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200 Hour Diploma in Sound Healing

200 Hour Diploma in Sound Healing

a sound healing class in progress

Are you looking for a new path, a new challenge, or a new career?

Sound healing is a relaxing and therapeutic practice that uses sound frequencies to improve physical, emotional, and spiritual health. It involves playing instruments like gongs, Himalayan singing bowls, and tuning forks to create calming sounds that help reduce stress and pain, boost relaxation, and clear energy blockages. If you’re looking for a new direction, training in sound healing can be a great way to learn these techniques for your own self-care and to help others find balance and harmony.

The wellness industry is expanding quickly and sound healing is at the forefront of this. More people are recognising the benefits of sound healing, leading to higher demand for well-trained practitioners. By starting your training now, you can position yourself to meet this rising demand and offer a unique service that many people are seeking.

Unlike other treatments, sound healing offers a unique, sensory experience. It is versatile and easily integrates into yoga, massage and meditation, allowing you to enhance your existing services or create comprehensive wellness programmes offering a holistic approach to health. Additionally, this training will enable you to create workshops, retreats, and group sessions, enhancing your professional portfolio and attracting a broader clientele.

A woman receives a drum therapy treatment

We are delighted to offer this professional training course in Sound Healing (also known as Sound Therapy). Suitable for complete beginners, as well as those with some experience, this 200 hour course leads to a Practitioner Level Diploma in Sound Healing, allowing you to practice as a fully qualified Sound Healer. The course is a mixture of in-person teaching, and home study, with the theory elements being studied at home, and the all-important practical sessions and techniques being taught in person.

The Foundation module will give you a good grounding in the theory of sound healing and anatomy, as well as introduce you to all the instruments used in this course. From here, you choose your own path through the course, by deciding which three instrument modules you would like to study.

Enroll now with a £99 deposit!

What You’ll Learn:

Foundation: Anatomy, The Brain, Energy Systems, Resonance and Entrainment, Foundations of Sound Healing, Experience and Choose Instruments, Importance of Grounding, Contraindications.

Drums: History, Gender, Therapeutic Use, Rhythms and Free Form, Treatment Process, Drum Massage, Drum Journeys, Drumming the I Ching, Intersessional Task

Tuning Forks: Entrainment, Tuning Fork Sets, Muscle Testing, SIM Protocols, Treatment Methods, Chakra Balancing, Breaking Holding Patterns, Intersessional Tasks

Gongs: Types of gongs, Therapeutic Use, Playing Techniques, Gong Baths, Walking Techniques, Flumis and Percussion, Types of Treatments, Combining with Other Instruments, Intersessional Tasks

Himalayan and Crystal Singing Bowls: Therapeutic Use, Discovering Notes, Intervals, Correct Playing Techniques, Treatment Methods, Himalayan Massage, Chakra Balancing, Combining with Other Instruments, Intersessional Techniques

Sanskrit Mantra: Yoga of Sound, Types of Mantra, Voice and Breath, Therapeutic Use, Types of Treatment, Chakra Massage, Mantras for Specific Issues, Accompanying Instruments, Intersessional Tasks

sound healing training in progress

The course will require 200 hours of study, including in-person sessions, home study, self-treatment, reflection, case studies, and assessment. ​This course is taught in small groups (no more than 10 students per class) to ensure everyone gets adequate attention and training.

Earthtones is an accredited training college with the CMA and the CPD Group. For more information, download the course information booklet here.

Course Fee: £1249 – Invest in your future today and enrol with a £99 deposit!

Upcoming Course Dates

January 2025 Intake

Foundation Module (compulsory) 25-26 Jan 2025
Drum 1-2 Mar 2025
Tuning Forks 22-23 Mar 2025
Gong 26-27 Apr 2025
Mantra 3-4 May 2025
Himalayan & Crystal Bowls 7-8 Jun 2025
exam weekend tbc

September 2025 Intake

Foundation Module (compulsory) 21-22 Sept 2025
Himalayan & Crystal Bowls 25-26 Oct 2025
Tuning Forks 29-30 Nov 2025
Mantra 13-14 Dec 2025
Drum 10-11 Jan 2026
Gong 7-8 Feb 2026
exam weekend tbc

Your Tutor

This course was written by and is taught by Mahala Gehna PLDipST MCMA. Mahala has been working in sound healing since she first qualified in 2009, when she was the first person in the UK to be awarded the Certificate in Sound Therapy. Since then she has undertaken further training, worked with hundreds of clients and developed treatment protocols. Mahala is also a qualified teacher, and you can be sure of well-written, quality training materials and adaptable teaching methods to ensure you get the best from your course.

Questions? Contact Mahala direct to get all your answers.