We NOW OPEN for retail shopping and sound healing sessions!  Store hours are from 12pm-5pm Thursday thru Sunday.  We are also available by appointment - please text or call for more info: 828-768-2826 

Announcing our NEW Sound Healing Practitioner Certification Program! NOW Available for Online Enrollment!
4 Eagle St, Asheville, NC
(828) 768-2826

Meditation soundscape

The Journey Within | Sound meditation audio track by Billy Zanski | Asheville, NC
Sample

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  • DJEMBES

    DJEMBES

    Our djembe's are from West Africa and all made by hand. Stock changes often, please contact us for current inventory. Good selection at the moment!

  • Crystal Tones Bowls

    Crystal Tones Bowls

    Stock changes often, please contact us for current inventory.

  • Frosted Quartz Bowls

    Frosted Quartz Bowls

    Stock changes often, please contact us for up to date inventory and note selection. Lots of bowls currently in stock!!

  • Handpans

    Handpans

    Current stock changes often. Lots of handpans currently in stock!! Contact us for more details.

  • HAPI Drums

    HAPI Drums

    HAPI tongue drums are made with very high standards and quality precision, and are made to a specific scale / key. Beautiful tone.

  • Digital Downloads

    Digital Downloads

  • Tibetan Singing Bowls

    Tibetan Singing Bowls

    Huge selection of Tibetan singing bowls ranging from 4" - 14". Please contact us for current stock.

  • Frame Drums

    Frame Drums

  • Gongs

    Gongs

    We have a huge variety of gongs in stock currently! Sizes ranging from 10" on up to 40"!

  • Stringed Instruments

    Stringed Instruments

    Please contact us for current stock.

  • Chimes

    Chimes

  • Native Flutes

    Native Flutes

    Lots of flutes are currently in stock from High Spirits, Singing Tree and Zuang flutes! Please contact us for details.

  • xylophones

    xylophones

  • Artwork

    Artwork

    Huichol artwork inventory changes often. Please contact us for current inventory.

  • Shakers / Misc.

    Shakers / Misc.

    There are all kinds of goodies that fall into this category. :) Please contact us for details.

Weekly Events

Sound Meditation

Group Sound Healing Sessions

$28.00
Every Saturday & Sunday, 11:00 AM 
Every Saturday, 6:00 PM

We LOCK THE DOORS at start time, please arrive AT LEAST 20 minutes early to make sure you don't miss the session.  We CANNOT REFUND or RESCHEDULE tickets for ANY REASON.  Children over the age of 10 are welcome; younger ones are welcome at private sessions and our special event kid sessions only.  Thank you for understanding. 

Weekly sound healing sessions are held here at Skinny Beats Sound Shop (4 Eagle St - Asheville, NC). We offer an isolated space separate from the retail shop with extra thick yoga mats, blankets, bolsters and pillows on the floor, to give you a meditative space to clear your mind and relax to our unique soundscapes.

Online reservations are highly recommended. We do accept walk ins, but often we are sold out. 

*Private parties and individual sound healing sessions are available:
Private session: $130 for one person, each additional person, add $35, if 10 or more people, a discount is available. 
Group sessions: contact (828) 768-2826 or info@skinnybeatsdrums.com.

A good option for PARKING is at the ALOFT hotel parking garage.  It's very close and reasonably priced.  On Saturdays and Sundays, the large parking lot at the corner of Eagle and Charlotte is FREE and it's a huge lot that is basically never full.  It's about a 7 minute walk up a hill to our space from that lot.

 

Sound Healing Classes 

$150.00

*NEW* Private sound healing classes
$150/hour or $75 for 30 minutes.- Available for training in how to work with crystal bowls, gongs, didgeridoo, handpans, and more.  Classes are personalized per the student's interests and include a video recording of the class to use for further practicing.  These are stand-alone classes which may be booked for a one time lesson or more.  

Email Billy Zanski, shop owner, to schedule a class or for more info: info@skinnybeatsdrums.com.  Online sign-up for these classes is unavailable.

 

NEW:  Sound Healing Practitioner Certification Program

$498.00

Unlike the individual stand-alone sound healing class option, this program offers students a comprehensive curriculum on the science, theory and practice of sound healing and spans several weeks of study. Completion of this curriculum will include practitioner certification in the field of sound healing.  Offering the flexibility of both in person and/or online training options, students will gain advanced technical training on a broad array of instruments and sound tools as well as expert methods for using them in sound sessions.  Students will also closely study several perspectives on the science and theory of sound healing and how it works on the mind/body to promote wellness.  Areas of study will include  how to play the instruments,  how to use them to create segments and progression, frequency and vibration theories of wellness, how sound works on the biofield, tuning theories and more.

Our Sound Healing Certification Program is taught by expert sound practitioner Billy Zanski.  Billy uses his 20 years of sound experience to teach and train his students with his extensive knowledge base and musical background.  He looks forward to training future practitioners and working together to spread the healing qualities of sound throughout the community.

 

Classes

Sound Healing Classes 

Private sound healing classes:
$150/hour or $75 for 30 minutes. Available for individual training in how to work with crystal bowls, gongs, didgeridoo, handpans, and more.  Classes are personalized per the student's interests and include a video recording of the class to use for further practicing.  These are stand-alone classes which may be booked for a one time lesson or more.  

Email Billy Zanski, shop owner + sound practitioner, to schedule a class or for more info: info@skinnybeatsdrums.com.  Online sign-up for sound healing classes is unavailable.

 

NEW:  Sound Healing Practitioner Certification Program

Unlike the individual stand-alone sound healing class option, this program offers students a comprehensive curriculum on the practice, theory + science of sound healing and spans several weeks of study.  Completion of this curriculum will include practitioner certification in the field of sound healing.  Offering the flexibility of an independent online study with the option to also schedule one-on-one in person/video chat practicum sessions, students will gain advanced technical training on a broad array of instruments + sound tools as well as expert methods for using them in sound sessions. Students will also learn about several perspectives on the science + theory of sound healing and how it works on the mind/body to promote wellness. Areas of study include how to play an array of instruments, how to use them together to create patterning, themes, segments, transitions and progressions in sessions, how sound sessions work on the mind/body through entrainment.

Our Sound Healing Certification Program is taught by expert sound practitioner Billy Zanski.  Billy uses his 20 years of sound experience to teach + train his students with his extensive knowledge base and musical background.  He looks forward to training future practitioners and working together to spread the healing qualities of sound throughout the community.

               Sign up today!



Djembe Classes

$25/person

CURRENT SCHEDULE:
Beginner 1 – Wednesdays 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Classes are one hour in length. You do not need your own drum; we have plenty here!

Djembe is our specialty, and our group classes are fun and easy for beginners. We encourage improvisation and different ways to play drums, making each session unique and engaging! Billy also offers private lessons on many of the instruments sold at Skinny Beats Sound Shop.

Please reserve your spot by signing up online here.  Online sign-ups are non-refundable.  Walk-ins are welcome but advanced online sign-up is recommended in case we are sold out.  Call (828) 768-2826 or email Info@skinnybeatsdrums.com if you have any questions.