Gong Bath tonight in Latham!

Here's a copy of Nick's recent email to our list friends. It's been a real campsite-bear trying to enter, re-enter, and sometimes just guess letters to see if we've entered something incorrectly but good news! If you didn't get the email and want to make sure you get future emails, pls text GONGLAB to 22828 and you should be automatically (and accurately!) added to the list. Thanks! JP

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We are jazzed by the energy of spring and the new additions to our gong family. The interplay of harmonics created when sound waves overlap is one of the things that makes each lab unique. Each new gong has the ability to modify the others making exponentially more variety in sound wave patterns.

Cymatics is the study of visual sound. There are several ways of creating visual representations of sound, the easiest is to close your eyes during a gong lab. Just like ripples on a pond the vitrious humor (gel inside eyes) begins to vibrate with the resonance of the gongs. Relaxed with eyes closed, subtle shapes and undulating patterns emerge by the same waves that create sound.

Latham
Friday, 15th of May 7:30
The Pilates Principle
578 New Loudon Rd. Latham, NY

Our regular third Friday event at the beautiful Pilates Principle. Join Gong Brother Jim and I as we continue to explore the new additions to our gong family. This is an all alloy event with gongs and metal bowls. The Pilates Principle is plenty big enough to bring a friend and spread out a bit. Join us!

Troy
Saturday, 1st of August ~ 4pm
Heartspace Troy
10 Second St. Troy, NY
Our cool out summertime Lab series will kick off in Troy on August first. Full Details to follow.

Gong Lab
The Gong lab is a sound and vibration meditation experiment. We use gongs, singing bowls and other equipment to facilitate relaxation and cultivate a rejuvenating experience. The gong produces a continuum of sound or holistic resonance found in living objects that vibrate with every cell in their being. The gong is an engine of resonate power or "feeling" tones. Feeling tones are felt in a kinesthetic way as a result of sustained tone production of long, low waves of low frequency sound waves or oscillations. The body responds to prolonged saturation of sound by listening like a big ear, hearing with feeling. When this happens, the mental, emotional and physical bodies become both super-conductive, and super-regenerating as the strain caused by the normal resistance of the ego-identity no longer exists as a disease factor. Or it just sounds cool.

Gong Labs are donation based. We ask for $10-$20 but we want you there no matter what. Tell us you are coming and reserve a space via our facebook page or call 518.389.2200.

See you Soon!

https://www.facebook.com/events/111072755891539/

May Mega Gong Bath Schedule in Troy & Latham, NY

The Gong Lab is growing thanks to the good fortune of having met and performed with Grammy-nominated percussionist David Macejka.

TROY, NY 
May 2nd, 4PM and 5:30PM

This will be the first time Nick and I will bring the entire fifteen Gong collection to Troy AND be accompanied by Diane's singing bowls.

There will be two sessions, at 4PM and 5:30PM.

We have spent a month literally shaking mortar from the walls of the GongLab and though we have tried, we have been unable to record any audio with a device that can truly accommodate the deep vibrations we've been able to generate with them...

In addition to our 4 tuned planet gongs, the 44" Wind Gong, and our beloved "Walter", we will be introducing the following gongs for the first time in Troy on Saturday:

6 Himalayan Chakra Gongs
32" "Subatomic" Chau
40" Chau
48" Thai Temple

The Heartspace Troy events have been very popular and we've heard feedback from folks that have traveled to the event, only to be turned away due to a lack of space...

We take this type of feedback seriously so we're offering two consecutive sessions on Saturday and Diane will coordinate to make sure that folks listed as "going" on the Facebook event page and sign-ups from Heartspace Yoga and Healing Arts schedule will be seated first.

We will be holding reservations through our Facebook page, here.

LATHAM, 
Friday, May 15th at 7:30PM

Our monthly event in Latham, this is typically an all alloy Lab with just gongs and metal bowls. We intend to hire a helper so we can make Latham a 'mega' session with the complete collection as well.

The Gong lab is a sound and vibration meditation experiment. We use gongs, singing bowls and other equipment to facilitate relaxation and cultivate a rejuvenating experience. The  gong produces a continuum of sound or holistic resonance found in living objects that vibrate with every cell in their being. The gong is an engine of resonate power or "feeling" tones. Feeling tones are felt in a kinesthetic way as a result of sustained tone production of long, low waves of low frequency sound waves or oscillations. The body respondes to prolonged saturation  of sound by listening like a big ear, hearing with feeling. When  this happens, the mental, emotional and physical bodies become both super-conductive, and super-regenerating  as the strain caused by the normal resistance of the ego-identity no longer exists as a disease factor. Or it just sounds cool.

We can't wait to share this with you!

We will create a Facebook for the Latham gong bath on the Tuesday before the event, follow us here for updates.

Suggested donation $15

Gong Baths, March 2015 [Troy, Latham, and Saratoga Springs, NY]

Troy Saturday, 7thth of March~4pm   Heartspace Troy 10 Second St. Troy    Our Troy Labs are pretty epic. We will have the whole crew and typically a pretty full house so come early or sign up on the Heartspace site.

*First Day of Spring Gong Lab* Latham Friday, 20th of March 7:30  The Pilates Principle 578 New Loudon Rd. Latham  Planning is in the works for a Special Spring Lab. Our Solstice event at Hearspace was awesome and we will have plenty to celebrate after this winter.

*Spring Weekend* Saratoga Springs  Sunday, 22nd of March 6pm (Directly after the 4pm silent Bikram class) Hot Yoga Saratoga 75 Woodlawn Ave, Saratoga Springs  Saratoga Springs  I don't know if it's the warm room, great people the spring water but Saratoga Labs are always special. They are usually full, so plan to be a little early to get your spot. Part of our Spring Weekend Celebrations.

