Sonic Trance Gong Bath with Loriel Starr 

Friday April 25th, 2025

Two shows, due to popular demand!

First show: Doors open at 6:30 pm and event lasts from 7 – 8 pm
Second show: Lobby opens at 8 pm, performance doors open at 8:30 pm, and event lasts from 9 – 10 pm

at The Alembic 
2820 Seventh Street Berkeley, CA 94710

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The SonicTrance Gong Bath produces a transportive experience of sonic trance. Gongs are ancient instruments, and their vibrant timbres and full-spectrum harmonics produce powerful, mysterious, and captivating sounds. Gongs help to release, clear, and rebalance your subtle body and nervous system, and the experiences they inspire can catalyze transformation and healing.

Your journey will begin with a brief guided form of relaxation called Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep). This will help you to relax, shift your attention inward and open yourself to the vibrational frequcies, the sonic textures, tonal qualities, and harmonic richness offered by Loriel’s beautiful eight gong ensemble (with additional sonic delights)!

The SonicTrance Gong Bath showcases the gong’s unique voice in the realm of sound healing and sound meditation. If you like gongs you’ll love this event! And if you are new to the sound of the gong, or just beginning to explore sound baths, tonight will offer a wonderful opportunity to dive into the deep end of the pool of vibrational healing.

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Benefits:

  • Calm your body’s stress cycle
  • Boost your natural opiates.
  • Rest and restore your nervous system.
  • Connect with a deep sense of inner peace and well-being.
  • Enjoy an internal journey that is visionary and expansive.
  • Experience a blissful trance-like state equivalent to a good night’s sleep.
  • Enjoy being bathed in the healing frequencies, rich sonic layers and vibrant overtones of the gong.

IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION:
Please bring a yoga mat to lie down on (thank you).

DOORS WILL CLOSE at 7:00 pm sharp for the first show and 9:00 pm sharp for the second show. There will be no admittance once the doors have been closed.

Additional items that can be helpful (but not required) are an extra blanket to cover yourself , a pillow for your head (or for under your knees), an eye covering or a water bottle.

*** Please help us to create as optimal an environment as possible for this event by arriving early to settle in to your space before we begin. We ask all participants to please use the restroom beforehand and not during the event if possible. Your community of meditators will appreciate you helping to maintain silence and stillness in the event space.

PLEASE NOTE: A gong sound bath has variable dynamics of intensity and volume in the form of sound waves. The tension and release of these dynamics are part of the process that supports the nervous system to strengthen and to develop resilience. However, if you have been diagnosed with PTSD, or are prone to be sensitive to the dynamics of volume, you may find this event contraindicated. Feel free to contact Loriel with any questions regarding participation. 

LORIEL STARR is a Certified Sound Practitioner, a Gong Yoga Therapist and a graduate of The Sound and Music in the Healing Arts Program of The California Institute of Integral Studies (2008). Loriel is the producer of “The Sound Mandala Experience”; one of San Francisco’s premier sound bath events and is also a member of The Sound Healing Symphony at Grace Cathedral. She is a certified practitioner of several somatic and psycho-spiritual practices; including Somatic Experiencing, Holotropic Breathwork and iRest Yoga Nidra. For more information on Loriel please visit:www.lorielstarr.com

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Note : This event is non-refundable due to the limited ticket sales!