Gentle Yoga for Sound Healers with Thomas Orr Anderson and Gabriella Gaona

Schedule: Friday, Saturday & Sunday September 4-6

This foundational course is offered over 2.5 days to allow for depth without overload.

• Friday: (5:30 PM to 7:30 PM PDT) 2-hour experiential session, receiving gentle yoga and sound as an integrated practice

• Saturday: (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT) 6-hour immersive day focused on establishing shared language, Earthbound Yoga principles, embodied practice, nervous system support, and practical application for sound-based work

• Sunday: (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT) 6-hour integrative day emphasizing integration, teaching skills, and adaptable sequencing for real-world use

• Follow-up: 2-hour integration session (day and time to be determined)

Gentle Yoga for Sound Healers is a 2.5 day foundational course designed specifically for sound practitioners who want a grounded, embodied yoga practice that directly supports their work.

The course introduces Earthbound Yoga, a gentle, accessible approach emphasizing simple warm-ups, supportive postures, and restorative cool-downs that prepare the nervous system for sound, integration, and rest. Practices are primarily floor-based or low to the ground—often supine, prone, seated, or on hands and knees—prioritizing somatic awareness, self-regulation, and ease. Rather than complex choreography or performance-oriented postures, the focus is on clarity, safety, and functional movement that reduces stress and supports both practitioner and client.

Alongside the physical practice, participants are introduced to the 8 Elements of Yoga–Sound Integration, exploring how posture, breath, attention, rhythm, tone, stillness, relationship, and environment work together to support coherent, therapeutic experiences.

This foundational course is ideal for sound healers, musicians, yoga teachers, and facilitators who want to integrate yoga in a way that is practical, trauma-aware, and deeply supportive of sound-based work, without requiring advanced asana or performance-oriented practice. No prior yoga experience necessary.

This offering serves as a foundational entry point and may lead into future immersive, in-person trainings.

Cost: $444

Recording: A recording and class notes will be sent out after the class.

Facilitators: Thomas Orr Anderson, M.A. is a physicist, musician, acoustical researcher, author, teacher, athlete, nature-lover, and Qi Gong instructor. Thomas holds bachelors and masters degrees in physics with a diverse scientific background, specializing in a broad range of domains including black holes, holographic science, and chaotic systems. For the last two decades, he has devotedly explored the magic of sound in countless domains.

Gabriella Gaona is an Artist, Yogi, Nature Lover & Co-Founder of The Inner Warrior in 2014,  Louisville’s first donation-based Yoga Studio and MYPATH Fest in 2016, Kentucky’s first Yoga Festival. She’s a Yoga Teacher, multi-instrumentalist, Sound Therapist, Event Producer, International Retreat organizer, and Co-Leader of Yoga & Sound-Integration Teacher Trainings. Gabriella loves sharing her own experience & modern interpretation of classical Raja-Hatha Yoga through her offerings. She is continually driven by her deep & ever growing passion for sharing wellness with the global community.

Questions: Please contact Rebecca at rebecca@advancedinstituteofsound.com

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