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Sound bath classes in LA

26 studios offer sound bath across Los Angeles — choose by feel, not by spreadsheet.

26 studios found

A sound bath is about as restful as a practice gets. Instead of moving through poses, you lie down, settle in, and let waves of sound move over you — crystal singing bowls, gongs, chimes, sometimes a voice. There’s nothing to do and nothing to keep up with. You just listen, and let the tones carry you somewhere quiet.

The feel is the opposite of a sweaty heated class. It’s slow, spacious, and deeply still — closer to a long guided rest than a workout. Sessions usually run 45 minutes to an hour, and most of that is spent on your back with your eyes closed. Many people drift right to the edge of sleep, which is exactly the point.

It suits just about everyone, but it’s especially good for anyone who’s stressed, overstimulated, or new to all of this. If you’ve ever felt like you can’t switch your brain off, a sound bath gives it the easiest possible job: just follow the sound. It also pairs beautifully with a gentle flow earlier in the day — many studios host sound baths as standalone evening or weekend sessions.

Around Los Angeles you’ll find these sessions tucked into all kinds of spaces. Santa Monica Yoga runs beloved sound baths near the beach, and over in Venice you’ll find them at Yoga Nest Venice. Downtown, Peace Yoga Gallery holds sessions in a calm gallery setting, and up in Pasadena, One Life Yoga keeps the format warm and welcoming for first-timers.

First time? Get there a few minutes early so you can pick a spot and build a little nest — blanket, eye pillow, an extra cushion under the knees. Wear soft layers, since lying still makes you cool down. Then let go of any expectation about “doing it right.” There’s no wrong way to lie down and listen.

Browse every session by area on the neighborhoods page, or see the full list of studios offering sound baths across LA.

Santa Monica Yoga — Santa Monica All levels
Santa Monica

Santa Monica Yoga

5.0(494)

A long-running, down-to-earth studio with a strong community and evening candlelight and soundbath events.

All levelsCandlelightSound bath
Yoga Nest Venice — Venice Sound bath
Venice

Yoga Nest Venice

4.9(65)

An eclectic, light-filled studio known for candlelit yin, soundbaths and a magical community feel.

Sound bathCandlelit yinCommunity
All levels
Pasadena

One Life Yoga

4.9(41)

A calm, intentional studio with a variety of classes, sound baths and an on-site sauna.

All levelsSound bathSauna
Community
Downtown LA

Peace Yoga Gallery

4.7(58)

Part studio, part gallery and raw-vegan kitchen, a long-standing community hub in downtown.

CommunitySound bathVegan cafe
Artha Yoga and Wellness Sanctuary — West LA Sound bath
West LA

Artha Yoga and Wellness Sanctuary

Not yet rated

A membership wellness club at the West Edge plaza in West LA, combining yoga, mat pilates, HIIT, cryotherapy and sound bath sessions; non-members can also reserve a class.

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Atma Yoga and Healing Arts — Santa Monica Kundalini
Santa Monica

Atma Yoga and Healing Arts

Not yet rated

A small kundalini room a block from the beach on Bay Street, with a painted blue wave covering one wall. Kundalini yoga in the tradition's mix of movement, breath, meditation and chant, alongside gong sound sessions, private reiki healing and reiki certification training. The studio says classes run every day of the week, but it does not post class times online — its booking page covers the reiki trainings only, so call or message for the schedule before you plan a visit.

KundaliniReikiSound bathMeditation
Beach Yoga Life — Marina del Rey Outdoor
Marina del Rey

Beach Yoga Life

Not yet rated

Yoga on the sand rather than in a room: hour-long all-levels classes for $15, a shorter beach sound bath, and private sessions for groups. Classes meet at Fleet Street Beach in Marina del Rey — park near 3618 Pacific Ave — so check the booking calendar for the day and time before you go, and dress for whatever the marine layer is doing.

OutdoorBeachSound bathAll levelsPrivate sessions
Calming Spot — Santa Monica Sound bath
Santa Monica

Calming Spot

Not yet rated

Two rooms, one of them outdoors: a dark candlelit studio on 6th Street for 50-minute sound baths, and sunset sessions on Santa Monica beach when the calendar says so. Booked by the class rather than by membership, with private events and facilitator training alongside.

