Foundations in Facilitation with Jay Taylor

Name: Foundations in Facilitation with Jay Taylor
Start: 2025-09-06T12:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-06T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Ahimsa Yoga Studio (Evanston)

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 12:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ahimsa Yoga Studio (Evanston) | Evanston, IL

Course Location/Time/Price:
Ahimsa Yoga Studio EVANSTON (614 Dempster)
Attendance is required on both September 2 from 12:30-8:00pm AND September 20 from 12:30-8:00pm.
Foundations in Facilitation is a training designed to support those with previous sound meditation experience in building confidence as a meditation facilitator and space holder. Opportunities will be provided for students to facilitate meditation experiences in front of the class and to receive structured critiques. We will also role play different scenarios preparing students for the challenges that may arise during facilitation.

The overall intention of the course is to support our students in taking their sound meditation practice to a professional level.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This course is the second course in our series. You must take the Foundations in Vibration course prior to our facilitators course.
Course Schedule:
Session #1: 12:30-8pm
Explore in detail Ahimsa’s 18 Components of Facilitation
Develop your personal structure for meditation facilitation through identifying the who, where, and why of your work.
Establish an overall intention for what you plan to offer.
Craft a description of your offering.
Design an introduction for your offering based on your own interests and passions in the field of sound meditation.
Session #2: 12:30-8pm
Curate your instrument setup / layout based on functionality, symmetry, and beauty.
Build Experience through facilitating multiple meditation sessions of varying lengths complete with roll playing scenarios.
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 work to a professional level.
FAQ: Do I need instruments to join the course? Experience with healing instruments is assumed, but our stock of singing bowls and other tools will be available. Students receive a 10% discount on all instrument purchases. For questions, email Jay Taylor at [email protected].
Price for the 2-session course is $950. $850 for Ahimsa members / Ahimsa teachers / Work Study.
Meet Your Instructor:
Jay Taylor - Over the past 6 years Jay has become a driving force in the Chicago sound meditation landscape facilitating nearly 2,000 sound meditation experiences. 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 the Foundations in Vibration course and as a mentor. Additionally, he has curated retail spaces in Oak Park and Evanston 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.