What Is The Gong?

The Gong is an ancient tool that is finally making a come back in the holistic healing world. History can find no answers as to where the gong originated, since it was found on almost every continent around the same time beginning the Bronze Age almost 6,000 years ago. My intuition tells me gongs were present on this planet before then, however, there isn't any found documentations of such findings yet.

Findings say that the Gong was used as a call to battle, call to meals, call to worship, healing, meditation, an initiation tool for enlightenment, spiritual connection, exorcism of negative spirits, as well as, a show of wealth.

In 600 B.C., Gautama Buddha sent his priests throughout the Orient and Far East with instructions to inscribe all gongs and bells with two Mandarin Chinese characters taken from his contemporary, Confucius: "Tai Loi" which is translated as "Happiness Has Arrived". This was to proclaim the mysterious coming of Siddhartha Buddha's next incarnation through sound as "Maitreya" which literally means both 'musical resonance' and 'loving kindness' bringing Happiness on Earth and Spiritualization of Matter through sacred sound.

Bringing time forward into the now, utilizing the gong for it's many qualities and purposes has found its place in this new surge of Sound Therapy and Self-Healing practices emerging throughout our planet.

Benefits of the Gong:

Within the sound envelope created by the gong, it has the power of:

De-materialization - cessation of the sense of physicality 

Levitation              - dissolving of the sense of gravity

Rejuvenation         - feeling ecstatic fullness of life force

Inner Peace           - interruption of the sense of time flow

Immortality           - sense of continuity of consciousness without a body, removing the fear of physical death

Physical Benefits:

-Stimulate Creative Centers in Right side of brain (corpus callosum)

-More Clarity/Awareness/Productivity/Creativity
-Activate & Recalibrate cellular electro-magnetic activity

-Strengthens & Resets Autonomic Nervous System

-Relieves Stress and Anxiety

-Increase production of serotonin, reducing depression

-Lowers cortisol levels, Lowering Blood Pressure

-Raises your Energetic Vibration to a more harmonized state

-Alleviates Pain 

-Increases melatonin production, stabilizing sleep patterns

Metaphysical: 

-Can assist in resolution with past emotional pain, traumas, PTSD 

-Helps to connect deeper to your Self and/or maybe a Source that is higher than your Self (accessing Theta & Gamma brainwaves)

-The gongs are known as a gift from the cosmos bringing connection to cosmic energies from the Akasha Rivers (Akashic Records) 
-Possible remembering/discovering of information from all aspects and all lifetimes of your Self and beyond…past, present, future 

-Helps to bring clarity to your higher purpose here in this life

How does it work?

To put it  simply, it is the easiest form of meditation I have found. One doesn't have to know how to meditate. All one needs to do is lay back, breathe, be open to the infinite possibilities of healing and Bam! Like real life magick, the sound brings you whatever you need most - Not what you 'think' you need most, but what your energy body knows it needs most. Through the vibration and sound, the mind, body, soul and spirit are offered space to harmonize and experience a supernatural expansion of awareness and consciousness. 

To go deeper into it:

The gong is working with holistic resonance or vibration, harmonics and organic binaural beats. It is also known as the sound of OM / AUM which is the sound of all creation. There is a lot of information that could go with this, which I will share in a video or blog at another time. For now, I will say it as simply as I can.

The Gong produces organic Binaural Beats, which are created through two slightly different pure-tones, one entering one ear of a person and the other tone entering the other ear. The person then perceives an auditory illusion that a third tone is present which is the binaural beat. Binaural beats help to balance and slow the brain waves, creating a trance state also known as entrainment, which has many natural healing effects. 

Different brainwaves represent different states of consciousness. Everyday waking brainwaves are known as beta waves, and when lowered they reach alpha, theta and/or delta waves. The gong can naturally bring a person's brainwaves to Theta and delta waves which are deep meditative states and allow our monkey minds to be at ease. Science is now speaking more about gamma waves which are associated with universal consciousness and bring a euphoric feeling to the body, heart and mind. I have witnessed and personally experienced the Gong bringing people to this state many of times.

Scientifically, that's the basics.

More Testimonials:

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I finally got to try gong yoga for the first time after seeking it out for some months!!!! It was incredible to say the least. Sarah and Marcus led the class and the meditation, pranayama, the sounds, everything was amazing. Moving yoga into breathing and meditation and then into a sound vibration savasana is so amazing. It feels like your body is melting....and floating? At the saaaame time. The sound vibrations completely submerge all the way into your core and it is the most awesome unique feeling. A sound bath is the best way I could think to describe it. Super relaxing, healing, cleansing, and I felt so much love. - Katherine VonMetnitz

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Orgasmic Yoga! - Anastasia

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If you want to experience the Best of Vibrational Energy and Working with the Hina Female Energy this is the Class to attend. Check it out and bring friends. The Ancestors and Ancients who help in Spirit are incredible. Combining both Yoga and the Gong is a Great Idea. Well done. - Kahu Kealohalei Makamae