UK, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - Gong Master Training, Aidan McIntyre and Tim Byford, Hawkwood, Painswick Old Road, Stroud, Glos, GL6 7QW, 31 Jul 2026
You will be guided on a road to Mastery in the use of Sacred Sound as a transformational tool and in the service to Humanity. Each day we will be working with different sacred instruments, to learn how to use them in performance and in therapeutic ways for ourselves and others. This world-renowned training has now been running for over 30 years, originally devised by Gong Masters Don Conreaux and Aidan McIntyre.
At a Glance
54 hours of scheduled training
9 hours of an all-night continuous playing Gong Puja
Up to 3 gong baths
Participation in a student-led group performance
8 hours of optional pre-breakfast Yoga
Access to gongs and singing bowls in free time
Course documentation
Certified by the Complementary Medical Association
Total training of 85 hours over 10 days
More about Gong Master Training
The ten-day Gong Master Training is a comprehensive deep dive into the Art and Science of Sacred Sound. Through both hands-on experiential learning and engaging theoretical sessions, beginner students and those that have already taken their first steps into this world, will gain the knowledge and experience to develop their own sound healing practice.
New students receive a wealth of teaching, and for returners, the process of understanding deepens – incorporating new dynamic levels of embodied practice. Like reading a good book, the first time it’s read, the story becomes familiar, the second time, the offering meets the reader differently, whereby the repetition enables the story to evolve. With this training, what is revealed to the student is similar to the Gong itself – always entirely new.
Students who have already studied other modalities such as Yoga, Psychotherapy, Reiki etc often attend this training to gain the skills to complement their practice.
Students will have the opportunity to play and experiment with master-quality instruments: gongs and singing bowls. They will also receive instruction on the shruti box, chanting, toning, singing and conch playing. All material and equipment will be made available to students so there is no need to own or bring anything to participate on this course. However, students are welcome to bring their own Gong or other instruments, if they would like.
Included in the cost of your course will be 9 key books to further your studies and practice: Way of the Gong Student manual, MEM Gong Yoga Manual, Magnum Opus vols. 1, 2, and 3, Music of Wholeness, Gongs of our Solar System, Life is a Shruti, The Conch Horn plus The Chiometer Chart and a working Chiometer wheel.
Participants will be guided in the use of the gong as a transformational tool whether used for personal practice, 1-1 therapy, Group Gong Baths, performance, or the all-night Gong Puja. Students will get the opportunity to experience the gong and other instruments in all of these contexts.
In total, there are 18 areas of gong mastery split into 7 regions. All regions will be explored, as this is an organic training the emphasis will be guided by the needs of the students. Those 7 regions are: History & Philosophy, Musical Science of Tone Combining, How to Play, Toning & Overtoning, Design Science & Astrology, The Chiometer and Mem Gong Yoga of Holistic Resonance.
