Sound Meditation Healing Yoga
Tradition with a contemporary twist
Workshops & Events
Classes, workshops and events are fun and informal yet offer participants a valuable opportunity to deepen their understanding and knowledge of themselves in a supportive environment. Suitable for all levels and abilities.
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Events, Workshops and Classes
Levels of Consciousness & Sound
A 3-Day Gong Workshop Campout Friday $th September
Arrival from 14’00 Starts 17.00
End: Sunday 6th 20.00
Practice • Study • Breathwork • Chi Kung • Technique • Self-Mastery
Numbers are extreemly limited for this intimate and transformative 3-day residential gong immersive experience. Designed for sound therapists, gong players, and anyone seeking a deeper connection to Gons and consciousness.
A practical weekend of immersive gong paying, grounded in practical skill-building and direct experience. Exploring David R. Hawkins’ Power vs. Force - and the Map of Consciousness. Gong Campout: Immersive Gong Training Weekend
with Roger (Gong) Newton
Program Overview
The Gong is one of humanity’s oldest therapeutic instruments, used for centuries in yoga, sound meditation, and vibrational therapy. It is highly effective for stress reduction, glandular stimulation, and releasing emotional blockages.
This hands-on weekend offers a comprehensive journey into the world of the Gong - ideal for beginners and experienced players alike, whether you own a Gong or are thinking of purchasing one. The program explores all major Gong styles and traditions without bias or endorsement of any specific type or maker.
You will gain practical skills, deeper listening ability, and confidence through direct experience.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the weekend, participants will:
Understand Gong types, construction, and the physics behind their sound
Master fundamental and some more advanced playing techniques
Confidently use the Gong in sound therapy, meditation, yoga, personal practice.
Explore the psycho-acoustic and metaphysical dimensions of Gong playing
Develop their own authentic relationship with the instrument - and breath
Syllabus Structure & Flow
Friday afternon. Arrival. from 14.00 Unload equiptment (If applicble) Set up.
Friday evening: meet and take a walk in nature to ground before a welcoming opening ceremony.
Background/Foundations. Levels of .consciousness. Breath
Fire circle.
Nourishing Soup around the fire.
Listening.
History and cultural significance of Gongs across traditions
Gong anatomy, styles, and types (hanging and resting Gongs from around the world)
Science of metals workshop: physics, wave theory, and why Gongs work the way they do
Gong stands, playing implements, and accessories (including friction mallets/ flumies and hand techniques)
Hands-on exploration: first contact with a wide range of Gongs
Soundbath. Bed
Saturday
Chi Kung practice
Techniques & Sonic Universe
Core playing techniques: from gentle attacks to sustained drones
Dynamics of sound and silence
Developing deep listening and tonal alchemy
Exercises across different Gong families
Creating textures, overtones, and therapeutic soundscapes
Common challenges and troubleshooting
Soundbath
Bed
Sunday
Chi Kung
Application & Integration
Using the Gong in sound therapy, meditation, yoga classes.
Building effective soundbaths and therapeutic sessions
Philosophy of Gong playing and shifting consciousness
Psycho-acoustics and the Gong as a tool for transformation
Review of new Gong products and innovations
Final group soundbath and integration.
Weekend closing ceremony 19.30 +/-
Throughout the weekend: live demonstrations, ample playing time provided Gongs, group discussions, and evening soundbaths.
NOTES
This is a flexible schedule and other than the start time everything is subject to change.
It is proposed that breacfasts be simple i.e. fruit (provided)
Lunch both days, will be around 13.00 and be a nourishing soup,
Ther is no provision for an evening meal but there will be a break in the scedue; for tea’s and food if required.
There’s a fridge and freezer adjacent to the outdoor kitchen - so within reason and keeping it simple - you are most welcme to bring your own food / drinks.
We suggest that if you have a special diet then bring what you feel will be adequate. This wekend is primarily about the Gongs and connection.
Workshop Leader
Roger (Gong) Newton has nearly two decades of dedicated Gong practice. He maintains a personal collection of over 25 hanging Gongs and many dozens of resting Gongs/ floor bells representing worldwide culture.
Roger blends experiential wisdom with scientific insight to create a supportive, empowering, and dynamic learning environment.
Location & Accommodation
The Gong Campout is held at a purpose built space at a private location near Hockley Railway Station, Essex.
There is a natural swim pond. So you may wish to bring an extra towel and suitable swimwear
Camping on-site is encouraged for the fullest immersive experience (bring your own tent).
B&B option available at the nearby: Isabella Rooms - 2 minutes away by car.
https://www.isabellarooms.co.uk/
What’s Provided / What to Bring.
Provided: Wide selection of Gongs from global traditions for all participants to play, stands, and basic implements.
Recommended to bring: Your own mallets (if you have them), tent/camping gear, comfortable clothing, journal/notebook, and your personal Gong (optional – with the understanding that others will only play it with your permission).
No prior experience necessary. All Welcome
This program focuses purely on the Gong itself—its techniques, sound, and power. The Gong’s universal ability to dissolve concepts and transform conditions makes it a profound instrument shared across many traditions.
You will leave knowledgeable, empowered, elevated, and confident in your Gong practice.
Ready to deepen your relationship with this extraordinary instrument?
11am - 6pm
A transformational day voyage into the healing power of the voice, through sound, ceremony and expression.
