Sonic Yogi

Sonic Yogi is the working name of Jonathan Adams, a classically trained musician based in Atlanta, Georgia, who turned to singing bowls and simple tones during a difficult personal period and found that they helped him settle. He began recording these sounds and giving them away online, and over the following decade the tracks have been played many millions of times on YouTube, streaming services and meditation apps. Alongside Tibetan and crystal bowls he plays fretless guitar, Native American flute and gong, often drawing on the mood of Indian ragas.

His teaching centres on how rhythm, frequency and breath can lead the mind into stillness and deeper meditation. He has spoken about sound and meditation at TEDx and at the MindBody conference, and in the Atlanta area he leads live sound meditations, plays for yoga classes and offers one-to-one sound sessions. On YouTube he mixes long sound journeys with short explainers on instruments, entrainment and setting up audio for sound work, and on his own site a pay-what-you-want membership opens up guided meditations, rhythmic breathing practices, talks and two audio courses.