Certified Sound Healing Practitioner · San Diego, CA
Sound Healing training in San Diego.
Train as a Certified Sound Healing Practitioner (CSHP) with Harmonika Institute in San Diego, CA. Singing bowls, tuning forks, gongs, and voice — train as a sound practitioner with hours of supervised play and protocol work.
San Diego cohort details
- City
- San Diego, CA
- Credential
- CSHP
- Tuition
- $3,200
- In-person training
- 10 days · 80h
- Live cohort calls
- 2 days · 8h
- Supervised practice
- 80h
- Portfolio + jury
- 40h
- Total
- 208h · ~26 day-eq.
- Cohort
- 10 students
- Format
- In person + live cohort calls
PDF — modules, hours, faculty notes, and a typical week's schedule.
Why Sound Healing in San Diego?
San Diego's wellness market has two distinct pillars: the military and veteran community (the metro hosts the largest Navy presence in the U.S., and Veterans Affairs San Diego runs significant integrative-medicine programs), and the tourism and hospitality industry, which produces a steady pipeline of service-worker career-changers. The biotech corridor in La Jolla adds a third, smaller but growing, student stream.
For students of Sound Healing specifically, San Diego's scene is a particularly good match: strong military-veteran community. tourism industry pipeline. growing biotech. The local cohort runs in venue partners around North Park, Hillcrest, La Jolla, with public transit and parking accessible from across the metro.
San Diego students are often 30-50, with strong representation from military and veteran communities (active-duty separating, military-spouse career questions, post-deployment integration), tourism and hospitality, and biotech. The military-veteran pipeline brings unusual depth to trauma-informed practice work.
What you'll be training in.
For a deeper introduction to Sound Healing as a practice tradition, see the full program page.
Sound Healing is the practice of using musical instruments and the human voice to support relaxation, regulation, and contemplative states in individuals and groups. The instruments most commonly used in modern sound healing include crystal singing bowls, Tibetan (or "Himalayan") metal singing bowls, gongs, body tuning forks, monochords, and the practitioner's own voice through toning and overtone chanting.
A typical one-on-one sound healing session has the recipient lying clothed on a massage table while the practitioner moves around them, playing different instruments at different distances and intensities. Specific instruments may be placed on or near the body — a tuning fork at a specific point, a small bowl on the chest. Sessions usually last 60 to 90 minutes. Group sessions, often called sound baths, take place in a room of ten to fifty recipients lying on mats in shavasana while the practitioner plays a sequence of instruments for forty-five to seventy-five minutes.
The Sound Healing curriculum, in 10 in-person days.
- Working with crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, and gongs
- Body tuning forks and how to apply them safely
- Voice as an instrument: toning and overtone basics
- Designing one-on-one sound sessions for specific intentions
- Leading sound baths for groups of 10-50 people
- Building a sound-centered practice: kit, pricing, marketing
When Sound Healing cohorts run in San Diego.
San Diego cohorts run year-round; the climate supports consistent scheduling. Outdoor practice components are routinely scheduled May through October.
Who this San Diego cohort is for.
Musicians, yoga teachers, and wellness practitioners who want to anchor their practice in sound, with real instruments and extensive practice.
After graduation in San Diego.
- Open a private Sound Healing practice (CSHP)
- Lead sound baths in yoga studios, wellness centers, and retreats
- Add sound work to a Reiki, energy, or massage practice
- Build a recurring weekly community sound bath
$3,200 for the full 26-day Sound Healing program in San Diego.
Same tuition whether you study in San Diego or any of our other U.S. cities. Monthly payment plans without interest. A 25% deposit confirms your spot in the San Diego cohort.
Tuition and financing details$3,200
208h total · 10 in-person days
Sound Healing certification in other Harmonika cities.
Next step
Become a Certified Sound Healing Practitioner in San Diego.
Talk with our admissions team about the next Sound Healing cohort starting in San Diego, CA. Free, online, one hour.