8-Day Gong Master Healer Accredited Course

Our Gong Master Healer training is delivered over 8 days (4 weekends) and draws from the deep lineage of Gong and sacred-sound healing established by Don Conreaux (originator of Gong Yoga of Holistic Resonance, Gong Puja, Gong Master title).

Students will engage not only in instrument technique and facilitation but also in a spiritual, energetic and therapeutic framework.

It is recommended that you purchase a Gong before or during this course.

On completion of the 8 days, participants will be prepared to facilitate:

• 1:1 gong sound-healing sessions
• Group Gong ceremonies
• Rituals associated with the sacred work of sound healing
• Professional standards (for the Complementary Medical Association / CMA).

Your Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the lineage and philosophy of Gong work, including history, spiritual context and modern therapeutic application.
2. Be proficient in safe handling/playing of the Gong, singing bowls and other healing instruments.
3. Design and facilitate both individual and group Gong ceremonies (including one-to-one and group Gong baths)
4. Acquire robust, energetic protection and self-care techniques for the healer, ensuring practitioner integrity and safety.
5. Meet CMA-style professional standards: ethics, consent, boundaries, contraindications, business foundations, and integration into practice as a Gong healer.

Structure of Gong Master Course

Four weekends: Saturday & Sunday 10:00-16:30

• Weekend 1 (Days 1 & 2): Foundation & Lineage
• Weekend 2 (Days 3 & 4): Technique, Healing Application
• Weekend 3 (Days 5 & 6): Deep Spiritual Work, Group Performance & Ceremony
• Weekend 4 (Days 7 & 8): Integration, Protection, Business & Certification

• Weekend 1: February 21 & 22
• Weekend 2: March 7 & 8
• Weekend 3: April 18 & 19
• Weekend 4: May 2 & 3

Detailed Syllabus

Weekend 1 – Foundation & Lineage

Day 1 (Saturday):

1. Welcome, intention-setting, overview of lineage.
2. History & background of gong & sacred sound: origins, evolution, Conreaux’s “Way of
3. the Gong”.
4. Introduction to instruments: types of Gongs, singing bowls, tuning folks and other healing instruments.
5. Practical: basic strokes, mallets, playing posture.
6. Don Conreaux Universal Greeting
7. Don Conn
8. Guided meditation & short gong immersion – experiencing from both sides (player/receiver) in the spirit of “deep healing” Student practice.

Day 2 (Sunday):

1. Recap of Day 1; group sharing of experiences.
2. Helen Sheppard – Sound vibrations and Hrtz
3. Instrument workshop: hands-on exploring a range of instruments.
4. Practical: Basic one-to-one session structure: space-setting, consultation.

Weekend 2 – Technique & Healing

Day 3 (Saturday):

1. Advanced playing techniques: over-toning, multiple mallets, alternative playing styles.
2. Protection techniques
3. Accompanying instruments: singing bowls and other sound healing instruments, integrated in a session.
4. Designing a healing session: one-to-one, group gong bath, ceremony and immersion.
5. Practical breakout: pairs practising each other with feedback.

Day 4 (Sunday):

1. Facilitating group gong bath: structure, intention, flow, closing (emphasises nurturing & safe space).
2. Gong Pujas
3. Supervised full group session where each participant plays under observation.
4. Cleaning the Gongs and other instruments

Weekend 3 – Deep Spiritual Work, Group Performance & Ceremony

Day 5 (Saturday):

1. Spiritual frameworks: working with sacred sound for deep healing, meditation, consciousness.
2. Healer’s journey: self-healing, dealing with resistance/shadow, surrender & service. Self-healing and self-care.
3. Energetics of sound: subtle body anatomy, energy centres/chakras.
4. Practical: Participants lead short self-healing gong sessions, then peer feedback.
5. The wheel of life.

Day 6 (Sunday):

1. Protection
2. Performance & ceremony: planning and facilitating a “Gong Bath large-group gong immersion.
3. Group project: designing and rehearsing a group sound healing ceremony
4. Integration practice: how to hold sacred space, set intention, create a container for group healing.
5. Introduction to professional/therapeutic standards: consent, boundaries, contraindications, ethics (CMA aligned).

Weekend 4 – Integration, Protection, Business & Certification

Day 7 (Saturday):

1. Energetic Protection & Self-Care for the Healer:
2. Recognising energy-boundaries, avoiding burnout; grounding, shielding, clearing.
3. Ethical and safe practice: referral, scope, duty of care (CMA aligned).
4. Cleaning Gongs
5. Business foundations: setting up your sound healing practice (consultations, insurance, marketing, client management).
6. Integration workshop: each participant designs their own 1-1 session and a group event (layout, intention, instrumentation).
7. Supervised peer-practice: each student runs their designed session with peers as clients, receiving feedback.
8. GDPR & Consent

Day 8 (Sunday):

1. Review and consolidation: revisit all key areas (instrument technique, healing structure, spiritual framework, protection).
2. Final practical assessment: each participant leads a short one-to-one session and a mini group sound healing ceremony under supervision.
3. Certification process: confirm attendance, assessment outcomes, submission of reflective piece (your healer journey & intention), receive certificate - Gong Master Healer
4. Closing ritual: shared gong sound-journey, participant reflections, intention-setting for practice moving forward.
5. Next steps: resources, continuing mentorship/community of practice.

Additional Course Elements

1. Pre-course preparation: Welcome pack includes reading list (Sheila’s books: Sound Healing with Gongs and Don Conreauxs: Magnum Opus of the Gongs) In the Heart of the Gong Space), meditation suggestions, consent/ethical code draft.
2. Between weekends: Homework/tasks: journaling, recording your playing, mindful listening practice, self-gongs, peer-exchanges.
3. Materials: Student manual.

Assessment & Certification:

1. Attendance & Participation.
2. Write a reflective essay on your healer journey through sound.
3. Write an essay on an esoteric sound-related subject.
4. Practical demonstration of 1-2-1 and Group sound healing ceremony.
5. Universal Greeting demonstration.
6. Certificate issued on completion.

Why this design honours both lineage & CMA alignment

1. Incorporates lineage of Don Conreaux (global gong master, originator of Gong Yoga, Gong Puja, etc.)
2. Retains the structure of UK-based gong trainings (weekend modules, group immersion, combined theory/practice) as seen in UK trainings.
3. Embeds therapeutic/ethical standards appropriate for CMA-aligned practice (consent, boundaries, client safety, business foundations).
4. Emphasises spiritual/deep healing dimension (intention, sacred space, meditation, subtle body) and practitioner self-care/energetic protection.
5. Practical, experiential and immersive—mirroring high-quality gong master trainings.
6. Offers clear outcomes, certification path, resources and continuity (key for professional recognition).

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