Gong Training with Anand Raj
Immerse yourself in the cosmos of healing vibrations and sound with Anand Raj and Team !
This comprehensive course consists of four modules that will equip you with the knowledge and skills to play various gongs and facilitate Gong meditations, Soundbaths, and Gong Ceremonies.
Each Module can be certified separately.
Our focus is on practical learning
Allowing you plenty opportunities to practice and receive feedback throughout the course. We understand that your personal growth and development is crucial, which is why we provide coaching and study groups to support you in your personal practice. Additionally, our main teachers will provide personal follow-up to ensure that you are progressing in your journey.
Don't worry if you don't have a Gong of your own!
We will guide you through synesthetic exercises that will teach you how to practice deep listening, focus, flow, and improvisation skills, which are essential for mastering the art of playing the Gong.
Join us on this transformative journey and discover the power of sound healing through the Gong Master Course.
All particiapants will receive a manual with theory and practical exercises.
Upcoming Moduls
28.-29. November 2026
Mastering the Gong: The Gong as a Master on the Path of Self-Mastery
This two-day advanced module brings together the skills, principles, and practices developed throughout the Gong Master Course.
Mastering the gong does not mean controlling the instrument. It means learning to listen, respond, and allow the gong itself to become a teacher. The path of mastery therefore involves both technical development and inner transformation: discipline, sensitivity, humility, trust, and presence.
During this module, participants will prepare and facilitate a public Gong Bath and Sound Journey together. Through this process, you will gain practical experience in creating and holding a complete gong event, including preparation of the space, choice and placement of instruments, timing, transitions, communication with participants, group dynamics, and integration after the session.
The public Sound Bath on Saturday evening is the practical culmination of the course. Playing together as a group can become an initiation into a deeper form of self-mastery, in which individual expression is balanced with surrender, responsibility, and service to the whole.
This module is open to everyone, but is especially intended for dedicated and experienced gong practitioners.
Saturday
10:00–12:30
Integration of technique, intention, and meditative presence
12:30–14:00
Lunch and optional individual coaching
14:00–16:30
Group improvisation, deep listening, and preparation for the public session
17:00–19:00
Public Gong Bath and Sound Journey
A collective ceremony created and facilitated by the participants
Sunday
10:00–12:00
Reflection and integration: learning from the collective Gong Bath
12:00–13:30
Lunch and individual guidance
13:30–15:30
Establishing your own gong practice
Where to begin, how to structure your work, dimensions of sound healing, other tools and instruments.
15:30–16:30
The gong as master and the gong as a path
Commitment, self-mastery, next steps, and closing circle
13.-14. February 2027
Introduction to the Art of Playing and Mastering the Gong
This introductory two-day module offers a first approach to one of the most powerful and magnificent instruments in the world of sound.
You will gain insight into the history, development, and variety of the gong, as well as its use in meditation, healing, yoga, and ceremonial practice. The course introduces both the technical foundations of playing and the inner qualities required to work responsibly with sound.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore and play several different gongs and overtone instruments. You will receive practical guidance in basic playing techniques, including how to hold and use the mallets, how to create different tones and dynamics, how to listen to the instrument, and how to work with silence.
We will also introduce other overtone instruments that can be integrated into Gong Baths and Sound Journeys. Practical information will be provided for those considering purchasing a gong or building their own collection of instruments.
A central focus of the module is learning to care for yourself as an instrument. The more receptive and regulated you are, the more sensitively you can perceive subtle vibration and respond to the sound. At the same time, you need sufficient stability and nervous-system capacity to hold space for individuals and groups.
For this purpose, we will practise meditation and selected Kundalini Yoga exercises that support concentration, inner stillness, energetic awareness, and the expansion of the electromagnetic field.
Participants will receive a booklet containing basic playing techniques and practical information for continued study and practice.
The highlight of the module is a Gong Bath on Saturday evening, offering a direct experience of different gongs, overtone instruments, and their combined effects.
Attendance can be approved and certified by Northern Light Yoga Academy and counts as the first module of the Gong Master Course.
Saturday
10:00–12:30
Introduction to the history, qualities, and varieties of the gong
12:30–14:00
Lunch and optional individual guidance
14:00–16:30
Basic playing techniques, mallet work, listening, and exploration of overtone instruments
17:00–19:00
Gong Bath and Sound Journey
An experiential introduction to different gongs and overtone instruments
Sunday
10:00–12:00
The practitioner as an instrument: presence, receptivity, and nervous-system regulation
12:00–13:30
Lunch and individual guidance
13:30–15:30
Meditation and Kundalini Yoga practices for holding space and maintaining a meditative state
15:30–16:30
Practical integration, choosing an instrument, questions, and closing circle
12.-13. September 2026
Gong Yoga and the Gong as a Healing Agent for Individual and Group Therapy
This advanced two-day module explores how the gong can be used with clear intention to support specific healing processes in both individual and group settings.
The course is designed for experienced practitioners who wish to deepen their sensitivity, technique, and therapeutic understanding of gong playing. Through guided practice, direct experience, and feedback from the group, participants will refine their ability to listen, respond, and work more consciously with sound.
We will explore how the gong can support yoga practice, meditation, nervous-system regulation, and different approaches to healing. Particular attention will be given to the relationship between sound, breath, voice, and the body as a resonance chamber. This includes practices connected to the fifth chakra and the conscious use of the voice.
Special emphasis will be placed on white sound—its capacity to interrupt habitual mental patterns, regulate the nervous system, and open a space beyond thought. The intention is to move beyond simply playing the gong and toward allowing the playing itself to become a meditation.
The highlight of the module is an intensive White Sound Gong Healing Ceremony on Saturday evening.
