Martha Collard

Martha Collard is a gong master who founded Red Doors Studio in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong, a space dedicated to Kundalini yoga, labyrinth walking and meditation gongs. Her route there ran through three decades of management consulting: she became the youngest partner anywhere at TASA, a Swiss executive search firm, and in 1992 started a consultancy of her own. When the Yoga Society of Hong Kong was formed, she became its first chairman.

Her main teacher was Gong Master Don Conreaux. She has also studied voice with Chanara Richmond, overtoning with Mark van Tongeren, integral sound at the Svaram Sound Institute and flumie (friction mallet) playing with Bear Love, as well as singing bowls. Gong trainings at Red Doors are small and hands-on and run in three levels, moving from playing for oneself to leading sessions for others and playing with fellow musicians; she also teaches in New York and around Asia. Online, she teaches gong playing and gong meditation on The Shift Network and offers free livestreams at each New Moon. She has given talks at TEDx Hong Kong and the Global Wellness Summit.