Dr. Karambir Khalsa

I am interested in the therapeutic benefits of sound healing, particularly gong meditation, for individuals with mental health issues such as anxiety.

I have a BA in Music from UCLA (1986) and an MA in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University (2015). I worked for fifteen years in IT programming computers. I am a level I Certified Kundalini Instructor through the Kundalini Research Institute and a Peter Hess Sound Massage Practitioner.

I received my Doctor of Clinical Psychology (PsyD) from Sofia University (CA, USA) in 2021 and am currently pursuing licensure as a psychologist.

I first experienced gong meditation while attending a sound massage training. A couple years later, my first kundalini yoga teacher asked me to play the gong for her classes. Since then, I have conducted more than 300 gong meditations. I began to become curious about the possible mental health benefits of gong meditation after listening to attendees' descriptions of their experiences. I was surprised to find that no scientific research exists in this arena.

I have dedicated my life to finding the answers to my questions.

August 2018