COMMUNITY LIMPIA AND SOUND BATH
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"Music as Medicine" conjures the powerful idea that music can heal, soothe, and elevate our well-being. Rooted in ancient healing practices and modern sound therapy techniques, sound baths are a form of therapeutic or healing music that utilizes various sound frequencies and vibrations to induce a state of deep relaxation and promote wellness.
The experience of a soundbath is immersive, with instruments such as crystal singing bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, chimes, drums, and other resonant objects are played in a meditative and intentional manner. Participants can lie down or sit comfortably in a relaxed position. As the sounds wash over them, the vibrations resonate with the body's own energy centers, or chakras, helping to release tension, alleviate stress, and restore balance to the mind, body, and spirit.
Soundbaths reduce anxiety, improve sleep quality, enhance creativity, and facilitate deeper states of meditation. Soundbaths also can support physical healing processes by promoting circulation, reducing inflammation, and boosting the immune system.
“I often get sensations of profound relaxation, heightened awareness, and a feeling of being enveloped in a cocoon of sound. I experience a sense of inner peace, clarity, and emotional release during and after a soundbath session”.
Overall, soundbath music is seen as not only a form of musical entertainment but also a powerful tool for self-care, personal growth, and holistic healing.
Join us as we kick off the Music As Medicine Festival with potent offerings from Jnana Gowan & Regina Wells. Together they join forces to offer deep healing. Regina, through embodiment & breath; and Jnana, sacred-sound-scapes & shamanic instruments.These sisters recruit the assistance of our ancestors to guide us to deeper healing. By combining their talents with this ancient support balance occurs through body wisdom, and a shamanic cleansing ritual, also known as limpias.
FREE!
This Music as Medicine event holds the promise of deep release so you can receive healing for yourself & your community.
Please arrive 15 minutes early for a sound bath orientation (5:45, 6:45, 7:45 pm) promptly participate in the Music As Medicine Ceremonial kick off with Jnana & Regina.
All Sessions are FULL.
SOUND BATH COMPOSERS
Jnana Gowan
Jnana Gowan skillfully composes soundscape experiences for both individual & group settings. Through shamanic guidance these compositions support profound internal shifts that instigate healing on many levels.
Founder of Balance Point Shamanism, Jnana is a shamanic practitioner, Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, ceremonialist and teacher in the healing arts.
Her background of yoga, Reiki, Peruvian shamanism & other spiritual practices inform and support her sound & healing sessions. She offers a shamanic apprenticeship program both virtually and in person in the East Bay, infusing her work with a grounded insight and a strong dose of humor - both necessary for navigating these rapidly changing times.
To know more about Jnana & her work: www.balancepointshamanism.com
Regina Wells
Regina Wells CMT, RMP AKA Rashida Oji is a Singer and Healing Arts Practitioner. She is a California Certified Massage Therapist as well as a Rosen Method Movement and Bodywork Professional. Musically, she performed with Rashida Oji and Middle Passage, with Linda Tillery and The Cultural Heritage Choir as well as with The Just Now Band.
She has been teaching Mindfulness through Movement, among other courses, as an Activity Therapist for Kaiser Oakland's Addiction Medicine Recovery Services since 2016 and offering Rosen Method Movement and Bodywork from 2003-2015.
Regina/Rashida's current vision is to further community-building works via Drum and Sound Circles. Her original music can be found here:
