"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
Evening Standard Magazine
"Utterly blissed out"
Financial Times
Friday 29 August
19.00–20.30
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Join us for an evening of calm and connection as Tibetan bowls, gongs and other ancient sound-healing instruments fill the air with their pure, resonant tones. Stretch out on soft mattresses and let your senses delight in the melodies of Ravel, Debussy and Einaudi, brought to life on piano, cello, bamboo flute and gentle vocal tones. Let the music transport you to a state of blissful presence.
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Your hosts:
Pianist and Founder Christina McMaster
Special Guest:
Percussionist, vocalist, sound healer and reiki master Teena Lyle
Saturday 30 August
08.00–09.15
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Begin your day in harmony with a serene morning gathering. Embrace the magical stillness of morning light as you’re guided through a rejuvenating facial self-massage using nourishing oils. Then, sink into deep relaxation on soft mattresses, cushions and blankets as Tibetan bowls and gongs create a calming soundscape. Pianist Christina McMaster will bring the session to a beautiful close with the exquisite sounds of live classical piano.
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Your hosts:
Pianist and Founder Christina McMaster
Special Guest:
Percussionist, vocalist, sound healer and reiki master Teena Lyle
Tickets
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Standard Tickets: From £40
Includes a luxurious mattress, cushion, blanket, experience and access to the museum.
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Super Comfort Tickets: From £67
Includes a super thixk luxurious, mattress, cushion, blanket, experience and access to the museum. Plus a special Vegan Silk Eye Mask gift from Sensory Retreats.
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.