MOONCHILD

Our dear pussycat Pi is getting indeed weaker each day, she is now 16 years old...

We love her sweet and gentle nature and she has always been a polite little lady ...

Now she is old and weak and, although still eating, very little, and drinking water, she loves her cuddles, but she also retreats for hours under the sofa and is getting quieter each day...her back legs weak and she is struggling...very thin now...

we feel she hasn't got long now...
sweetie Pie

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

NOURISH your BODY, MIND, HEART & SPIRIT

A workshop we all need at this time of the year in preparation for our Spring detox...

Come along; we will explore with us, share and inspire us.

NOURISH your BODY, MIND, HEART & SPIRIT

Yoga
Relaxation
Meditation
Connection
Macrobiotics

and much more

Sunday 8th February

11 am to 3pm

£22
only advance bookings, please, by 31st January
this event is child free!

Church of Ascension Dartmouth Row
(12 minutes from Greenwich Park)

to book contact Susannah Andrews through private message, please

We will be reminded of the connection between mind and body through gentle yoga practice and yoga nidra;
Yoga nidra, lucid sleeping is among the deepest possible states of deep relaxation while still maintaining full consciousness.

Chrissie is an experienced teacher and offers modifications and variations of Asana (poses) to meet the individual needs of students. Those with Yoga experience will have the opportunity to deepen and broaden their practice. Please wear comfortable clothing.

http://www.colchesterbuddhistcentre.com/yoga/

About Chrissie Joy, yoga teacher, in her own words:
I discovered the practice of yoga eight years ago whilst staying in an Indian Ashram (a spiritual abode and place of study). Here I experienced community living, began learning meditation and developed a regular yoga practice. I continued to practice when I returned home and completed a British Wheel of Yoga foundation course with Elaine Fletcher in 2007.

My dedication to yoga grew and I completed a 3 year British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Training Diploma with Charlotte Prud'homme. Since 2011 and whilst studying, I have been teaching regular yoga classes alongside working as an art teacher. I am also qualified in holistic therapies.

In order to continually develop my awareness of and competence in Yoga I regularly attend workshops and retreats with experienced and internationally respected Yoga teachers. In this way I aim to continually improve and enrich the experience I am able to offer my students. To compliment my Yoga practice I also regularly attend meditation retreats with the Triratna Buddhist Community and have attended Vipassana ( a 10 day silent meditation discourse).

Susannah Andrews has been exploring macrobiotics for years and run many workshops about nutrition, cookery and inspired many people.

Reclaim food as sacred medicine. There is an innate connection between food, the health of your body, and your emotional, mental and spiritual well-being.
In the ancient ways, everything that goes in and on your body is ‘medicine’ – intended to bring healing, vital energy and abundant nourishment. Following the wise ways of our ancestors, true nourishment brings freedom from modern-day struggles with stress, fatigue, addictions, food allergies, and imbalances with eating patterns, energy levels and body image.

Aim for balance, understand the connection between food,movement, energy and the sacred in our lives...

Susannah is a trained early years practitioner with 12 years experience with running groups, coaching and running talks. She works as a one to one and group coach.
Susannah also says:
I am lucky that my attitude towards health and nutrition is a healthy one, coming from Italian background...cooking everything fresh, with the most natural and genuine ingredients, cooking as they say here, from scratch!
I am lucky and deeply grateful that my sense of taste and smell makes me only want to have these things and my body naturally refuses junk. This sounds terribly pretentious and snobby but it is part of who I am and how I was brought up...I am thankful for my body and my mind for this and my spirit is thanking me too!

Intermezzo:

The Simple Pleasures I cannot live without (and which I am deeply grateful for)

The smell of fresh herbs, the earth, the sea, flowers, especially roses, lavender and jasmine,
fresh food and especially vegetables freshly picked or fruit...
the sky, the sunrise and the sunset
the moon and the stars
a wool blanket
a nice warm cardigan
my hair
a smile, especially my daughter's smile
children's laughter
a cup of tea or even better a hot pot of tea and my favourite mug
music for my ears
the song of birds
a beautiful voice singing a beautiful song
the sound of the sea
the sound of the rain and the wind through the trees
trees
the park and especially Greenwich park
any green space
walking and especially walking through green area and spaces
my cat
my house
my window seat
the warmth of people
a good joke
a good story
a good book
nice paper and a good pen
my hot chocolate (rice dream, honey and organinc cocoa)
a dark chocolate truffle from Montezuma or Booja Booja
a nice photograph
a nice painting
a Japanese garden
a good stretch when I do Yoga
waiting for my pea and veg soup to be ready!

