Levitate: A Hammock Sound Bath & Rest Workshop in Eden Park
Presented by Alexander Shelton
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https://partiful.com/e/ijecrF73lbCrHn4JLBIm
Peace, I invite you to stop grinding and climbing and come use your inner knowing to build a chrysalis, liquify, and transform into a butterfly. In this installation, we will levitate in hammocks beneath the trees of Eden Park, cocooned in sound and stillness. I would love for you to come practice resting with me in the open air.
Together, we will emerge from chrysalises—sacred containers for transformation—using resting in nature as tools to reimagine our bodies and spirits as butterflies.
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 2:00– 3:00pm
Location: Eden ParkAmphitheater
Price: $50 donation
Limited to 6 guests
What to Expect:
* A 50-minute sound bath journey suspended in hammocks under the trees
* low to the ground Hammocks, hammock stands, journals, eye masks, bonnets and blankets will be provided
* Silent DJ headphones offering 2 sound channels: guided meditations, curated playlists, and live sound healing
* Gentle guided meditations, journaling invitations, and soundscapes to support transformation
* A live symphony of Tibetan and crystal singing bowls, gongs, chimes, and collected nature sounds interwoven with soul, R&B, improvisational jazz, mantra, and cosmic frequencies.
*Scents of: sage, palo santo, lavender, and mugwort
Bring:
* Comfortable clothing for resting outdoors
If you have participated in the past, please remember to bring:
* your eye mask, bonnet, and your journal
This is more than a class—it is a collective transformation, an invitation to slow down, rest, and honor the metamorphosis already unfolding within you.
This gathering is part of my larger series of immersive rest installations, weaving together movement, meditation, and sound. Each session is thematic and grounded in the truth that rest is a human right, not a luxury—especially for Black, poor, and multi-marginalized communities.
By building chrysalises together, we remind ourselves that transformation requires stillness. We cannot emerge as butterflies if we do not allow ourselves to cocoon.
Workshop themes include:
* Communal Rest
* Rest for Grief & Transformation
* Rest for Anxiety
* Rest for Black Futures
* Sound Healing for Black Rest
Our hammocks become levitation devices. Our rest becomes resistance. Our stillness becomes power.
Workshops may be discretely documented (audio, photo, video, surveys) to build collective archives of Black rest and wellness, with respect to each participant’s consent.
There is a 400 lbs weight limit for the hammock and hammock stand.
RSVP
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Let’s levitate, rest, and transcend—together.
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