Sound bathMeditationTeacher training
CEREMNY — Marina del Rey Sound bath
Marina del Rey

CEREMNY

Not yet rated

A first-floor Washington Blvd space that runs soul yoga and sound baths alongside somatic workshops, breathwork and a 200-hour teacher training. The schedule leans slow and guided rather than back-to-back drop-ins, and monthly immersive workshops are the centre of it — worth checking the calendar before you plan a first visit.

Sound bathYinSlow flowRestorativeBreathwork
Highland Park Yoga — Highland Park Restorative
Highland Park

Highland Park Yoga

Not yet rated

A neighbourhood studio on York Blvd that calls itself one and means it: a bright, plain front room, restorative teacher training, and evening sound baths billed as workshops rather than classes.

RestorativeSound bathBeginner-friendlyTeacher trainingCommunity
Flow
Westchester

HOM Town Yoga

Not yet rated

A Howard Hughes Center studio running vinyasa at two levels alongside a basics class, yin, sound baths and a pilates-flow hybrid. The pitch is unserious in a good way — an hour a day, no performance required.

FlowAll levelsBeginner-friendlyYinSound bathPilates
Light On Lotus Yoga — Mar Vista Flow
Mar Vista

Light On Lotus Yoga

Not yet rated

Founded by Kate Duyn in 2016 and billed as soulful and sweaty: the signature Lotus Flow is an open-level vinyasa that still means to make you work. Practice happens inside, out in the garden when the weather allows, or live-streamed from home, and the schedule also carries prenatal classes, kirtans, sound baths and teacher trainings. A Wellness Wing books massage, acupuncture and reiki by appointment.

FlowAll levelsPrenatalSound bathCommunityTeacher trainingLivestream
Flow
Echo Park

One Down Dog Echo Park

Not yet rated

The Angeleno Heights end of Glendale Blvd, and the One Down Dog room that runs the 90-minute sound baths — crystal bowls, gongs and chimes, ticketed separately from the class pass. The regular timetable is vinyasa, yin and restorative.

FlowYinRestorativeSound bathBeginner-friendlyCommunity
Reserve Venice — Venice Flow
Venice

Reserve Venice

Not yet rated

A 50-person studio on Abbot Kinney that hosts independent teachers rather than employing its own — so the calendar is a rotating bill of yoga, pilates, sound baths, breathwork and workshops, each ticketed on its own. There is a sauna, a cold plunge and an outdoor terrace, and the room is also rented for brand events. Come for a specific session on the calendar, not for a drop-in timetable.

FlowPilatesSound bathBreathworkCommunitySaunaCold plungeOutdoor
Rise Mindful Healing — Newhall Flow
Newhall

Rise Mindful Healing

Not yet rated

A Main Street studio that frames everything around nervous-system regulation rather than fitness — the schedule splits into mindful movement (vinyasa, hatha, mat pilates) and restorative practices (yin, breathwork, sound baths). Massage, red light therapy and an infrared sauna sit alongside the classes, so a visit can be a class, a treatment or both.

FlowTraditionalYinRestorativePilatesBreathworkSound bathSauna
Sound Bird Center — Mar Vista Sound bath
Mar Vista

Sound Bird Center

Not yet rated

A sound bath, yoga and breathwork room on Washington Blvd that publishes its opening hours — unusual in this corner of the listings, where most schedules sit behind a booking app. Mostly evenings, with a Saturday and Sunday morning block.

Sound bathBreathworkTeacher training
Sunstone Yoga — Westchester Flow
Westchester

Sunstone Yoga

Not yet rated

A single-location Westchester studio running vinyasa, yin and slow flow classes seven days a week, with sound baths and its own teacher training alongside. Booked through the studio's own online schedule.

FlowYinSlow flowAll levelsSound bathTeacher training
The Circle Burbank — Burbank Community
Burbank

The Circle Burbank

Not yet rated

Not a public studio: a private women's membership community on Burbank Boulevard whose own site says it is open to members only. The programming is circles, sound baths, movement and workshops rather than a class timetable, and the room is built for sitting together. Worth knowing before you turn up — you join first, then attend.

