EVENTS

Past events

Gong Gatherings, sound journeys, trainings and retreats, newest first, each with the flier it went out with.

2026

Flier for the Beyond Gong weekend, Saturday and Sunday September 19 and 20, 9:30am to 5pm, New River, Arizona

Beyond Gong

Saturday and Sunday, September 19 and 20, 2026. New River.

Two days of playing together around the gong and its overtones, with cymatics, a song circle and the newest instruments in the field.

Flier for the Gong Gathering with Hamid Jabbar, Thursday September 17, 6:00 to 7:30pm at Abundant Space in Scottsdale, Arizona, $44

Gong Gathering

Thursday, September 17, 2026. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

An evening of sound meditation and music around the gong.

Flier for the SpatialReset Soundbath at Namaste Yoga, Saturday September 5, 5:00pm, 90 minutes

SpatialReset Soundbath

Saturday, September 5, 2026. Namaste Yoga.

A ninety minute sound bath at five on a Saturday.

Flier for Sunday Gong with Hamid Jabbar, Sunday August 23, 10:00am at Abundant Space in Scottsdale, Arizona

Sunday Gong

Sunday, August 23, 2026. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

A Sunday morning of guided meditation with the gong, flutes and harmonium.

Flier for Find Yourself in Peru, Sacred Valley Retreats, June 18 to 28 and July 2 to 12, with a group walking a mountain trail

Heart Path and Fire Path

June 18 to 28, and July 2 to 12, 2026. Sacred Valley, Peru.

Two retreats back to back, each ten days of ancestral foods, archeological sites, sound, community and celebration.

Flier for the Gong Gathering, sound meditation and music with Hamid Jabbar, Thursday May 21, 6:00 to 7:30pm at Abundant Space in Scottsdale, Arizona

Gong Gathering

Thursday, May 21, 2026. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

Sound meditation and music, with the gong at the centre of the room.

Flier for Advanced Sound Practitioner Training, Level II, April 18, 19, 25 and 26 in New River, Arizona

Advanced Sound Practitioner Training

April 18, 19, 25 and 26, 2026. New River.

Level II. Forty hours across two weekends, for practitioners already playing for others.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, April 4, 5, 11 and 12 in New River, Arizona

Sound Practitioner Training

April 4, 5, 11 and 12, 2026. New River.

Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends: gongs, bowls, flutes, drums and voice.

Flier for Gong Meditation with Hamid Jabbar, March 25, 6pm at Abundant Space in Scottsdale

Gong Meditation

Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

A midweek evening with the gong, flute, harmonium and crystal bowls.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, a four day intensive, January 16 to 19 in Arizona

Sound Practitioner Training

Friday to Monday, January 16 to 19, 2026. Arizona.

Level I as a four day intensive.

2025

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, Level I, Thursday to Sunday October 23 to 26 in New River, Arizona

Sound Practitioner Training

Thursday to Sunday, October 23 to 26, 2025. New River.

Level I over four days in a row. It filled and ran a waitlist.

Flier for Sound Journey with Hamid Jabbar, an evening of resonance and renewal, October 8, 6pm at Abundant Space

Sound Journey

Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

An evening of resonance and renewal.

Flier for Echoes of the Andean Heart, a retreat to the Sacred Valley, July 3 to 13, 2025, over a valley in the Andes at sunset

Plant More Worry Less

July 3 to 13, 2025. Sacred Valley, Peru.

A retreat to the Sacred Valley: ten days of circles, talks, community and celebration.

Flier for the Gong Gathering with Hamid Jabbar, sound, meditation and music, May 31, 7pm at Abundant Space

Gong Gathering

Saturday, May 31, 2025. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

Sound, meditation and music.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Advanced Training, Level II, May 17, 18, 24 and 25 in New River, Arizona

Advanced Sound Practitioner Training

May 17, 18, 24 and 25, 2025. New River.

Level II. Forty hours of advanced sound facilitation across two weekends.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, Level I, May 3, 4, 10 and 11 in New River, Arizona

Sound Practitioner Training

May 3, 4, 10 and 11, 2025. New River.

Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends.

Flier for Gong Gathering II, sound, meditation and music with Hamid Jabbar, April 23, 7pm at Abundant Space

Gong Gathering II

Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

Sound, meditation and music.

Flier for Unbound Sound, a Gong Gathering for collective harmony, February 7, 7pm at Abundant Space

Unbound Sound

Friday, February 7, 2025. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

A Gong Gathering for collective harmony.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, January 18, 19, 25 and 26 in New River, Arizona

Sound Practitioner Training

January 18, 19, 25 and 26, 2025. New River.

Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends.

2024

Flier for Echoes of Unity, a sound ceremony for collective harmony, Friday November 1, 7 to 8:30pm at Abundant Space

Echoes of Unity

Friday, November 1, 2024. Abundant Space, Scottsdale.

A sound ceremony for collective harmony: gong, meditation and music.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, October 5, 6, 12 and 13 in New River, Arizona

Sound Practitioner Training

October 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2024. New River.

Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends, eight places.

Flier for Echoes of the Andean Heart, a retreat to the Sacred Valley, July 4 to 14 in Peru

Echoes of the Andean Heart

July 4 to 14, 2024. Sacred Valley, Peru.

