About the Certification Pathway

The Professional Gong Player Certification Pathway is the most comprehensive gong training program in the world. Created by Mehtab Benton, author of Gong Yoga, Gong Therapy and Teaching Gong Yoga, this pathway provides structured learning, personal mentorship, and professional recognition.

Whether you’re beginning your journey or already experienced with the gong, this certification equips you with the skills, confidence, and credibility to share gong sound healing with individuals, groups, and communities worldwide.

The 5 Core Gong Training Courses

To become a Certified Gong Professional, you’ll complete the five foundational trainings with Mehtab:

1. Gong Practitioner Level One – Learn the foundational techniques to play with confidence.
2. Gong Therapy Training – Play therapeutically for individuals and small groups.
3. Gong Yoga Nidra Training – Guide transformative relaxation journeys with the gong.
4. Gong Meditation Training – Use gong rhythms, mantra, and breath for meditative states.
5. Gong Practitioner Level Two – Advanced sound healing techniques, multi-gong playing, and professional applications.

Each training may be taken live online, in-person, or on-demand.

Why Train with Mehtab?

With over 30 years of gong teaching experience, Mehtab Benton has:

• Trained thousands of students in 25+ countries worldwide

• Authored the most influential books on gong practice

• Pioneered the integration of gong into yoga, meditation, and therapy

This makes it not just a certification program—but your direct pathway to studying with the world’s leading gong trainer.

Mehtab Benton is a master gong teacher, Kundalini Yoga trainer, and international mentor in the therapeutic applications of sound. He began his yoga journey in 1973 and has since trained thousands of yoga teachers and gong players around the world. Alongside his wife, he owned and operated five yoga studios and led a Kundalini Yoga ashram in Austin, Texas.

The originator and author of Gong Yoga, Gong Therapy, and Teaching Gong Yoga, Mehtab has pioneered the modern integration of the gong into yoga, meditation, and healing practices. He has mentored students, therapists, and sound healers in over 20 countries in the art and science of playing the gong therapeutically.

A lifelong practitioner of Vedic astrology, Mehtab also authored Astrology Yoga and has provided astrological consultations for more than 25 years. Through his teachings, he brings a unique blend of yogic wisdom, celestial insight, and sound healing experience to help others discover their soul’s purpose and healing potential.