Your hosts :
Grace Lightlooper - Voice Medicine Woman
Conch O’Bar - Rhythm and Embodiment Guide
Roger - Gongs
This is an invitation to remember your voice as medicine — through play, feeling, ceremony, and embodied expression. Together we’ll journey from the mind voice into the heart and body voice, reconnecting with the deeper intelligence of sound, emotion, breath, and spirit. Through somatic sounding, movement, mantra, rhythm, intuitive vocal expression, ceremony, and a deeply restorative soundbath held by Roger, you’ll explore the healing power of your own authentic voice in a safe and supportive space.
Expect moments of deep release, profound connection, laughter, freedom, and soul remembrance. The day moves through three intentional phases, each supporting a deeper opening of the voice and nervous system, with time to rest, integrate, and connect as a group. Whether your voice feels powerful, hidden, blocked, or longing to expand, this day is about reclaiming the parts of yourself waiting to be heard. No singing experience needed — only a willingness to feel, listen, and open.
✨ What You Will Experience
• A joyful day of exploring, expressing, and expanding through deeply sacred vocal practices
• A safe, lovingly held space to move beyond your edges
• Ancient voice and breath techniques used to shift and transmute energy • Practices for channelling your own sound vibration as medicine
• Embodied movement to open the hips, heart, and throat
• Liberation through supported group sounding and vocal expression
• A deeply restorative soundbath held by a true master of his craft
This retreat is not about singing well; it is about remembering how to listen, trust, and allow sound to move through you.
Our day together
1. Arriving and opening the voice 7 the 3 cauldron method
2. Intros, vocal play, and beginning to listen inward.
3. Movement, mantra, and breath
4. 1:30 1.15 hr Lunch Break
5. Afternoon — Breath, Rhythm & intuitive sounds
6. 3:40 ☕ Tea Break
7. Late Afternoon — Voice Medicine ceremony
8. Finale - Reclaiming your voice!
9. Deep gong bath integration.
• This Retreat Is For You If You:
• • Feel called to reconnect with your authentic voice
• • Are a sound practitioner or healer wishing to incorporate the voice more deeply into your work
• • Love to sing and want to expand beyond technique into expression, intuition, and embodiment
• • Are curious about ancient and embodied approaches to healing
• • Want to release held emotion and reclaim expressive freedom
• • Desire a safe, soulful space to explore sound, spirit, and self
• • Long to spend a full day supported by a sonic, soulful community.
• • Whether you feel deeply connected to your voice already or completely shut down, this space welcomes you exactly as you are.
What others say:
“I would wholeheartedly recommend this experience to anyone feeling called to reconnect with themselves, their voice, and their inner truth. It really is something special.“
“I had such a profound journey and felt a real sense of release and opening through my throat chakra, like something had gently shifted and cleared. I left feeling lighter, more connected, and more in tune with my own voice and expression.”
“I have shifted from being embarrassed to sing or make sound in public to singing out loud and proud from the depth of my souls song. I am no longer frozen, not knowing what to say or questioning if I sound ok; to now creating freestyle lyrics in the moment that rise up from the depth of my true creative expression, a lost talent that came to light during The Voice Medicine Voyage day retreat. ”
“The voice activation workshop was so amazing! It was more than just singing. There were so many breakthrough moments of remembering when my voice had been shut down, and then feeling it become liberated through the practices. It totally pushed me beyond my edges and into deeper self-expression. One of the biggest takeaways was realising how many of us had similar stories, and how none of us are truly alone on this path.”
“I arrived feeling quite nervous and unsure of what to expect, but that feeling quickly melted away. Grace has the most beautiful, grounding presence and created such a safe, open and welcoming space from the very beginning. It honestly felt like being held in something very special.”
🕯 What to Bring
• Alter - An item for the altar that represents your voice or freedom
• Lunch - To keep this retreat as accessible as possible, we kindly ask everyone to bring their own lunch to enjoy during our shared midday break. You’re also warmly welcome to bring something to share with the group if you feel called to.
• Comfortable clothing for movement and rest
• Water bottle
We’re Back! After taking some time for motherhood (baby was born 10 days after the one last July) - here we are with new inspiration new tunes
The Barn, Hockley (full address shared upon booking)
7.30–9.30pm (arrive from 6.30pm for fire-side connection & optional cold water dip - gates close at 10pm)
A luminous evening of movement, ritual, and resonance – an invitation to journey inward and outward through sound, movement, and embodied wisdom.
Together we’ll co-create a rich soundscape of flowing rhythms and sacred stillness – moving through ecstatic dance, guided movement, and immersive sound healing. A night to release, reconnect, and remember.
Expect:
A grounding circle with tea and intention
Space for deep presence: connection by the fire, or a cold dip in the wild pond
Gentle, embodied movement to open the body
A curated journey of music – from soft pulses to primal beats
Ritual, expression, and guided choreography
A closing sound journey with bowls, gongs, and grace
Rest and integration in our cozy, candlelit chill corner
You’re invited just as you are.
Come open, curious, wild, tender, joyful, messy - come as you are.
About Ali (@intuitive_living_):
Wild-hearted and soul-led, Ali weaves movement, ritual, and earth wisdom into spaces of deep connection. Through dance, sound, and sisterhood, she holds sanctuary for people to come home to themselves - rooted, radiant, and free.
A weekly Yoga & Gong class every Monday.
TIME: 7.30pm - 9pm
VENUE: Balmoral Community Centre, Salisbury Ave., Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 7AU
PRICE: £12.50 via the website - or £10 on the night in the honesty box
"Roger, that soundbath was an amazing experience. The best ever. I was wearing a Fitbit that said I was asleep for an hour. I wasn’t; but that’s how deep the gongs took me.
The whole experience in the incredible space you’ve created, was just beautiful. So thanks very much for that" - Lesley
