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Forest Harmony: Gong Meditation & Cacao

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๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

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๐„๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฑ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž

- A bespoke guided meditation
- A Gong sound immersion with selection of artisan 42" gongs delivered by an experienced professional musician and therapist.
- The opportunity to gather and share with a small community for the evening

By working with the sound of the gongs, we can experience the benefits of deep meditation - even those with no experience, or who feel unsure about meditation.

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๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž

- Reduction of stress;
- Forming new neural pathways;
- Calming the mind to reduce anxiety or depression;
- Access to better focus, concentration, and creativity;
- Improved self-esteem and self-awareness;
- Managing chronic pain.

Further than that, you will be bathed in the deep and soothing sounds of the gongs, which has beneficial physiological effects.

Joe will use many different gongs in this session, in various tunings, and ranging from 22โ€ณ to 42โ€ณ in size. This provides a rich spectrum of tones and frequencies, for a powerful sound experience. The session will run at approximately 2 hours. Nothing is expected of you other than to make yourself comfortable. You will receive all the joining instructions when you book.

๐’๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+. ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐€๐โ€™๐ฌ at the bottom of the page ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–

๐๐Ž๐“๐„: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐ซ๐š๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‰๐จ๐ž

Joe has dedicated his personal and professional life to wellness for over 20 years. This began with a special interest in the interaction between physical and psychological health, and has continued to evolve into areas such as the subconscious, communication, and relational psychology. Joe began his practice after graduating from the University of Southampton in 2004. He takes a humanist approach to psychotherapy and has developed Connected State Therapy.

Committed to continual exploration of the subject of wellness in the human experience, Joe continuously studies to enrich his offering, including encounter-centered couples therapy, relationship psychology, Jungian psychology, Gestalt therapy, sound therapy, a level 7 diploma in coaching and mentoring, advanced nutrition, and qualifications in Pilates, yoga, functional movement, and physical therapy. He has worked in one of the UKโ€™s top naturopathic clinics, contributing written work to publications for both the public and natural health professionals.

Joe lives in the Hampshire countryside with his family. Music is his other vocation, performing professionally from 1996 with periods touring internationally and recording as a guitarist. This is the grounding for his continued work with sound. He has another project, Brotherhood, which is concerned with supporting young men on their journey with masculinity.

โ€œWhat I offer is the culmination of a life long journey of active learning. I love my work and I am entirely committed to continually developing my understandings and practices, to get the best results for my clients, for my family, and for myself.โ€ โ€“ Joe Summerfield

๐…๐€๐๐’

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐†๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ?

My intention is to focus gently but powerfully on the benefits of the deep meditative state. Other instruments such as bowls, handpan drums, rattles, whistles and so on all offer very beautiful aural experiences but equally each sound is a fluctuation or disturbance. We are looking for focus โ€“ the state of Samadhi, or oneness with the object of meditation. Stillness, singularity, and total presence. So to bring the experience away from the ears and the mind, and deep into our body and spirit. Additionally, unlike these other tools, gongs uniquely offer extremely low frequencies, which work deeply.

๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ?

Absolutely not. The term Gong Bath is a slight misnomer โ€“ technically we should refer to โ€œgong meditationโ€. Gong baths can take place in water absolutely โ€“ but the vast majority do not. The term has come to refer to the idea of bathing in the sound of the gong. Our โ€œGong Bathsโ€ will be in the warm and dry, under blankets. So I suggest you wear loose, comfortable clothing.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ?

Whatever you need to feel comfortable. I suggest:

Something soft to lie on โ€“ a roll-out mattress, mat or sheep skin for example. The softer the better

A pillow

A blanket or duvet

A bottle of water

An eye mask if you like

An optional cushion for under your feet and/or under your knees

A journal if you wish.

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž?

We will be creating a very sacred space together. So I invite you to come in to the space with your presence, an open heart, and an open mind. That said, whatever you come with will be welcomed with warmth, care, and understanding. All that will be required of you is to create a comfortable space in which to lie down. If you wish you can spend time prior to the gong meditation exploring intentions, but then being prepared to let the intentions.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž?

Itโ€™s best not to arrive with a fixed idea of how you might experience your gong meditation. Itโ€™s a deeply personal experience, best received by totally submitting to presence with the experience.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž?

You will arrive, be welcomed into the circle. There will be the invitation to introduce yourself as we go around the circle. I will then talk a little about the process and offer some suggestions as to how you might be with the experience. There will then be a guided meditation of some kind, leaving you with the gong element. At the end, I will guide you back into the room, and the circle will open for optional sharing. We will then close the circle and the evening will conclude. It will be an evening of warmth, connection, and nourishment. If you have any concerns please get in touch.

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?

Every body. Female, male, non-binary, any age. Because the way I play would be different for children, I ask anyone under the age of 16 (or looking to bring someone under the age of 16) to get in touch first. If you have any questions about suitability for you for any reason at all, please get in touch.

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐š ๐†๐จ๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

If you have a particular health condition that may be relevant or that you feel may be contraindicated, please discuss it with me by phone or email before booking.

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ?

Congratulations! Please get in touch before booking. Gong meditations can be deeply soothing and nourishing but I need some more information to determine the most suitable way for you to receive the gong meditation. It may not be as part of an open group.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

If you have special sensory needs or if you feel that itโ€™s likely something difficult may arise for you (for example, if you have a history of trauma), it may be advisable to work one-on-one for a few sessions before joining group gong meditations. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch.

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โ€œIโ€ refers to myself โ€“ Juliet. I am a transpersonal hypnotherapist passionate about nature and human connection as tools for healing. My journey began in finance, but I soon shifted to hypnotherapy, ultimately completing an MSc focused on consciousness, spirituality, and transpersonal psychology. This study encouraged open-minded exploration and the integration of ancient traditions, introspection, and critical thinking into my work. Inspired by Krishnamurtiโ€™s teachings on self-awareness and freedom from conditioning, I aim to make The Burrow a space where people reconnect with nature, each other, and themselves through self-inquiry and meaningful connection.

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