Sacred Sounds

Northampton Heartbeat Drumming Collective
2018-05-21 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Olde England, 199 Kettering Road, Northampton, Northampton, NN1 4BP, United Kingdom
Northampton Drumming circle
A monthly ish meetup for anyone that would like to come and have a go at drumming.
Bring your drums, rattles, and voice and join in a celebration of life and have some fun in the process
Our meetups take place in the cellar of Ye Old England Ale House will just be for our use for the duration of the event.
Meet time is 8pm until 9.30pm
An exchange of £5 is suggested for the event and the evening will be very relaxed with space after for conversation covering a variety of topics for those that wish to stay

There will be a small selection of Drums for those that do not have an instrument

Northampton Heartbeat Drumming Collective
2018-04-30 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Olde England, 199 Kettering Road, Northampton, Northampton, NN1 4BP, United Kingdom
Northampton Drumming circle
A monthly ish meetup for anyone that would like to come and have a go at drumming.
Bring your drums, rattles, and voice and join in a celebration of life and have some fun in the process
Our meetups take place in the cellar of Ye Old England Ale House will just be for our use for the duration of the event.
Meet time is 8pm until 9.30pm
A exchange of £5 is suggested for the event and the evening will be very relaxed with space after for conversation covering a variety of topics for those that wish to stay

There will be a small selection of Drums for those that do not have an instrument

April Gong Bath of Balance – Om Studio Northampton
2018-04-27 18:45 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Monthly Gong Bath at the Om Studio Northampton
Exchange £15 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM however
Please feel free to bring anything extra you need for your comfort.
Thicker Blankets – Pillow – Extra Yoga Mats etc
Tea and biscuits available afterwards.
Gate open at 6:45 and will be locked at 7pm for a prompt start

Please be aware that entry after 7pm will not be permitted without prior consent

Northampton Heartbeat Drumming Collective
2018-03-12 20:00 - 21:30, 2018-02-12 20:00 - 21:30, 2018-01-15 20:00 - 21:30, 2017-12-04 20:00 - 21:30, 2017-09-18 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Olde England, 199 Kettering Road, Northampton, Northampton, NN1 4BP, United Kingdom
Northampton Drumming circle
A monthly ish meetup for anyone that would like to come and have a go at drumming.
Bring you drums, rattles, and voice and join in a celebration of life and have some fun in the process
Our meetups take place in the cellar of Ye Old England Ale House will just be for our use for the duration of the event.
Meet time is 8pm until 9.30pm
A exchange of £5 is suggested for the event and the evening will be very relaxed with space after for conversation covering a variety of topics for those that wish to stay

There will be a small selection of Drums for those that do not have an instrument

London Heartbeat Drumming Collective at CoPS
2018-03-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2018-02-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2018-01-05 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB, United Kingdom
A monthly ish meetup for anyone that would like to come and have a go at drumming.
Bring you drums, rattles, and voice and join in a celebration of life and have some fun in the process
Any kind of Drum is welcome and a small selection will be available for those who do not have one
Please contact the College to book

CANCELLED - Monthly Gong Bath - Om Studio Northampton
2018-03-02 18:45 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Cancelled – Due to the current weather conditions we have made the decision to cancel tonights Gong Bath Event in Northampton

Monthly Gong Bath at the Om Studio Northampton
Exchange £15 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM however
Please feel free to bring anything extra you need for your comfort.
Thicker Blankets – Pillow – Extra Yoga Mats etc
Tea and biscuits available afterwards.
Gate open at 6:45 and will be locked at 7pm for a prompt start

Monthly Gong Bath - Om Studio Northampton
2018-02-09 18:45 - 20:30, 2018-01-12 18:45 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Monthly Gong Bath at the Om Studio Northampton
Exchange £15 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM however
Please feel free to bring anything extra you need for your comfort.
Thicker Blankets – Pillow – Extra Yoga Mats etc
Tea and biscuits available afterwards.
Gate open at 6:45 and will be locked at 7pm for a prompt start

Special Event 'Gold - Frankincense and Myrrh Gong Bath'
2017-12-28 16:45 - 18:30 (Europe/London) | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Be bathed in the wonderful sounds of the Gongs, Flutes, Shruti box and everyone’s favorite the HAPI drum
Join us for a very special one of a kind Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh Gong Bath at the OM Studio in Northampton.
We shall be burning a special blend of Frankincense and Myrrh to heighten the senses as the Gongs play their songs.
After there will be the opportunity to purchase some of the Frankincense used and to ask any questions that may arise.
Please do not book on this event is you are sensitive to Frankincense / smoke or unsure about you may be affected by the environment

