CACAO LOVE
22 /24 August
Manchester
A summers evening, celebrating love with a blissful cacao drinking ritual led by queen of Cacao Emma Landolt and Lie Down and Listen founder and pianist Christina McMaster.
Sink into the feelings of love and bliss as you lie down on soft luxurious mattresses, cushions and blankets. Emma and Christina will share a vibrational sound healing experience with you and a live classical piano concert experience in the stunning space at Halle St Peters.
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You'll leave feeling at peace, vibrating with love and re-energised.
"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
Evening Standard Magazine
"Utterly blissed out"
Financial Times
All is Full of Love
Venue: Halle St Peter's, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF
Duration: 90mins
Tickets £39​
Includes hot cacao, mattresses, cushions and blankets.
Friday 22 August
6pm - 6.30pm
8.30pm - 9pm
Sunday 24 August
3pm -5.30pm
6pm -7.30pm
Meet Your Host: Christina McMaster
Classical pianist, sound healer and founder of Lie Down and Listen
“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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“One of the most talked about concerts of our festival.” Alistair MacGowan, Artistic Director of Ludlow Piano Festival
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.