The Dreaming Place: a trance healing music journey

Join acclaimed vibraphonist , whose work was described by The New York Times as “hypnotizing”, for a trance healing music journey in the Red Room at Soft Medicine Sanctuary.

Chris plays the vibraphone - a unique and beautiful instrument - in a singular, virtuosic way using the waves and layers of sound along with his voice to bring listeners into a heightened meditative state where healing, connection, visions, and inspiration can occur.

It is a dream-like experience that is at once activating, relaxing, and rejuvenating. Gorgeous, abstract nature-based projected visuals enhance this sonically rich and expansive journey.

The setting for this Dreaming Place is the cozy and welcoming Red Room at Soft Medicine Sanctuary.

Dream with us in this beautiful and supportive community setting. All are welcome!

What to expect from this experience:

• A warm welcome
• A mat or cushion for lying down or sitting
• You will be invited to find a comfortable position and set intentions for the session
• Chris will guide the group in a short visualization meditation, bringing all into grounded, centered space
• Chris will play a 60-minute immersive channeled journey, using vibraphone and vocals
• As the journey comes to a close, you will be gently brought back into physical awareness and invited to reflect on the experience, noting new perspectives, guidance, or anything else that comes up
• There will be a brief sharing/integration time after and thank you

What to bring

This event will be sound bath style, with participants sitting or lying on the floor. Mats and back-jacks will be provided. You may wish to bring any additional items you prefer to have to be comfortable sitting or reclined for a little over an hour.

About Chris Dingman

An acclaimed musician of many genres, Chris Dingman has been performing on the vibraphone for 25+ years, including with celebrated masters Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and many others. He brings together this background with a host of studies and influences from around the world, in service of taking listeners on a journey to a transcendent place.

Working in the fields of jazz, experimental, and world music for decades, Chris’s trajectory changed when, in 2018, his father entered hospice. Chris played and recorded meditative music as an act of care for him in his final months of life. This music became the 5-hour extended album Peace.

Since then, Chris has brought his special brand of healing music journeys far and wide, from live sessions at Omega Institute and The Rubin Museum of Art to his regular online series Transformations and Transformations for Grief, his work with the Psychedelic Sangha, music for mediumship, and much more. His critically acclaimed albums Journeys vol. 1 and vol. 2, are described by The New York Times as “hypnotizing,” and by Jazz at Lincoln Center as “absolutely beautiful.”

Chris has presented talks and performances at the Gold Foundation Conference on Humanism in Medicine, the American College of Physicians, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC), and written for the Johns Hopkins Medicine blog. He has been profiled by NPR, the New York Times, AMNY, and many other publications, and has received fellowships and grants from Chamber Music America, New Music USA, South Arts, and the Thelonious Monk Institute.

More at chrisdingman.com

For those in financial need

A limited number of reduced-rate tickets are available for those who would not be able to attend otherwise. If you need one of these options please email us at [email protected], and we’ll do our best to support you.

Info: Doors will open at 7:00pm; arrive no later than 7:30pm as entry will be limited after the event starts

Info: Guided meditation and trance healing music journey happens - sit or lie back, relax, and enjoy

Info: An opportunity for those who wish to gather in community and share about the experience in a judgement-free, supportive space

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Soft Medicine Sanctuary, 186 North Main Street, Sebastopol, United States

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