Group Soundbath Player Certification Course

Sound Bath Certification Course

A straightforward, easy-to-follow sound bath training with expert instruction and proven techniques. Learn our exclusive method and gain the confidence to lead powerful therapeutic-style sound baths that deliver consistent results.

A straightforward, easy-to-follow sound bath training with expert instruction and proven techniques.

Learn our exclusive method and gain the confidence to lead powerful therapeutic-style sound baths that deliver consistent results.

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Jamie Bechtold playing Nibium gong
Jamie Bechtold playing an ocean drum
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Jamie Bechtold playing 2 crystal singing bowls at The Soundbath Center
Jamie Bechtold plays two gongs during sound bath at The Soundbath Center
Jamie Bechtold playing 2 crystal singing bowls
Gong strike

100% Original Content

3Registration Options

90+lessons

10+Exclusive techniques

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Who It's For

Aspiring Practitioners 
Gain the skills and structure you need to lead professional, therapeutic-style sound baths with confidence. This course teaches a straightforward method for playing musician-quality sound baths using our proprietary techniques. You’ll also get practical advice on how to start and grow your own sound bath business.

Current Practitioners
Take your playing to the next level with our proven method, developed from over 20 years of leading professional sound baths since 2004. With our method, you’ll gain a clear, reliable structure and playing techniques for delivering consistently effective and immersive sound bath experiences.

Wellness Professionals 
Expand your wellness business by adding sound bath events or by integrating gongs, crystal singing bowls, or both into your offerings. Our therapeutic-style playing methods blend well with modalities such as breathwork, yoga, Reiki, hypnotherapy, talk therapy, and massage.

Course Overview

Choosing your instruments
Receive expert guidance on selecting instruments that align with varied budgets and playing goals. You’ll learn the differences in instrument quality, avoiding guesswork and wasted money on instruments that aren’t ideal for professional sound baths.

Sound Bath History
Learn where sound baths came from, the instruments used, and how the experience has evolved into what it is today.

Science & Music Theory
Discover the science and music theory behind sound baths to understand why and how they are an effective wellness practice. Gain the knowledge to speak with authority, build client trust, and present yourself as a professional.

Exclusive Instrument Playing Techniques
Develop the skills to blend and layer sounds of multiple instruments with confidence and consistency. Gain access to our proprietary methods and techniques, developed and refined over the past 20 years.

Playing Framework & Event Facilitation
Play sound baths and facilitate events that flow seamlessly from start to finish. Use our proven framework to create consistent, immersive, and transformative experiences.

Business Strategy
Start or expand your sound bath business with clarity and confidence. Learn how to price your services appropriately and encourage consistent attendance. Benefit from our hard-earned lessons over the past 20 years and avoid common mistakes so you can build a sustainable business.

Learning Outcomes

Learn our proven method to play therapeutic sound baths for groups.

  1. Play a crystal singing bowl sound bath (after 15 hours of study and practice).
  2. Play a crystal singing bowl & gong sound bath (after 30 hours of study and practice).
  3. Play a full multi-instrument sound bath (after 40 hours of study and practice).
  4. Facilitate a professional, one-hour therapeutic-style sound bath event (after 55 hours of study and practice).
  5. Get Certified (after completing all course requirements).

Our Course vs Others

Based on Real Experience,
Not Theory.
This course is grounded in 20+ years of professional experience playing sound baths with crystal singing bowls and gongs. You’ll develop genuine playing skills and the confidence to facilitate professional musician-quality sound bath events from beginning to end. Our exclusive method and techniques have been tested and proven to produce consistent therapeutic results in real-world sound bath events.

Focused on Playing,
Not Pseudoscience.
Many courses are based on new-age beliefs or pseudoscience instead of service quality and instrument-playing skills. Our course is different and is designed to develop professional practitioners. We use an evidence-based approach, teach practical techniques, provide a clear structure, and help you build the skills needed to deliver sound baths with confidence. Our goal is to prepare you to lead professional, musician-quality therapeutic sound baths and present yourself with credibility.

