About this Event
SOUND BATH with VIKRAMPAL Ninety minutes inside the sound
Lie down, close your eyes, and let the gongs do the rest.
Vikrampal, the Madrid-based music therapist and international gong teacher, closes his San Francisco visit with an evening sound bath inside The Gong Shop showroom. He plays a field of gongs around the room: the new Vikrampal gongs by Oetken, symphonic and planetary gongs, and a wall of Chinese gongs. The sound builds slowly, washes through the room, and fades to silence.
No experience needed. You don't play anything. You rest and listen.
THE DETAILS
WHEN: Monday, November 9, 2026
TIME: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm | Doors: 6:30 pm
WHERE: The Gong Shop SF | 1661 Tennessee St. #3K | San Francisco, CA 94107 (Dogpatch)
TICKETS: $40 per person | 50 seats
BRING: A yoga mat, a blanket, and comfortable clothes you can lie down in
SEATING: This is a lying-down sound bath. The floor is yours; a few folding chairs are available for anyone who prefers to sit.
PARKING: Street parking on Tennessee St, Cesar Chavez, and the surrounding blocks. A short walk from the 3rd Street Muni T line.
WHAT TO EXPECT
- 6:30 pm Doors open. Find a spot on the floor, roll out your mat, settle in.
- 7:00 pm The room goes quiet. Vikrampal begins with a single gong and slowly brings in the others.
- The journey Long, layered waves of sound. Some people drift, some fall asleep, some stay wide awake and simply listen. All of it is fine.
- 8:30 pm The last gong fades. A few minutes of silence, then a slow return to the room.
Please arrive by 7:00. Once the first gong sounds, the door stays closed so the room isn't disturbed.
ABOUT VIKRAMPAL
"Noise fractures the soul; gong sound stitches it back together, one vibration at a time."
Vikrampal is a mentor, sound therapist and international gong trainer. He ran his family's business and taught at the Pontifical University of Comillas before a turning point in 2009 led him to dedicate himself to sound as a tool for healing.
Trained in Music Therapy at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, he built his own system of Gong Sound Therapy that joins sound and vibration with meditation and the pauris of Kundalini Yoga. He has taught in France, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Japan, China, India and Nepal, guided more than 3,000 students, and since 2020 has mentored sound therapists in over 20 countries through the Instituto Internacional de Terapia de Sonido.
His signature instruments, the Vikrampal gongs by Oetken and the Vikrampal mallets by Sela, were developed with him. Both will be in the room, and both are available at The Gong Shop.
@gongvikrampal · vikrampal.net
GOOD TO KNOW
- Phones off, please. The room stays quiet from the first strike to the last.
- Scent-free. Skip perfume and essential oils; the room is shared and close.
- Pregnant or living with a pacemaker or epilepsy? Gong sound baths are intense. Check with your doctor first, and let us know at the door so we can seat you further from the gongs.
- Tickets are non-refundable but transferable: email [email protected] with your friend's name any time before the event.
- Questions? Call The Gong Shop at 415-626-4606 or email [email protected].
The Gong Shop · 1661 Tennessee St. #3K, San Francisco, CA 94107 · thegongshop.com Gongs for sound healing, meditation and music since 2010. Visit the showroom by appointment.
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