Sound Healing & Singing Bowl Therapy in Kathmandu

Swami Anish Ji

Sound Healing Therapist

Updated October 2026

Jivan Parivartan offers three kinds of sound work at its centre in Tarkeshwor, Kathmandu: a 60-minute sound healing session with singing bowls ($50), a 15-minute sound massage (from $40), and singing bowl training over 3 or 7 days. The bowls we use are hand-hammered in Nepal.

In a sound healing session you lie down fully clothed on the healing bed. Swami Anish Ji, our Sound Healing Therapist, or Maa Nisha Kabir plays singing bowls, tingsha, bell, vajra and gong around you, working through the seven chakras in turn. You do not need to do anything. Most people feel calm and rested during the hour, and many say it helps with stress and sleep.

Research on sound healing is still limited, and a singing bowl does not cure illness. A session is a way to rest. It is not medical treatment, so keep following any care your doctor gives you.

The 60-minute session costs $50. It is one to one or in a small group of up to 4, and usually starts at 11:00am, with other times on request. The sound massage is a shorter session of about 15 minutes, from $40. Bowls are placed on or close to your body and played softly, focusing on the area where you feel tension, such as the neck, shoulders or back. You can book it on its own or add it before or after another session. No experience is needed for either.

If you want to learn to play the bowls, there are two courses. The 3-Day Basic Course is 12 hours of training ($350): two hours, a vegetarian lunch, then two more hours each day. It covers bowl types and tones, holding, striking and rimming, the seven-chakra protocol, body placement, sound massage and session design. The 7-Day Advanced Course is 35 hours ($750), five hours a day with a one-hour break, and you need to finish the Basic Course with us first. You practise on the centre's set of 7 Tibetan cleansing bowls. They stay at the centre, and no bowl to take home is included. Both courses end with a Jivan Parivartan Certificate.

The courses are non-residential. Lunch is included on every training day, and airport pickup and drop to your hotel are included in the fee. Most students stay in Thamel, about 30 minutes away, and we can arrange a hotel there if you need one.

Some students come back on a later visit for Reiki training, which Maa Nisha Kabir teaches herself. Others start with a single session to see how sound work feels before deciding on a course.

Sound healing is also part of our 1, 3 and 5-day Wellness & Spiritual Retreats at the centre, our corporate wellness programs and the Himalayan Luxury Retreat in Mustang. To book, message us on WhatsApp or by email and we reply within 1 hour. Healing sessions need no deposit.

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