Exchange £20 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM but please feel free to bring anything extra for your comfort

Gate open at 4:45 and will be locked at 5pm for a prompt start

Phoenix Flames Winter Solstice FireWalk
2017-12-21 18:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | The Woods, Overstone, The Woods, Northampton, Northampton, NN6 0AN, United Kingdom
Winter Solstice Firewalk

Our firewalk has been set to coincide with the arrival of the Winter Solstice sun as it enters Capricorn at 16:27.
The start time for this event is subject to change if people find the time to too early.
An invitation to join us as we meditate on what the Solstice means for us.
In this darkest time of the year we celebrate the return of the Divine Child, the Mabon, the rebirth of the golden solstice Sun, who will bring warmth, light and life back to Earth again. The Wheel of the Year revolves beyond death and towards new light and new life.
All those that are attending are invited to bring offerings to the fire, to bring evergreens and wreaths to decorate the area and to join in the celebration of community and fire.
The afternoon/evening will start with a coming together, a guided meditation and space to write your prayers for the coming of the sun and the new year.

Practicalities
Please dress warmly and bring a camping chair to sit on for around the fire.
Location –Woodland
Please wear appropriate clothing for a woodland environment and as we are in England please allow for the chance of a little rain.
There will be a woodland toilet for the ladies and trees for the men
Leg wear – please ensure that either you can roll up your trousers or you are wearing appropriate leg wear.
Things to bring – Torch, Water to drink, Offering for the fire

Winter Solstice
The Sun enters Capricorn.
Silent night. Holy night. Make a special effort to clear this night of activities so that you can sit quietly and consciously experience the magically potent atmosphere of this, the most important turning point of the Wheel of the Year – the timeless space between Death and Rebirth. This, the longest night, gives evidence that the encroaching powers of darkness have reached their peak and that the Sun has reached the end of its southerly progress. Wait and hope. It is into this barren, timeless void, when green life has, for the most part, withdrawn from the surface that life’s creative fires are reborn. The oak king lives. Imagine that the low lying Sun is kissing the green world awake so that over the months to come she will arise and follow him up into sky.
Express trust in life’s survival by bringing in ever-greens and encourage the new birth by decorating the space with candles, baubles and tinsel, anything that catches and reflects the light. Enjoy a feast of the fruits of last year’s labour but then let the past die and look forward. Listen to the stirrings within the deepest darkest recesses of your body that want to grow and show themselves in the light. Dream a new dream. Focus on the flames released by burning wood, honouring the fires of life that animate all growing things. Powder the ashes, sprinkle a little in water and drink … your dreams will take root … and will grow.
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December Mercury Gong Bath - OM Studio Northampton
2017-12-01 18:45 - 20:30 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Be bathed in the wonderful sounds of the Gongs, Flutes, Shruti box and everyone’s favorite the HAPI drum
Exchange £15 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM but please feel free to bring anything extra for your comfort
Tea and biscuits available afterwards.
Gate open at 6:45 and will be locked at 7pm for a prompt start

The Voice of the Gongs: Optimum Healing through the Fullness of Tone - SOLD OUT
2017-11-24 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB, United Kingdom
A special three hour gong event
The Gongs are said to have been born at the beginning of the Bronze Age in Mesopotamia an area we now know as the Middle East and widely considered to be one of the cradles of civilisation.
Today we use these magnificent instruments to facilitate profound healing and regeneration of ourselves and to spread the healing harmonics out into the world.
When used on their own or with other instruments they can initiate healing, regeneration and induce states of heightened consciousness characterised by feelings of timelessness and joy.
In this special event Olaf will start by sharing his insight as to the reasoning behind the three gong baths and how those who have never experienced any form of sound healing before can access the full restorative field of the gongs and their resonance.
Please do bring along any personal crystals that would like to be cleansed – they do love a good sonic clearing with the gongs.

