Sound Practitioner Training (32-Hour Certification) has been revamped and reimagined for 2024. In celebration of our Sixth year of offering this in-person invitation to Arizona, we have added and expanded, cut and pruned, and refined to make this the absolutely best training yet!
This initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner is spread over two weekends and explores the history, theory, spirituality, science and practice of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gongs, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more.
Held at a private residence in the foothills of New River, this will be an intimate training with very limited space. In addition to the in-person component, the new Sound Practitioner Immersion now includes access to over 20-hours of online content to support each student after the training concludes.
Weekend 1:
Saturday & Sunday, October 5-6, 2024, (10am to 6pm)
Weekend 2:
Saturday & Sunday, October 12-13, 2024 (10am to 6pm)
Register by September 15th: $1144
Register after September 15th: $1288
Includes all materials.
Note: There will be a maximum of 8-people accepted for this training
Private residence in New River, Arizona, approximately 50-minutes north of Downtown and around 60-minutes from most parts of the Phoenix area.
The Sound Practitioner Immersion is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I). Yoga Alliance teachers receive 32-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
Includes a full color training manual for lifetime reference and access to the online training (a $299 value) with over 20-hours of video lessons and additional content.
On this soul-stirring journey, we will tap into the ancient wisdom of Huachuma (San Pedro), embarking on a deep inner quest of growth, self-realization and spiritual awakening in the timeless Sacred Valley of the Incas. Building on the successes of last year’s inaugural pilgrimage, which sparked profound healing and life-changing insights for all who took part, we now excitedly prepare this special container to hold another group of courageous voyagers ready to plunge into the alchemical fires of deep soul transformation.
Nestled amidst the gentle majesty of the Andes, you will peel back profound layers of old patterns, reclaim lost parts of yourself, and reconnect with your authentic gifts to bring back into the world. This is a journey of a lifetime – through expertly-facilitated Huachuma ceremonies guided by a gifted Maestro Huachumero, you’ll discover who you truly are beneath the surface-level masks so many wear today.
This sacred medicine path calls to those feeling the nudge towards radical self-inquiry and a desire to heal at the deepest levels of body, mind and soul. It requires earnest self-work, trust, and the willingness to courageously surrender to a process of total metamorphosis.
Sound Practitioner Training (32-Hour Certification) has been revamped and reimagined for 2024. In celebration of our Sixth year of offering this in-person invitation to Arizona, we have added and expanded, cut and pruned, and refined to make this the absolutely best training yet.
This initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner is spread over two weekends and explores the history, theory, spirituality, science and practice of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gong, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more.
Held at a private residence in the foothills of New River, this will be an intimate training with very limited space. In addition to the in-person component, the new Sound Practitioner Immersion now includes access to over 20-hours of online content to support each student after the training concludes.
Weekend 1:
Saturday & Sunday, January 13-14, 2024, (10am to 6pm)
Weekend 2:
Saturday & Sunday, January 20-21, 2024 (10am to 6pm)
Register by December 1st: $898
Register after December 1st: $998
Includes all materials.
Note: There will be a maximum of 8-people accepted for this training
Private residence in New River, Arizona, approximately 45-minutes north of Downtown and around 60-minutes from most parts of the Phoenix area.
The Sound Practitioner Immersion is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I). Yoga Alliance teachers receive 32-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
Includes a full color training manual for lifetime reference and access to the online training (a $299 value) with over 20-hours of video lessons and additional content.
On this pilgrimage we delve into the wisdom of Huachuma (San Pedro), embarking on a profound journey to decolonize our hearts and minds and receive its sacred education. Through this rewilding experience, you will uncover your heart’s deepest truth as the perfect medicine for your life right here, right now. This alchemical retreat holds the power to potentiate paradigm-shifts in ways both accessible and well-integrated, catalyzing inspired action aligned with your highest timeline. Held in an intentional container within the Andes mountains, you will discover deeper layers of who you really are, reclaiming your sovereignty while opening yourself to new ways of being in this world.
This experience is for souls called to deep self-exploration, who seek a quantum portal through which to weave personal and collective transformation. This is not a typical plant medicine retreat. We will be exploring the medicine in ceremonies not always accessible to the general public, and have a unique opportunity to use horseback as an integration modality. These ceremonies require a level of commitment to preparation as well as physical, mental, and emotional readiness that is well-suited for space holders or those otherwise well-versed in shadow work.
Sound Practitioner Training (32-Hour Certification) is returning to Authentic Yoga Scottsdale. This initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner is spread over two weekends and explores the history, theory, spirituality, science and practice of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gong, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more. This will be an intimate training with limited space.
