Sara Auster
Be bathed in sound — anchored by silence — and come home to the steady rhythm of your own being.
Immerse yourself in guided crystal singing bowl sound baths and embodied listening practices that soothe your nervous system and restore a felt sense of presence, peace, and belonging.
When the world around you never quiets down, your nervous system pays the price...
... resulting in constant tension, fatigue, and, often, the unsettling feeling that you’re slowly losing yourself.
You may feel constantly “on” emotionally, overstimulated and under-supported, or pulled in a dozen directions while your mind races and your body works overtime just trying to keep up.
Over time, stress accumulates — causing shallow breaths, tightness in the chest, restless sleep, emotional overload, and the creeping sense that you’ve forgotten how to pause and simply be here now.
What if the doorway back to yourself isn’t something you need to do, but something you can learn to listen for?
For sound therapist and meditation teacher Sara Auster, sound has always been a language of connection — capable of easing physical pain, supporting emotional release, and guiding awareness back to center.
Drawing on her background in art, meditation, and trauma recovery, she developed the Auster Sound Method and the PAUSE principles — Presence, Awareness, Union, Stillness, and Expansion — an accessible framework for using sound and silence to settle the mind and reconnect with your inner landscape.
Sara’s teaching isn’t about performance — it’s a guided meditative experience. Her crystal singing bowls shimmer with overtones that feel like light moving through water — surrounding you in a cocoon of resonance that softens your breath, releases tension, and invites deep rest.
In her new 7-module live video course, she’ll guide you into the restorative world of vibration, mindful awareness, and full-body listening, where sound becomes something you feel — through your breath, your bones, and your energy field.
This journey isn’t just about sound. It’s about how you listen to sound — and what unfolds when you let the spaces in between wash over you.
It’s about using vibration as a doorway into the present moment, learning to sense sound rather than simply hear it... and discovering how mindful listening can restore your nervous system, open your heart, enable you to tap into your own needs.
Each session will include an immersive crystal singing bowl sound bath — each one centered around one of the five PAUSE principles — a rich, sensory experience that activates your body’s healing response, helping your system shift from strain into ease, from mental noise into inner quiet.
These are exquisitely curated journeys with crystalline tones rising, expanding, and dissolving into quiet... allowing your body to unwind in ways that thinking alone never can.
You’ll learn how sound supports emotional regulation, how silence creates space for integration, and how mindful listening reconnects you to your intuition and inner steadiness. As your listening becomes more embodied, you’ll see changes in daily life — balanced emotions, more spaciousness, deeper rest, and a renewed sense of belonging to yourself.
And, Sara will integrate these sound baths with journaling, stillness practices, and guided vocal toning — training your nervous system to settle more easily, even outside of practice.
During this healing program, you’ll:
- Explore the power of sound-based mindfulness— and learn how crystal singing bowls put you in touch with your body, emotions, and energy
- Experience weekly immersive sound baths that calm your nervous system and create space for deep rest
- Cultivate full-body listening to heighten emotional awareness, intuition, and inner clarity
- Work with vibration and silence as grounding tools to soothe tension and restore balance
- Practice embodied listening techniques that strengthen connection with yourself and others
- Discover how stillness functions as an active, restorative field for integration and renewal
- Use your own voice (through guided toning practices) to release emotional holding and open channels for authentic expression
- Integrate the PAUSE principles into your daily life, weaving mindful listening into routines, relationships, and creativity
- Build a practical toolkit that can help you regulate your nervous system and return to center anytime you need to steady yourself
- Experience a comprehensive sound journey that brings all the PAUSE principles together, supporting lasting presence and connection
- And much more...
By the end of this course, you’ll have a nourishing practice you can lean on for years — a way to unwind stress, soften emotional noise, and return to yourself with grace. You’ll carry a quieter inner rhythm into your days — shaping how you listen, how you connect, how you rest, and how you live.
Through simple meditation practices and Sara’s grounded guidance, you’ll build a personal ritual of listening and presence — a practice you can return to anytime you need calm, clarity, or reconnection.
You’ll explore sound as a gateway back to yourself — learning how vibration can move through you, and how silence can hold you in ways words cannot.
Come home to yourself through the art of listening — and discover what becomes possible when sound and stillness guide you gently back to the calm within you.
