Sound Healing Course in Goa, India
Six days with the bowls: how they are played, where they are placed, and what a full session feels like from both sides of the mat.
- Runs for
- 6 days
- Each day
- 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
- Taught by
- Nikhil Gupta
- Where
- Agonda Beach, Goa, India
- Taught inEnglish, every course
- Teaching since2005, on Agonda Beach
- Group sizeSmall enough to correct every table
What the silence does
You spend as much of these six days receiving as giving. That is not a generous timetable — it is the only way to know what you are handing someone.
Lying under a bowl, the first thing that arrives is usually not peace. It is whatever you have been outrunning: a tightness in the chest, an old irritation, something you were fairly sure you had dealt with.
Nothing asks you to push it away. You notice it, the sound keeps going, and it moves on its own. That is the whole method, and it is why people leave saying the course did something they had not booked it for.
When it runs
- Next
Courses run October to April. Places are limited because every afternoon is hands-on practice in pairs.
What the sound healing course covers
Day 1 — Grounding and introduction
- Welcome circle, and setting your intention
- What sound healing is: its history and its purpose
- The start of your own sound journey
- Learning the bowls
Day 2 — Holding space for healing
- Giving sessions to other people
- Holding a deep healing session
- Meditation in silence
- Sharing what came up, in a safe group
Day 3 — Feeling the energy and the sound
- Feeling your own energy in silence
- Tones and resonance: what each bowl does
- Journalling — "what am I ready to release?"
Day 4 — Chakras and sound
- The basics of chakra healing
- How sound interacts with the chakras
- Emotional release through sound journeys
Day 5 — Group sound healing
- Running a group sound healing
- The different forms a group session can take
- Working with other sound instruments
Day 6 — Integration and certification
- Journalling — "what has shifted in me?"
- Giving a full professional sound journey
- Certification ceremony and closing circle
The sound therapy techniques, one by one
Relaxing Vibrations Therapy
30 minutes
Powerful and very simple, and easy to fold into ordinary life. It is used for deep relaxation, for melting stress-related tension, and for waking up the body’s own healing mechanism.
Mind Detoxification Therapy
A life-transforming technique that works on the hidden causes behind physical, emotional and practical problems rather than on the symptom in front of you.
Reflex Zones Therapy
30 minutes
Reflexology holds that stress, anxiety and difficult emotion block a person’s energy channels. Sound is used to get that energy moving again.
Different points on the hands and feet correspond to different organs. Sending healing vibration to those points clears the blockage without pressure and without pain.
Energy Body Restoration Therapy
15–20 minutes
We absorb other people’s energy without noticing. You learn first to clear what is not yours, and then to strengthen what is.
Group Healing Session
60–90 minutes
Group sound healing works, and it scales — for a handful of friends or family, and professionally for a much larger room.
Supporting people with common ailments
Joint pain and arthritis, migraine and headache, digestive disorders, neck and shoulder tension, chronic lower back pain.
Self-Healing Sound Therapy
15–20 minutes
A natural process you can run on yourself, with physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefit. It is the one most people keep using long after the course ends.
Is this for you?
This sound therapy course suits you if you are:
- Curious about a powerful and genuinely ancient healing modality
- Interested in your own deep inner healing, first
- Wanting to help other people through theirs
- A yoga teacher
- A Reiki practitioner
- A pranic healer
- A massage therapist
- Anyone with a real interest in healing, from any background
Who you will be able to help
Afterwards you can work with people who:
- Want relief from pain and discomfort
- Are living with depression
- Cannot sleep properly
- Want relief from anxiety
- Have sinus trouble
- Simply want a healthier, happier, more settled life
How the day is shaped
- 9:30 – 10:30Nadiprana energy movement and meditation
- 10:30 – 11:00Break
- 11:00 – 13:30Sound healing practice
- 13:30 – 15:30Lunch
- 15:30 – 17:30Sound healing practice
Sound Healing Testimonial — A Journey from Stress to Inner Peace
The Sound Healing course is a wonderful beginning for someone aspiring to enter the beautiful world of sound healing.
What the sound healing training looks like
More than a certification
This is not really about learning to play singing bowls. It is about learning to listen — to sound, to silence, and to your own heart.
Whether you are new to healing or already some way down that path, the six days are built to bring you into awareness and back to what is true for you.
How you learn it
Hands-on practice: every technique is applied in live, guided sessions rather than described and left there.
Sound immersion: you spend time on the receiving end too, which is the only way to know what you are giving.
Journalling: space to meet yourself honestly, and to notice what is actually shifting.
What you take away, and what the singing bowl certification says
- It can heal you emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually — that comes first, before you work on anyone else.
- You can support clients through their own healing, properly rather than approximately.
- It develops genuine love and compassion for the people you work with.
- It gives you an honest insight into what deep relaxation actually is.
What students say about Sound Healing — Singing Bowls
Filmed at the school and published on its own channel. Nothing here was written for the website.
Sound healing — a journey from stress to inner peace
Questions people send us
What will I be able to do after the course?
Run private one-to-one sound healing sessions, run group sessions, and work on yourself.
In plain terms: help people quieten their mind, settle their nervous system, and hold a space in which they can heal.
Will I become a sound healer after this course?
Yes. You finish as a professional sound healer, able to run sessions for individuals and for groups.
You will still need to keep practising afterwards. Confidence in this work comes from repetition, not from the certificate.
Will I learn how to use the bowls?
Yes — how to use the singing bowls for healing, and how to deliver each of the therapies professionally.
How many bowls will I be using?
Seven singing bowls of different sizes and frequencies. These are the chakra bowls.
Are the singing bowls provided?
Yes. Bowls and all other materials are provided for the duration of the course.
Can I buy bowls from you afterwards?
Yes. Speak to your course facilitator or the school office once the course has finished.
What should I bring?
A notebook, a pen, a hand towel — and an open mind, which matters more than the rest.
Deposit and cancellation terms
- The initial deposit is non-refundable in all circumstances, including travel restrictions, lockdowns, pandemic, war, act of God or any other unforeseen event.
- If you cancel, reschedule or do not take part, the deposit is not refunded. If you choose another date for personal reasons, the deposit stays forfeited.
- If you have an accident or become pregnant and cannot join, a valid doctor’s certificate and at least 30 days’ notice by email are required; failing that, the deposit is forfeited and any transfer is at the school’s discretion.
- Once you have physically joined, the full course fee becomes payable, and is non-refundable, non-cancellable and non-transferable.
- The balance of the fee is paid on arrival, or by transfer at least 15 days before the course begins.
- If illness or restrictions stop the course part-way, the school may transfer your pro-rata balance to a future course, at its discretion.
- The school may end your participation if it finds your presence disturbing to the group process.
- If the school cancels before the course begins for reasons beyond its control, you are entitled to a full refund except the initial deposit. The school is not liable for travel, insurance or other associated losses.
- Any dispute is subject to the jurisdiction of Canacona, Goa, India.
What the fee covers
Included
- The course manual
- Oils used throughout the course
- Massage tables and sheets
- Your certificate on completion
Arrange separately
- Flights and travel insurance
- Airport transfer
- Accommodation and food
We help every student find a room within walking distance of the school — tell us your dates and budget when you enquire.
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Come and see what happens
Tell us roughly when you could travel and we will write back within two working days. If we think a different course suits you better, we will say so — we would rather you came to the right one.