A YEAR OF CEREMONY

4 SEASONAL OFFERINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

This year our evolved dedication is to be celebrating the seasons and the elements. We invite you to share in a year of ceremony with us.

We will be offering 4 honourings of the seasons on the Equinox’ and the Solstices, offering Sound and ritual in ceremony. Deepening our relationship with nature, the elements and the seasons, coming into a place of balance with ‘All things’. Our guidance is to nourish good relations with all things to create environments for peace, both inner and outer.

SPRING EQUINOX ALL NIGHT GONG BATH

Our first gathering of the year is Spring Equinox, a time for honouring the Maiden energy of Spring, the ignition of movement, birth, sprouting seeds, projects, ideas. The celebration of fertility and strong new energy in all things.

Join us on this momentous portal for change, a time of rebirthing and shaking off the winter, acknowleding our gifts & our natural growth along side all of nature.

INVESTMENT

Hey loves, here is how we are offering opportunities to be with us throughout the year for all four events or to be with us for each event individually, starting with Equinox. Hopefully it allows us all to be present in the ways we can and offers opportunity for all to share in this moment.

SUPPORTER: invites folks with comfortable financial means to contribute more. Your generosity covers the cost for us to offer lower rates.​

STANDARD: the actual cost for us to offer this event and sustain what we do. If you are able to be with us at this rate, we encourage you to do so.

These tickets covers cover all 4 events through the year. Please use ‘Friends and Family’ option and reference with your email address.

These tickets covers our Equinox event. Please use ‘Friends and Family’ option and reference with your email address.

SPRING EQUINOX GONG BATH

WHERE & WHEN

MARCH 19tH - 9.30pm - 8am

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INNER BLOOM

Golding Barn Valley, Henfield Road, Small Dole, BN5 9XH

WHATS HAPPENING

9.30pm - Arrive, set up your bed

10pm - 6am Spring Equinox Ceremony begins as we settle down for the night in our beds. 

6am - 7am - Silent time to process and slowly wake with the sun.

8am - Sun up and time to take the new vibes of a new solar year into the day and days that follow. 

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WHAT TO BRING

What you need to be comfortable.

Bedding so you can be warm and comfortable during the night. Blankets, duvets, cushions, mattress - all you need so you can lie back and surrender to the sound. NO BLOW UP BEDS OR PILLOWS PLEASE as they make too much noise.

You may want to bring eye masks, hot water bottle.

Warm and comfortable fitting clothes.

An offering for the shrine: this might be flowers, food, whatever resonates as a gift.

A YEAR OF CEREMONY

Ceremonial Dates

SPRING EQUINOX: 19.03.24 9.30pm - 20.03.24 08.00am

SUMMER SOLSTICE: 20.06.24

AUTUMN EQUINOX: 22.09.24

WINTER EQUINOX: 20.12.24 - 21.12.24

THE GONG - WELL-BEING - CONSCIOUSNESS

“The gong is arguably the ultimate Sound Healing tool, as it has the broadest range of tones of any instrument. This vast vast range of sound vibration literally bathes the human form and re-tunes us on every level - bringing us back into harmony.” Sheila Whittacker

It is suggested that the existence of the Gong dates back to the Bronze Age, though many believe the gong has been used therapeutically for tens of thousands of years. Since the time of the Buddha in 66BC all sacred Chinese gongs have been inscibed with the two Mandarin Chinese characters “Tai Loi”. which means ‘happiness has arrived’. The gong in ancient times was used as an initiation tool for enlightenment , etheric projection and exorcism. It has also been used by Tibetan monks for centuries as an aid to meditation.

We engage with Gong in an immersive sense, usually laying down on their back people experience the gong like a lasting massage, tuning their physical and subtle energy bodies to the resonance of wellness. The vibration moves through the nervous system, opening, clearing and re-charging the whole mind, body and spirit, enducing a meditative state in which we have the opportunity to relinquish control of the mind. Negativity and chaos are suspended, resistance cleared and the whole body system moved into a state of harmony and alignment.

THOUGHTS ON OUR ALL-NIGHT GONG PUJA

“We arrived just before 10pm with all our bedding and immediately felt super excited upon entering into such a stunning place; low lighting, warm, welcoming. All the gongs and bowls were set up in the middle and Matt and Petra were there to welcome us. 

I was worried about being cold in the night but the room was all toasty warm. We could see the full moon outside the huge beautiful windows. I was excited!

We made up our bedding and got settled in. The ceremony was opened with some house-keeping and a warm welcome from Petra and Matt, explaining everything we might need to experience. It felt a very well held and safe space to be in. Everything was super comfortable and for us. If you wanted to have herbal teas or move around or meditate or anything throughout the night you could. We, however, just snuggled down and enjoyed listening to and feeling the power of the sound in the room; it was captivating. 

Once the ceremony started, Petra and Matt sang and chanted which was just just stunning. Then it was the crystal bowls and gongs and all the other instruments; gently making a resonance around the room and in and our our bodies. I was aware of tingles and sensations, sometimes great heat in different parts of my body. It was as if the resonance or vibrations were actually moving through me at different times, which was interesting to observe and incredibly relaxing.

We drifted in and out of sleep throughout the night. Each time I came to, it was magical to see and hear the prayer and sound work continuing on by candlelight through the night, as well as feeling it snuggly envelope us with sound. 

All in all the whole night felt deeply nourishing. So primal to connect into the night time in this particular and gentle way. 

In the morning it was a slow and gentle re-awakening, which slightly different sounds and tinkles. There was tea and fruit and space to chat if you wanted. We felt deeply peaceful and contented and when it was time we packed up our bedding and sloped off home, enjoying the early morning quiet and sunrise. The magical bubble of awareness, feeling present, held, connected into something greater than ourselves, was deeply moving and I will absolutely be back again. Thank you Matt and Petra for sharing yourselves and this work with us all, I feel really blessed you are here in Brighton and I can access this so readily. Thank you xx”