Sounds Baths to Experience in LA
Sound baths have been around for thousands of years, practiced by many different cultures. They involve "sound healing," which is the use of sacred instruments or voice to release energetic blockages inducing a state of ease and harmony in the body. Singing bowls, tuning forks, and gongs are all well-known instruments used during a sound bath to create soothing, overlapping vibrations. These vibrations lead you deeper into a state of contemplation or relaxation, shutting off your body’s fight-or-flight reflex. Some studies have shown that sound baths decrease mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, tension, & negative moods.
Health and wellness is popular in Los Angeles, not just as a new trend, but more of a realization that we should all be taking care of ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In that wellness journey, many have found spiritually-rooted practices like meditation, sound baths, and more a benefit in their overall wellbeing. Here are some sound baths you can participate in if you are looking to find some clarity, relaxation, and peace. These organizations are all based in Los Angeles, so we hope you are able to visit and experience a sound bath for yourself.
Unplug Meditation
12401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 101 Los Angeles, CA 90025
Unplug Meditation, the world's first drop-in, secular meditation studio, opened its doors in April of 2014. Their variety of simple and eclectic classes are led by the top experts and some of the best meditation teachers in the country. Making the practice of meditation interesting, inspirational and easy for everyone from busy skeptics to modern soul-seekers. Unplug’s mission is to make it effortless to learn, and to inspire you to pause, breathe and unplug daily.
Unplug hosts sound baths as well as meditation, mindfulness, breath-work, crystal healing and aromatherapy classes. They provide virtual and in-person classes so you can choose experience it in the comfort of your home or come into their West Hollywood studio and be fully present.
The Copper Vessel
Venice Beach, 1 Hurricane Street, Venice, CA 90292
Founder, Susy Markoe Schieffelin, is a sound healer, Kundalini yoga teacher, Karuna Usui/Holy Fire III Reiki master, sobriety coach, and the founder of The Sound Healer’s Academy. Susy leads deeply restorative crystal alchemy sound bath meditations, monthly moon ceremonies, and transformational group healing programs. Her sound baths have been viewed or attended by millions of people all over the world and described as "other worldly" and "a mind-blowing experience that is a must for people new to meditation."
Susy hosts monthly sound bath on Venice beach, the most perfect and relaxing setting for a meditation. Make sure to check her Eventbrite page for updates on her next meditation.
The Soundbath Center
4688 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041
About the founder Jamie Bechtold from the website: She is known for her fluid and therapeutic style in playing multiple gongs and crystal singing bowls at the same time, in a continuous manner. She has performed sound baths all over Los Angeles for the past 15 years and has played a large part in the rise in popularity of sound baths. Jamie blended yoga with her sound bath techniques, teaching her unique blend of movement and sound therapy, called “Yoga and Sound,” in multiple yoga studios around Los Angeles.
The Soundbath Center, originally called The Sound Space, opened in March 2015. They specialize in offering a variety of sound bath experiences in an intimate, small group environment. In the sound bath events they use a combination of 8 or more gongs and 16 crystal singing bowls. The intention in using sound baths, and other powerful modalities, such as breath-work and crystals, is to create an opportunity for people to relax and connect to their physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual aspects. The Soundbath Center strives to educate, and has a goal to provide clear and grounded information about the various effects of sound and self awareness. Their objective is to help you tune in, not out.