“Such a beautiful and unique experience in an amazing space”
– Lie Down and Listen attendee
An immersive sound healing and lying-down classical concert experience at the Organic Sheep Farm in the North Wessex Downs. With London Philharmonic Cellist Naomi Watts
What to expect:
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Set within the serene beauty of an organic sheep farm, surrounded by rolling countryside and expansive views, these deeply nourishing sessions combine sound and music with gentle movement (available to anyone!). As you lie down on soft mattresses in the natural wood space, you may almost feel as if you are held within a protective womb, receiving the healing vibrations of sound and music.
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Feel the deep Resonances
Your guide: leading cellist Naomi Watts of the London Philharmonic.
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You’ll be guided through a deep relaxation as you lie down and receive the simplicity of the deep C string on the cello filling the space.
Like a grounding call to reconnect, you’ll feel this powerful vibration resonate through you.
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As you become rooted and relaxed, absorb the beautiful and ethereal sounds of Tibetan bowls, crystal bowls and gongs, accompanied by soft vocal humming that gently washes through the room.
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Rest deeply as the sound and music music surrounds you.
Featuring Bach cello suites to put a smile on your face and joy in your heart.
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This experience also features Naomi’s own hypnotic looping pieces, which gently guide you into a rhythmic, trance-like state of calm and restoration.
"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
Evening Standard Magazine
"Utterly blissed out"
Financial Times
Location
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Sheepdrove Organic Farm
Nutwood House, Sheepdrove Road, Sheepdrove,
Lambourn, Hungerford, RG17 7UU
Sessions Times
​​​Saturday 4 July
12pm - 1.30pm
3pm - 4.30pm
5.45pm - 7.15pm
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Sunday 5 July
11.00 -12.30pm
2pm - 3.30pm
5.00pm - 6.30pm
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Reconnect with nature
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After the session, you're welcome to take a stroll amongst the organic sheep farm, breathing in the fresh countryside air and feeling nourished by nature’s beauty, open skies and peaceful surroundings.
Tickets
£45
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​Includes the 90mins experience,
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Mattresses, cushions, blankets provided.
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Herbal Teas sand biscuits served
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"
