“Such a beautiful and unique experience in an amazing space”
– Lie Down and Listen attendee
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Lie Down and Listen returns this December to the Painted Hall with Illumination – a special edition of this experience. You’ll be surrounded by baroque beauty juxtaposed with the striking Connection and Identity installation by Peter Walker.
As you walk into the space you’ll feel the illuminating sense of awe and as you lay down on soft mattresses. You’ll be guided into a meditative state and dreamscape carrying you to altered states as you feel the deep resonances of the Gong and Tibetan Bowl sound healing move through you. The heavenly sounds of harp will emerge in a live concert with harpist Camilla Pay who shares illuminating music by Max Richter, Phillip Glass and Einaudi.
Your guide is Zephyr Wildman - a Senior Yoga Teacher based in London since 2002. She’s an innovator in the art and science of yoga. Yoga is not only movement, but a way of life and in fact one of the earliest ‘yogas’ was the nada yoga – the yoga of listening.
This is what this session focuses on, guiding you into connecting with your inner self through deep listening, silence, sound and music.
You’ll leave feeling deeply rested and illuminated.
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Sessions
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Thursday 4 December 6.30pm–8pm
Thursday 4 December 8.30pm–10pm
Saturday 6 December 6.30pm–8.00pm
Saturday 6 December 8.30pm - 10pm
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"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
Evening Standard Magazine
"Utterly blissed out"
Financial Times
Tickets
Illumination Lie Down and Listen Experience: £49.50​
VIP Premium Mattress Experience: £75
Don’t miss this special opportunity.
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Limited tickets available – book now.
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All tickets include mattresses, cushions and blankets provided for your comfort
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VIP Super comfort ticket options available with extra thick mattresses and goodie bags.
"Heartfelt, soulhealing"
"Inspired, goosebumps, beauty"
"Thank you for this loving and nourishing experience"
"Waves of calm and peace"
"Love is the way, music is the guide"
POV: Live at Lie Down and Listen
"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"
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 harpist 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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Under the new recording agreement, De Maria will 'release a range of new works written especially for this talented and versatile musician, including works by composers of the moment, together with unique arrangements of classical pieces for harp'. The album will be produced by the Award-winning Anna Barry.
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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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The Head of Sony Music Masterworks in the UK, Sarah Thwaites noted: ‘Cecilia is an extraordinarily talented performer and has the ability to instantly captivate any audience with her stunning musicianship and wide range of repertoire. I’m very excited to work with Cecilia and to help share her artistry with the world.’