Weekend 1:
Saturday & Sunday, April 22-23 2023, (11am to 7pm)
Weekend 2:
Saturday & Sunday, April 29-30 2023, (11am to 7pm)
Regular: $799
Current AYTT Students: $699
Includes all materials.
Sound Practitioner Training is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I). Yoga Alliance teachers receive 32-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
Includes a full color training manual for lifetime reference.
Sound Practitioner Training (32-Hour Certification) is returning to Authentic Yoga Scottsdale. This initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner is spread over two weekends and explores the history, theory, spirituality, science and practice of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gong, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more. This will be an intimate training with limited space.
Weekend 1:
Saturday & Sunday, November 5-6 2022, (11am to 7pm)
Weekend 2:
Saturday & Sunday, November 12-13 2022, (11am to 7pm)
Regular: $699
Current AYTT Students: $649
Includes all materials.
Sound Practitioner Training is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I). Yoga Alliance teachers receive 32-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
Includes a full color training manual for lifetime reference.
Sound Practitioner Training (50-Hour Certification) is returning to Authentic Yoga Scottsdale in a newly expanded 50-hour format. This initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner is spread over three weeks and explores the history, theory, spirituality, science and practice of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gong, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more. This will be an intimate training with limited space.
Weekend 1:
Saturday & Sunday, September 10-11, (11am to 7pm)
Tuesday/Thursday, September 13 &15, (6pm to 8pm)
Weekend 2:
Saturday & Sunday, September 17-18, (11am to 7pm)
Tuesday/Thursday, September 20 & 22, (6pm to 8pm)
Weekend 3:
Saturday & Sunday, September 24-25, (11am to 7pm)
Early Bird: $999
Regular: $1,199
Includes all materials.
Currently enrolled Authentic Yoga Teacher Training students received discounted pricing of $949.
Sound Practitioner Training is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I/II). Yoga Alliance teachers receive 50-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
Includes a full color training manual for lifetime reference.
Sound Practitioner Training (32-Hour Certification) is returning to Authentic Yoga Scottsdale (formerly Dave’s Astanga Yoga). This initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner is spread over two weekends and explores the history, theory, spirituality, science and practice of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gong, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more. This will be an intimate training with limited space.
Weekend 1:
March 5-6, (11am to 7pm)
Weekend 2:
March 12-13, (11am to 7pm)
Early Bird: $699 (Register by February 6th)
Regular: $799.
Includes all materials.
Currently enrolled Authentic Yoga Teacher Training students received discounted pricing of $599 and must pay in full by February 25th.
Sound Practitioner Training is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I). Yoga Alliance teachers receive 32-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
Release into a state of deep relaxation where the body, mind and spirit connect for deep healing. This workshop begins with setting of intentions and guided meditation before progressing into a full sound journey guided by gongs, singing bowls, vocalization, flutes, percussion, and other traditional instruments. This practice revitalizes the body and provides access to deep states of meditation and awareness. Participants will be laying down for the majority of the class. No prior experience is necessary.
September 24, (6:30 to 8:00 pm)
$35
In March 2020, just as the world was entering lockdowns, we were in the midst of one our largest Sound Practitioner Trainings to date. It was one of the last group gatherings for the better part of the year as all of our other trainings were cancelled. In November 2020 and February 2021, we re-emerged to conduct more group trainings. They were absolutely beautiful experiences and reminders of how healing it is to be amongst people, in community, creating beautiful sounds and sharing our stories.
With a greater sense of how important and life changing these trainings are, we are returning in November 2021 for what will inevitably be a phenomenal fall training.
November 6-7 & 13-14
Authentic Yoga
7950 E. Redfield Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
$35
As with all of our prior trainings, we expect this one to fill up quickly. For more information or to sign up, please visit the link below.
Fall is the time of year where we prepare for turning inward, taking in what is of value. It is a time of reflection and reconnection. The Fall Equinox encourages us to bring balance to all areas of our lives. Join Hamid and Tara for a sound bath, restorative yoga, breathwork, and meditation. This class is for all levels.
September 18th, (6:00 to 7:30 pm)
Authentic Yoga
7950 E. Redfield Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
General public: $35
$30 for currently enrolled Authentic Yoga Teacher Training students.
Registration in Advance is strongly recommended. To register, send payment with full name via Venmo to @hamidjabbar or email for other payment options.
In November of 2020, we wrapped up a beautiful 32-hour training. This group of amazing humans found their voices and hearts over the course of two weekends. We have no doubt, many lives will never the be the same. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to share this experience. There are now over 90 graduates of the Sound Practitioner Training, and they come from all over the country.
