RESONANCE
A 2-Day Crystal Singing Bowl Immersion with Suraya Sam
Something is calling you toward sound.
Maybe you received a sound bath and never quite forgot it — that feeling of the tone landing somewhere in your chest before your mind could catch up. Maybe you have been circling this for months, wondering if it is yours to learn.
It is.
Resonance is a two-day immersive training in crystal singing bowls, guided meditation and the art of listening.
Bergen · 26–27 September · 8 places only
This is for you if
You have felt the pull toward sound healing but do not know where to begin.
You have received a sound bath and thought:
I want to know how to do that.
You are a yoga teacher, therapist, coach, or wellness practitioner looking to deepen what you offer.
You want a skill you can practise on yourself and eventually share with others.
You have no musical background and wonder if that matters.
(It does not.)
What happens in the Room
From the moment you arrive on Day 1, you are playing. Not watching. Not taking notes while someone else demonstrates. Playing with a bowl in front of you, your hands on the mallets, and Suraya beside you.
Over two days, you will learn to make a single bowl sing, explore intervals and triads, layer multiple bowls with intention, work with Breath & Bowl, and gradually expand from a single tone into a complete soundscape.
You will learn four foundational playing techniques and begin to recognise the different harmonic qualities created when notes meet. Rather than being told what a sound should make someone feel, you will learn to listen, notice its character and trust your own developing ear.
You will also experience and explore the Three-Part Journey — Landing, Unfolding and Remembering — learning how voice, silence and carefully placed bowl cues can shape a complete meditative arc.
The Art of Guided Meditations
This is one of the elements that makes Resonance distinct.
The guided meditations within Resonance draw from the principles and structure of Yoga Nidra, the practice of yogic sleep that guides awareness into the space between waking and sleep.
Each journey moves through a considered arc of settling, intention, body awareness, contrasting sensations, stillness and conscious return. Crystal bowl cues are woven throughout, marking transitions and creating space for sound, voice and silence to work together.
Rather than prescribing what a participant should feel, you will learn to guide with presence, listen to the room and allow each person to have their own experience.
During the immersion, you will experience and explore the Three-Part Journey: Landing, Unfolding and Remembering, learning how guided meditation and crystal bowls can be woven into a complete sound journey.
You will also leave with the Signature Set Meditations as practices to continue exploring beyond the training.
The Three Pillars
Know Your Sound
Understand the foundations of crystal singing bowls — bowl types, frequency, notes, octaves and overtones. Explore 432 Hz tuning and learn to listen for the tonal relationships between bowls, developing the knowledge and intuition to choose a set that feels coherent in your hands.
Play With Purpose
Learn the core playing techniques and how to work with different mallets, dynamics, intervals and harmonic relationships. Explore triads, consonance and dissonance, layering, Breath & Bowl, transitions and silence. From a single bowl to a complete harmonic field, learn to create sound with intention rather than simply adding more.
Hold Sacred Space
Explore practitioner presence, consent, safety and the art of listening while facilitating. Learn how to shape a complete sound journey through Landing, Unfolding and Remembering, weaving together sound, guided meditation, breath and silence. Practise responding to the room, trusting your intuition and allowing the journey to unfold without forcing an outcome.
Your Certification
The Resonance certificate is not awarded for attendance alone.
It is earned through four post-training requirements completed in your own time: getting to know your bowl or set, completing 30 days of practice, facilitating three practice sound journeys for friends or family, and completing at least one of the recommended books within 60 days.
Your progress is recorded through the practice pages and logs provided as part of Resonance, including your Bowl Set Record, 30-Day Practice Log, Practice Sound Journey Records and Reading Reflection.
Once all four requirements have been completed and submitted, your Resonance certificate is issued.
It marks more than the end of a training. It reflects the practice that followed, the time spent listening, playing, facilitating and developing a real relationship with your bowls.
Your Bowl Set
You do not need a full set to begin.
One well-chosen bowl can become the foundation of your practice, with the option to expand into an interval, a triad or a fuller sound palette over time.
As a Resonance participant, you receive exclusive access to personalised, made-to-order 432 Hz crystal singing bowls from Suraya Sam’s signature collections, with guidance in choosing the notes, octaves and relationships that feel right for the practice you are building.
Choose by sound first. Build from there.
