Aloka — Sound Lab (Sound Bath Ritual)

Service Description

GUIDE — Graham Slick CADENCE — Select Sundays (For Summer) • 6/14 • 6/21 • 7/12 • 7/19 DURATION — 4—5:30P (90 minutes) EXCHANGE — $40 ($25 Supported) VIBE — Welcoming, Restorative, Spacious, Approachable STYLE — Circle, Journey, Meditative, Ritual ——— An hour and a half that belongs to your nervous system. You spend most of your life in a body that hasn't fully exhaled in a long time. Sound Lab is ninety minutes of being met — by sound, by breath, by a practitioner who knows what your system needs before you do. This is not a class. It is a practice. A weekly architecture for the part of you that doesn't get attended to anywhere else. Held in the quiet of Yoga on Yamhill, Sunday afternoons, through the summer. The people in the room are taken seriously. So is the work. Part of the Aloka LAB series — Listen · Allow · Belong. ——— THE PRACTICE Graham works with the tools the body actually responds to — chosen and sequenced in real time, for the people in the room. Somatic Movement — to release what the week has held. Brahmari Pranayama — the humming breath, ancient and vagal. EFT Tapping — to settle the limbic system. Yoga Nidra — the threshold between waking and sleep, where deep repair happens. Sound — crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, harmonium, voice. Vibration carried into tissue. Energy Work — held presence, intention. Stillness — the most powerful of them, used last. You will not be performed at. You will be guided — with care, precision, and a great deal of quiet — into a state of nervous system regulation most people only access through extended retreat. Then brought back, gently, to a self that has been rearranged for the better. ——— THE ARC Arrive — Land in the room. Graham reads where the room is and tunes the opening accordingly. Regulate — Breath, hum, gentle movement. The system begins to release sympathetic activation. Drop — Sound and Yoga Nidra. Sustained parasympathetic states. The long descent. Integrate — A softer return. Energy work. Coming back without snapping back. Close — A quiet send-off. You leave with your nervous system reset for the days ahead. ——— THE ESSENTIALS • Arrive on time. Once the room opens, it closes. • Props provided — mats, bolsters, blankets, cushions. Bring your own if you prefer. • Dress cozy and layered. Body temperature drops as the nervous system softens. • Hydrate. Bring water. Oranges and seasonal nourishment provided. • Capacity is held intentionally. Advance booking