What You’ll Discover in These 7 Modules
In this 7-module transformational course, Sara will guide you to experience crystal singing bowl sound baths and mindful listening techniques that can help you regulate stress, sleep better, and move through life with more steadiness and ease.
Join the Livestream — or Stream Later to Watch at Your Convenience
You’ll connect with Sara and experience her teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Sara’s transmissions. Can’t make it live? After each class, you can stream the video and audio recordings to enjoy anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Course Sessions on 2026-02-05 9:00:00 am.
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Sara. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to create an accessible framework for using sound and silence to soothe your nervous system, ease emotional overload, and expand your capacity to rest.
Module 1: Foundations - Crystal Singing Bowls & Listening to Support Overall Wellbeing (2026-02-05 9:00:00 am)
In this opening session, Sara will introduce you to the Auster Sound Method and the PAUSE principles, beginning your exploration of sound as a pathway to mindful awareness and inner balance.
Through the lens of crystal singing bowls, you’ll experience how sound influences the body, mind, and emotions — and how deep listening itself can become a meditative, embodied practice.
Through guided meditations and immersive sound bath experiences with crystal singing bowls, you’ll begin to sense the subtle ways vibration can center, calm, and energize you.
You’ll discover how to prepare both your environment and your mind for a sound-based practice, creating a safe and sacred space for presence and receptivity.
As you listen with your whole body (rather than just your ears), you’ll begin to sense how tone and resonance can awaken new dimensions of wellbeing.
In this session, you’ll explore:
- How crystal singing bowls affect the body, mind, and emotions
- The art of mindful, full-body listening as a daily practice
- How to create a supportive environment for deep listening and sound work
- A grounding sound bath with crystal bowls to experience the power of vibration firsthand
- Practical ways to use the sound of crystal singing bowls as a tool for awareness and energetic alignment
Module 2: Presence - The Language of Vibration to Ground & Recenter Through Sound (2026-02-12 9:00:00 am)
Presence arises when you attune to the vibrational world around and within you.
In this session, crystal singing bowls will become a bridge between your physical sensation and emotional awareness, helping you experience how sound invites the body and mind into the same moment.
You’ll explore how presence deepens when you stop trying to analyze or control, and instead allow yourself to feel what’s here — through the subtle movements of sound in and around you.
As you cultivate this awareness, you’ll begin to recognize how the way you listen mirrors how you live, offering a pathway back to steadiness and connection amid the noise of daily life.
Through guided sound exercises, reflection, and a crystal bowl sound bath, you’ll awaken a deeper sensitivity to vibration, revealing the intelligence and resonance that already exists within your awareness.
During this class, you’ll experience:
- The relationship between listening and emotional awareness
- Practices for grounding through sound, sensation, and breath
- How to use vibration to bring the mind fully into the present moment
- The connection between how you listen and how you live — in your relationships and in the world
- A guided crystal bowl sound bath to deepen embodied awareness and presence
Module 3: Awareness - Listening Beyond Sound to Calm the Nervous System & Awaken Inner Clarity (2026-02-26 9:00:00 am)
Awareness expands when you begin to listen beyond what’s audible — into silence, subtle sensation, and stillness.
You’ll explore the spaces between sounds, where quiet becomes its own teacher and deep rest for the nervous system begins.
Through breathwork and meditation with crystal singing bowls, you’ll experience how awareness of breath, body, and your sonic environment can be restorative and transformative tools… as you attune to the gentle currents of sensation and emotion that arise within.
As awareness deepens, you’ll begin to sense the rhythm of your own inner landscape and discover how this subtle listening can help you navigate emotional and energetic tension with grace and presence.
During this class, you’ll discover:
- The art of listening beyond hearing — sensing vibration, silence, and stillness
- How sound and breath can regulate the nervous system and calm inner stress
- Techniques for expanding sensory and emotional awareness through mindful listening
- Ways to maintain presence and connection to your body during moments of quiet or intensity
- A crystal bowl sound meditation to cultivate inner clarity and energetic balance
Module 4: Union - Resonance & Relationship as Pathways to Connection and Belonging (2026-03-05 9:00:00 am)
Sound is inherently relational — it connects, harmonizes, and reminds us that we are not separate.
