Aerial yoga and Gongbath workshop

Aerial Yoga

Aerial Yoga improves flexibility, balance and blood flow. It also decompresses your spine and joints making you more mobile. It strengthens supporting muscles making it a great workout for injury prevention. It’s also particularly beneficial if you suffer from back pain, as it stretches out the vertebrae.

Beginner and experienced friendly class, we will begin with 1 hour of yoga sequences using the hammocks.

Gongbath

Retune mind, body and breath in Savasana(Sanskrit for corpse pose), the final resting pose of most yoga routines, meant to unwind the mind and body into deep relaxation. This state of rest allows our whole body to adjust to and integrate the benefits of the previous yoga poses, relaxing to the soothing sound of the GONG... with medicinal and purifying incense to engage your senses.

You will leave feeling balanced and re-energised.

The gong resonates, at 432 Hz which is backed by science showing to help lower stress levels and is known for its deeply calming and soothing effects.

Sound meditation is beneficial for

• Creators'/writers block
• Emotional/energetic blocks
• Pain management
• Relational issues
• Stress/ Burnout
• Personal/ spiritual development

Some experiences during soundsbaths include:

Synesthesia - the merging of two or more of the senses, being able to taste colours, hear shapes etc

Altered states of consciousness - The frequency of the gongs are able to alter our brainwave state, via entrainment, which brings our breathing and heart rate in sync with the gong. Our body temperature naturally lowers and our brainwaves move from beta (alert thinking) to alpha (day dreaming), theta and delta ( deep meditative states), which can result in experiening an altered state of consciousness, accessing the subconscious mind and our dreams.

Increased creative and intuitive thoughts - As our brainwave state merges with the frequency of the gongs, our left side of the brain (logic and analysis) quietens down, as the soundwaves are too complex for this side of the brain to analyse and compartmentalise. The right side of the brain (creative and intuitive) awakens, this is where we can experience epiphanies and access our creativity/imagination, dreams and come up with new ideas and solutions.

Emotional/energetic releases - The healing frequencies produced by the gong can bring up un expressed/acknowledged emotions and feelings to the surface that we may have repressed and not processed. Which may be experienced as the feeling of tearfulness or emotional intensity. This is nothing to be alarmed about, and not something to expect during a gong bath, but rather to be aware of that if it does, to:

1. Be kind and gentle to yourself and bring your attention back to the breath

2. Allow the emotion to move through you, observe it without judgement, identification or attachment, remembering -

' I am experiencing....this emotion' and not ' I am the emotion'

It is our judgement and non-acceptance of emotions that causes the dissonance.

Emotions are energy in motion and just want to be witnessed and integrated as part of the human experience.

When we acknowledge, allow and accept whatever comes up for us, it is then integrated and its intensity released and dissipates.

FAQs

CAUTIONS and CONTRAINDICATIONS

Although Sound Healing is very therapeutic and relaxing, there are some conditions one should be aware of, when either cautions should be exercised or possibly a total contraindication.

(If you have any major concerns, please consult you GP before attending.)

If you have any queries about any of the following, please message before booking a ticket:

• Advanced stages of cancer
• First Trimester of Pregnancy contraindicated and thereafter if at risk, otherwise ok to receive
• Epilepsy
• Meniere's Disease
• Those who have pacemakers fitted unless with doctor's approval.
• Tinnitus – the sounds may aggravate existing tinnitus, although many tinnitus sufferers attend a gong bath without any adverse effects (caution only)
• Recent Hip/Joint Operations, Metal Implants (we have found that if the implants have been in situ for a number of years it is rare to experience any problems).
• Severe Osteoporosis
• Severe Mental Health Illnesses

PLEASE NOTE:

*Hammocks can hold up to maximum of 180kg only*

*Please do not wear sharp jewellery or clothing that may rip the fabric of the hammock*

This 2 hour session will be at:

Body Barre, Manchester

Address: 2nd Floor, 35-37, Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA

PLEASE Note: There are no lifts available

What can/should I bring to the event?

Please bring water/ drink to keep hydrated. (Toilets are available)

Please wear warm, comfortable loose clothing

If you would like to bring a blanket for extra comfort please do.

Please arrive 15 minutes or so before the start time to give yourself time to settle.

Any issues please get in touch.

Host or Publisher Soundbathcircle