Above all: my husband

I can go on and on but I will stop here...

I really believe that if I am aiming towards balance and try to cleanse as much on the inside, my soul is also more aware and receptive, my intuition and my senses more open and can receive more from the purest and higher energies...the Earth energies, the Moon and Celestial energies and the guiding Spirits...

So, there is a lot to say about
NOURISHMENT FOR BODY, MIND, HEART & SPIRIT
Reclaim food as sacred medicine. There is an innate connection between food, the health of your body, and your emotional, mental and spiritual well-being.
In the ancient ways, everything that goes in and on your body is ‘medicine’ – intended to bring healing, vital energy and abundant nourishment. Following the wise ways of our ancestors, true nourishment brings freedom from modern-day struggles with stress, fatigue, addictions, food allergies, and imbalances with eating patterns, energy levels and body image.

I do have a lot of work to do, I know...I have to work on my body, my attitude,I need to be conscious and aware, and I think this is very important; to be able to stay tuned into my needs and remind myself of what I am doing and why.

So here I write a list of what I am grateful for:

I give thanks

Thank you body for supporting me
and thank you mind for supporting my body
Thank you for being created and in return I thank you for giving me the chance to look after myself
Thank you for my loving husband and beautiful and healthy daughter
Thank you for all my friends and family who love me and are there for me.
Thank you to Mother Earth, and all the things I see each day, all the beauty, but also the bad things that make me see the dark side, so that when I see the bright side is even brighter!
For my body and all my organs
My senses
All the things I am able to do and think and make as I do take them for granted and I should not...
Thank you for my food
Thank you for my cosy home
Thank you for my job, which I love
Thank you in general for my good life
For the simple pleasures, and for the bigger pleasures
For all the things I have and the things I would have but choose not to have
for being aware of my limits and needs, yet for liking new challenges in this life
For the children that are part of my life and their parents with whom I weave the blanket of love and cherish each moment!
Thank you for each day and night
For being alive
For being able to say thank you!
Thank you my loving Angels and guiding spirits
Thank you to the Love and healing energies
and the ultimate Divine Love.

Susannah x

Sunday, 2 November 2014

Opening Spaces; Bodywork, Movement and Dance Improvisation; Seasonal Healing through Macrobiotics

Balance body, emotions with the autumn seasonal rhythms, deal with inner soul conflicts, find new energy.

Movement, bodywork/ dance and energy workshop and

nutrition and healthy cookery workshop.

Improve your health, detox, renew.

Sunday 9th November

£11 per person, bookings in advance, by the 5th November, please
£15 last minute drop in
Adults only

Please RSVP for it is a bookings only event. There are only a few spaces left! Very popular!

Opening Spaces
Bodywork, Movement and Dance Improvisation

This session aims to be nurture and deepen the connection with our bodies and our selves.
In a safe environment we will be working on our own,with partners and the whole group.
We will inquire gentle touch to bring awareness to the space inside the body,

explore folding and unfolding movements with the intention to release held tension and open space inside us for new possibilities.
This session is open to all willing to explore.
No previous experience necessary. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat or blanket if available.

Dagmara Bilon is a qualified dance movement therapist and artist.
She currently works with The Purple Ladies, a women led performance collective who are dedicated to bring creative workshops,performances and art events to various communities.
She has two children at the Greenwich Steiner school and in the recent past has worked as a facilitator at Acorn parent and child groups.

Seasonal Healing through Macrobiotics is one of the best ways to remind ourselves that it is time to evaluate our health.

Our moods and bodies change as the seasons change.

Through observing from our past cultures we are learning how to harmonize our bodies with the world around us.

By altering our lifestyle with the change in the seasons, we may be able to live longer, healthier lives.

It's a time of Harvest when we gather the colourful fruits and vegetables for winter storage.
The healing energies of Autumn time teach us how to keep in harmony with nature,

being in tune with our bodies and our inner needs should promote a healthy detox and prepare us for the damp and cold season ahead.

Our food choices should be warmer and nourish your body.

Reprogramming the way we eat can help us to maintain energy, balance blood sugar levels and keep our bodies running at optimum health.

Let's remind our bodies and souls how to listen to Mother Earth and make us stronger and more energized.