February 20-21 & 27-28
Authentic Yoga
7950 E. Redfield Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
As with our last training, this training will be limited to 10 participants and is expected to fill up quickly. For more information or to sign up, please visit the link below.
In March of 2020, we wrapped up a beautiful 32-hour training right as the Global Pandemic was hitting. This group of amazing humans found their voices and hearts over the course of two weekends. We have no doubt, many lives will never the be the same. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to share this experience. There are now over 80 graduates of the Sound Practitioner Training, and they come from all over the country.
November 7-8 & 14-15
For more information or to sign up, please visit the link below.
*Unfortunately due to the global pandemic, we cancelled this retreat and hope to be able to bring to the community some time in the future.*
Join me and my dear friend Lindsey Kraten for a beautiful extended Memorial weekend retreat/training at the Sheep Rock Ranch near sacred Mount Shasta. This will be an initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner. Explore the history, spirituality. science, and practice of sound as used in yoga, meditation, and therapy. We have created a special retreat style training where those interested could be fully immersed into the world of sound, along with a daily yoga practice, organic vegetarian/vegan food, nature and community.
May 21-25, 2020
Shared King Room: $1,650
Private Queen Room with Shared Bathroom: $1,950
Bring Your Own Tent: $1,250
Mount Shasta, located near the Oregon border in northern California, holds the distinction of being one of the world’s preeminent sacred mountains. It is recognized as an eligible Native American cultural and cosmological property on the National Register of Historic Places. Artifacts found in the surrounding area conservatively suggest at least 11,000 years of human habitation, designating this region as one of the longest-occupied areas of North America.
Mount Shasta’s vast antiquity and mythic relevance places its significance on par, historically and categorically, with other sacred sites found among the world’s oldest known civilizations, including the temples and pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge, the the Mayan Pyramids and Machu Picchu.
Today experts recognize that these “sacred sites” around the world influence human consciousness and other living organisms in a number of unusual and remarkable ways. They have become colloquially known as ancient “power spots,” places where people commonly experience unusual phenomenon such as UFO-related activity, portals into other dimensions, consciousness-altering experiences, and other paranormal-phenomenon.
When one enters into a sacred site of so-called “powerful energy,” the mind, body, and spirit are instantly affected. The energy at these places can be felt, sensed, dowsed, photographed, and measured with scientific instrumentation.
Join Hamid and Jill Honeywell for a night of deep breathwork and sound at Abundant Space. Breathwork provides access to subconscious memories stored throughout the body, enabling safe release and reprocessing and deep emotional healing. In addition, breathwork can take participants into the same sorts of transpersonal states as other practices, such as plant medicines and psychedelic medicines. When combined with live sound of drums, flutes, voice, gongs, singing bowls and more, the practice becomes one of deep entrainment of the entire being.
January 18, (6:00 pm to 7:45 pm)
Abundant Space
10824 N 71st Pl, Scottsdale, AZ 85254
$25 in advance
$35 at the door
Purchase here.
Participants will be laying down for the majority of class so please bring a mat and any props you may want such as blankets, pillows, and an eye mask.
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For information and registration, please follow the link below.
Sound Practitioner Training (25-Hour Certification) is coming to Urban Yoga. This initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner is spread over two weekends and explores the history, theory, spirituality, science and practice of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gong, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more. This will be an intimate training with limited space.
Regular pricing: $499
Urban Yoga members and YTT graduates receive a discount.
Contact Urban Yoga to register.
Sound Practitioner Training is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I). Yoga Alliance teachers receive 25-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
All instruments will be provided for use during training but students who own their own gong, flute, bowls, or other instruments are encouraged to bring them!
Welcome the longest night of the year with Tara Martell and Hamid Jabbar. Let the darkness illuminate your inner light and find the rest and renewal to ignite your winter resolutions. This class will be simple, quiet, restorative asanas along with deep reflection and relaxation, raising the vibration of peace with sound healing using ancient rhythms and vibrational instruments. Restore, illuminate and renew your peace.
“I said to my soul..be still..and wait…so the darkness shall be the light and the stillness the dancing.” T.S. Eliot
Trance dance is a traditional shamanic healing technique that draws on percussive rhythms combined with breath work, entrancing sounds and the use of blindfolds to take participants on an embodied psycho-spiritual journey into deep states of consciousness. The experience, led by Kari Levine and Hamid Jabbar, will begin with setting the sacred space, where ceremonial cacao will be served. This traditional medicine facilitates greater access to heart-centered intuition and connection to the spiritual realm. During the dance, participants are encouraged to move without inhibition in any way the music and energy of the space guides them. Facilitators will safely guide participants into ecstatic states of consciousness where deep physical and emotional healing, as well as spiritual insights, can occur.
