Basic and Advanced. 12 or 35 Hours. Certificate Course.
Singing Bowl Training in Kathmandu (3 and 7 Day Courses)
Learn to play singing bowls and use them in healing sessions, at our centre in Tarkeshwor. Swami Anish Ji, our Sound Healing Therapist, teaches a 3-day Basic Course (12 hours, $350) and a 7-day Advanced Course (35 hours, $750). You practise on a set of 7 Tibetan cleansing bowls.
What is singing bowl training, and what do you actually learn?
Singing bowl training is a hands-on course in playing singing bowls and using them in healing sessions. At Jivan Parivartan there are two courses: a 3-day Basic Course (12 hours) in technique, chakra work and session design, and a 7-day Advanced Course (35 hours) that covers much more.
Singing bowls (also called Tibetan or Himalayan bowls) are metal bowls played by striking them or by circling a mallet around the rim. Each bowl holds a long tone. In Nepal they are played for meditation and sound healing.
You learn how to choose, place and play each bowl, and how to plan a session from start to finish. You practise on real sessions under supervision. Some students go on to give sessions professionally. Others use what they learn at home.
The Two Courses
The 3-day Basic Course and the 7-day Advanced Course
Both courses are non-residential and held at our Tarkeshwor centre, with a vegetarian lunch on every training day. Most students stay in Thamel, and we can arrange a hotel there if you need one.
Singing Bowl Basic Course
3 days, 12 hours, at our Tarkeshwor centre
$350, with lunch on every training day. Four hours a day: two hours, lunch, two hours.
Day 1 covers the bowls themselves and how to play them. Day 2 covers healing use: the seven-chakra protocol, body placement and sound massage. Day 3 covers session design, supervised practice with a client, and ethics.
What you will learn
- • History of singing bowls, bowl types, sizes and tones
- • Holding, striking and rimming technique
- • Listening practice
- • The seven-chakra balancing protocol
- • Body placement and sound massage
- • Working with mantra and voice
- • Session design, contraindications and ethics
- • Jivan Parivartan Certificate (Basic)
No experience needed. Suits beginners, yoga teachers, massage therapists and anyone who wants to use singing bowls at home.
Singing Bowl Advanced Course
7 days, 35 hours, at our Tarkeshwor centre
$750, with lunch on every training day. Five hours a day with a one-hour break. Basic Course with us first.
Swami Anish Ji's Advanced Singing Bowl Healing & Therapy Training. It goes further into chakra work, sound massage and session design, and adds a long list of further topics with daily practical work.
What you will learn
- • All Basic Course content, refined
- • Tibetan and Vedic approaches to sound healing
- • Mantra, mudra and yantra practices
- • Bells, vajra and tingsha
- • Aura and chakra cleansing, including 12-chakra work
- • Five elements cleansing and balancing
- • Leading a sound bath, and vibrational sound massage
- • Sound meditation, water therapy and brainwave entrainment
- • Jivan Parivartan Certificate (Advanced)
Open once you have completed the 3-day Basic Course at Jivan Parivartan.
What does a singing bowl session look like, and how do we train it?
A session has six parts: setup, intake, opening, the main sound sequence, closing, and any related practices you add. You practise each part on its own, then put them together in full sessions under supervision.
Setup and room
How to arrange the bowls around the person and prepare the room before they arrive.
Intake and consent
Covered from the Basic Course onwards. A short health form, contraindications such as pregnancy, pacemakers and epilepsy, and how to adjust the session.
Opening sequence
How to start slowly with one bowl at a time, so the person can settle.
The main sound sequence
The seven-chakra sequence from the Basic Course onwards. Bells, vajra, tingsha and leading a sound bath are added in the Advanced Course. Students practise on each other.
Integration and closing
How to end the sound, give the person a few minutes of rest and bring them back slowly.
Related practices
The Advanced Course includes mantra, mudra and yantra, five elements balancing and sound massage, which we also offer as sessions at the centre.
