“Such a beautiful and unique experience in an amazing space”
– Lie Down and Listen attendee​
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Experience Lie Down and Listen blissful sound healing and lying down classical concert experience in the stunning and awe inspiring surroundings of the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
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This powerful experience - moves from purity and cleansing effect of Tibetan bowls to rhythmic and hypnotic sounds of Philip Glass in a rare performance of the complete 'Metamorphosis' played on harp by stunning SONY recording artist Cecilia de Maria.
This blissful sound healing and lying down classical concert will guide you to connect to the present and allow you to then experience your own shift in perspective or even a metamorphosis.
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The resonances will fill the space as you lie back on soft luxurious mattresses and feel the vibrations whilst gazing up at the baroque ceiling.
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Our first sessions at the Bodleian Library SOLD OUT in just a few days, so book ahead to avoid disappointment.
Image: The Painted Hall, London
"Utterly blissed out"
~ Financial Times
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You'll be guided by pianist/founder Christina McMaster into deep relaxation, allowing you to feel the vibrations and purifying effect of sound healing.
Places fill up quickly for these, so don't miss out - book in for this uplifting collective immersion in sound, silence, spirituality and music.
All mattresses, cushions, blankets provided.​
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Sessions​
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Monday 3 August
6.00pm–7.30pm
8.00pm - 9.30pm
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Tuesday 4 August
6.00pm–7.30pm
8.00pm - 9.30pm
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Wednesday 5 August
6.00pm–7.30pm
8.00pm - 9.30pm
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Thursday 6 August
6.00pm–7.30pm
8.00pm - 9.30pm
"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
Evening Standard Magazine
"Utterly blissed out"
Financial Times
Tickets
£50
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Includes the 90mins experience,
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Mattresses, cushions, blankets provided.
Meet Cecilia de Maria
The harpist Cecilia De Maria, UK born to Maltese parents, has signed an exclusive contract with Sony Music Masterworks. She entered the Purcell School at the age of 11 before moving on the Royal College of Music, where she studied with Daphne Boden,completing her Master’s Degree there with distinction.
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De Maria made her concerto debut in 2008 with the LSSO and that year also made it to the string finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year, where she was honoured with the award of the Walter Todds bursary.
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‘Cecilia is an extraordinarily talented performer and has the ability to instantly captivate any audience with her stunning musicianship and wide range of repertoire."
Sarah Thwaites, Head of Sony Music Masterworks in the UK,
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.
Meet sound healer Catarina Carvalho
Catarina is a classical singer and sound artist with a strong passion for embodied sound.
Catarina’s journey with her voice whilst studying opera led her to yoga and she has specialised in using sound and voice to encourage people to feel, embrace and process all emotions that arise with no judgement; to be present and accept themselves as they are.
Adding to her work in yoga studios and schools, Catarina also runs community choirs and singing groups for people living with dementia.
Catarina creates an extremely empowering space, aiming to build practitioners’ confidence in themselves by listening to their physical, mental and emotional bodies. She strongly believes that music and sound are universal languages and they have the power to bring us back to ourselves, but also to connect with each other, empowering communities and society.