Maui sound bath evenings, inside a scalar field

Crystal bowls, gongs and whale song, played inside a room of 16 EESystem units. Here’s what the evenings are like, and the ones that keep coming back.

Some evenings you don’t need one more thing to do. You need somewhere to lie down, close your eyes, and let something else carry the next ninety minutes. That’s about the simplest way to describe a sound bath, and those events have become one of the most loved parts of life at the Maui Scalar Room in Haiku.

If you’re looking for a Maui sound bath, this is a guide to ours: what happens on the night, what’s different about doing it inside a scalar field, and the evenings that have returned to our calendar again and again since 2023.

What a sound bath is, and what changes in the Scalar Room

A sound bath asks very little of you. You settle onto a yoga mat or into a recliner, the lights come down, and a sound healer begins to play: crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, chimes, drums, flutes, sometimes voice. There’s nothing to follow along with and nothing to get right. You listen, and for most people the listening slowly turns into rest.

Here, all of that happens inside the room’s 16-unit EESystem, which runs for the whole evening. Plenty of guests come for the music and leave surprised by how deeply they rested. We’d love for you to notice that for yourself rather than take our word for it. If the technology is new to you, our guide to what the EESystem is explains it in plain language.

A sound bath and an EESystem session ask the same simple thing of you: close your eyes. Dr. Sandra Rose Michael, the EESystem’s inventor, puts it this way:

“Close your eyes, go deep into delta and theta. That’s where everything can reboot, like rebooting a computer.”

— Dr. Sandra Rose Michael

The Maui sound bath evenings that keep coming back

We looked back through every gathering on our events calendar since 2023, close to two hundred of them, and a great many are built around sound. These five have returned more often than any others.

Sacred Sound with Julia Berrey: Alchemy crystal singing bowls

Julia’s evenings are the longest-running sound bath on our calendar. Her first was in September 2023, and she has played nearly twenty evenings with us since then.

She plays Alchemy crystal singing bowls, made from quartz infused with gemstones and precious metals, and she follows the group rather than a set program, so no two evenings sound quite the same. One of our event listings describes it well: “She doesn’t play the bowls, she lets them speak.” Julia has even led a Pet Night sound bath, with guests’ dogs resting right alongside them.

The Sound Healing Experience with Mica Soulfire: gongs you can feel

If you’ve only been to smaller bowl evenings, Mica’s is a different kind of night. Mica brings four full-size ceremonial gongs, the largest 60 inches across, layered with crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, didgeridoo and chimes. Its listing calls it full-body resonance: waves of vibration you feel as much as hear. It has run nine times this year alone, and Mica also leads our small-group sound bath sleepovers, which you’ll find below.

Tuning to Peace: a whale song visual meditation

This evening begins with a film. Tuning to Peace is a 30-minute underwater film from Whale Wise Productions, a Maui-based team of ocean lovers and storytellers, full of humpback whales and their song. You watch and listen from your mat or recliner with the EESystem running, and the film itself becomes the meditation. It has returned nine times since December 2024, along with family matinees. Its follow-up, Deep Wisdom, created by underwater photographer and freediver Jenn Wakefield, now has evenings of its own, some with a talk story with Jenn afterward.

AVAYO with LŪKA and Nick Waraksa

AVAYO is the collaboration of two musicians. LŪKA builds atmospheric soundscapes that blend electronica with organic sound, and Nick, a classically trained pianist who has studied sacred music with tribes of the Amazon rainforest, plays a whole entourage of instruments. Together they move between ceremony and improvisation, rhythm, chant and melody. They have played seven evenings this year, and several have offered an optional later round that carries on into a sleepover.

Harmonic Balance: new moon sound journeys

Timed to the new moon, Harmonic Balance opens with a short, gentle reflection on the season and then settles into a sound bath of quartz crystal and Tibetan bowls, Native American flute, handpan, drum, rain stick and chimes. Sound healers Ashley and Justin have led several of these evenings, and the series has met seven times since November 2025.

A few other evenings come back regularly too: Eternal Alchemy, a sound healing duo of Denise Kusmit and Don V. Lax playing crystal bowls tuned to 432 Hz; Stephen’s Sacred Sound Spiral, with bowls, gongs and shamanic drums; and Sacred Sound & Clarity Breathwork with Ashanna Solaris and Dana Dharma Devi, which pairs breathwork with sound. Visiting sound healers join the calendar most months, and the events calendar always shows what’s coming up next.

What guests say about the evenings

A regular guest shared this on video, and she mentions the evenings by name:

“The sound healings that they offer in the evenings are such an added bonus and super great with all the incredible sound healers that they bring in.”

— A Maui Scalar Room guest

Two more, from guests who first came for a sound bath:

“I went for a sound bath, but I got so much more. … It reminded me of what life is like when you are out in nature and there is no stimulation and no cell reception, absolute stillness.”

— Nykki H.

“My first time was with a Sound Healing and I just had no idea what to expect. … The first time I left thinking, ‘What was that? I feel good! How come this feels so natural?'”

— Katherine W.

You can read more on our testimonials page.

Staying the night: sound bath sleepovers

A few times a season, a Maui sound bath turns into an overnight. Mica’s sound bath sleepover mini-retreats are kept to eight guests: an evening circle, a sound bath to help you wind down before bed, a night’s sleep in the room with the EESystem running, and a wake-up sound bath in the morning. AVAYO evenings have offered a similar later round, and our overnight retreats have paired crystal bowl sound healing with a night in the room.

If you’re curious what sleeping in the room is like on its own, our walkthrough of what a session is actually like covers the overnight option.

How to get the most out of a sound bath evening

1. Reserve ahead. Evenings are intimate, and some, like the sleepovers, are capped at a handful of guests. Every event is listed on our events calendar with its details and how to reserve.

2. Choose your seat. Most evenings offer two options: bring your own yoga mat, or reserve one of the room’s recliners. Recliners cost a little more and are the comfier choice if lying on the floor isn’t for you.
3. Arrive a few minutes early so you can settle in before the first note.
4. Close your eyes and let your breath slow down. Dr. Sandra teaches aloha as a breath practice: breathe in fully, then let the exhale be a complete letting go.

“You’re breathing in all the power, all the light, all the love. … So the exhale can be a total relaxation. Aloha.”

— Dr. Sandra Rose Michael

5. Go gently afterward. Drink some water, and if you can, end the night with a warm salt bath. Our detox bath recipe is the simple one we recommend.

A few common questions

What is a sound bath?

A sound bath is a guided listening experience. You lie down or recline while a sound healer plays instruments like singing bowls, gongs and chimes, and you simply rest and listen. At the Maui Scalar Room, it takes place inside our 16-unit EESystem.

Do I need any experience to join a Maui sound bath?

None at all. You don’t need to know how to meditate. Get comfortable, close your eyes, and let the sound do the rest.

What should I bring to a sound bath?

Comfortable clothes, and a yoga mat if you haven’t reserved a recliner. Bring anything else that helps you get comfortable on the floor.

Can I stay overnight after a sound bath?

On some evenings, yes. Sound bath sleepovers and overnight retreats appear on the events calendar a few times a season, and you can also book an overnight on its own.

How often are there sound baths at the Maui Scalar Room?

Most months bring several. The calendar changes from month to month, so the events calendar is the best place to see what’s coming up next.

Sound baths and EESystem sessions are offered for relaxation and personal wellbeing. The EESystem is not a medical device. This information is for educational purposes only and isn’t intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. If you have a serious medical condition or health concern, talk to your physician before making changes to your routine.