5-6 APRIL 2025
Gong Course with Bjørn Løken at Løken Gård, Fetsund
For beginners and experienced gong players – come, learn and be inspired by Bjørn Løken’s way of treating the gong as a living being, a co-creator and co-healer. Learn how to play in a way that brings out the best healing qualities in the gong!
The gong has been used for many thousands of years to heal a number of illnesses in people and animals. In order to give the gong a chance to do its best as a healer together with you, you need to master different kinds of strokes, dynamics and rhythmics. In this course you learn about/deepen your knowledge of different playing techniques. You also learn to/expand your ability to use musical effects in the gong playing in order to affect and balance body, mind and soul.
When you master different techniques, use your musicality when you play, put yourself in neutral mind and set a clear intention – you and the gong become one and you can accomplish the most amazing things together! When the technique is there, you can follow your intuition when you play without having to think of HOW you play. Many people say “I don’t need to know about techniques, I just play intuitively” but the lack of techniques will limit the way you can express your intuition. You also miss the aspect of bringing out the best healing qualities of the gong to let it do its very utmost as a healer.
In this course Bjørn also talks about and shows how to combine different kinds of gongs and how to combine the gong(s) with crystal instruments. He also talks about and illustrates briefly how you can use the Gong in Yoga or Qi Gong exercises and other forms for movement therapy.
The course includes both theory and practice. You will practice different playing techniques and get feedback from Bjørn and listen to the others when they play and learn through that. Bjørn will give a couple of Gongbaths as well, one when you can sit and watch and one when you can lie down if you wish and drift far away and let the frequencies balance you.
At the end of the course you will create a short Gongbath yourself and get constructive feedback from Bjørn and your course mates.
Warmly welcome to deeply healing Gongdays together!
PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Leader: Bjørn Løken, professional musician, percussion teacher and Professor of Percussion at the Norwegian Academy of Music, sound healer, shaman and certified Kundalini Yoga teacher.
Place: Løken Gård, Løkenveien 37, 1900 Fetsund, Norway.
Fetsund is situated 30 kilometers east of Oslo. You take the train from Oslo S to Lillestrøm and Bus 480 from Lillestrøm to bus stop "Løken" in Fetsund. The bus stop is right next to the farm.
Date and time: 5-6 April. Saturday 10.00-18.00, Sunday 9.00-16.00.
Investment: 2500 NOK. To be paid by bill before the course begins.
Registration: Registration is made to Maria Løken by sending an sms/phoning to +47 466 35 283 or by e-mail to picaflorlifeenergy@gmail.com To secure a spot on the course you will then need to pay a registration fee of 500 NOK that will later be deducted from the final bill. We will e-mail you our bank account number as soon as you have let us know that you wish to participate. For more information about the course contents, contact Bjørn at +4790020173 or send an e-mail to slagbjorn.loken@gmail.com
Food and lodging: Possibilities to book lodging and home cooked, ecological, nutritious, lovingly prepared vegetarian food made mainly from vegetables grown on our farm. Contact Maria for more information.
24 APRIL 2025
Evening Event: Soul Journey Qigong 1 and Gong Meditation
at Løken Gård, Fetsund, and online live!
Warmly welcome to join us either at Løken Gård or online, live, to share an evening of deep stillness and healing of yourself and the earth. An evening when you let go of energies that hold you back and let yourself be filled with the original light of love - Munay.
Together we will practice Soul Journey Qigong 1 - The Initiation of the Heart to the healing tones of gongs and crystal instruments. This will be followed by a guided Gong Meditation when you can let yourself journey with the deeply balancing tones and vibrations from gongs, crystal singing bowls and crystal pyramids.
No previous expericence with qigong or meditation is needed!
What is qigong? "Qi" means "life energy" and "gong" means "method". Qigong originates from China and can be described as a meditation in movement. For thousands of years it has been practiced by the Chinese to create balance between body, mind and soul and thereby stay in good health. There are numerous different kinds of qigong. Soul Journey Qi Gong is a unique form created by Maria Løken - a blend of old eastern philosophy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and ancient shamanic wisdom. It consists of series of soft, slow, beautiful, simple and powerful movements made with a specific concentration for each movement.
By practicing Soul Journey Qi Gong you stimulate the circulation of "qi", blood and lymph in your body. You fill every cell in your body with fresh oxygen and you stimulate all your inner organs.
On a soul level, practicing Soul Journey Qigong can help you open up your heart and feel the oneness with nature and the universe. Feel the oneness with every part of creation. You can find your own light, your unique vibration of the original source of love.
The effect of the qigong practice is deepened and strengthened by the healing tones from gongs and crystal instruments played by Bjørn.
The qigong session will be followed by a deeply healing Gong Meditation during which you can let go of heavy energies that do not serve you anymore and bring in the original light of love from heaven and earth. The tones and frequences enter on cellular level in your body, help you open up and release blockings and tensions.
LEADERS: Maria and Bjørn Løken. Maria is the creator of Soul Journey Qi Gong, a Certified Instructor of Medical Qigong according to the Biyun method, a sound healer and a shaman. Bjørn is a professional musician, a percussion teacher and Professor of Percussion at the Norwegian Academy of Music, a sound healer, a shaman and a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher.
DATE AND TIME: 24 April 2025 at 19.00-20.30
PLACE: LIVE at Løken Gård, Løkenveien 37, 1900 Fetsund AND ONLINE, LIVE! We will send a link to you who participate online 15 minutes before the start of the event. It is essential that you take in the sound through good headphones (on ear) or good loudspeakers to get the most possible out of the experience! You will nog be able to experience the sound of the gongs and crystal instruments through the cell phone!
REGISTRATION: The registration for the event is committing and is made to Maria by phoning/sending an sms to +47 466 35 283 or by e-mail to picaflorlifeenergy@gmail.com at the latest two hours before the event.
INVESTMENT: 300 NOK/300 SEK/30 Euro. To be paid by Vipps or Swish to the above mobile number by participants in Norway or Sweden. To participants in other countries we will send a bill.