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Exciting new event in collaboration with Back on Track
Sunset walk with Sacred Fireside Drumming
Event Date: Saturday, 26th & 27th May, 2023
Start Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Birtley House, Birtley Road Bramley, GU5 0LB
Fee: £20
Wonder with us through the Bluebell woods and experience Sacred Drumming around the firepit.
This is a collaboration between Back on Track and Sam & Maxine the ‘Shanti Sisters’ and I am so excited to share this with you.
Join us at our woodland space in Bramley during Bartley House Open Day for an absolutely stunning walk to theBluebell woods and adjacent woodland, farmland and fields.
It’s a gentle but undulating walk for just over an hour to release tension and stress and start connecting with nature.
Returning we’ll settle into our secluded woodland and gather around the fire for our drumming.
Sam and Maxine have absolute contagious energy inviting you with their drums and chants (optional) to connect with earth and everything around you.
Drumming and Chanting can help shift the energetic pattern of the mind and heart in an extraordinary way, it has the power to interrupt any negativity and invite positive change for our wellbeing. It is a rich, empowering ancient healing medicine.
You can join in the drumming, or just listen to the sounds and feel the vibrations of the drums.
Having experienced this first hand, I can guarantee you will feel truly connected, invigorated even the day after.
Drums are provided but if you have your own, do bring them along. You can leave chairs, blankets, drums, food & drink etc in the nearby car park.
There is a woodland shelter if required.
Booking is essential as places are limited.
Event Date: Saturday, May 26th, 2023
Start Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Birtley House, Birtley Road Bramley, GU5 0LB
Fee: £20
Event Date: Saturday, May 27th, 2023
Start Time: 2pm
Location: Birtley House, Birtley Road Bramley, GU5 0LB
Fee: £20
This event has finished, but there will be more dates to come
The Immersion Experience
The Immersion Experience is a day of sound, song and spirit, to release, heal, and come together with others in the energy of joy, peace and universal love. These workshops are a collaboration of the skills of both myself and Maxine Crinall.
A full day Immersion can include:
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The Vagus Breath
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Chakra Chants
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Connection with Universal Energies
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Chanting
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Drumming on frame and powwow
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Meditation
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Dance
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Journeying
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Sound
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Crystal Journeying
The Immersion Experience day runs from approximately 10am-4pm. The contents will shift according to the energies at the time.
Below is a picture from a recent Immersion Experience.
Here is the crystal grid/mandala that we used to bring the energies into the day.
Crystal grid/mandala from the last immersion day
Sing for Mindfulness - Chanting Hour
I've been chanting for most of my life, and during lockdown we felt there was a need to bring people together during a time of such chaos and stress, and so along with Maxine Crinall we created Chanting Hour.
Chanting Hour is a session that starts off with grounding and connection, and leads into the explanation and performance of different chants, from a variety of different origins. We explore chants from different languages, and different spiritual and religious practices.
Chanting Hour is held every Tuesday evening at 7:30pm. This is usually through Zoom, but we are starting to hold more chanting in person.
Chanting reaches deep into the past of our ancient ancestors as far as when we learnt that the sound of our voices could empower us.
The definition of a chant is a song, melody or mantra repeated over and over again to raise power with the energies formed. The power and intention put into a chant can change its dynamic completely: from soft and gentle like a lullaby to bring calm and settle into a dream state, or strong and powerful to raise the energies for ritual, healing and clearing spaces etc.
When people gather together and raise their voices in chant, they share a language so much stronger than just words. Chanting has the power to interrupt negativity, lift our spirits and invite positive change for our wellbeing. Using a chant can help regulate your breathing, release endorphins and put you into a meditative state.
Drum and chant event at the wonderful Solar Sisters cafe, Guildford
Reviews from the Immersion Experience
"Sam and Maxine are both very talented and experienced light workers, who have worked very hard to put together their individual talents to create this special workshop. The energy was amazing and full of love and healing" - C.G. Guildford
"Maxine and Sam created a truly magical experience filled with so much love and light. I must say out of the experiences that I had on my spiritual journey so far that was the most special and beautiful It was actually a
very powerful experience for me" - A.P. Petworth
"Thank you both for such an amazing day, I'm still buzzing, wonderful time ❤️" - Sa.W. Bordon
"Thankyou both so much for a truly mystical and informative day in the beautiful setting at Wanborough. Every last element came together under your care to provide such an explorative, safe, revelatory and nurturing journey. Being amongst these things was so loving and peaceful and I have much food for thought! Thanks to you lovely ladies." - Sh.W. Bordon
