Kasia Richter, founder of Wellbeing Strategist, invites visitors to The Happening to experience the profound and restorative power of sound. Her remarkable ‘sound baths’ are created live using gongs and other acoustic instruments, offering a rare opportunity to pause, relax and let go.
During these 20-minute introductory sessions, guests simply settle in, close their eyes and immerse themselves in a kaleidoscopic soundscape of frequencies and tones, carefully shaped to quiet the mind and encourage a deeper sense of calm. No previous experience is necessary; simply allow the sound to unfold around you.
The ability of sound to influence our mood, emotions and sense of wellbeing has long been recognised. Rhythm, tone, volume and vibration are processed by the brain and can influence attention, arousal and our perception of stress. It is no surprise, then, that the purity, scale and emotional power of high-performance audio can affect us so profoundly – particularly when combined with the music we love, the most emotionally impactful of all art forms.