What is Included
Two full days of live, hands-on instruction with Suraya Sam
Full access to 432 Hz crystal singing bowls and mallets throughout the immersion
The complete Resonance Training Workbook
Personalised guidance in choosing and building your bowl set
Exclusive participant pricing on House of Ascend signature 432 Hz crystal singing bowls
Access to the Resonance post-training practice + certification pathway
Lunch, organic Peruvian teas, water and light refreshments throughout
Your Mentor
There are teachers who share information, and there are mentors who share themselves. Suraya Sam is the latter.
With over sixteen years of devoted, wide-ranging study with some of the most respected names in the global wellness and healing arts community, Suraya has built something far beyond a professional portfolio. What she brings to every room she teaches in is a living, breathing body of knowledge drawn from gong mastery, indigenous plant wisdom, yoga philosophy, sound ceremony, aromatherapy, and the deep study of the human energy system — all woven together into a teaching presence that is both rigorously informed and deeply intuitive.
She has trained in the ancient and the contemporary, the physical and the ceremonial, the scientific and the sacred. She has sat with gong masters and indigenous healers, studied the functional body and the energetic body, learned to hold space for the newly pregnant and the deeply grieving, and brought all of it into a practice that honours every dimension of what it means to be human.
When Suraya teaches, you are not receiving one person's opinion. You are receiving a depth of inquiry that few practitioners ever reach, offered with warmth, precision, and an unwavering commitment to your growth.
"I have spent years learning how to listen. Resonance is my invitation for you to begin." — Suraya Sam
Frequently Asked Questions
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Not at all. Resonance is designed to meet you where you are. You do not need to read music or have any previous experience with crystal singing bowls. You will learn through listening, playing and experiencing the bowls directly.
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From Day 1. You will have a bowl in front of you from the beginning, learning through demonstration, guided practice and plenty of time to explore. Resonance is a hands-on immersion, not a training where you spend two days simply taking notes.
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Yoga Nidra is a practice of guided deep rest that brings awareness into the space between waking and sleep. Its principles and structure inform the guided meditation work within Resonance, where voice, silence and carefully placed bowl cues are woven together to create a complete meditative journey.
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The Resonance certificate is not awarded for attendance alone. Following the immersion, you will complete four post-training requirements: getting to know your bowl or set, completing 30 days of practice, facilitating three practice sound journeys for friends or family, and reading at least one of the recommended books within 60 days.
Your progress is recorded through the practice pages and logs provided as part of Resonance. Once all requirements have been completed and submitted, your certificate is issued.
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Resonance is taught with an emphasis on practitioner presence, consent, choice and safety. You are always encouraged to listen to your own needs and participate in a way that feels appropriate for you. If there is anything you feel may affect your experience during the immersion, you are welcome to contact Suraya privately before attending.
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Resonance is designed to give you a foundation you can continue developing long after the two days are complete. Your 30-day practice, three practice sound journeys and continued exploration of your bowls are where the learning begins to become your own.
For those who feel called to go deeper, future advanced Resonance immersions and continuing education will be shared with graduates directly.
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You may reserve your place with either full payment or a 50% deposit. The remaining balance is due 30 days before the immersion begins. If you need a different payment arrangement, please reach out and we can explore an option that works for you.
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We understand that plans can change.
Cancellation more than 60 days before the training: your deposit will be refunded, minus a 500 NOK administration fee.
Cancellation between 30 and 60 days before the training: your deposit is non-refundable but may be transferred to a future Resonance date within 12 months.
Cancellation within 30 days of the training: no refund is available. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your place to another person at no additional cost.
If Resonance needs to be cancelled or postponed by House of Ascend, you will receive a full refund or the option to transfer your booking to the rescheduled date.
The Details
Date:
26–27 September 2026
Location:
MYK Studio, Lundhaugvegen 14, 5221 Nesttun
Hours:
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM both days
Investment:
8,888 NOK
Payment plans are available simply reach out and we will arrange something that works for you.
A word about the
Full Moon
Day 1 of Resonance opens on the Full Moon in Aries — 26 September 2026.
This is not a coincidence. It is an intention.
The Full Moon marks a moment of illumination within the lunar cycle: a natural point to pause, listen and notice what is ready to be seen.
Throughout Resonance, we draw inspiration from the Moon not because you need to believe anything particular about it, but because ritual can give meaning to a moment in time.
Aries carries the symbolism of beginning: courage, movement and the willingness to step forward.
And so we begin here.
With sound.
With listening.
With the willingness to begin.