$25 in advance
$35 day of
Join Hamid Jabbar at the world famous Haramara Retreat in Sayulita, Mexico for 7-nights of deep connection. The Haramara Retreat is consistently ranked amongst the top retreat centers in the world and a perfect place for those seeking a respite from distractions of daily life and place to connect with the earth, sea, self, and others. We will explore sound, meditation, philosophy, movement and ceremonial practices expanding our consciousness and bliss!
The word “Haramara” means “Mother Sea” in the native Huichol Indian language. Haramara provides “an exclusive, intimate and secluded seaside retreat offering superior mind body spirit experiences along with sensual tropical harmony to every guest.” The magical town of Sayulita is a short walk through the jungle.
EARLY BIRD PRICING TAKE $200 OFF BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2018.
Reserve Your Space!
December 1, 2018 | $300 Due
February 1, 2019 | $600 Due
March 1, 2019 | Balance Due
Sound Practitioner Training is coming to Dave’s Astanga Yoga. This initiation into the world of the Sound Practitioner is spread over two weekends and explores the history, theory, spirituality, science and practice of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gong, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more. This will be an intimate training with limited space.
Early Bird $499 (Register by October 20th)
Regular $599. Includes all materials.
AYTT Student pricing $449.
Sound Practitioner Training is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I). Yoga Alliance teachers receive 32-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
Current Meditation is an innovative approach to meditation that blends scientifically backed techniques with live sound of singing bowls and gong. I am happy to be offering a specialized Sound Meditation Training at Current March 24-25. The program will cover the science of sound meditation with hands-on instruction and study in the playing of singing bowls and gong. Students will leave with the understanding of how to guide a Sound Meditation using these instruments.
$250
Dive deep into Sound with Urban Yoga’s Sound Practitioner Training led by Hamid Jabbar! Spread over two weekends, this 25-hour training explores the history, theory, and science of sound while providing hands-on training in playing gong, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, shruti box, flutes, overtone singing, chimes, and more. This will be an intimate training with limited space.
Early Bird $450 (Register by April 14th)
Regular $550.
Includes all materials.
Sound Practitioner Training is designed for both teachers and students who would like to begin using sound in public or private settings, or for those who are simply drawn to sound and wish to learn more. Sound Therapy and Sound Meditation (also sometimes called Sound Healing) are a range of practices used to bring about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual changes using sound. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Sound Meditation and Sound Therapy and learn to deliver public and private sound sessions. Yoga and meditation teachers will learn how to incorporate sound therapy and guided meditation into their classes.
Participants in this training receive Certification as a Sound Practitioner (Level I) from Urban Yoga. Yoga Alliance teachers receive 25-hours of Yoga Alliance CEUs.
Join Hamid Jabbar and Jill Honeywell for a 2 hour transcendental sound journey. Explore altered states of awareness, deep meditation, and relaxation using guided meditation, breathwork, and sound. This experience will take participants through an extended sound meditation journey that begins with opening of sacred space, setting of intentions, gentle movements, and deep breathwork. The class progresses into a full sound journey with gongs, bowls, vocalization, flutes, percussion, and other traditional instruments. This practice revitalizes the body and provides access to deep states of meditation and awareness. Participants will be laying down for the majority of the class, so it’s best to wear warmer clothing.
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After two years of co-directing the 200-hour teacher training program at Urban Yoga, I am so excited to be part of our inaugural 300-hour advanced teacher training program starting in February 2017! The 300-hour advanced program lasts a full year and meets just one weekend per month, making it accessible for current teachers and advanced students with other commitments. Tara Martell and I lead the program but have gathered the very best teachers from around Arizona to present in the areas of their expertise.
To learn more or to sign up, please visit Urban Yoga by clicking the button below.
Registration is now open for our next 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Urban Yoga, which runs February 20th-May 7th. Discovery yourself, expand your journey, and dive deep into the practice of yoga.
Find our more at: http://urbanyogaphx.com or email me!
Registration is now open for the retreat of a lifetime with me and Tara Martell to the Haramara Retreat Center. Haramara is consistently ranked amongst the top 5 retreat centers in the world. Contact me for more information or to register.
Singles: $2,700
Doubles: $2,300
Triples: $1,800
Dorm $1,600
*Rates increase $200 on January 1, 2016*
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