Individual Gong Sound Training
A Certified Frequency Healing & Intuitive Sonic Exploration with Martin Balance ©
In this training, we explore the holistic understanding of the gongs as healing instruments, both in theory and practice. It will also offer you effective and creative tools to apply within a sonic healing arts context. It is also an invitation to explore what sound means to you besides strokes and how to share your unique voice as a sound facilitator.
Highlights include:
a small, intimate group setting with individualized guidance + profound insights into curating personalized soundscapes
non-dogmatic group and personal structure with room for exchange, self-inquiry, and questions
inclusive and welcoming way to find your voice in sonic healing arts
plenty of time to explore and play with different gongs and other instruments
Each training day will consist of theoretical and practical parts: lectures, interactive inquiries, and individual gong playing. Your further journey into practicing gong sound will be supported by a comprehensive manual and suggestions for further reading materials + resources. You're welcome to apply, whether you're a beginner wanting to get started in the sound world or someone having some previous sound experience.
Level 1
1 day x 7 hours + 3 hours homework = 10 hour training + Final Exam
Cost: 550€ (incl. manual + lunchtime snack + basic Gong Sound Practitioner Certification)
Introduction of the Gongs
Gong Sound Practitioner
Gong as a Healing Instrument
Gong History
Gong Making
Gong Manufacturers
Module 1 / Gong Immersion: History & Theory
Module 2 / Sound Healing Instruments: Equipment & Practice
Gong Categories
Gong Types
Introduction of Suspended & Handheld Gongs
Basic Suspended Gong Strokes and Techniques
Types of Mallets & Different Stands
Module 3 / Immersive Sound Sessions: Structure & Organization
Structure of Group vs Private Sound Sessions
Organization of Gong Sound Baths
Small vs Large Groups
1:1 Sessions
First Gong Purchase
Gong Maintenance
Level 2
1 day x 7 hours + 3 hours homework = 10 hour training + Final Exam
Cost: 550€ (incl. expanded manual + lunchtime snack + advanced Gong Sound Practitioner Certification) *only for people having previous sound training
Module 4 / Sound Healing: History & Theory
What is Sound
Benefits of Sound
The Law of Vibration
Frequency
Solfeggio Frequencies
Resonance
Cymatics
Entrainment
Binaural Beats & Brainwaves
What is Sound Healing
Module 5 / Sound Healing Instruments: Advanced Equipment & Practice
Handheld Gong Stroke Techniques
Introduction of Other Sound Healing Instruments with Practice
Koshi Chimes
Ocean Drums
Tuning Forks
Hokema Kalimbas
Module 6 / Immersive Sound Sessions: Further Structure & Organization
Intention
Manifestation
Toning
Chakras
Planetary Archetypes
Cosmic Octave
Gong Performance Context
All Night Gong Puja
Spiritual Bypassing
Both Level 1 + 2
2 days x 14 hours + 6 hours homework = 20 hour training + Final Exam
Cost: 750€ each (instead of 900€) + advanced GONG SOUND PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION
Weekend Slots in 2025
January 11+12
January 18+ 19
Additional weekend slots + weekdays available on demand
Martin Balance is an intuitive, sonic and somatic artist, certified Gong Sound Performer, Breath, Mindfulness & Meditation Guide, Somatic Movement & Reiki Practitioner, Kundalini, Yin, Restorative & Yoga Nidra Facilitator, consulting Hellenistic astrologer, experience creator, and keeper of the water sign.
With over 1000 hours of ongoing education since 2019, Martin has taught over 700 hours of classes in Berlin yoga and meditation studios, given 30 workshops, certified a dozen sound facilitators, and hosted 3 multi-day retreats in Berlin and abroad.
With an academic background in art history and cinema (his moon's in Virgo, his Cancer is sun), he puts a lot of care, creativity, and attention to detail into each of his unique experiences. His practice is inspired by the healing and creative power of sound, his signature.
Meet your Teacher
Martin is a certified Gong & Sound Practitioner, trained under the supervision of Kay Karl in the Individual Gong Master Teacher Training Level 1-3, offering intuitive group and private sound sessions and gong meditation classes. As a Sound Explorer from an early age, he was inspired by the music that brought him to study art history and respectively cinema & sound, both passions that now he combines also during his Gong Sonic Performances in art galleries and institutions.
Martin is, furthermore, a certified Reiki practitioner, finished Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training (220 hours) at Karam Kriya, International School of Kundalini Yoga, in Berlin. He consequently completed Yin Yoga Teacher Training (100 h) with Liina Tael & Valérie Hartwich and Leading Yoga Nidras (20 h) with Theo Wildcroft. In 2021, he accomplished 15 days (over 200 hours) of Mindfulness Meditation Course (the Mahasi Sayadaw technique) at Dhammanikhom Vipassana-Meditationszentrum with the personal guidance of Ven. Bhikkhuni Silavaddhani.
Later that year, he participated in an LGBTQI+ Vipassana Meditation Course organized by Sangha Metta with Pascal Auclair. From 2021 to 2023, Martin completed the First & Second (Advanced) Years of Study in the Traditional Hellenistic Astrology and Mysticism Certification Course: Ancient Astrology for the Modern Mystic with Adam Elenbaas. In 2023, Martin became a certified Transformational Breathwork Facilitator under Brian Kelly, Master Breath Coach.