Susannah Andrews has been working with adults and children for at least 15 years inspiring, sharing, teaching, supporting and guiding everyone towards

a more wholesome lifestyle. Her passion is contagious, beware!
More about Susannah on her Facebook pages here.

https://www.facebook.com/susannah.andrews.5

Saturday, 11 October 2014

Autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

From the Autumn Equinox up to Winter Solstice.

Day and night are equal once more as the God prepares to travel toward renewal and rebirth from the Goddess. Mabon, a Welsh son of the Divine Mother, was captured as a child and taken to the Otherworld. He was ultimately rescued and this sun festival celebrates the second harvest (or second chance).

Autumn is a season of shadows and a time of waning light, but it is also a season of abundance, giving thanks and harvest.
Traditions from this season include traditional walks through wilderness or fields, gathering dried plants to be used for decorating or future herbal decoctions. The altar can be adorn with acorns, pine cones, corn stalks, and various colored Fall leaves.

This is the time for completion of tasks, the act of forgiving and the fruition of long-term goals. Celebrated all over the world.

Day and night times gradually change, the nights will be longer...in a way; the days become shorter, we will experience more darkness...

Autumn is a time to take a good look at our health and our lifestyle. Start by looking at the life around you. Are you living in chaos? Is your home in a shambles? Is there clutter everywhere?

Now we enter new rhythms and routines,with the challenge of balancing time for work and rest.

It's time to:
Balance body, emotions with the autumn seasonal rhythms, deal with inner soul conflicts, find new energy.

Improve your health, detox, renew.

It's a time of Harvest when we gather the colourful fruits and vegetables for winter storage.
The healing energies of Autumn time teach us how to keep in harmony with nature, being in tune with our bodies and our inner needs should promote a healthy detox and prepare us for the damp and cold season ahead.

Our food choices should be warmer and nourish your body. Reprogramming the way we eat can help us to maintain energy, balance blood sugar levels and keep our bodies running at optimum health.

Let's remind our bodies and souls how to listen to Mother Earth and make us stronger and more energized.

Harvest, gathering fruits and vegetables.
Gather your energies ready for the colder season.

As an expression in nature, this is the time when crops are harvested. Leaves are changing to brilliant colors as they float gently to the ground. Gathering and elimination are the traits of this season and can be seen in nature as well as human health. You may want to consider starting with a good gathering and elimination session.

One of the most important areas of macrobiotic science is the division of life into five elements: fire, earth, metal, water, and wood. Each of those elements has a corresponding season, with its attributes and foods. What follows is a basic summary of how the elements translate into our Western calendar, and how to make food choices that are particularly nourishing for our bodies during any time of year.

Metal: Autumn, from Sept 21 to the winter solstice of December 21

During the fall a downward shift occurs; the light lessens, days grow shorter, and energy descends back into the earth for the dormant cycle. Leaves fall from the trees, the last fruits ripen, and life energy contracts. The color of the metal element is white, its flavor is spicy or volatile, and the associated organs are lung and large intestine. The hours for lungs are 3 to 5 a.m.; large intestine is 5 to 7 a.m.

Foods that enhance the metal element:

Grain: White, brown, and sweet rice, mochi

Vegetables: cauliflower, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, celery, daikon radish, onions, watercress, mustard and turnip greens, turnips, garlic, cucumber, leeks

Beans and Pulses: white beans

Fruits: Banana, pear, apples

Fish: Bass, snapper, cod, haddock, herring, flounder, sole, halibut

Herbs and Seasonings: dill, fennel, thyme, ginger root, horseradish, cinnamon, cayenne, basil, and rosemary

Macro-waves

Macro, meaning big and waves...nothing really scientific! I want to send my own waves, waves of my brain thinking, and my waves of love to you all...BIG waves...
want to make my own Earthquakes/hurricanes and Tsunamis...sending you my BIG thoughts
Food for thoughts...

Macrobiotics, my way of life, my approach to eating, sleeping, living

I am for slow living, meaningful living, appreciation of nature and all things beautiful, slow and natural
Cooking with love, respecting the seasons and the style of cooking depending on lifestyle, activities, personality...body type and individual needs

It is so clever.
it is so simple

A lot more about Macrobiotics in my future posts.

Meanwhile, I would like to share this with you. read below.