Gong Lab  The Gong lab is a sound and vibration meditation experiment. We use gongs, singing bowls and other equipment to facilitate relaxation and cultivate a rejuvenating experience. The  gong produces a continuum of sound or holistic resonance found in living objects that vibrate with every cell in their being. The gong is an engine of resonate power or "feeling" tones. Feeling tones are felt in a kinesthetic way as a result of sustained tone production of long, low waves of low frequency sound waves or oscillations. The body respondes to prolonged saturation  of sound by listening like a big ear, hearing with feeling. When  this happens, the mental, emotional and physical bodies become both super-conductive, and super-regenerating  as the strain caused by the normal resistance of the ego-identity no longer exists as a disease factor. Or it just sounds cool. Gong Labs are donation based. We ask for $10-$20 but we want you there no matter what. Bring a friend for their first time as our special guest for free. Tell us you are coming and reserve a space via our facebook event page or call 518 389 2200.

3 Days of Gong Baths in Upstate New York for a Solstice Celebration!

3 Gong Baths this weekend! We will be packing the shortest days of the year with as much gong as possible.

We will be in Latham, NY for the original "Gong Lab" on Friday December 19th at 7:30 PM at The Pilates Principle

We will be a part of the "Reflecting on Light" Troy, NY Solstice celebration at Heartspace Yoga - Troy Studio on Saturday, December 20th from 3:30 to 5 PM

We are extremely excited to return to Hot Yoga Saratoga in Saratoga Springs, NY on Sunday, December 21st at 6PM

Hope to see you and a ton more sunlight soon!

PS - We will keep you posted and I hope to have a video soon showing progress with Nick's "interactive paper" experiment for our Gong event posters... Very Cool!

Gong Baths and the Reaction of Our Liquid Body [Video]

These guys are having some amazing fun with an equally amazing experiment similar to what Nick has been doing in the Gong Lab. Very cool.

This may explain 'the tingle' felt during a gong bath!

"The Effect of Cymatic Frequencies on Matter":


CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford from Nigel Stanford on Vimeo.

Gong Bath in Latham, NY

We've got just one regularly scheduled Lab this month on Friday the 21st, 7:30 pm in Latham. We are reconfiguring some of our monthly events to make room for occasional or one off events like Yoga Aid last week, and Yoga Bliss in Schenectady a couple weeks ago. We are working on a collaborative event with several sound and vibe people around the solstice in our beloved Troy for December.  

Friday, 21st of November~7:30 

The Pilates Principle

578 New Loudon Rd. Latham 

This is an "all alloy" event with just metal bowls and the gongs. Fall is crazy for a lot of us for some reason, and we will try to answer that with a warm and intimate Lab.  A time to relax and be still. No decisions, no worries about anything for a while. 

The notion of a gong "bath" is sound as a context, an environment, or as our teacher calls it Akasha. The sound is kind of a inward facing mirror to our borders, and while the sound is coming from outside it allows us to listen in. It's that listening, that noticing, the "inner meet me" that feeds the great smile of healing. 

Gong Lab 

The Gong lab is a sound and vibration meditation experiment. We use gongs, singing bowls and other equipment to facilitate relaxation and cultivate and rejuvenating experience. The  gong produces a continuum of sound or holistic resonance found in living objects that vibrate with every cell in their being. The gong is an engine of resonate power or "feeling" tones. Feeling tones are felt in a kinesthetic way as a result of sustained tone production of long, low waves of low frequency sound waves or oscillations. The body respondes to prolonged saturation  of sound by listening like a big ear, hearing with feeling. When  this happens, the mental, emotional and physical bodies become both super-conductive, and super-regenerating  as the strain caused by the normal resistance of the ego-identity no longer exists as a disease factor. Or it just sounds cool!

Gong Labs are donation based. We ask for $10-$20 but we want you there no matter what. Bring a friend for their first time as our special guest for free. Tell us you are coming and reserve a space via our facebook event page or call 518.389.2200. 

We are so glad to have been a part of the Veterans Day fundraiser organized by the Yoga Across America & The American Red Cross Challenge , and Southern Saratoga YMCA and want to keep this rolling at our Latham events by extending a perpetual invitation to "Bring a Veteran for Free". 

In 2011 Nick and I were tracking a well known Gong Master by the name of Richard Rudis who noted in an interview that year that his path to the Gong may have started when, as a 19 year old drafted soldier, he was in a chopper flying low over an area of Vietnam decimated by napalm when he noticed a single green hilltop oasis seemingly untouched with a small temple on top that he described as a "port of refuge in an otherwise insane world." He would learn later in life that gongs may have been used by the Ancient Greeks to herald their warriors returning to civilization.

Join us for "Yoga Across America" Tomorrow in Clifton Park, NY

We are excited to bring The Gongs to this Nov. 9 yoga event to raise money and awareness for programs by Yoga Across America and the American Red Cross.

On Nov. 9 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, Yoga Across American and the American Red Cross in collaboration with the Capital District YMCA is holding a fun and powerful yoga event. This yoga class will bring us together to raise money and awareness for yoga programs for veterans being offered at the YMCA. 100% of the donations goes to back into our community helping us share yoga with veterans, people in addiction recovery, high schools, cancer survivors and more. Donations raised from this event will support our growth and mission-yoga for everyone, everywhere. We will also be collecting for the Winter Warmth project for the Red Cross. NEW winter warmth items (full list to be posted to page) will be accepted for homeless or in-need veterans in the Capital Region. Suggested donation is $25 for class.

http://www.yogaacrossamerica.org