Saturday
10:00–12:30
Meditation techniques with the gong and the practice of deep listening
12:30–14:00
Lunch and optional individual coaching
14:00–16:30
Extended meditative gong practice—allowing sound to guide awareness
17:00–19:00
Intensive White Sound Gong Healing Ceremony
A deep immersion into the transformative and therapeutic potential of white sound
Sunday
10:00–12:00
From Sound and Healing —theory, experience, and integration
12:00–13:30
Lunch and individual guidance
13:30–15:30
Facilitating meditative and therapeutic gong sessions for individuals and groups
15:30–16:30
Integration, questions, practical feedback, and closing circle
Module 1
Introduction to the art of playing and mastering the GONG
This is an introduction and an approach to one of the most magnificent instruments.
This course will give you insights into the history and variety of the GONG and its various use as a healing and meditation tool.
You will have the chance to explore and play several instruments yourself and receive guidance if you are interested in purchasing an instrument yourself.
You will receive a booklet about basic playing techniques and practical information.
We will teach you some of the basic playing technics of the gong as well as other overtone instruments that can be used for sound and gong bath ceremonies.
We are putting a strong emphasis on how you can take care of yourself as an instrument so become more receptive to the subtle vibration, and at the same time how you build up your nervous system so you are capable of holding the space for a group of people.
We will teach you meditations and Kundalini Yoga exercises that will help you to enter and maintain a meditative state of mind and expand your electromagnetic field.
The Highlight of the module is a Gong bath on Saturday in which you can experience the effect of different gongs and overtone instruments.
The attendance of this course can be approved and certified by Northern Light Yoga Academy and will count as the first module of the Gong Master Course.
Module 2
Immersion into the art of playing the gong for relaxation, meditation, yoga, and healing
From Suniee to Shunia, from deep listening to deep silence.
This two-day course will give you the chance to deepen your skills and practice the art of Gong playing.
You will be able to explore and play several instruments and you will learn through the direct feedback of the group to refine your skills. In this course, we focus on the mediative aspect of the Gong. We will practice intense yoga and meditation that can help you in your personal meditative practice and facilitate a meditative space for others.
The goal of this course is to give you very practical guidance and coaching so you can take your gong playing to another step and give yoga students and clients a deeper experience. You will learn to understand how the gong is playing you rather than try to play the gong. The Highlight of the course is Gong Meditation in which you can experience the powerful capacity that is within the gong to clear the subconsciousness and to allow an experience of deep meditation and clarity.
This course is open to everybody but addressed especially to dedicated practitioners.
The attendance of this course can be approved and certified by Northern Light Yoga Academy and will count as the second module of the Gong Master Course consisting of 4 modules.
During this course, we will form coaching and practicing groups that will lead to the third and fourth modules of the Gong Master Course.
Module 3
Gong Yoga and the Gong as a healing agent for individual and group therapy
In this course, we focus on playing the gong with a clear intention for a specific healing purpose.
This two-day course is meant for advanced practitioners and will give you the chance to deepen your skills and practice in the art of gong playing. You will be able to explore and play several instruments and you will learn through the direct feedback of the group to refine your skills.
We will explore ways to use the gong to support a yoga practice and different modalities of healing. This involves also activation of the 5th chakra exploring our own voice and our body as a resonance chamber.
The highlight of the module is a Sound healing session on Saturday.
Module 4
Mastering the Gong means accepting the Gong as a Master on a path of self-mastery
This two-day course is meant for advanced practitioners and will give you the chance to deepen your skills and practice in the art of gong playing.
During this two days we will bring what we have learned so far to conclusions by performing together a Gongbath and Sound journey. By this, you will learn about the practicalities of facilitating your own events. We will practice the ability to listen to each other while we interact and improvise with each other developing intuitive trust in the group and the process, accepting the Gong itself as a master. The Highlight of the course is a Gong Ceremony that we will conduct together on Sunday afternoon. Playing together as a group can be an initiation for you on your own path of self-mastery.
This course is open to everybody but addressed especially to dedicated practitioners.
The attendance of this course can be approved and certified by Northern Light Yoga Academy and will count as the fourth module of the Gong Master Course.
I’m ready to become a Gong Master
Meet the team
Anand Raj Schaible
Anand Raj J. Schaible is a Kundalini Yoga Lead Trainer, musician, psychotherapist, and the founder and director of Northern Light Yoga and Northern Light Academy.
For more than 20 years, he has worked with the gong as an instrument for meditation, healing, transformation, and expanded awareness. His approach combines technical understanding, deep listening, yogic practice, therapeutic insight, and direct experience with sound.
As a teacher, Anand Raj places equal emphasis on the practical skills of gong playing and on the inner development of the practitioner. He teaches that the quality of the sound is inseparable from the presence, nervous-system regulation, sensitivity, and intention of the person playing.
Anand Raj sees the gong not only as a musical instrument or therapeutic tool, but also as a teacher and a path of self-mastery. His teaching invites practitioners to cultivate humility, discipline, receptivity, intuition, and trust in the transformative intelligence of sound.
Tor Arne Håve
Tor Arne Håve is a Gong master, sound artist, and yoga teacher with 11 years of experience in sound work, overtone singing, psychotherapy, and trauma work. He also has extensive training in Bioenergetics and is a certified Bioenergetic Analytical Instructor. He has worked with Methab Benton several times and has his first Gong training from Jimmy Andersson and Adam Svennson, following the line from Don Conreaux. He is also the founder of Universi AS - and the developer of GONG ON THE WAY ™, an international sound healing network now in 15 countries. He has also developed an independent free gong brand called NORSE GONGS ™, the sole distributor of Paiste planetary gongs in Norway.
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