Please contact the College to book

November Full Moon Gong Bath - OM Studio Northampton
2017-11-03 18:45 - 20:30 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom

Phoenix Flames Fire Walk
2017-10-29 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Woods, Overstone, The Woods, Northampton, Northampton, NN6 0AN, United Kingdom
Phoenix Flames is very happy to announce the first Northampton Fire walk

As the wheel turns and the challenges come and go, we journey and are taken through the fires of life, with each passing through the flames we become stronger, wiser, more tempered to handle the next fire.
We stand once more, brushing aside the ashes and are reborn.
Welcome with open arms and an open heart to Phoenix Flames a place of cross-roads, a place of choice, a place to stand in your power and walk across the flames of your choosing.
Welcome,
I am honoured to be your guide – Olaf

For all of you in the Northampton area I am very happy to announce a location and date for the first of many local firewalks in the Northampton area.
There are many reasons why we choose to walk the coals and everyone has their journey, my aim is to be your guide and watcher as you take yours.
The evening will begin with a coming together as all who attend begin their own journey with the flames. I will then go through what to expect from the evening and then we shall go and light the fire together.
Practicalities –
Location –Woodland
Please wear appropriate clothing for a woodland environment and as we are in England please allow for the chance of a little rain.
There will be a woodland toilet for the ladies and trees for the men
Leg wear – please ensure that either you can roll up your trousers or you are wearing appropriate leg wear.
Things to bring – Torch, Water

Everything that happens to you is your teacher.
The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.
– Polly Berrien Berends
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October Full Moon Gong Bath - Om Studio Northampton
2017-10-06 18:45 - 20:30 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom

Smoke and Silence Gong Bath - Om Studio Northampton
2017-09-15 18:45 - 20:30 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Smoke and Silence a Sensory Experience
Welcoming Back the Gongs to the OM studio with a Frankincense Gong Bath
Last year we held our first full immersion with Frankincense and smoke, due to the resounding success we are please to hold another one this year
The Gongs will be sounding their full magnificance (this means it will be loud!) and the Om Studio will be filled with the a mix of special Frankincense smoke.
We invite all participants to enter quietly and hold the silence from arrival until after the Gong bath to enable a full experience of the senses.
At the end there will be a moment for those to leave quietly if they wish to hold the space they have experienced.
Exchange £20 payable in advance
This event SOLD out fast last year so book quick to ensure you space
Spaces are limited and booking is essential

This event is not for those that have never experienced the Gongs or are overly sensitive to smoke or loud sounds

Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM but please feel free to bring anything extra for your comfort
Tea and biscuits available afterwards.
Gate open at 6:45 and will be locked at 7pm for a prompt start

Time for You – an evening of Dance and Gong
2017-09-08 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Dancing Freedom™ is a simple, powerful moving meditation. It is simple. It is an invitation to move, to open and expand your body, your breath, your awareness. It is an invitation to breathe life and love into every part of your being through movement and creative expression. It is an invitation to explore the journey home to self. To breathe life into every part of our lives and to explore our relationship to self. ‘Our bodies know’ and here we simply begin the journey of listening to our bodies innate wisdom and giving it freedom to express itself.
I love this work it is play to me, I ‘found’ myself on the dance floor, I re-find myself each and every time I move.
The floor is open to all, any age, size, or physical ability can practice. There are no steps to follow, no choreography to learn, no way to do it wrong. The only requirement is a body that is still breathing, a heart that is still beating, and mind that is still curious!
The only rules: No talking on the dance floor no substance usage..
There is NOTHING to get RIGHT
There is NOTHING you can get WRONG

Then lie back and bathe in the transformational energies created by the Gong. The body will be submerged in the powerful vibrations created by these sacred instruments to affect you at the cellular and soul level. The Gong can assist us in easing through challenges and blockages, creating clearer sight or transporting us into states of Joy. Every Gong baths is unique to the individual and will be different every time you lie down to receive. Working with an intention intensifies the experience, so come with a seed to plant, or one may be gifted to you during the dance and allow the magic to happen! Mats and blankets are available for you to use or you may bring your own for added comfort and warmth.

All we ask is that you come with an open heart, curious mind and some dancing feet.

Bring layers and water.

