Sound Healing Layering Intensive — Crystal Bowls, Gongs & Beyond

Saturday, August 22 - 12 - 6 p.m. at Soul Strong Yoga

The Art of Layering: Creative Soundscapes for Meditation

Are you playing your sound healing instruments one by one?

This training is an invitation to deepen what you already know.

Together we'll explore the art of layering: how to bring in complementary instruments like tongue drums, ocean and water element sounds, chimes, and more, and how to play them intentionally so the result feels less like a sequence of separate instruments and more like a single, evolving soundscape.

As a Seasons of Sound graduate, you've built a strong foundation with crystal singing bowls and gongs.

On this intensive day, we turn our attention to what happens when those instruments stop being played in isolation and are woven together with others.

Who This Is For:

This intensive is open exclusively to graduates of our Seasons of Sound certification program.

A working familiarity with crystal singing bowls and gongs is essential, as we'll build directly on those skills.

The goal isn't to play more instruments but rather to play with greater awareness of texture, space, and transition. This creates an elevated, memorable sound journey like no other.

This is a creative and experiential space. We'll spend our time with instruments in hand, listening closely, experimenting, and learning to trust the choices that build a cohesive soundscape.

You'll leave with a richer palette to draw from and a deeper sense of how to shape sound with intention.

What We'll Explore:

The day's curriculum moves through a set of guiding themes:

Building on your crystal bowl and gong foundation as the anchor of a layered soundscape
Introducing complementary instruments — tongue drums, water and ocean sounds, chimes, and others — and understanding the unique quality each one brings
The principles of intentional layering: texture, dynamics, space, and silence
Crafting transitions so a soundscape moves and breathes rather than starting and stopping
Reading the energy of a space and responding in the moment
Practicing in a supportive group setting with feedback and exploration

Not sure if this training is for you?

Reach out to hello@seasonsofsoundhealing.com for more information!

About Your Trainers

Julie Afsahi and Jessica Cross are seasoned sound healing educators, longtime yoga and meditation teachers, and the co-authors of the #1 best-selling book Seasons of Sound: Sound Healing for All of Life's Seasons. Based in Austin, Texas, they bring decades of combined experience in yoga, meditation, and sound therapy, along with a shared commitment to teaching that's accessible, trauma-sensitive, and genuinely down to earth.

Julie Afsahi is a yoga and mindfulness teacher, gong therapist, and the founder of Soul Strong Yoga, a community studio and online teacher training hub built around accessibility. She holds a Master's in Teaching and has written professional development used by tens of thousands of educators—experience that shapes how clearly and patiently she breaks things down for students. A mother and chronic illness warrior, Julie teaches from a deep belief that this work should be available to every kind of body and every kind of life.

Jessica Cross is an E-RYT 500 yoga and meditation teacher, certified sound practitioner, and the founder of Sound for Stress, where she's hosted hundreds of sound baths in person and online. She's a 200- and 300-hour yoga teacher trainer, a Relax and Renew® trainer certified by Judith Hanson Lasater, and an international Meinl Sonic Energy brand ambassador. Before sound, she spent 15 years in events and marketing for brands like Blizzard Entertainment and Anheuser-Busch—a background that shows up in how she designs immersive, well-run learning experiences.

Together, Julie and Jessica are warm, approachable, and serious about the craft. They'll meet you where you are, answer your questions, and help you grow into a confident, authentic sound practitioner.