An extract from: https://www.minds.com/

The danger of microwaves

I never had one or wished to purchase one...unfortunately I have used a few and in a short period of my life about a year or two had to work in a kitchen as a chef with three microwaves ovens near me.
I had to use them to mainly heat up things, occasionally cook with them.
During that period I experience very poor health, with strange symptoms similar to ME.
I used to cycle to work and back and be so fatigued and feeling muscular/nerve pains throughout my body, especially, in my hands and arms.
Only after severe fatigue and low immune system symptoms I went to have tests done and discovered ...apart from a few intolerances of foods I knew already, that I had symptoms of being affected seriously by electromagnetic energies and microwaves ...
suggestions were, drinking a special ionized water...rest, using crystals (but they had to be massive to counteract the effects of the microwaves...) or, leave the job! I did a bit of all and immediately gave notice.
Went for a period of rest...
Incidentally I was trying to conceive, my first pregnancy was not healthy and ended up in miscarriage...I am only wondering now if that could have been one of the causes...

people with microwaves, it it not worth it...
What is the hurry? Put the kettle on, have a cuppa, put the food in a lovely pot and slow cook...it is worth the wait...lots of things you can do whilst cooking, a shower/batch, read a book...ring a friend...(if you have an aga...well...sleep)

Love,
Susannah

read on: ( from https://www.minds.com/)

Are microwaves a benign bastion of convenience or a sinister contributor to biological and nutritional damage? A growing percentage of people are now heeding the advice of holistic health experts and disposing of their microwaves due to the dangers of microwaved food. Regardless of where you stand, humans are the only animals on the planet who destroy the nutritional value of their food before eating it, and the use of microwaves is no exception.

Microwaves are a source of electromagnetic energy (a form of nonionizing form of radiation) electronically generated. When penetrating the aliments, they trigger an inner rotation of the water molecules inside the food. This rotation triggers a friction between the molecules and the result is a rapid growth in temperature.

Microwaves use super-fast particles to literally radiate the contents of water inside food and bring it to boil. Not only has microwave use been linked to causing infertility in men, but it also denatures many of the essential proteins in the food making them virtually indigestible.

Most animals will only consume food in its natural, unprocessed state, but humans actually go out of their way to render food nutritionally worthless before eating it. Think about all the prepackaged and processed foods we purchase and consume annually. It's no wonder the state of our health is in dire straits.

Microwave ovens work physically, biochemically and physiologically, producing ions and various free radicals, which destroy viruses and bacteria, but not toxins and microtoxins. The experts have concluded that food cooked in microwaves loses between 60% and 90% of its vital energy and, at the same time, the structural disintegration processes accelerates. Also, the nutrient substances are altered, leading to digestive diseases. These microwaves can increase both the number of cancerous cells in blood and the number of stomach and intestinal cancerous cells.

Microwaves leaking radiation is a serious issue. Serious enough for the FDA to set legal limits on the leakage permitted by every microwave manufacturer. However, the only way to completely eliminate the radiation dangers associated with microwaves is not to use one. Microwave radiation has been known to cause cataracts, birth defects, cancer and other serious illnesses.

Because of these causes the microwave ovens were banned in the Soviet Union in 1976. Soviet scientists found that the microwave exposure decreases the ability of some vitamins to by absorbed by the human body, dramatically accelerates the structural disintegration of all foods and reduces the metabolic stress of the alkaloids, glycosides and galactoses.

In 1991, the Swiss Doctor Hans Ulrich Hertel made a study that demonstrated that cooking or heating food presents much greater risks for health than the traditionally cooked food. He found that people who ate microwave prepared food recorded losses in the hemoglobines and lymphoites.

In 2003, a Spanish governmental study elaborated in Murcia demonstrated that the vegetables and fruits cooked in a microwave lost a percentage of 97% of the substances that contribute to reducing the incidence of coronary heart diseases.

In Dr. Lita Lee's book, Health Effects of Microwave Radiation -- Microwave Ovens, and in the March and September 1991 issues of Earthletter, she stated that every microwave oven leaks electro-magnetic radiation, harms food, and converts substances cooked in it to dangerous organ-toxic and carcinogenic products.

In Comparative Study of Food Prepared Conventionally and in the Microwave Oven, published by Raum & Zelt in 1992, at 3(2): 43, it states:

"Artificially produced microwaves, including those in ovens, are produced from alternating current and force a billion or more polarity reversals per second in every food molecule they hit. Production of unnatural molecules is inevitable. Naturally occurring amino acids have been observed to undergo isomeric changes (changes in shape morphing) as well as transformation into toxic forms, under the impact of microwaves produced in ovens."