One Comprehensive Course,
No Multiple Levels.
Everything you need to learn our method is included in one comprehensive, easy-to-follow course. We guide you through the steps that will take you from beginner to professional throughout your training. We don’t hold anything back for a second level. Since the course is entirely online, you can start anytime, and you’ll get access to the content as soon as you finish your registration.

Testimonials

Course Reviews

What graduates of our sound bath training programs are saying.

Sound Bath Facilitators

Who Created This Course

Jamie Bechtold playing a black crystal singing bowl

Jamie Bechtold

Sound Bath Practitioner & Educator

Jamie Bechtold has been playing sound baths with gongs and crystal singing bowls professionally since 2004. With more than 4,000 public group events across Los Angeles and Southern California, she is among the most experienced sound bath practitioners and educators in the United States. She co-founded the first Soundbath Practitioner Training in January 2017 and is the co-founder of SoundbathPlayer, The Soundbath Center in Los Angeles, and The Gong Room near Joshua Tree, California. She was previously known as Jamie Ford.

Read Jamie’s full biography here.

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Not Actually Robert Lee

Robert Lee

Fitness & Wellness Professional

Robert Lee has worked in the fitness and wellness field since 1997. His background is in designing structured, results-oriented wellness programs, and that approach carries directly into the course curriculum. In 2013, he began leading breathwork sessions and developed a signature method of rhythmic, music-guided breathing to support clarity and emotional well-being. He incorporated sound baths into his breathwork practice in 2015 and has contributed to the course structure and teaching methodology since its beginning.

Robert’s contribution to the course is the architecture behind it: the milestone structure, the pacing, and the framework that moves students from beginner to capable practitioner in a clear, organized sequence. If the course feels logical to work through, that is his fingerprint on it.

Read Robert’s full biography here.

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Path to Certification

Sound Bath Practitioner

How to become a sound bath practitioner?

  • Study

    Learn our method for playing therapeutic-style sound baths through over 90 easy-to-follow practical lessons that cover a wide range of topics, including:

    • History & science of sound baths
    • Music theory for sound baths
    • Instrument history & facts
    • Event structure & facilitation
    • Starting a sound bath business
    Sound bath setup with Gongland Sun and Pulsar gongs and crystal singing bowls
  • Practice

    Practice our instrument-playing techniques to build the strength, coordination, and endurance needed to play with confidence.

    Log 30 hours of technique practice using your crystal singing bowls, gong, and other sound bath instruments.

    *Advantage registrants receive voice-guided practice sessions.

     

    Jamie Bechtold playing two black crystal singing bowls in front of gongs at The Gong Room
  • Play

    After completing the technique practice assignments, apply what you have studied and the techniques you have practiced to facilitate sound bath events for others.

    • Facilitate at least 10 practice sound baths events using our method
    • Collect feedback from 20 different attendees
    • Turn in your practice event log
    Jamie playing Gongland Dusk gong
  • Pass

    The final step is to pass the certification exam. Exam questions are based on content from Player Essentials™. Pro and Advantage registrants receive exam preparation quizzes. The exam will cover:

    • General sound bath information
    • Our playing method
    • Sound bath science and music theory
    • Event facilitation and more
    Sound bath setup with Tone of Life Fire gong and black crystal bowls

Instrument Requirements

If you want to play sound baths, you’ll need instruments. We recommend professional quality instruments.

  • What instruments are required for this course?

    Below, the required instrument minimum outlines what you need in order to learn and practice the techniques taught in the course. The recommended instrument minimum is what we suggested as the minimum instruments to offer full 60 min sound bath events.

    Required Instrument Minimum:

    • 3 crystal singing bowls (at least one in the 3rd octave) with 2 mallets (that can play the rim and side of the bowl).
    • 1 gong 30 inches or larger* with 1 large and 2 small/medium gong mallets.