You’ll experience resonance as both metaphor and lived truth — an expression of how vibration unites us with ourselves, each other, and the world around us.
Through interactive listening practices, you’ll learn how to attune to others with empathy and presence — holding energy in a way that invites harmony rather than resistance.
As you listen inward to your intuition and outward to the subtle signals of others, you’ll begin to sense how mindful awareness through sound can nurture compassion, deepen relationships, and restore your sense of belonging in the greater field of life.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- How resonance fosters connection, empathy, and emotional attunement
- Practices for harmonizing and holding energy with others through mindful sound awareness
- Simple ways to bring deep listening and presence into everyday interactions
- A guided crystal bowl sound meditation for setting intention and cultivating compassionate connection
Module 5: Stillness - The Space Between Sound as a Gateway to Healing & Renewal (2026-03-12 9:00:00 am)
Stillness is not the absence of sound, but the fertile space that allows sound — and life — to unfold.
You’ll explore the power of silence and stillness and its function in a sound bath. You’ll notice how the pauses between notes, breath, and thoughts become a living field of integration and recalibration.
Through full-body listening exercises and guided meditations, you’ll learn to rest in this active stillness, discovering its restorative and clarifying potential.
As your system relaxes, you’ll start to welcome stillness as an essential part of creative and spiritual growth — a refuge that you can return to in daily life whenever you need grounding, renewal, or inner calm.
During this session, you’ll experience:
- How stillness supports physical, emotional, and energetic restoration
- Sound-based practices to calm and regulate the nervous system
- The importance of rest and pause in creative and spiritual integration
- Guided crystal bowl meditations to access deep relaxation and balance
- Practical ways to invite moments of stillness into everyday life
Module 6: Expansion - Sound as Energy & Emotion for Freedom and Self-Expression (2026-03-19 9:00:00 am)
When sound moves through you, it carries both energy and emotion — opening pathways for release, alignment, and creative flow.
In this module, you’ll explore the expansive power of your own voice alongside the tones of the crystal singing bowls.
Through toning, humming, and vocal exercises, you’ll experience how sound can liberate emotion, dissolve tension, and connect you to your natural resonance.
Using your voice as a healing tool, you’ll begin to express yourself more freely — accessing the courage, clarity, and joy that arise when you speak or sing from your authentic vibration.
As you expand beyond thought and into resonance, you’ll rediscover sound as a living bridge between energy, emotion, and embodiment.
This week, you’ll discover:
- How gratitude and vocal expression influence emotional and energetic states
- Practices for using your voice and crystal bowls as tools for self-healing and balance
- Techniques for releasing stored emotion through vibration and resonance
- The relationship between sound, energy flow, and expanded awareness
- Guided vocal toning and crystal bowl exercises for empowerment and creative freedom
Module 7: Integration - Living PAUSE in Everyday Life for Lasting Presence & Connection (2026-03-26 9:00:00 am)
In this closing module, you’ll integrate the PAUSE principles into your daily rhythms — bringing the awareness, presence, and balance you’ve cultivated throughout the course into every aspect of your life.
Through reflection, sound practices, and an immersive crystal bowl experience, you’ll revisit each of the PAUSE principles as living tools for mindfulness, creativity, and self-connection — and honor your journey of deep listening and transformation..
Sara will offer you tools for using sound, stillness, mindfulness, and presence to stay grounded in moments of stress, so you can stay attuned in relationship, and open to your own inner wisdom.
As the course comes full circle, you’ll reflect on your growth and set intentions for continued practice — emerging renewed, connected, and resourced to live with steady presence and deep listening.
In this final gathering, you’ll explore:
- How to weave sound and mindfulness into your daily routines and relationships
- Practical tools to support ongoing personal and spiritual growth
- Reflective prompts for deepening awareness and insight beyond the course
- An immersive crystal bowl meditation for closure, renewal, and integration
- Ways to sustain presence, stillness, and embodied connection in everyday life
SPECIAL BONUS OFFER
In addition to Sara Auster’s transformative 7-module course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Guided Breath & Vocal Toning
Audio Practice From Sara Auter
This guided audio practice brings together mindful breathing and simple vocal toning to help you cultivate presence, clarity, and inner resonance. This experience is designed to support emotional regulation, grounding, and a deeper connection with your authentic voice. You can use this practice as a warm-up before meditation or as a standalone ritual to return to center throughout your day.
