8-Day Gong Master Healer Accredited Course

Detailed Syllabus

Weekend 1 – Foundation & Lineage

Day 1 (Saturday):

1. Welcome, intention-setting, overview of lineage.

2. History & background of gong & sacred sound: origins, evolution, Conreaux’s “Way of

3.  the Gong”.  

4. Introduction to instruments: types of Gongs, singing bowls, tuning folks and other healing instruments.

5. Practical: basic strokes, mallets, playing posture.

6. Don Conreaux Universal Greeting 

7. Don Conn

8. Guided meditation & short gong immersion – experiencing from both sides (player/receiver) in the spirit of “deep healing” Student practice.

Day 2 (Sunday):

1. Recap of Day 1; group sharing of experiences.

2. Helen Sheppard – Sound vibrations and Hrtz

3. Instrument workshop: hands-on exploring a range of instruments.

4. Practical: Basic one-to-one session structure: space-setting, consultation. 

Weekend 2 – Technique & Healing 

Day 3 (Saturday):

1. Advanced playing techniques: over-toning, multiple mallets, alternative playing styles.

2. Protection techniques

3. Accompanying instruments: singing bowls and other sound healing instruments, integrated in a session.

4. Designing a healing session: one-to-one, group gong bath, ceremony and immersion.

5. Practical breakout: pairs practising each other with feedback.

Day 4 (Sunday):

1. Facilitating group gong bath: structure, intention, flow, closing (emphasises nurturing & safe space).  

2. Gong Pujas

3. Supervised full group session where each participant plays under observation.

4. Cleaning the Gongs and other instruments

Weekend 3 – Deep Spiritual Work, Group Performance & Ceremony

Day 5 (Saturday):

1. Spiritual frameworks: working with sacred sound for deep healing, meditation, consciousness.

2. Healer’s journey: self-healing, dealing with resistance/shadow, surrender & service. Self-healing and self-care.

3. Energetics of sound: subtle body anatomy, energy centres/chakras.

4. Practical: Participants lead short self-healing gong sessions, then peer feedback.

5. The wheel of life.

Day 6 (Sunday):

1. Protection 

2. Performance & ceremony: planning and facilitating a “Gong Bath large-group gong immersion.  

3. Group project: designing and rehearsing a group sound healing ceremony 

4. Integration practice: how to hold sacred space, set intention, create a container for group healing.

5. Introduction to professional/therapeutic standards: consent, boundaries, contraindications, ethics (CMA aligned).

Weekend 4 – Integration, Protection, Business & Certification

Day 7 (Saturday):

1. Energetic Protection & Self-Care for the Healer:

2. Recognising energy-boundaries, avoiding burnout; grounding, shielding, clearing.

3. Ethical and safe practice: referral, scope, duty of care (CMA aligned).

4. Cleaning Gongs

5. Business foundations: setting up your sound healing practice (consultations, insurance, marketing, client management).

6. Integration workshop: each participant designs their own 1-1 session and a group event (layout, intention, instrumentation).

7. Supervised peer-practice: each student runs their designed session with peers as clients, receiving feedback.

8. GDPR & Consent

Day 8 (Sunday):

1. Review and consolidation: revisit all key areas (instrument technique, healing structure, spiritual framework, protection).

2. Final practical assessment: each participant leads a short one-to-one session and a mini group sound healing ceremony under supervision.

3. Certification process: confirm attendance, assessment outcomes, submission of reflective piece (your healer journey & intention), receive certificate - Gong Master Healer 

4. Closing ritual: shared gong sound-journey, participant reflections, intention-setting for practice moving forward.

5. Next steps: resources, continuing mentorship/community of practice.

Additional Course Elements

1. Pre-course preparation: Welcome pack includes reading list (Sheila’s books: Sound Healing with Gongs and Don Conreauxs: Magnum Opus of the Gongs) In the Heart of the Gong Space), meditation suggestions,  consent/ethical code draft.

2. Between weekends: Homework/tasks: journaling, recording your playing, mindful listening practice, self-gongs, peer-exchanges.

3. Materials: Student manual.

Assessment & Certification: 

1. Attendance & Participation.

2. Write a reflective essay on your healer journey through sound.

3. Write an essay on an esoteric sound-related subject.

4. Practical demonstration of 1-2-1 and Group sound healing ceremony.

5. Universal Greeting demonstration.

6. Certificate issued on completion.

Why this design honours both lineage & CMA alignment

1. Incorporates lineage of Don Conreaux (global gong master, originator of Gong Yoga, Gong Puja, etc.) 

2. Retains the structure of UK-based gong trainings (weekend modules, group immersion, combined theory/practice) as seen in UK trainings.  

3. Embeds therapeutic/ethical standards appropriate for CMA-aligned practice (consent, boundaries, client safety, business foundations).

4. Emphasises spiritual/deep healing dimension (intention, sacred space, meditation, subtle body) and practitioner self-care/energetic protection.

5. Practical, experiential and immersive—mirroring high-quality gong master trainings.

6. Offers clear outcomes, certification path, resources and continuity (key for professional recognition).