    Recommended Instrument Minimum:

    • 5 crystal singing bowls – professional (with at least two in the 3rd octave).
    • 1 premium (nickel silver) gong 30 inches or larger with 1 large and 2 small/medium gong mallets.
    • 1 complementary instrument (bead drum, rain maker, or percussion tube).

    *To maximize the effectiveness of our method and the playing techniques taught in this course, we recommend using instruments with a long sustain and the ability to produce high-quality sounds at all volume levels. For this reason, wind gongs DO NOT qualify as a required instrument, and we strongly discourage the use of stainless steel gongs.

    Sound Bath Instruments: What You Need to Start Playing

  • Should I buy instruments before registering?

    No, if you don’t have the required instruments, you should wait to purchase instruments until after you register. We provide guidance on selecting the best instruments for your goals and varying budgets, and we offer a student discount. This will help you make well-informed choices and get the best value for your money.

    Benefits of purchasing after you register:

    • Receive instrument purchasing advice.
    • Special student discounts.
    • Save up to 15% on select instruments and get special perks with Pro and Advantage registrations.
    • Get $500 instrument credit on purchasing select instruments with Advantage registration. 
    • 6-month course extension with purchase of select instruments.

    Guidance on selecting instruments.

  • Do you sell instruments?

    Yes, we are authorized retailers for many top brands, and in some cases, we work directly with the makers.

    Some of the brands we sell:

    • Beyond
    • Gongland
    • Oetken
    • Paiste
    • Meinl
    • Unlimited
    • Tone of Life
    • Schlagwerk
    • Ollihess
    • Dragonfly Percussion
    • Remo

    Some of the instruments we sell:

    • Gongs
    • Crystal Singing Bowls
    • Metal Singing Bowls
    • Rainmakers
    • Chimes
    • Gong Accessories (mallets, stands and bags)
    • Bowl Accessories (mallets and bags)
    • Handpans
    • Drums
  • Do you offer instrument purchasing advice?

    Yes, we provide straightforward, practical advice and guidance to help you start or expand your instrument setup, based on the instruments we sell, your goals and budget.In addition, the course includes sections on instrument quality, science, and music theory. Which will help you avoid wasting money on low-quality instruments or being misled to purchase instruments based on marketing claims, such as “this bowl will open your heart chakra” or “this gong channels the energy of Jupiter.”

    Pro & Advantage Registrants also receive:

    • Practitioner Instrument Purchasing Advice which includes adding bowls to your current set of bowls.


    Advantage Registrants also receive: 

    • Free In-Person Gong Buying Consultation at The Gong Room in Yucca Valley, CA United States ($300 value, see details).
  • Why should I buy instruments from you?

    We know instrument quality and which instruments work best for sound baths. With more than 20 years of experience as sound bath practitioners and instrument retailers, we have played and tested instruments from nearly every major brand in live sound bath settings. Our opinions are based on real, hands-on experience, not speculation or guesswork.

    We also work closely with many of the world’s top instrument makers and only recommend brands we trust and would personally use in our own sound baths. Once you register, you’ll gain access to instrument purchasing advice, along with exclusive discounts and incentives to help you purchase high-quality instruments with confidence and at competitive prices.

    Purchasing Incentives:

    • Receive instrument purchasing advice.
    • Exclusive student discounts.
    • Save up to 15% on select instruments and get special perks with Pro and Advantage registrations.
    • Get $500 instrument credit on purchasing select instruments with Advantage registration. 
    • 6-month course extension with purchase of select instruments.

Free Course Extension

Get a free 6-Month course extention with purchase of select instruments within 3 months of course registration.

Course Elements

Sound Bath Training

Gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence required to become a successful professional sound bath facilitator.

Sound Bath Practitioner Training

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this course for beginners?

Yes, this course is for all levels, including beginners with no music training or instrument playing experience. 

What are the registration requirements?

All of the following:

  1. Must be at least 18 years old at the time of registration.
  2. Must complete registration fully and accurately.
  3. Must pay in full for the course.
  4. Must be eligible and in good standing with Beyond Percussion and all subsidiaries.
  5. Must agree to all Course Terms & Conditions.
  6. Must sign Course Non-Disclosure Agreement.
  7. Must sign Online Participant Confidentiality Agreement.