$50 Discount Off One-on-One Crystal Bowl Consultation
30-Minute Live Video Session With Sara Auster
In this personalized 30-minute session, Sara will curate a set of bowls that reflects your intention and supports your evolving sound-healing practice. With her years of experience and attuned listening, she will guide you through tone, resonance, and quality considerations—ensuring you feel confident and aligned in your investment. This is a supportive and clarifying experience for both new and seasoned practitioners.
15% Discount on Auster Mallet
Discount Code From Sara Auster
Enhance the sensitivity and richness of your sound work with an exclusive 15% discount on the Auster Mallet, designed in collaboration with Dragonfly Percussion. Thoughtfully crafted for clarity, warmth, and ease, this mallet will offer a refined playing experience that supports both beginners and experienced practitioners. This special discount will help you deepen your sound practice with a tool created for precision, expression, and resonance.
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Join the Global Community
Full-Body Listening With Crystal Singing Bowls offers some of the most transformational online teachings available, within a thriving global community of learning and practice.
Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Sara Auster will share in this powerful program.
You’ll join an international community on the leading edge of manifesting a world grounded in the principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven 90-Minute Class Sessions With Sara Auster
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from meditation teacher, and sound therapist Sara Auster — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and will guide you to receive immersive sound journeys and embodied awareness practices that regulate your nervous system and help you return to steadiness, inner spaciousness, and a more grounded way of being.Course sessions are on 2026-02-05 9:00:00 am.
Seven Video Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the video will be available for you to stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the audio will be available for you to stream. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Transcripts of Class Sessions
You’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Seven 30-Minute Interactive Group Practice Sessions
With live class attendance, there will be a 30-minute optional interactive practice session directly following each class. You’ll be placed in an intimate group with several other participants on the Zoom call to interact, share, and do additional practices to help you further integrate the weekly lessons. Practice sessions are not recorded for playback; if you’re unable to attend the live sessions, the online community group allows you to connect with each other and find alternative times to interact.
Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.
Online Community
Our exclusive online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join the Online Course, Full-Body Listening With Crystal Singing Bowls
We feel honored that Sara Auster has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online course. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with a meditation teacher and sound therapist, whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about living with more presence, deeper connection, and a quieter inner rhythm, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind program.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your own evolution, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
Your Satisfaction Is 100% Guaranteed!
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! If you don’t absolutely LOVE Full-Body Listening With Crystal Singing Bowls — or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before February 26, 2026 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.
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About Sara Auster
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Sara Auster is a sound therapist, meditation teacher, author, and creator of the PAUSE app. Her thoughtfully crafted experiences allow sound to be used as a tool to invite meditative states, support self-inquiry, cultivate deep relaxation, and inspire meaningful transformation.
She continues to innovate, building a global community, and expanding the reach of sound baths and sound meditation through the development of the Auster Sound Method, an original methodology that explores how sound and listening transform space — both physically and psychologically — for the purpose of creating connection and healing.
Sara, who conducts certification training in her method internationally, has been invited as guest faculty at Kripalu, Omega Institute, the Sound and Music Institute at the Open Center, and New York University. She also serves on the advisory board of Tibet House US.
Recognized as a top meditation expert by Oprah Daily magazine, Sara has been featured in the The New York Times, Billboard, TIME magazine, and Vogue, and was named one of 50 Innovators Shaping the Future of Wellness by Sonima. She has collaborated on heart-centered partnerships with global organizations like Google, Microsoft, Audible, Apple, Sonos, and Nike, and brought public group sound meditations to cultural institutions like the New York Philharmonic, Palais de Tokyo, Rubin Museum, and MoMA.
Most recently, Sara partnered with the World Health Organization as faculty to create its first Public Health Leadership Course, pioneering ways to make mindfulness and holistic healing practices an integral part of the future of global health. She has also created FDA-approved sound baths and meditations that are offered as a complementary treatment option for people living with migraines. At every opportunity, she continues to invite new audiences into the world of sound therapy.
Sara’s vision is to continue holding space for people from all walks of life to slow down, connect to their senses, and become the architects of their own healing.