Sound, Ceremony & Celebration
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Join us for a truly unique event, merging the immersive music medicine of AJOIA, with soulful practices of pranayama, movement and ceremonial cacao.
The weekend will consist of three immersive experiences blending therapeutic sound, improvisation, breath work, somatics and more, with the option to enjoy a shared meal on the Saturday. Sessions can be booked individually at a cost of £40 and £10 for the meal, or the whole weekend can be booked for the single cost of £108.
Session 1. Dawn Chorus
Saturday 13th May, 9am - 11am.
The junctions of the day offer potent access to the possibility of transformation waiting in the liminal space of our lives. Energy that might be breathed into being and shaped that rests as yet unformed and vibrant and ready! In this inspiring practice, through pranayama, mediation and immersive sound Chris, Anthony and Andrew will explore what it is to enter those moments and spaces, consciously. Connected. Clear... and curious!
This 2 hour session will begin with a guided somatic meditation and pranayama practice led by Chris, before flowing into an awakening sound experience crafted by Andrew and Anthony (AJOIA), to curate an expansive space and invite access to inspired possibility.
Each workshop of this weekend can be booked for the single price of £40, or, the entire experience can be booked for a single cost of £108 which includes all three workshops and the saturday shared meal. Please note, if booking the whole event please select the 'workshop ticket' this will book you into all the sessions in one go.
Shared Meal. Rainbow Warriors
Saturday 13th May 12noon until 1.30pm.
You are invited to join us for a shared meal in Surya created from whole, local, vegan and naturally gluten free foods.
There will also be the option to join us for a 30minute walk through the Ouseburn woodland with some gentle prompts for a mindful, grounding and connecting and digestive experience.
This meal can be joined for the single price of £10, or, is included in the weekend ticket at a cost of £108 which includes all three workshops and the saturday shared meal. Please note, if booking the whole event please select the 'workshop ticket' this will book you into all the sessions in one go.
Session 2. Soma and Sacred Sound
Saturday 13th May 2pm until 4pm.
Yoga (and even physics!) teach that we are composed of vibration made still. Sound made solid.
When we lose access to our fundamental power to shift shapes and express. We become condensed, crystallised... calcified. We become rigid and trapped by who we believe ourselves to be, forgetting the fundamental freedom we have to craft and nurture and evolve what we might be.
This experience will begin with a sonic contemplation and discussion led by Andrew on the nature of stress and addictive patterns, and the toxicity of our environment that invites us to take an expanded view of ourselves, our interaction and expression. The practice will then evolve to include sounds - and the suggestions of somatic movements and deeply still yin postures that allow us to move and to be moved. To release rigidity and find our own rhythm.
Each workshop of this weekend can be booked for the single price of £40, or, the entire experience can be booked for a single cost of £108 which includes all three workshops and the saturday shared meal. Please note, if booking the whole event please select the 'workshop ticket' this will book you into all the sessions in one go.
Session 3. Ceremony and Celebration
Sunday 14th May 6pm until 8pm.
Our practice only finds its fullest power when it is truly integrated on the communal level. In the closing practice of this unique series Debbie will open space with a sacred Cacao ceremony, with all invited to share in it's rich and heart opening tradition. Yet this time, rather than settling down into sound, we will be lifted up through it as AJOIA craft a euphoric experience of expressive sound and the invitation to move! Andrew will close ceremony with the powerful medicine of a drum circle.
There will be open space after the end of the experience to unwind in the Life Bar.
Each workshop of this weekend can be booked for the single price of £40, or, the entire experience can be booked for a single cost of £108 which includes all three workshops and the saturday shared meal. Please note, if booking the whole event please select the 'workshop ticket' this will book you into all the sessions in one go.
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AjoiA create transformative experiences to help every human being feel better. Their passion is to help cultivate positive mental health and wellbeing through a vibrant and sustainable approach that integrates music, art and performance with the kind of future tech that is inspiring and exciting.
AjoiA are;
Anthony - As a writer, producer and musical director Anthony has worked for over 25 years with worldwide selling artists and Grammy award winning producers both in the UK and LA as part of Mark ‘Spike’ Stent’s Team. Alongside his passion for music, Anthony is a keen amateur chef, growing and harvesting his own produce, and a lover of yin yoga and meditation; both are which from stable foundations in his life.
Andrew - Is perhaps best known for his role as percussionist with multi-platinum band M-People. He now works as a psychotherapeutic counsellor, sound therapist, cranio-sacral therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
