Facilitating Sound Meditation - Advanced Level course

Name: Facilitating Sound Meditation - Advanced Level course
Start: 2026-05-23T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-23T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Ahimsa Yoga Studio (Evanston)

Schedule

Sat May 23 2026 at 01:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ahimsa Yoga Studio (Evanston) | Evanston, IL

This is the culminating course for the Ahimsa School of Sound Healing course curriculum and is taken in four parts.
Where? Ahimsa Yoga Studio - 614 Dempster, Evanston
Investment? $1,475
Prerequisites? All three courses: Playing Crystal Bowls; The Science of Sound Meditation and Intention; Thinking Like a Musician.
Description:
This advanced level course is a 4-part (May 23/30+June 20/27) facilitator training intended to support students in taking their sound meditation facilitation to a professional level. With a capacity of only four students, this training goes in depth on the Ahimsa Sound School’s 16 components of facilitation. Students will also be given opportunities each session to facilitate sound meditations for the class and to receive structured critiques. For our final session students will facilitate a meditation in front of a live audience of friends and family.
Learning Objectives:
*Understand and put into practice Ahimsa’s 16 components of facilitation
*Establish an overall intention for what you plan to offer
*Craft a promotional description of your offering
*Design a meditation introduction based on your own interests and passions in the field of sound meditation
*Curate your instrument setup / layout based on functionality, symmetry, and beauty
*Build experience through facilitating multiple meditation sessions
*Identify areas of strength and relative weakness as a facilitator through the process of critique following each facilitated session
*Receive guidance on how best to elevate your facilitation offering to a professional level
*Discuss steps for building Consistency, Confidence, Connections, and Currency as a facilitator
FAQ:
Do I need a bowl to join the course? Our stock of singing bowls will be available for students to use throughout our time together. If you find a bowl you like you may purchase it at the end of the day. Students will receive 20% off of the bowls and 10% off all other instrument purchases.
Please email our school director, Jay Taylor, at [email protected] with any questions.
Meet Your Instructor: Jay Taylor
Jay has become a driving force in the Chicago sound meditation landscape facilitating over 2,000 sound meditation experiences over the 8 years. His mission is to reduce the barriers of entry to meditation which he has done through offering 100s of donated sound meditations and sharing his work in a diversity of high profile spaces and venues such a the Lincoln Park Zoo, Willis Tower, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Navy Pier, and the Morton Arboretum. He has contributed to the development of the sound meditation modality as the director and co-founder of the Ahimsa School of Sound Healing which was founded in 2020. Since that time he has provided access to his experience and knowledge through his curriculum and as a mentor. Additionally, he has sourced and curated retail spaces in Oak Park, Evanston, and Wicker Park providing sonic explorers with hands-on access to a variety of healing instruments. Previous to his work in sound, Jay had a 10-year teaching career working with students with special needs.