What is included in the singing bowl training fee?
The fee covers all training sessions, the centre's practice bowls, the course manual and the certificate, with herbal tea and a vegetarian lunch on every training day. Airport pickup and drop to your hotel are included. The courses are non-residential, so accommodation is not included. Bring loose, comfortable clothes.
Some students come back on a later visit for Reiki training to add hands-on energy work to their sound sessions.
Who is the singing bowl training for?
The training is for adults who want to learn to play singing bowls and give sessions. If you only want to experience sound healing, book a 60-minute singing bowl session instead.
✓The training suits you if
- • You teach yoga or give massage and want to use singing bowls in your work
- • You want to give sound healing sessions
- • You want to use singing bowls at home
- • You can come to the centre in Tarkeshwor for 3 or 7 days
- • You prefer to learn in English, Hindi or Nepali
×Good to know before you book
- • The Advanced Course needs the Basic Course at Jivan Parivartan first
- • The practice bowls stay at the centre; no bowl to take home is included
- • The courses are non-residential; we can arrange a hotel in Thamel
- • Sound healing is not medical treatment
- • A 15-day tourist visa covers either course
Courses and Fees
Singing bowl training options
A 20% deposit by Wise transfer confirms your place, and the balance is due on arrival in US dollars cash, Nepalese rupees or by bank transfer. Cancel 15 days or more before the start and 80% of the full fee is refunded. Lunch on every training day is included; accommodation is not.
Basic Course
3 days, 12 hours
Foundation in technique, chakra work and session design
- Practice on the centre's 7-bowl set
- Taught by Swami Anish Ji
- Course manual and certificate
Advanced Course
7 days, 35 hours
Practitioner level, open once you have done the Basic Course with us
- Includes everything in the Basic Course
- Leading a sound bath, and vibrational sound massage
- Daily practical work under supervision
- Jivan Parivartan Certificate (Advanced)
Your Teacher
Swami Anish Ji
Sound Healing Therapist
Swami Anish Ji is the sound healing therapist at Jivan Parivartan and teaches its Singing Bowl Training, both the 3-day basic and the 7-day advanced course. He learned singing bowl work with Maa Nisha Kabir in 2021 and has led more than 25 training sessions since, teaching in Nepali, English and Hindi. With a decade of experience, he also works on programme development and yoga philosophy at the centre.
Swami Anish Ji trained in singing bowl with Maa Nisha Kabir in 2021 and has run 25+ training sessions since. He also gives the centre's 60-minute singing bowl healing sessions.
Background
- ✓Sound Healing Therapist at Jivan Parivartan
- ✓A decade of experience
- ✓25+ singing bowl training sessions since 2021
- ✓Teaches in English, Hindi and Nepali
Maa Nisha Kabir, our founder and Swamini & Lead Instructor, is also a teacher on the course. She teaches every level of Reiki training herself, for students who come back for it.
Google Reviews
What guests say about sound healing at Jivan Parivartan
“This was much more than a course for me. It was a journey of learning, healing, and self-discovery. I learned Reiki, meditation, and sound healing in a warm and supportive environment. I met wonderful people and gained valuable experiences that I will carry with me. Thank you for everything.”
“Best place for learning meditation, Reiki and sound healing with the best teachers in Nepal. Absolutely love my experience.”
“Had a wonderful sound healing and Reiki session, best place in Kathmandu for singing bowl sound healing. Thank you for a wonderful session.”
Singing bowl training in Kathmandu: questions students ask
Related to singing bowl training
You may also want to read about the sound healing hub at Jivan Parivartan, book a singing bowl session before you train, or see our meditation programs in Kathmandu, including the daily online morning meditation.
Enquire about singing bowl training in Kathmandu
Tell us whether you want the 3-day Basic Course or the 7-day Advanced Course, and your travel dates. We reply within 1 hour. Training usually starts within a few days of your request.