Empowered Empaths Meetup

Posting this Sound Ceremony in Cary Friday, April 25th from 7:00pm-8:30pm just in case anyone is interested in exploring this on your own. This is not hosted by our group. Please make sure you read the details below about attending.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE SIGNING UP/ATTENDING:

1. You MUST pre-register at the event link below where this will be held to attend. Please do not just show up without doing this. This event almost always sells out, so you should register ahead of time if you plan to attend.
2. This is NOT a free event. The $35 registration supports the sound ceremony artist and his mission to bring this to people. Read more about Garth and sacred sound below.
3. The Space/What to Bring: This experience takes place on the studio floor (a limited number of chairs are available for anyone not comfortable on the floor). The studio has some yoga mats, bolsters, and blankets available but please bring anything you need to make yourself comfortable.

PRE-REGISTER AND PAY HERE:
https://caryyogacollective.com/cyc-classes/
Look for the date on the class calendar and find the Sound Ceremony there to Register.

Address:
Cary Yoga Collective
2425 Kildaire Farm Road
Suite 407
Cary, NC 27518

More About the Sound Ceremony:
Join Garth Roberston for a sound ceremony using a variety of global instruments including guitar, overtone singing, chimes, Tibetan Bowls, Quartz bowls, flute, gong, frame drum, tuning forks and didgeridoo. This is a journey through the senses and elements, which will leave you feeling both grounded and expansive. All are welcome.

Garth’s Website:
http://www.songofthesacred.com

From Garth~
Sound: Even before verbal language, humans have used sound and song for healing, communicating and creating community. Bone flutes have been discovered that date back to 45,000 BC; the ancient Greeks used zithers and harps to calm & entertain. While the ancient practitioners may not have languaged the concepts of brain wave entrainment or the parasympathetic nervous system, they knew that Sound, used in deliberate and intentional ways, can calm a person to the point that their innate ability to self-heal activates.
Ceremony: Like shared song & intentional sound, the practice of creating and participating in Ceremony dates back 10’s of thousands of years; it is a basic human instinct. We are social creatures; gathering together for moments of silence and reverence is at the very core of being human in relationship to others (both human and other than human). Ceremony reflects our beliefs, hopes, traditions, culture, and spirituality while creating a container for belonging and amplifying our intentions. I humbly offer Sound Ceremony: a modality that combines the two for a deep and meaningful experience. Guided by Instruments from around the world, each person that is present co-creates the special container that we all use as a collective pathway into our deeper selves and our collective healing.

IMPORTANT NOTES - Please be sure and read:

1. WEATHER/EVENT CONFIRMATION: We'll cancel and reschedule this if the weather will not be good on this day. Check back here to make sure it's still on for this date and time.
2. BRING SEATING: Bring your own chair/blanket or what you need to sit on a grassy area near the lake. We will plan to meet just off of one of the paved pathways that go around the lake (see event picture).
3. BRING FOOD/BEVERAGE: It's a picnic. Bring whatever you would like to enjoy for your lunch, or just come soak up some sun and nature.
4. FINDING US - You'll need instructions listed below since it's a large park.

Bond Park Address:
801 High House Rd, Cary, NC 27513

HOW TO FIND US:
Bond Park Drive is the road that comes in from High House Road to the parking lot where the Bond Park Boathouse is. Follow all signs towards the Boathouse. Note that if the main parking lot by the boathouse is full, there are signs that point you to Boathouse Overflow Parking. From here:

• If you are in the parking lot and facing the boathouse and the lake, look all the way to the right side of the lake and you will see a small grassy area by the water. This is where the picnic will be. To get there, take the paved trail to the right (this is called Black Creek Greenway, but you won't see the marker sign that says this until you walk on the paved trail towards the right). This will take you past the Amphitheatre on the right.
• When you get to the Trail Head Kiosk (the big map where you can go different directions), go left (Paw-Paw Trail/Bond Lake Trail/White Oak Greek Greenway). You can see the grassy area where we will meet just a few steps up ahead on the left from this map.
• Notes: 1) there are some pictures in the Event Photos of the boathouse, trail kiosk map, and the spot where we will meet to help you find it. 2) If another group is already here, we’ll meet just on the other side of the paved trail in the big grassy Multi-Use Field.
• Feel free to message Beth (9199437288) to plan if you need any assistance or have trouble finding us.