DATES:
11am
21st & 28th NOVEMBER
5th & 19th DECEMBER
Past: 3rd, 10th, 17th &,24th OCTOBER 7th, 14th NOVEMBER
7pm:
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th OCTOBER (31st Oct: Restorative Yoga and Gongs separate listing).
7th, 14th, 21st NOVEMBER (28th Nov: Restorative Yoga and Gongs separate listing).
5th, 12th 19th and 26th SDECEMBER
The Gong Baths run every Sunday and are a beneficial and effective ways to relax, round off the weekend, prepare for the coming week and reach a sense of calm. I encourage people to leave there worries and cares at the door and to focus on themselves, allowing tension to dissipate as they relax into the mat. Gong baths are particularly helpful in dealing with anxiety and can lead to a profound experience. This is often this is difficult to describe without sounding slightly mad! However there is scientific and metaphysical evidence in support of this ancient healing practice.
In the August/September listing I have mentioned what happens to our nervous system during a gong bath. The current opinion of the scientific community is that the use of sound is a valuable tool in the treatment of many conditions, ailments and diseases.
Everything around us is vibrating at a frequency, whether we hear it or not (wifi and all those gadgets we love give off a frequency too).
Bathing in the vibration of the gongs, a sea of sound is created that washes over the body and is very relaxing. In this state we activate the parasympathetic nervous system which balances and calms the over-amped, over-taxed sympathetic nervous .
Humans are approximately 70 percent water and water serves to conduct sound waves. These ripples gently reverberate over, around and through the entire body to calm, relax and soothe. The best way I can describe it is being in a sound balm or a sound massage. Most peoples' heart rate slows, their blood pressure drops and breath is restored to its natural rhythm. The gong induces a holistic resonance in the body and a spontaneous meditative state in the mind, resulting in a sense of expanded awareness and wholeness. This is both restorative and healing. It is just what our bodies need.
Sessions are £15.
There are refreshments afterwards. The underfloor heating is on to ensure that you are warm throughout the session and the 7pm sessions will be in candlelight.
BOOKING: sarahemarten@gmail.com or on the Booking page