Northampton Heart Beat - An Evening of Drumming, Sound and Celebration
2017-08-21 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Olde England, 199 Kettering Road, Northampton, Northampton, NN1 4BP, United Kingdom
Northampton Drumming circle
The first of a monthly meetup for anyone that would like to come and have a go at drumming.
Bring you drums, rattles, and voice and join in a celebration of life
The space of our first meetup has been kindly created by Ye Old England Ale House and will take place in their cellar area which will just be for our use for the duration of the event.
The date has been set for the 21st August gathering for a 8pm start time
As some of you will be aware the energies of the day will be centred around the Solar eclipse that will be covering central America in darkness. Then at 7:30pm we will reach the apex of our own New Moon.
A exchange of £5 if suggested for the event and the evening will be very relaxed with some social time at the end for those that would like.
There might also be a little Gong joining us for the evening too.
There will be a small selection of Drums for those that do not have an instrument

For those of you that are interested I also have 3 frame drums available for sale. They will be available to play and connect with at the upcoming circle

Summer Break Gong Bath - Om Studio Northampton
2017-07-14 18:45 - 20:30 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
July Gong Bath at the Om Studio Northampton
Come and join us for our last Gong before the summer break
Be bathed in the wonderful sounds of the Gongs, Flutes, Shruti box and everyone’s favorite the HAPI drum
Exchange £15 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM but please feel free to bring anything extra for your comfort
Tea and biscuits available afterwards.
Gate open at 6:45 and will be locked at 7pm for a prompt start

Nottingham Gong Bath
2017-06-25 14:30 - 15:45 UTC | Kettlebrook Lodge, Eastwood Road, Kimberley, Nottingham, NG16 2HX, United Kingdom
As we leave behind the Summer Solstice we invite the Gongs to capture the last remaining energies as we begin our journey back towards the night.
Be bathed in the wonderful sounds of the Gongs, Flutes, Shruti box and everyone’s favorite the HAPI drum
Exchange £15 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Please bring mats, pillows and blankets and anything extra for your comfort
Olaf is also running a morning of Yoga and Gongs with Susanne Stanley Exchange £30
Or
If you would like to book both events then it will only be £40 for both events. Just order both items at once and then pay accordingly thanks

Yoga and Gongs at Kettlebrook Lodge Nottingham
2017-06-25 10:30 - 14:00 UTC | Kettlebrook Lodge, Eastwood Road, Kimberley, Nottingham, NG16 2HX, United Kingdom
Sacred Sounds and Olaf have the pleasure in bringing the Gongs to Nottingham.
The morning will begin with some gentle yoga provided by the lovely Susanne Stanley.
Then after a brief introduction to the history of the Gongs and sound healing, Olaf will guide you into a sonic landscape of infinite possibilities utilising not only the Gongs but also other ancient instruments from around the world.
The session will begin at 10:30 and finish at 2pm
Exchange £30
A further Gong Bath is also available from 2:30 until 3:30 for those not able to attend the morning session – Exchange £15.
Or
If you would like to book both events then it will only be £40 for both events. Just order both items at once and then pay accordingly thanks

Summer Solstice Gong Immersion - Om Studio Northampton
2017-06-24 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Solstice Celebrations
A Special 3 hour 3 Gong event at the Om Studio in Northampton

The Summer Solstice has arrived, it’s passage between the 20th to the 23rd June marks the standing of the Sun,
a time to pause and reflect on our achievements.

We shall begin with a welcome and coming together as we set our intentions in line with the meaning of the Solstice. Then together we shall journey into the first of 3 Gong Bath Immersions.
There will be time and space between each of the Gong Baths to record your reflections, to talk or to remain silent as you are guided.
We will end with time for tea and cake to ground us ready for our journey back into the world.
Exchange £25 payable in advance

Full Moon Gong Bath of Courage - Om Studio Northampton
2017-06-09 18:45 - 20:30 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
Full Moon Gong Bath of Courage
Inner Strength – Endurance – Self Determination
The full moon is rising and the great Oak calls to us, leading the way to the truth.
And like the great Oak the great Gongs play and invite us to be courageous, to let go, to enter the doorway to our inner self
Exchange £15 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM but please feel free to bring anything extra for your comfort
Tea and biscuits available afterwards.
Gate open at 6:45 and will be locked at 7pm for a prompt start

SOLD OUT May Gong Bath of the Heart - Om Studio Northampton
2017-05-12 18:45 - 20:30 UTC | The Om Studio, 39 Kingsthorpe Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LP, United Kingdom
May Gong of the Heart, Love and Cleansing
The wheel turns and as we move from one cycle to the next, we are invited to connect to our hearts
Exchange £15 payable in advance
Spaces are limited and booking is essential
Mats, pillows and blankets are available at the OM but please feel free to bring anything extra for your comfort
Tea and biscuits available afterwards.
Gate open at 6:45 and will be locked at 7pm for a prompt start
