Sound
Therapy
Scotland.
SOUND THERAPY SCOTLAND · PRACTITIONER TRAINING
Train with me
in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
Led by Pauline Speirs · Scotland's most comprehensively qualified gong and sound therapy educator · CMA Inspirational Teacher Award 2025
Two CMA accredited courses. A maximum of three students per class. Twelve months of direct mentorship beginning on your first day. Built from over two decades of practice and international study with some of the world's leading teachers.
CMA Approved School. Both courses are fully accredited by the Complementary Medical Association.
At Sound Therapy Scotland, we believe in offering the highest standard in sound therapy training.
THE TRAINING
What every student
can expect.
Both courses follow the same structure and the same standard. Four teaching weekends across six months, each one building on the last. Classes run from 10am to 4pm each day.
The balance between theory and practical work shifts naturally as the group develops. Understanding what you are doing and why is as important as the playing.
No musical background is required. No prior experience with sound therapy is assumed. Pauline has taught complete beginners and experienced practitioners in the same class. Both have left as confident, capable practitioners.
INCLUDED IN BOTH COURSES
Everything that's
included.
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Four teaching weekends, 10am to 4pm each day
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Twelve months of direct mentorship beginning on your first day
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Comprehensive course manual
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Access to Scotland's most comprehensive sound therapy teaching collection
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Personal 1-1 consolidation session after the course
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Priority booking on all Sound Therapy Scotland CPD days
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Access to exclusive Sound Therapy Scotland practitioner events
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A dedicated private graduate community
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Tea, coffee, water and light snacks on each training day
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CMA accredited certificate on successful completion
This training is for anyone who wants
to learn.
Whether you have never held a mallet or have been delivering sound sessions for years, the starting point does not determine the outcome. Pauline adapts to whoever is in the room, and everyone covers everything. What matters is the commitment to do it properly.
THE STUDIO
A dedicated space in Kilmarnock.
The studio has two teaching spaces across two floors, each set up specifically for sound work.
Practitioners consistently describe walking back in as one of their favourite parts of returning for CPD days.
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Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Exact address on booking
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10am to 4pm each training day
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Tea, coffee, water and light snacks provided each day
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The studio has an upstairs
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Please get in touch if stairs are a difficulty
CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS
Gong or singing bowls?
Both courses are built to the same standard and include everything listed above. The difference is the instrument at the heart of your training.
Booking is now open for both courses.
Gong Practitioner Course.
The gong is at the centre of everything we do in this course. Practitioners work across Scotland's largest teaching gong collection, spanning makers, sizes, and types rarely encountered in one place: Broder Oetkens, Paiste, Chau, Grotta Sonora, Thai tuned nipple gongs, hand held Feng and wind gongs, and more.
Alongside gong technique, students work with Himalayan and crystal bowls, drums, monochord, shruti box, and a full range of mallets and flumies. Pauline is also the only teacher in Scotland qualified to teach the B Love Method, developed by Bear Love, which is included as part of this course.
A dedicated 1-1 mallet and equipment session is also included, matching the right mallets to your playing style and budget. This session alone routinely saves practitioners hundreds of pounds.
** Update**
Both classes for this intake are now full. Sign up to the newsletter and you will be first to hear about future dates.
Sound Practitioner Course.
Himalayan and crystal singing bowls are at the heart of this course, alongside crystal chalices and a broad range of instruments. Practitioners work with a large selection of Himalayan bowls across a wide range of sizes and tones, developing the skills to work therapeutically from the first weekend.
A full weekend is dedicated to the gong, giving Sound Practitioner graduates a genuine working knowledge of the instrument alongside their bowl practice. Students also work with drums, chimes, monochord, shruti box, and more across the four weekends.
A complementary 1-1 private session with Pauline is included at any point during the twelve months of mentorship, to go deeper on anything in the course the practitioner wants to explore further.
** Update**
The weekend class has now sold out.
Space remains open for the midweeks class
WHAT GRADUATES SAY
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I can't recommend Pauline's Gong Practitioner Course highly enough. I was already delivering sound baths, but this course completely transformed my confidence and understanding of the gong. The care, passion and knowledge she brings to everything she does is second to none. We're incredibly lucky to have her here in Scotland.
Gillian
GONG PRACTITIONER GRADUATE
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Pauline's training is comprehensive and covers so many different aspects of sound based on her own extensive learning of 20 plus years from experts and masters of their craft. Her knowledge of instruments is second to none. The confidence it is giving me to deliver sound in a safe and professional manner is invaluable.
Laura
SOUND PRACTITIONER AND GONG PRACTITIONER GRADUATE
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I recently completed the Sound Practitioner Course with Sound Therapy Scotland. Pauline's knowledge and guidance were outstanding and I learned so much. I am excited to be starting my gong training soon. I cannot recommend Sound Therapy Scotland highly enough.
Duncan
SOUND PRACTITIONER GRADUATE