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Protocol Series 6 · #07
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Sound Bath
Protocol
A simple protocol to bathe in the field of harmony
a sound bath is easy to host and hard to mess up. here's a simple protocol for holding the field.
The Protocol · 5 steps
1
Prepare the space
mats, blankets, low light, warmth. people go deep only as far as they feel safe.
2
Gather your instruments
bowls, chimes, a drum, whatever sustains and rings. quality of attention beats quantity of gear.
3
Open with the breath
a minute of slow shared breathing lands everyone in the body before the first tone.
4
Play for the room, not yourself
listen to the field. let silences breathe. you're accompanying the nervous systems in the room.
5
Close gently
fade out slowly, hold a long silence, then invite people back with soft words and time to return.
Run it: strike any resonant object, a glass or a bowl, and listen until the sound fully disappears. that's the whole art.
“you're not performing music. you're tending a field and letting people rest in it.”
TL;DR prepare the space → gather instruments → open with breath → play for the room → close gently
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