There are no atoms, molecules or cells of any organic system able to withstand such a violent, destructive power for any extended period of time, not even in the low energy range of milliwatts. Microwaves quickly destroy the delicate molecules of vitamins and phytonutrients (plant medicines) naturally found in foods. One study showed that microwaving vegetables destroys up to 97% of the nutritional content (vitamins and other plant-based nutrients that prevent disease, boost immune function and enhance health).

Dr. Hertel was the first scientist to conceive and carry out a quality clinical study on the effects microwaved nutrients have on the blood and physiology of the human body. His small but well controlled study showed the degenerative force produced in microwave ovens and the food processed in them. The scientific conclusion showed that microwave cooking changed the nutrients in the food; and, changes took place in the participants' blood that could cause deterioration in the human system. Hertel's scientific study was done along with Dr. Bernard H. Blanc of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the University Institute for Biochemistry.

12 Enumerated Effects of Microwaves1. A breakdown of the human “life-energy field” in those who were exposed to microwave ovens while in operation, with side-effects to the human energy field of increasingly longer duration;

2. A degeneration of the cellular voltage parallels during the process of using the apparatus, especially in the blood and lymphatic areas;

3. A degeneration and destabilization of the external energy activated potentials of food utilization within the processes of human metabolism;

4. A degeneration and destabilization of internal cellular membrane potentials while transferring catabolic [metabolic breakdown] processes into the blood serum from the digestive process;

5. Degeneration and circuit breakdowns of electrical nerve impulses within the junction potentials of the cerebrum [the front portion of the brain where thought and higher functions reside];

6. A degeneration and breakdown of nerve electrical circuits and loss of energy field symmetry in the neuroplexuses [nerve centers] both in the front and the rear of the central and autonomic nervous systems;

7. Loss of balance and circuiting of the bioelectric strengths within the ascending reticular activating system [the system which controls the function of consciousness];

8. A long term cumulative loss of vital energies within humans, animals and plants that were located within a 500-meter radius of the operational equipment;

9. Long lasting residual effects of magnetic “deposits” were located throughout the nervous system and lymphatic system;

10. A destabilization and interruption in the production of hormones and maintenance of hormonal balance in males and females;

11. Markedly higher levels of brainwave disturbance in the alpha, theta, and delta wave signal patterns of persons exposed to microwave emission fields, and;

12. Because of this brainwave disturbance, negative psychological effects were noted, including loss of memory, loss of ability to concentrate, suppressed emotional threshold, deceleration of intellective processes, and interruptive sleep episodes in a statistically higher percentage of individuals subjected to continual range emissive field effects of microwave apparatus, either in cooking apparatus or in transmission stations.

Take a look around you at every person that still uses a microwave. The largest majority are unhealthy and overweight. The more you use the microwave, the worse your nutritional state gets, and the more likely you are to be diagnosed with various diseases and put on pharmaceuticals which, of course, will create other health problems that lead to a grand spiraling nosedive of health.

Of all the natural substances -- which are polar -- the oxygen of water molecules reacts most sensitively. This is how microwave cooking heat is generated -- friction from this violence in water molecules. Structures of molecules are torn apart, molecules are forcefully deformed, called structural isomerism, and thus become impaired in quality. This is contrary to conventional heating of food where heat transfers convectionally from without to within. Cooking by microwaves begins within the cells and molecules where water is present and where the energy is transformed into frictional heat.

The following is a summary of the Russian investigations published by the Atlantis Raising Educational Center in Portland, Oregon:

- Microwaving prepared meats sufficiently to insure sanitary ingestion caused formation of d-Nitrosodienthanolamines, a well-known carcinogen.

- Microwaving milk and cereal grains converted some of their amino acids into carcinogens.

- Thawing frozen fruits converted their glucoside and galactoside containing fractions into carcinogenic substances.

- Extremely short exposure of raw, cooked or frozen vegetables converted their plant alkaloids into carcinogens.

- Carcinogenic free radicals were formed in microwaved plants, especially root vegetables.

Russian researchers also reported a marked acceleration of structural degradation leading to a decreased food value of 60 to 90% in all foods tested. Among the changes observed were:

- Deceased bio-availability of vitamin B complex, vitamin C, vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotropics factors in all food tested.

- Various kinds of damaged to many plant substances, such as alkaloids, glucosides, galactosides and nitrilosides.

