9 t/m 13 oktober: The Way Of The Gong

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[ENGLISH VERSION]

We are delighted because we are offering a complete five-day gong retreat (The Way Of The Gon(g) organising in the new space of the beautiful Venwoude in the middle of the woods of Lage Vuursche. We will go deeper with ourselves in combination with the gong. Gain experience, learn to play gongs, meditate on sound and attune yourself to and with the gong.

The first block consists of three training days (also bookable separately). We teach how to work with the gong for newcomers as well as further deepening for advanced practitioners. You learn the deeper meaning of the gong and gong baths. You learn to give gong baths and meditations yourself and to play in groups.

Rolf Nitsch, owner and master gongmaker at Gongland (a leading gong brand) is also present to talk about how gongs are made, the different stages of production and the materials used. He was one of the first gong makers at Paiste with deep roots in the spiritual side of the instrument.

We also work with the effects of sound and resonance on the body through Sound-yoga.

Following the three training days, we will do a The Way of the Gong-24-hour cycle. You can also register separately for this. During the day and evening, we will prepare for the closing ritual gongpuja of 7.5 hours during the night. During the day, we engage in meditation techniques, breathing techniques, gong playing and movement learning with sound, among others.

You won't start feeling better but you will get better at feeling!

The Gong
The gong is the most powerful instrument to use as a starting point in all these techniques. The gong produces the greatest harmonic effects of any instrument in existence. When you enter a gong field, you dissolve into all its harmonic effects. First, a dematerialisation of the body and eventually the mind. There is no instrument that has such an impact on our body thinking as the gong.

What is Sound-Yoga?
Sound healing is based on the principle that everything in the universe consists of vibration. Sound healing is possible because the human body is also composed of vibrations. Like a tuned instrument, the human body is a similarly rhythmic, harmonious entity unless the vibrating field has become disturbed. Sound Yoga includes breathing techniques, meditation techniques and movement theory with sound.

Through Sound Yoga, we create space and clarity so that certain stuck layers on both physical, mental and emotional levels can be seen and therefore dissolved. Thus, our feeling and intuition is purified of the past and thus our actions no longer become reactive which is linked to the past but responsive emerging in the Now moment.

Feelings such as separateness, loneliness, discomfort, sadness, anger, nervousness that are deeply settled and hidden in the body can be experienced in all openness. By not labelling these feelings and not rejecting them but simply allowing them to come into your attention, in the openness that you are, these feelings can be experienced as a physical sensation without a story of your own attached to it. As a result, you become increasingly aware of your presence and experience more clarity.

Through sound, breathing techniques, meditation techniques and movements based on grounding, detox and energy distribution, among others, we invite you to recognise this openness that you are and to act from that understanding at every level of your existence.

What is a GongPuja?
Imagine a room filled with about 20 gongs arranged in a vortex. Around this, people lie sleeping or meditating on the sounds of the gongs during the night. The space fills with multifarious overtone layers.
The 'all-night-GongPuja' is a journey through space into the Silence that you essentially are. It is an experience beyond all expectations. It is a ceremony of cleansing, regeneration, rejuvenation and insight. It is played at a volume that allows you to sleep and/or meditate. Each participant is encouraged to participate in the Puja by taking turns playing the gong for the group or by simply lying down to disappear into the sounds.

The gong symbolises 'I Am', the first cause, and also as the destroyer of ego thinking.

What does the training include?
Learning all kinds of techniques, how to play the gong, using various gong beaters, playing with 2 beaters, learning to play at different sound levels, working with a hand gong, giving gong meditations, learning to play in groups and individually, giving a gong bath yourself and learning to tune yourself to the gong. We also teach you how to make the best use of the gong in the space at hand and how it works acoustically in and with the space.

There are several options to participate in this five-day retreat. Below are the options and costs.

The Way of the Gong - retreat (5 days) 9 to 13 October

Includes organic, vegetarian meals made from as much locally grown produce as possible. Tea, water, cake and fruit during breaks.
Cost per person € 595

The Way of the Gong - training days (3 days) 9 to 11 October

Includes organic, vegetarian meals made from as much locally grown produce as possible. Tea, water, cake and fruit during breaks.
Cost per person € 450

The Way of the Gong - 24-hour cycle October 12 and 13 (24 hours)

Includes organic, vegetarian meals made from as much locally grown produce as possible. Tea, water, cake and fruit during breaks.
Cost per person € 175

***Accommodation options for 5 days* (3 nights);***

Single room for 3 nights €140 p.p.

Double room for 3 nights € 110 p.p.

own motor home or tent (on estate) for 3 nights €36 p.p.

***Accommodation options for 3 days* (2 nights);***

Single room for 2 nights €97 p.p.

Double room for 2 nights €75 p.p.

own motor home or tent (on estate) for 2 nights €25 p.p.

* These are simple rooms, furnished and shared bathroom facilities in the corridor.

Overnight at the The Way of the Gong - 24-hour cycle

There is no need to book an overnight stay for this, you will stay in the room near the gongs and there are mattresses with sheets provided. You only need to bring your own pillow and blanket/sleeping bag.

More detailed information including the programme will follow. For questions such as dietary requirements, staggered payment and/or other information, please feel free to contact us, via email at gwen@spiritconnection.nl or by phone at 06-23915277.