands beyond crystal bowls into a broader sound palette and deeper facilitation work.

    Depending on the training, this may include:

    • Gong

    • Chimes

    • Drums

    • Shruti box

    • Bells

    • Sound bath composition and layering

    • Transition design

    • Density and energetic pacing

    • Group facilitation refinement

    • Advanced nervous-system awareness

    • Long-form immersion design

    Advanced work is generally intended for students who already have strong foundational bowl technique and experience holding space.

  • No. The beginner training is intentionally focused on crystal singing bowls so students can develop strong fundamentals before expanding into additional instruments and more complex sound design.

  • No. Instruments are provided during training sessions. You can, however, bring your own instruments if you prefer.

  • That varies significantly from person to person. Some people naturally connect with technique quickly but need time developing structure and confidence. Others have strong intuitive presence but need technical refinement.

    The goal is not rushing someone into leading sessions. The goal is helping practitioners develop a grounded, authentic relationship with sound and facilitation.

  • Typically around 10 hours per week, though schedules may vary somewhat depending on studio needs and the apprentice’s availability.

  • The apprenticeship itself is not an hourly paid position. It is an exchange-based mentorship opportunity that includes training, access to sound baths, hands-on experience, and long-term development.

    Paid opportunities may become available later for apprentices who grow into teaching or operational roles within Yoga Sound Bath.

  • No. All sessions are in person only.
    This work relies on presence, sound, and physical space.

  • The apprenticeship is designed for people who feel genuinely drawn toward meditation, sound healing, wellness work, or facilitation.

    Some apprentices may already be immersed in wellness practices and looking to transition more fully into this work. Others may simply feel called to begin developing a deeper relationship with sound, presence, and healing practices alongside another career.

  • No. While harmonic relationships and sound structure are explored, this work is not approached like traditional musical performance training.

    The emphasis is on listening, awareness, nervous-system regulation, emotional atmosphere, presence, pacing, and creating meaningful experiences through sound.

  • Private sessions must be cancelled or rescheduled at least 24 hours in advance to avoid being charged for the full session.

    We allow one-time rescheduling for a $60 fee if notice is given late. This option is offered once per client.

  • The work is highly experiential and mentorship-based. Rather than teaching rigid formulas or scripted performances, the training focuses on helping practitioners develop sensitivity, listening ability, intentionality, and authentic facilitation presence.

    The emphasis is not simply on playing instruments well. It is on learning how to shape an experience.