According to Dr. Lee, changes are observed in the blood chemistries and the rates of certain diseases among consumers of microwaved foods. The symptoms above can easily be caused by the observations shown below. The following is a sample of these changes:

a.. Lymphatic disorders were observed, leading to decreased ability to prevent certain types of cancers.
b.. An increased rate of cancer cell formation was observed in the blood.
c.. Increased rates of stomach and intestinal cancers were observed.
d.. Higher rates of digestive disorders and a gradual breakdown of the systems of elimination were observed.

Decrease in Food Value

Microwave exposure caused significant decreases in the nutritive value of all foods researched. The following are the most important findings:

1. A decrease in the bioavailability [capability of the body to utilize the nutriment] of B-complex vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotropics in all foods;

2. A loss of 60-90% of the vital energy field content of all tested foods;

3. A reduction in the metabolic behavior and integration process capability of alkaloids [organic nitrogen based elements], glucosides and galactosides, and nitrilosides;

4. A destruction of the nutritive value of nucleoproteins in meats;

5. A marked acceleration of structural disintegration in all foods.

How Do You Heat Your Food The Healthy WayThis is kind of a misnomer because there is truthfully, with perhaps the exception of dehydration, no way to heat food and maintain its structural and nutritional value. However, gently heating food in a cast iron pan over the stove may be the healthiest alternative to nuking it. This is the old fashioned way and it never failed our ancestors.

Toss that microwave and strive to consume at least half of your diet from raw foods, that is a huge step in the right direction to maintain their nutritional value. My mother always used to tell me that if food comes from a package, or has to be heated to be eaten, there's a good a chance it's low in nutrition. She was right for the most part, so keep that in mind when venturing the aisles at the grocery.

Sunday, 28 September 2014

Sound bath

I had a bath, a sound bath. It was an amazing experience, I loved it and I am telling you all: you have to try it!

Sarah hanks from practice Yoga in Blackheath did some yoga to start with and then we lied down ready for this gong sound to go through our ears, bodies, senses, internal organs, opening channels, unblocking energy, releasing pain and relaxing, lulling us, taking us to the beginning of the times and through the Universe! That is what I felt...

So, a bit more about this therapy:

extract from http://gongsoundhealing.com/the-gong-instrument/

Photo of an ancient gong remelted from Himalayan singing bowls

The Gong is one of man’s most powerful and oldest transformational and therapeutic instruments. It has been used for ritual, ceremony, prayer, and meditation since the Bronze Age. While its sound is relaxing and calming, centering and energizing, transforming and healing, gongs have been used in yoga, sound meditation, and vibrational therapy from the distant past to present.

When metal is being “excited”, electrons become highly charged electromagnetically and form a field of Plasmon (according to the late physicist David Bohm). The plasma field is being created off the gong and the listener becomes part of the field. Metal is the only material known where the electrons leave their atoms and join other atoms. When the activity of the gong ends, the electrons go back to their original atoms. Once the gong comes to rest, the Plasmons and the energy field collapses. When the gong is revved up again the Plasmon field expands and intensifies. The participants are being electromagnetically charged in a positive, benevolent and holistic fashion. Many walk away with a natural buzz that is some case has lasted for a week.

Chart depicting the inner workings of the human body

Gongs are useful in resolving emotional and physical dissonance. Magic happens when there is no separation between the gong, the player and the listener. Playing and listening to gongs is about spiritual, physical and emotional resolution – opening of doors and windows to the Universe, moving around energies, Universal energies – to enter a spiritual dimension. The Gong is a psycho-acoustic gateway to heightened states of awareness and consciousness. It is an ideal tool for stress reduction, stimulation of the glandular system, and to break up emotional blockages. When skillfully played, gongs stimulate and resonate all cells in the human body simultaneously and recalibrate the parasympathetic nervous system (heavy arms and legs as well as a regulated heart rate during a gong meditation are a sign of the re-calibration).

The Gong generates powerful multi-dimensional ripples of sound that grow into waves and bathe your entire body in streams of sound. These have been described as otherworldly, rhythmic, generating a sense of being on vacation, unfathomable, purifying, magical, sweet – like rich, rich chocolate cake, profound, out of body, celestial and harmonic…just to name a few.

From a sacred geometry viewpoint, a circle – the gong’s basic shape – represents a beginning that has no end. It is ever-expanding potential and represents our connection with the holographic nature of oneness. Throughout many traditions and cultures, it also stands as symbol for heaven, totality, perfection, unity, eternity, completeness and for inclusive harmony.