Sound and Gong Bath Experiences in St Albans

We have several of the best local practitioners of Sound Bath, Gong Meditation, Crystal Sound Healing, Cacao Ceremony, and more.
Sessions are bi-weekly on Sunday evenings and spaces fill easily, so book early. Scroll down to choose from this nourishing menu…

Sound Bath with Bodhini and David

Relax with gongs, singing bowls, drums, and sacred chants.

Join Bodhini and David and enjoy a meditative and relaxing experience resting in the hypnotic sounds of the gongs, singing bowls, drum, sacred chants and other soothing sounds.

We will begin with a guided meditation to initiate the deep relaxation process, followed by the sound bath.

No previous meditation experience required.

Sunday 28th September, 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Please bring any props, cushions and blankets you want with you to help you get really comfortable.

Sound Bath with Laura & Finlay

12th October 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm

then 9th November and 7th December

Everything is Vibration. As Sound, an infinite variety of qualities such as volume, pitch, tone, timbre, rhythm, harmony, pattern, music and story, are generating resonance and discord throughout our bodies and our minds, constantly contributing to distraction, fatigue, and dis-ease. Using instruments whose vibrations encourage calm, ease, spaciousness, and release, a Sound Bath can be a profound healing experience.

We listen deeply through our skin and bones, not just our ears and minds. We participate together, clearing the field between us, re-integrating coherence, and supporting the emergence of a new vitality.

To begin, we move just a little to prime the receptivity of our bodies. This is entirely optional, but also really easy. Then we lie on the floor, with whatever supports our comfort, rest, and our journey into sound. We may offer a prayer and some guidance at the end to help you home for a gorgeous nourishing sleep.

AromaSounds with Lisa Pauley

The weaving of alchemy crystal sounds with therapeutic essential oils to release & receive, replenish & nurture –

The AromaSounds® Journey weaves the pure sounds of alchemy crystal bowls with the beneficial properties of plant wisdom of essential oils, and the Chinese Medicine practice of AromaPoint therapy with the guided radiant rest of Yoga Nidra. The loving intention being to create ease & flow throughout our entire being. AromaSounds is the most elegant union of physics & chemistry, ancient wisdom & modern science, aroma & deep relaxation

Lisa created AromaSounds® from years of studying, practice and integration of her 4 favourite synergistic therapies. Each one stimulates and catalyses the body’s natural healing response. When we combine all 4 together, we experience balance and harmony within our physical & emotional body, that opens up spaciousness within our heart, that ultimately fosters a deep connection to our whole self. The immersion relaxes both our nervous system and our brain waves offering enormous benefits.

*** Each guest will also receive a 3ml bottle of Lisa’s handmade essential oil blend in a hessian pouch. ***

Important to know:

For those receiving alchemy crystal sound healing for the first time, please be aware that the transmission of pure resonance of crystal tones and sound vibrations of the alchemy crystal bowls may cause sensitivities for you if:

– You wear a hearing aid device
– You have metal implants
– You suffer from epilepsy
– Or if you are in the early stages of pregnancy.

If you are in doubt, please consult your medical practitioner or contact the yoga centre before attending.

More information on Lisa’s website – Lisa Pauley (lisa-pauley.com)

Sunday 26th October 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Please bring any props, cushions and blankets you want with you to help you get really comfortable.

Gong Meditation for Deep Grounding
+ Nervous System Reset

with Mark Owen-Ward

Enter a space of stillness. A soundscape stripped back to its essence.

In this session, we return to the ground — through tone, breath, and vibration.

Featuring the powerful, resonant voice of the Earth Gong, this gong meditation is an invitation to let go of overstimulation and rest in something ancient, steady, and whole. Experience sound as a slow unfolding. Like roots remembering the soil.

You’ll be guided gently into rest, then bathed in a continuous field of vibration designed to support:
• Nervous system down-regulation
• Emotional anchoring
• Deep tissue release
• Quiet inner listening

This is a return — to gravity, to body, to the deeper pulse of the Earth beneath us all.

What to expect:
• A soft verbal welcome + invitation to settle
• 60 min of Gong resonance and periods of silence featuring several gongs
• Silent integration to close
• No prior experience necessary — just bring your body and breath

What to bring:
• A yoga mat, blanket, and anything else for comfort
• An open mind and a willingness to slow down

Sunday 23rd November, 7:30pm to 9:00pm

A wonderful Sound Bath experience — A psychotherapist’s view

  
“As a psychotherapist I am always curious what practices are out there that bring calm and a softening of our hearts. And I found the gong / sound bath at the Yoga Hall in St Albans a truly profound and restorative experience. From the moment I entered, the studio felt incredibly peaceful and safe — the perfect atmosphere for a good, deep rest.

The powerful and yet gentle vibrations of the gong and singing bowls felt very good for balancing the nervous system. They seem to effortlessly bypass our usual noisy mind chatter, speaking directly to the body. For those who are curious, from a neurobiological perspective, these low-frequency sounds stimulate your vagus nerve, helping you transition out of fight-or-flight and into a state of rest-and-digest. During the sound bath session, I noticed my breathing deepen, my muscles soften, and a profound, quiet stillness emerge within me. I believe sound baths offer a way to heal that goes beyond words. 

And for those who are new to a Sound Bath Experience, it’s not really a meditation, you’re laying down on a yoga mat with lots of nice soft blankets to keep you warm and cosy, and eye mask if you like and a pillow for under your head. And then you just rest, laying down. I could definitely hear a few soft snores around me 🙂.

I left feeling deeply rebalanced, grounded, and centred. And I slept so well afterwards! I wholeheartedly recommend this Sound Bath experience to anyone looking for a deep rest of body, mind and soul.”

— Karin / Psychotherapist