Gong Mastery
In this two-day workshop, you will deepen your relationship with your / the gong, exploring new techniques and accessories.
Step into a immersive Workshop and unlock a deeper understanding of the Gong.
The gong is more than an instrument—it is a powerful tool that bridges dimensions, and aligns us with the vibrational field of Gaia.
In this two-day workshop, you will deepen your relationship with your / the gong, exploring advanced techniques, and learn how to facilitate transformational, grounding and safe gongscapes that brings profound healing, by using advanced techniques and energy medecine.
What You Will Learn
The Story of the Gong
Learn to create gong journeys that unfold like a story rather than a performance.
Discover how to guide participants through a carefully crafted experience with a beginning that creates safety, a middle that invites exploration and release, and an ending that allows the body to integrate and return to stillness.
This storytelling approach is the foundation of Maria's teaching, transforming a gong bath into an intentional healing journey.
The Gong, Gaia & the Wisdom of the Body
Explore the gong as more than an instrument—as a bridge to the living frequency of Gaia and the innate intelligence held within the body.
Learn how vibration, rhythm, resonance and silence influence the nervous system, and why understanding the body's response to sound allows you to facilitate experiences that feel deeply restorative rather than overwhelming.
You'll discover that healing isn't created through louder playing or more techniques, but through presence, pacing and knowing what the body needs next.
Mastering Tone & Texture
Develop confidence in drawing a wide range of tones, overtones and textures from the gong.
Refine your touch, dynamics and timing while learning how different areas of the gong create distinct qualities that can support grounding, spaciousness, emotional release or expansion.
Sequencing a Healing Journey
Learn how to structure 45, 60, 90 and 120-minute gong baths with clarity and intention.
Discover how to weave your playing into a coherent journey, understanding when to build intensity, when to soften, when to introduce silence and when to allow the body space to integrate.
Mallets & Accessories
Explore a wide range of Paiste, Dragonfly and chalking mallets, alongside flumies and other accessories, to discover the unique voice each tool brings to the gong.
Learn how different mallets shape tone, texture and the body's experience of vibration, helping you choose the right tools to support each chapter of your sound journey.
The Voice & the Gong
Discover how humming, toning, mantra and intuitive vocalisation can become a natural extension of your gong practice.
Learn how voice and gong can support one another to create immersive healing experiences, adding depth, emotion and connection while honouring the body's need for safety, presence and integration.
During the workshop, you'll have the opportunity to play Maria's collection of professional gongs for comparison and deeper learning, or you're welcome to bring your own gong and develop your relationship with your instrument throughout the day.
Play and experience:
• 95 cm Wind Gong
• 90 cm Symphonic Gong
• 80 cm Wind Gong
• 80 cm Symphonic Gong
This workshop is for
Sound healers who want to deepen their relationship with the gong and facilitate sessions with greater confidence, intention and presence.
Yoga teachers, Reiki practitioners and holistic therapists who wish to integrate the gong into their existing practice—even if they have little or no previous gong experience.
Those considering purchasing their first or second gong and wanting to understand how to choose, play and work with it in a meaningful way.
Practitioners who want to understand how vibration influences the body and nervous system, allowing them to create experiences that feel safe, restorative and deeply healing.
Facilitators who want to move beyond simply playing the gong and learn how to craft beautiful, intentional gong journeys with purpose, flow and integration.
Anyone who believes that healing is not created through louder playing or more techniques, but through presence, listening and understanding how sound supports the body's natural intelligence.
Q&A’s
I don't have any experience with the gong. Can I still attend?
Absolutely. This workshop is open to complete beginners as well as experienced sound healers who want to deepen their relationship with the gong.
Please note that this is a 16-hour immersive gong workshop, rather than a certified gong practitioner training. You'll leave with a solid understanding of how to approach the gong with confidence, intention and sensitivity, along with practical techniques that you can begin integrating into your own practice.
If your goal is to become a fully certified gong practitioner, this workshop is designed as a beautiful foundation and an opportunity to explore whether working with the gong is the right path for you.
Can I Bring my own Gong?
Yes absolutely. This workshop is for gong owners who want to explore and deepen their connection with their own gongs. Bringing your own gong allows you to get to know it better in a hands-on setting.
However, if you don’t have a gong yet, don’t worry—a full selection of high-quality gongs will be available for you to explore and play, and you’re welcome to work with mine.
Can I leave my instruments there over night?
You are welcome to leave your gong and stand in the studio over night.
What else to bring?
Any mallets or accessories you currently work with (additional mallets and tools will be available to try)
Comfortable clothing, water bottle, pen and note book and an open heart Vibrate beyond the physical and and tune into a cosmic gongscape. Spaces are limited to 6 students.
Is there parking?
There is free on the street parking.
Details
Date: Saturday 15th August 11:00-18:00, Sunday 16th August, 10:00-17:00
Location: House of Moon, Archway, London
Investment: £200
Secure your space with a (non-refundable) £50 deposit, the reminder can be paid in two instalments of £75.