These sessions encourage you to enter deep relaxation through meditation coupled with immersive sound and vibration, which activates your self-healing mechanism to help you release tension stored in the body/mind. Meditation is a foundational spiritual and well-being discipline that develops focused attention, heart-mind cultivation, and open- and self-awareness.

By now, the benefits of meditation have long been studied and promoted across a range of contexts, particularly to support the dynamics of all manner of human relationships.

The benefits also fall into one or more of the following categories:

• Performance-based: Enhancing individual performance and executive functioning, such as memory and concentration,

• Therapeutic: Supporting mental health and psychological wellbeing, such as the alleviation of anxiety, stress and depression,

• Relational: Developing and improving interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships through enhanced self-awareness and awareness of oneself in relation to others and the world, and

• Integral/Spiritual: Cultivating the flourishing of confidence, creativity and consciousness.

These sessions begin with a brief introduction to the selected meditation practice, which is diverse in origin and technique, followed by 15–25 minutes of stillness practice and closing with a deep 45-minute relaxation with a gentle soothing sound bath.

The experience of sound with Himalayan singing bowls is not simply auditory; it can feel as intense as receiving a full-body massage. It is experienced deeply in the body. This practice has been used for meditation and rituals in China, Tibet, Nepal and Northern India since around 1200CE. Sound healing therapies, sound baths and sound meditations use Himalayan singing bowls, which create both sound and vibration. The sound created releases tension to generate relaxation for the mind and body, while the vibration created facilitates opening, unblocking, soothing and healing deep within the mind and body.

Some studied benefits of sound healing with Himalayan singing bowls, sound baths or gong baths and sound meditations include:

• An enhanced sense of wellbeing;

• Relief from anxiety, depression, and so on;

• Feeling more balanced and centred within;

• Deep relaxation;

• Heightened sensations and perceptions in the body;

• A deepening of the meditation experience;

• A release of blocked emotions;

• Improved sleep;

• A quieting of mind chatter;

• Feeling physically and mentally balanced, refreshed and rejuvenated.

Handmade singing bowls, as opposed to machine-made, produce a far cleaner and longer-lasting sound and vibration. Only carefully selected handmade singing bowls and tingsha sourced from Nepal, Tibet and the Himalayan region of India are used during these sessions. Sound Healing Meditations involve a more therapeutic sound compared with the higher intensity sacred sound baths.

Everything in existence is energy. Himalayan singing bowls create a high vibrational energy, which facilitates healing by penetrating deep inside a person's body and cutting through physical, energetic and mental blocks.

The practice is inclusive of all cultures and backgrounds, and importantly, no prior experience is necessary.

All yoga mats, blankets and eye pillows are provided for you; you simply need to bring yourself in comfortable clothing. It is strongly recommended to practice on an empty stomach or allow at least 2–3 hours after eating.