Ten days in the Sacred Valley, with a group that met for six months around it.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Immersion, January 13, 14, 20 and 21

Sound Practitioner Immersion

January 13, 14, 20 and 21, 2024. New River.

Thirty two hours across two weekends: voice, gongs, bowls, flutes and drums.

2022 to 2023

A lake below the mountains of Peru's Sacred Valley, with a sheep on the shore

Lovesong to the Mountains

August 3 to 13, 2023. Pisac, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Ten days in the Sacred Valley, from a villa outside Pisac.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, November 5, 6, 12 and 13

Sound Practitioner Training

November 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2022.

Level I. Thirty two hours across two weekends.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, September 2022 in Scottsdale, Arizona, led by Hamid Jabbar

Sound Practitioner Training

September 10 to 25, 2022. Authentic Yoga, Scottsdale.

Fifty hours over three weekends and four weekday evenings.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training, a 32 hour initiation into the world of sound, March 2022

Sound Practitioner Training

March 2022. Authentic Yoga, Scottsdale.

Thirty two hours across two weekends. It sold out.

2019 to 2021

Flier for INNER shift with Hamid and Tara, Saturday September 18, 6:00 to 7:30pm at Authentic Yoga Scottsdale

INNER shift, with Tara Martell

Saturday, September 18, 2021. Authentic Yoga, Scottsdale.

A fall equinox evening of sound, restorative yoga, breathwork and meditation.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training with Hamid Jabbar, Saturday and Sunday April 6, 7, 13 and 14, with Urban Yoga

Sound Practitioner Training

April 6, 7, 13 and 14, 2019. Abundant Space, with Urban Yoga.

Twenty five hours across two weekends.

Banner for Ocean Renewal, a Haramara retreat with Hamid Jabbar, April 6 to 13: sound, movement and ceremony, over the coast at Sayulita

Ocean Renewal Retreat

April 6 to 13, 2019. Haramara Retreat Center, Sayulita, Mexico.

Seven nights of sound, movement and ceremony by the sea.

Flier for the 2019 Arizona Psychedelics Conference, February 8 to 10 at SCNM in Tempe, Arizona

Arizona Psychedelics Conference

Friday to Sunday, February 8 to 10, 2019. SCNM, Tempe.

My talk, How Sound and Music Potentiate the Entheogenic Experience, and a sound journey on the Sunday morning.

2018

Flier for a winter solstice restorative evening with Tara Martell and Hamid Jabbar, Sunday December 16, 5:30 to 7pm

Winter Solstice Restorative, with Tara Martell

Sunday, December 16, 2018. Urban Yoga.

Restorative yoga and sound to welcome the longest night of the year.

Flier for Sound Practitioner Training at Dave's Astanga Yoga, led by Hamid Jabbar, November 10, 11, 17 and 18

Sound Practitioner Training

November 10, 11, 17 and 18, 2018. Dave’s Astanga Yoga, Scottsdale.

Two weekends of gongs, bowls, flutes, drums and voice.

Artwork for the Transcendental Sound Journey listing ceremony, intention, breathwork, gongs, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, meditation, drums, shruti box, voice, rattles, mantra and sacred geometry

Transcendental Sound Journey, with Jill Honeywell

Four Saturday evenings in 2018: January 27, April 14, June 9 and October 6.

Two hours of breathwork, meditation and sound, lying down for most of it.

Flier for Urban Yoga Sound Practitioner Training led by Hamid Jabbar, Saturdays and Sundays April 28 and 29, and May 5 and 6

Urban Yoga Sound Practitioner Training

April 28 and 29, and May 5 and 6, 2018. Urban Yoga, Phoenix.

Twenty five hours across two weekends.

Banner reading meditation and sound training for the modern world, over a room of people seated for a sound meditation

Current Meditation Sound Training

Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25, 2018. Urban Yoga, Phoenix.

Guiding a sound meditation with singing bowls and gong, for Current Meditation.

2016 to 2017

Banner for the Urban Yoga 200 and 300 hour teacher training with Tara Martell and Hamid Jabbar, February 2017

Urban Yoga 200 and 300 Hour Teacher Training, with Tara Martell

From February 2017. Urban Yoga, Phoenix.

A year of monthly weekends for teachers, with guest teachers from around Arizona.

Flier for the Soulfire Retreat with Tara Martell and Hamid Jabbar, May 21 to 28, 2016, Haramara Retreat Center, Sayulita, Mexico

Soulfire Retreat, with Tara Martell

May 21 to 28, 2016. Haramara Retreat Center, Sayulita, Mexico.

A week by the sea: yoga twice a day, meditation and discussion.

Flier for the Urban Yoga 200 hour teacher training with Tara Martell and Hamid Jabbar, February 20 to May 7

Urban Yoga 200 Hour Teacher Training, with Tara Martell

February 20 to May 7, 2016. Urban Yoga, Phoenix.

Asana, anatomy, philosophy, pranayama, meditation and sound.

COMING UP

The next gathering is on the calendar

Gatherings run around the Phoenix area most months, and the dates go up on the Events page as venues confirm them.

The trainings, in person and online, are on the Sound page.