Gratitude Gong Sound Journey
Cost: Early Bird Rate until 11/6: *$40, *$45 after. 15% off for auto-pay members. Text Ruby to get the code. A few sliding scale spots are also available as well as a few work exchange positions for set up and take down. Text Ruby if you're interested at 360-447-8778.
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Event Description: Relax, renew, and fill your heart with gratitude with a blissful two-hour yoga, breath, and gong session. There will be Gentle Yoga, light Pranayama (breath work) and a Yoga Nidra or guided relaxation to take you into the extended gong bath journey with 9 planetary gongs, 1 for each chakra, plus the auric field that will take you on a journey of transformation and healing.
Ruby Koa is excited to work with professional gong player and teacher, Wayne Marto from Seattle to create a rich sound journey for you with nine Planetary gongs (listed below). They will be played from opposite sides of the room to give you a feeling of surround sound. The volume of the gong bath meditation may vary and sometimes escalate to support you in resetting your nervous system and to help you release what no longer serves you from your chakras and energy field. A variety of mallets will also be used to bring out the full spectrum of beneficial vibrations and frequencies. Just as a body massage works out tight and knotted muscles, the "sonic massage" of the gongs works out emotional issues that we need to release in order to move forward in life. The listener only has to let go and let the sound of the Gongs do the work. The experience is effortless and the results profound.
While everyone has their own unique experience with sound energy, many have found it to open pathways to relax, quiet the mind, balance energy and release emotional tension that can be stored in the body. Our innate intelligence appears to use this type of sound energy to promote overall well-being and leave the listener feeling tuned and refreshed and at the height of physical and emotional well being.
Metal Tibetan and crystal singing bowls along with various styles of chimes, rain sticks, and ocean drums will also be included in the sounds of the evening.
The gongs used for chakra balancing are Planetary Gongs and are tuned to specific notes and frequencies that correlate to particular planetary bodies and resonate at certain chakras or energy centers.
There will also most likely be one or two intuitive energy workers there to support you in releasing and grounding. The event concludes with tea, sweets, snacks, and community.
About Ruby Koa:
Ruby, founder of Inspire Studio has been teaching yoga in Bellingham since 2009. She offers a variety of classes including various forms of Vinyasa Flow, Gentle Flow, Yin, Restorative, and Kundalini Yoga. Her intention is always to teach from her heart, with an emphasis on accommodating you wherever you're at. Ruby’s aim is to cultivate a sense of community and she loves working with the divine feminine as well as the medium of sound healing. She has crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, a Chau and a Moon Gong. In addition to her Kundalini Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga 200 hr. certifications, she has completed a level 1 & advanced gong training and is now a 500 hour RYT.