Sound Sanctuary (Sonic Sound Bath)

Join vocalist, producer & sound healer STRANGER CAT (Cat Martino) for a uniquely immersive sonic sound bath.

STRANGER CAT has toured internationally ~ now join her for an intimate experience at Villa Celeste in Coconut Grove, a tropical garden outdoor sanctuary from the city! https://www.instagram.com/stranger_cat__/

SPECIAL GUEST REIKI MASTER, Jennifer Garcia, works on the energy of the space and our bodies, offering clearings internal and external https://www.instagram.com/jenniferesthergarcia/

*** BRING A MAT, TOWEL, SHEET OR BLANKET, any warm coverings to lie down comfortably on and keep you warm during lie down meditation. Eye Mask if desired.***

REGISTRATION & EXCHANGE:$33-88 Your contribution allows me to continue my work, provide the space and learning, pay back my instruments and training, time promoting and building the event, and those who can offer more can cover those who cannot.

You may email or text me to register to avoid Eventbrite Fees (I prefer too:)!

ZELLE: 646-552-1590 / VENMO: @cat-martino

{Please email, DM, or text to inquire about volunteer assistance opportunities or sliding scale if in need, as finances will not stand in the way of our beautiful work and gathering together}

AGENDA:

Doors 7:15 pm

• Arrive place mats, community hang out and hellos, mediate or journal
• Optional high quality Psychedlic Mushrooms available coming early to support your sound healing journey ($50/chocolate bar, $20/microdose which can be split into 2)

7:30-8pm

• Class begins promptly
• Breathwork
• Vocal Activation and Toning
• Slow Flo Movement with Yoga Asana Stretch and Body Awareness

8:30-9pm

• Sonic Sound Bath with deep Yoga Nidra(Yoga Nidra is a lie down body scan meditation with intention setting that will release and nourish many layers ~ while Stranger Cat creates sonic sound loops of voice, singing bowls, synths, binaural beats and more!)
• Experience Reiki Helain during Sonic Sound Bath

9-9:30pm

• Closing Meditation
• sharing reflections around the fire
• community hang out in yard or depart.

DIRECTIONS: You will receive exact address after registering in confirmation email! SW 26th & SW 32nd St. in Coconut Grove (Silver Bluff, Coral Gables adjacent)

*** Please enter through driveway to backyard gate to the right of yellow house, walk over white board, then close gate (gentle sweet dog lives on premises, will be in house during class:) ***

PARKING - You may park in the long driveway, in between trees, or in front of house to left if you are facing yellow house! Use of neighbors front space generally is ok.

* Great parking at Douglass Park, 8-10 min walk! *

COME AS YOU ARE! / NO JUDGEMENT / NO HATRED / JUST HEALING, LOVE, EXPLORATION & FUN! <3

*** WE AT VILLA CELESTE ARE BUILDING A CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY & SET INENTION TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE ***

STRANGER CAT BIOGRAPHY

Stranger Cat (multi-media artist Cat Martino) is a Vocalist, Producer, Composer, Dancer, Light Sculpture Creator, Video Maker and Sound Healer. The frequent collaborator with Sufjan Stevens (from Coachella to the Sydney Opera House), Cat has also recorded and toured internationally with Sharon Van Etten, The Shins (on Saturday Night Live), and Richard Swift to name a few. Marked by Martino's velvet croon, signature vocal looping, and a production style that is electronic and organic, Stranger Cat delivers a range of intricate and soulful experimental art pop. She was awarded NYFA Women's Grant (2020) & NYC City Corps Grant (2021). Her voice and songwriting at the center, she is surrounded by keyboards, looping pedals, samples from city and nature sounds, and a multi-media live show including self-made crystalline light sculptures made from sustainable, found materials and her experimental dance videos, to yield a full sensory performance experience.

Stranger Cat's debut album In the Wilderness was released on Joyful Noise Records, and NPR cites her work "Pairs high-energy production with soaring vocals that sound like a dare to be free", and Noisey says she "Hangs in a starry galaxy alongside Kate Bush and Purity Ring".

Stranger Cat creates light and sound installations that transport one out of the ordinary world into daydream, fantasy, breath and imagination. She also offers Sonic Sound Baths, using live looped vocals, her original beats, singing bowls and other organic instruments, synths and more, as the YIN side to her higher energy electronic pop. As an experienced Yoga Teacher, she enjoys sharing the power of healing through sound, merged with the chromo therapy visual aspect of her light sculptures.

Not to mention, she will DJ your next event and keep the people bumpin! Her work with choirs and site-specific performance expand her palette to territories inspired by Meredith Monk and Pauline Oliveros. And she teaches inner city kids to make beats and music production, giving frequent Master Classes to students via www.buildingbeats.org ~ who's mission to educate the next generation in music production and provide education and technology access inclusive to all youth despite race or class, is a passion close to her heart and vision.

Host or Publisher Stranger Cat