7-8 DECEMBER 2024
Gong Course with Bjørn Løken at Løken Gård, Fetsund
Learn to/deepen your ability to use the gong as an instrument for healing!
The gong is a powerful instrument that has been used for many thousands of years to heal a number of illnesses in people and animals. The frequencies you can get out of a good gong are very complex and affect us on a cellular level. When the body is out of balance, perhaps due to physical or psychological ailments, the frequency of every cell is changed. With the help of the gong you can balance a body that is unbalanced and restore the optimal frequency of the cells.
In my gong courses you learn about/deepen your knowledge of different playing techniques. It is essential to be able to master strokes, dynamics and rhythmics in order to bring out all the qualities of the gong. You learn to/expand your ability to use musical effects in the gong playing in order to affect body and mind so that the body actually understands if it is out of balance. This will also affect the soul and eventually heal the wounds inflicted on the soul.
Moreover I talk about and show how to combine different kinds of gongs and how to combine the gong(s) with crystal instruments. I also talk about and illustrate briefly with my wife Maria how you can use the Gong in Yoga or Qi Gong exercises and other forms for movement therapy.
For whom are the gong courses suitable? The gong courses are suitable for both beginners and for those who have played for some time, even for those who have a long experience in playing the gongs. The point of the courses is to give inspiration and to expand both repertoire of strokes and ways of thinking when it comes to what a gong is and how it can be used most efficiently and constructively. You will learn about different types of frequencies you can create to get a wider perspepctive of the possibility of healing with the gong through your intuitive playing.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Leader: Bjørn Løken, professional musician, percussion teacher and Professor of Percussion at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, 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: 7-8 December 2024. 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 partly by vegetables grown on our farm. Contact Maria for more information.
11 DECEMBER 2024
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: 11 December 2024 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 to the above mobile number by Norwegian participants. To participants from other countries we will send a bill.