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Flow
Topanga

The Clearing Topanga

Not yet rated

A community-run studio in the canyon, named for the space in a forest where people gather. The schedule is built from local teachers and runs slow yin, creative flows, breath sessions and sound baths rather than a single house style. Memberships and studio rental are both on offer; contact is by email.

FlowYinMeditationBreathworkSound bathCommunity
The Mindry — Malibu Meditation
Malibu

The Mindry

Not yet rated

A meditation-first wellness centre off Cross Creek Road that describes itself as a sanctuary more than a studio — cushions before mats. The in-studio schedule mixes meditation and yoga, with private sessions, body and energy work, workshops and trainings alongside, plus an on-demand library if you would rather practise at home. There is a shop attached selling incense, oils and singing bowls.

MeditationFlowRestorativeBreathworkSound bathPrivate sessionsTeacher trainingLivestream
Thrive Health and Wellness Collective — Marina del Rey Meditation
Marina del Rey

Thrive Health and Wellness Collective

Not yet rated

A collective of more than thirty independent practitioners founded by acupuncturist Margot Chambers in 2021, spread across two buildings on Stanford Avenue. Most of it is one-to-one treatment — acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, herbal medicine — but upstairs there is a studio room used for group meditation, sound journeys, reiki and yoga, plus a bamboo rooftop deck for community classes. Come for a specific event on the calendar; this is a healing practice first and a class timetable second.

MeditationSound bathBreathworkReikiPilatesCommunity
Veritas Yoga — Malibu Kundalini
Malibu

Veritas Yoga

Not yet rated

A Kundalini-led studio in the Malibu Country Mart, where the kriyas come with breathwork, mantra and a gong rather than a mirror. The schedule also carries sound healing, yin, a dharma class, morning sadhana and a power class, plus surf yoga when the ocean cooperates, and there is an online studio for practising away from Malibu.

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Yoga Bliss — Westchester Flow
Westchester

Yoga Bliss

Not yet rated

A boutique room on Manchester Avenue near Sepulveda, running vinyasa flow, yin and restorative for all levels. The room is warmed to about 80°F — enough to loosen you off, well short of a hot studio — and the calendar carries full and new moon sound baths, ceremonies and teacher training alongside the regular schedule. Free parking on Manchester or in the lot behind the building; booking runs through MindBody.

FlowYinRestorativeAll levelsSound bathTeacher training
Kundalini
Hollywood

Yoga Galactica

Not yet rated

A small kundalini, breathwork and sound-bath operation running evening classes on Gower Street, plus outdoor sessions up at Runyon Canyon. Community-priced and openly cannabis-friendly, which is unusual enough to say out loud. Twice-weekly rather than a full timetable — check the calendar, and note the site also bills itself as Burbank, while the only street address it publishes is this one.

KundaliniBreathworkSound bathCommunityOutdoorDonation-based
YogaSix Culver City — Culver City Power
Culver City

YogaSix Culver City

Not yet rated

A Culver City location of the YogaSix chain, running power sculpt, restore, hot yoga and a sound bath format on its weekly schedule.

PowerSculptRestorativeHot yogaSound bath
Zula Den — West Adams Sound bath
West Adams

Zula Den

Not yet rated

A West Adams space built around sound healing, breathwork and guided meditation rather than a class timetable — ceremonies, workshops and community gatherings are the format. Come for the evening events rather than a drop-in.

Sound bathBreathworkMeditationCommunity

Frequently asked questions

What actually happens in a sound bath?

You lie down, get comfortable, and listen. A facilitator plays instruments like crystal singing bowls, gongs, and chimes while you rest. There's no flowing, no posing — the "bath" is the wash of sound moving over you while you stay still.

Is a sound bath good for beginners?

It's one of the easiest practices to start with. There's nothing to learn and nothing to keep up with — you just lie there and listen. If you've found regular yoga intimidating or you simply want to switch off, a sound bath is a gentle way in.

What should I bring or wear?

Wear soft, warm layers — your body cools down when you're lying still. Most studios provide mats, but a personal blanket, an eye pillow, and an extra cushion all make it cozier. Bring water for after.

How will I feel afterward?

Most people leave deeply relaxed, a little dreamy, sometimes sleepy. Give yourself a slow few minutes before driving. The calm tends to linger well into the evening.