For Adi and me, there is simply nothing better than getting the chance to explore the world. We giddily walk around the house a couple days prior to each departure wondering what our next adventure will bring. We have found that the less we plan our trips the more magical they become, so oftentimes we scarcely know where we will stay once we land. We allow the magic of the Universe to unfold before our hopeful eyes knowing that what She will bring will be far more glorious than anything we could have ever planned.
I write these words on the eve before our next adventure to Cabo San Lucas. Early tomorrow morning we depart to experience an advanced gong training by Adi’s Teacher, Mehtab. We will be studying advanced techniques in how to heal both emotional and physical pain through the transformational power of the sound of the gong, known in Kundalini Yoga circles as the Adi Naad. Through the Primal Sound we are able to tap into sound frequencies that strengthen the central nervous system and realign our chakras that enable us to maximize our human potential.
When Adi first asked me to attend a Gong Bath I was skeptical, but I went nonetheless. We drove to Austin about a month prior to her starting Kundalini Yoga Teacher so that we could check out Yoga Yoga Studio. Mehtab was conducting one of his Full Moon Gong Baths that Sunday evening and Adi and I decided to spend the night in Austin and drink in the experience of hearing several gongs played simultaneously while more than 40 people lay in the supine position.
On my inaugural gong experience, when I heard the very first strike of the mallet against the gong I was transfixed by the sound it
created. Energy began rising up within me and I could feel “chills” run through the entirety of my body. I was swept away by the majesty of the sound and in my mind I was instantly transported to other realms leaving me wondering what exactly this Primal Sound was doing “to me” and “for me.”
It wasn’t long after that first time hearing the gong that Adi and I decided to buy our own gongs and we began our journey of learning not only how to play the gong, but we began studying the long history of this beautiful instrument. We came to understand that the gong is a Guru and we actually don’t play the gong at all–the gong plays us. We became hooked on the gong and our newfound interest fostered in us the desire to share this experience with as many people as we could. Adi and I decided that we would begin conducting our very own Gong Baths in our community and we invited everyone we knew to join us in this transformational experience. It wasn’t long before our Gong Baths were drawing as many as 40 people and we discovered that we had so much more to learn from the Gong Teachers who had come long before us.
With this in mind, Adi asked if I would be willing to go to Mexico to continue our study with Mehtab and to take a Yoga Nidra Certification class with him. Always up for an adventure with Adi, I said, “Yes, And” to her suggestion and tomorrow we hop a flight to Mexico. For the upcoming week, I have decided to write about the experience and chronicle our adventure. I hope you get the opportunity to enjoy the journey with us.
This is as much as we have planned. The adventure awaits and we will witness the beautiful creative expression of this glorious Universe. May you stay blessed and may the light of love shine on your always!
Sat Nam!