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It is an understatement to say that learning how to play the gongs is unique. In many, maybe most, ways it is very different from learning other sorts of musical instruments. For example, if you were to learn piano, typically you would get lessons from a piano teacher.  Of course, you actually don't need to get lessons to play the piano. You can go it alone, and I wouldn't think it was the worst...

In this video Alan talks about how gong baths collapse time along with a few other reasons why he *loves* playing gongs for people.  

"Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself—and there isn’t one.” ― Wei Wu Wei (German translation will be forthcoming.) What does this mean? The first clue is in the words 'self ' and 'one.' The illuminating thought here is that the self is an object and not a subject. This is not merely semantics. It is not merely a thought exercise. It is...

First let me say this; none of these steps are necessary. I know, I know; this is a terrible way to start a blog article in which I try to get you to do some stuff, but I've got to be real, before I start doling out the advice :-) The truth is the most crucial step for a great gong bath is getting to the gong bath! If you come, it will work. No matter how you feel and what mood you are in, you...

Before I ever picked up a mallet and hit a gong with it, I had been teaching meditation for decades. I have taught most of the following meditations and have experimented with all of them. I chose these meditations as something you can practice while at a gong bath to supercharge your experience and make the results long lasting and profound. You can also practice any of these meditations, except...

I love that a powerful gong bath only happens in the 3D world.  Of course there are plenty of gong bath recordings and also players giving online gong baths, but you won't find me doing that.  I just don't think it is possible or even desirable.  I love how to truly experience a gong bath, you need to be there! The connection between player and audience, the feeling of the vibrations, the...

8 Musical Meditations For 2020/2021 This is the time of year that lots of people talk about how the year was for them.  I know it has been a challenging and strange time for many, but in my case it has been a wonderful and interesting year. A lot of that has to do with the gong baths here in Europe since I moved from the US and  started offering them January 18, 2020. So I wish to say THANK YOU...

I just finished what I call a ‘biblical session’ on the gongs. It was one for the ages. Just beyond gorgeous. It was as close to expressing 100% of what I wanted to express as I have perhaps ever achieved. As I write this, I have this tingling on the edge of my lips, pushing those cheeks up into a silly smile that won't quit. It was THAT kind of session. But there is one thing I wish to say...

Oneness. Lots of people have talked about it throughout history. The notion that there is a basic unity to the whole thing. That there is a connectedness that goes beyond all differences. Individuality bowing down to the ground in the face of our togetherness. A bubble in the ocean surrendering to the overwhelming reality of the ocean itself. If this was the summer of 1996, and you told me you...