'We are moving, we are going forward'
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
Musician and sound healing artist,
I am committed to promoting the gong, drums, dance and ceremony as a means of enhancing, enriching and transforming life.
Core Activities
Gong Baths, All night Gong Puja Ceremony, Active Gong Bath.
Training in aspects of ‘The Way Of The Gong’
Trance Dance Ceremony Facilitator.
Chanting and drumming.
Music creation and release. Both songs and music for meditation.
A meditation to download and enjoy
The track is called ‘Opening/Surrender/keepDreaming’.
Listen too it lying down or better still standing and moving with eyes closed and then sit at the end and alow for stillness and silence.
Do you ever feel like you are going around in circles? Perhaps there is an obstacle or issue of yours which you thought or hoped you had dealt with then months or years later, around it comes again. ‘Not this again’ you cry perhaps even wishing this was not a part of you and that you where someone, something or somewhere else.
but
take heart dear friend
because
life doesn’t deal in circles but rather
spirals
we are forever spiralling upward and outward.
so look for the newness. There is something more here to be learnt, mined, enjoyed.
newness, novelety, creativity
is the mantra of the cosmos
this gives me a lift
A LITTLE GONG PHILOSOPHY.
It is said that the Sound of the gong is the sound of Aum. The sound of creation itself. The sound that gave birth to all matter. The complex sonic geometry of the gong is the song of the whole. The dance of the different frequency and waves is the dance of the relationship of all things. It contains within it information of how one thing relates to another thing, relates to another thing………When we bathe in the sounds of the gong we are simultaneously reminded of the whole and of our place within it; how we relate to all things. We are brought to a place of holistic resonance. That is to say a resonant wholeness of our being within the resounding being of the whole.
A Short Music for Meditation piece
Close your eyes and Go Inside
no peaking now!
and
Breath deeply
Have Gongs, Will Travel……….when permitted of course!!!!!!!!!!!
open to invitations
In the spirit of ‘have gongs will travel’, I am open to all and every invitations. for gong baths, concerts, training/workshops, ceremonial music magic, collaborations. There is no blueprint. I love working with others to see what we can concoct.
you can contact me here
I often get asked where to get high quality Sound Healing Instruments, so here are a few useful links.
Paiste, Meinl, and Broder Oetkin undoubtedly make fine gongs, however I have a soft spot for the wonderful gongs of Rolf Nitsch at Gongland. He is a true master maker.
Matt at Gong Master Stands makes a good stand and the service is impeccable, however Tim and Aidan’s Global Gong Stand is unparalleled. These stands are awesome in every way.
Stefen at Shrutibox.co.uk makes a lovely instrument. So good I have got two! You can even get it fitted with a foot pedal so your hands are free for guitar, flute or any other instrument that takes your fancy.
Sound Travels is an amazing store. A virtual aladins’s cave of sound making instruments.
Aidan at Sounding Shells collects and prepares Conch shells with a passion. His shed is Conch Heaven.
so to recap.
Gongs - Gongland
Stands - Global Gong Stand
Shruti - Shrutibox.co.uk
everything! - Sound Travels
Counch - Sounding Shells