“Utterly blissed out"
– The Financial Times
Lie Down and Listen is returning this June to the beautiful Pip & Jim's Church in Leckhampton. In this sound healing and lying down classical concert experience, you are welcomed to embark on a journey through music and sound guided by pianist and founder Christina McMaster with very special guest violinist - Philippa Mo.
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You won’t just hear the music, you’ll feel it.
What to expect
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You'll be guided into a deep relaxation, feeling the vibrations of Tibetan bowls which will merge into the live classical music, woven with a deep immersive electronic sound scape that will move through an experience of 'seeking', 'utopia', 'tenderness', 'chaos', 'deep rest', 'stillness' and ultimately triumphing in a state of 'euphoria' - a feeling of utter joy that few of us allow ourselves to experience. These movement titles represent the range of emotion you might experience.
This, however, is your journey and whatever you're going through, you'll likely leave having processed it and feeling more present, re energised and uplifted. We can't wait to welcome you to this very special Lie Down and Listen.
Location
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Pip & Jim's (St Phillip's & St James')
60 Grafton Road, Leckhampton,
Cheltenham, GL50 2DD
"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
Evening Standard Magazine
"Utterly blissed out"
Financial Times
Tickets
£45
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​Includes the 90mins experience,
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Mattresses, cushions, blankets provided.
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Includes hot cacao, herbal teas, snacks
Lie Down and Listen ​
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The concert experience has partnered in unique heritage spaces in the UK, including at Highgrove - His Majesty The King's Highgrove Gardens, The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College and the unique Dulwich Picture Gallery. The spaces themselves are as much part of the experience, offering guests to truly dwell and experience a feeling of awe in historical and natural places and spaces,
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Meet Your Host: Christina McMaster
Classical pianist, sound healer and founder of
Lie Down and Listen
“One of the most talked about concerts of our festival.” Alistair MacGowan, Artistic Director of Ludlow Piano Festival
“She is an incredibly sensitive intuitive player who brings out the mystery and beauty of these pieces”
Sarah Walker BBC Radio 3
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​Founder and Classical Pianist Christina McMaster noticed that it wasn't only the rituals of classical music concert halls that led to a disconnected listening experience, but in daily life, we are experiencing more disconnection than ever, leading to loneliness, anxiety, stress, sense of emptiness etc.
Lie down & Listen began after a chance meeting with Prof. Sir John Strang and a series of events at Kings College London to recreate the wellbeing benefits of a hallucinogenic experience without hallucinogenics- but simply using a certain combination of music in a lying down concert experience as they did in the 1960’s in downtown New York loft apartments where music of Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Steve Reich - also known as the New York Hypnotic School.
After training in sound healing, Christina then evolved the meditation, sound healing and lying down concert experience of today which creates space for deep relaxation and for listeners to reconnect within.
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Find out more about Christina here.
"Powerful healing experience. Body tingling all over with energy moving and incredible feeling of lightness"
"Total immersion and resonance"
"I felt so relaxed and was made aware of a lot going on in my body and space"
"Blessed to share these moments with people who love and let love in"
The sound bath element cleared so much from my mind. I felt connected at that point on a different level - it was other worldly"