When can I start the course?

You will gain access to course content after completing the registration process.

How long will it take before I can play a sound bath?

  • Play a crystal singing bowl sound bath after 15 hours of practice and study.
  • Play a crystal singing bowl and gong sound bath after 30 hours of study and practice.
  • Play a full multi-instrument sound bath after 40 hours of study and practice.
  • Facilitate a professional, one-hour therapeutic-style sound bath event after 55 hours of study and practice.

Is this course based on ancient philosophies?

While many of the instruments used in sound baths have been around for hundreds of years (or longer), sound baths themselves are a relatively new wellness practice. Group sound baths, using crystal singing bowls and gongs, started in the 1980s and are not specifically linked to any spiritual systems or ancient philosophies.

For these reasons, our therapeutic-style sound bath method is not connected to any new-age philosophy or pseudoscience beliefs.

In this course, you will learn effective playing techniques, how to build a sustainable business, the scientific principles behind sound, how to combine instruments musically, and how to organize professional sound bath events.

What’s the Difference Between a Sound Bath, Sound Healing, and Sound Therapy

How long will it take to complete this course?

The course is self-paced and can be completed in as little as 2 months. With consistent study and practice, it should take approximately 3 to 6 months to finish.

To earn a certification, all registrants have one year to complete all course assignments, pass the certification exam, and sign the required legal documents. If you need more than a year, you can get 6-month course extensions included with certain instrument purchases (terms apply) or can be bought separately.

Is this course really 100% original?

Yes, Jamie Bechtold and Robert Lee started the first group sound bath training in 2017, focusing on crystal singing bowls and gongs. We developed our method and techniques by leading over 4,000 sound baths, hosting retreats, and running Los Angeles’s first and only sound bath studio for more than 10 years.

As sound baths have become more popular, we have seen more and more sound bath training programs in which the “teacher” appears to copy material from other courses or use someone else’s public course outline, sometimes ours. Most of the time, their course is presented as entirely their own, and the source of their teachings (or method) is rarely disclosed.

We feel it’s important for you to understand the origins, credibility, and authenticity of your teacher’s materials. Our methods and techniques are uniquely our own, developed and refined through thousands of sound baths, with a priority on developing skilled practitioners who deliver effective therapeutic results in every sound bath they play.

8 Things Every Sound Bath Certification Should Teach You

Registration Options

Group Soundbath Player

Group Soundbath Player™ Certification Course offers three registration options tailored to different learning preferences and instrument purchasing incentives.

Payment made in USD.

Choose your option

Essentials

$799

Pro

$1,199

Advantage

$1,999

Special pricing on select instruments

Beginner Instrument Purchasing Advice

1-year access to course content

90+ lessons on sound bath history, science, music theory, our method and more

SSL™ playing techniques, transitions, and sequencing

Guidelines for structuring therapeutic-style sound bath events

Instrument Setup Recommendations

1-year SoundbathPlayer™ Pro Membership

Practictioner Instrument Purchasing Advice (includes adding bowls to your current set)

Up to 15% off select instrument purchases

Free gong mallet with purchase of select gongs

Advanced bowl pairing lessons
(Not Sold Separately)

Exam prep quizzes
(Not Sold Separately)

$500 Instrument credit

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In-Person Gong Buying Consultation

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1-Year Practice Hub with Technique Coaching

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Voice-guided technique practice sessions

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Practice drills to strengthen coordination, endurance and confidence

Voice-guided full-length sound bath practice sessions (from 20 to 50 minutes)

Registration Options

Group Soundbath Player

Group Soundbath Player™ Certification Course offers three registration options tailored to different learning preferences and instrument purchasing incentives.

Payment made in USD.

Become a Professional Player

Get certified in our proven method to lead therapeutic-style sound baths with confidence and credibility.

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