April 2019 Events
SOUNDS FOR THE SOUL EVENTS APRIL 2019
At Sounds for the Soul, our meditations honor all paths. There is no required belief system.
We honor each person’s individual spiritual path. We hold a vibration of unconditional love and gratitude for each one present.
Tuesday, April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30th, 2019
Mid-day Sounds for the Soul Meditation
Connect with your source of inner peace in this weekly meditation. Regular meditation is so beneficial for health and well-being. Join Sounds for the Soul players for an hour break from rushing and stress-filled day-to-day activities and spend your lunch break luxuriating in the peaceful Sounds for the Soul meditation energy. 12:00-1:00 p.m. Relax, refresh, renew and restore! We invite you to set aside your electronics, all your tech gear, your calendar, your thoughts, your stress…and take that journey from your head to your heart. We offer you the opportunity to invite in inner peace, relaxation, restoration, renewal, compassion, loving kindness, unconditional love and gratitude. Put yourself first for this hour and feel the benefits for much longer. If you have been feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious, this mindfulness meditation accompanied by the sounds will help you reach deep meditative states. As we do this inner work, our healing begins. As we heal ourselves, we heal our planet. And as we heal our planet, we heal ourselves. We are all connected and we invite you to come connect in this experience with us. For more information, contact Deb Jennings at 515-371-0725, or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com
Website http://soundsforthesouldj.com/ Energy Exchange: $15 per person. You may pay on line at the website above via PayPal or credit card in PayPal at http://soundsforthesouldj.com/tickets/ or cash or personal check at the door.
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Yoga in Resonance
Sounds for the Soul by Deb Jennings and her team of dedicated players will help you immerse yourself in a slow-paced, long holds yoga practice to help you sink deeply into your body and set aside any habitual mental chatter. This special practice will be led by Drew Mathhew Maifeld of dmYOGA and accompanied by the soothing, stress melting vibrations of sacred instruments such as gongs, singing bowls, Native American flutes and more. A $20 preregistration is required to reserve your space and $25 walk-ins are allowed as space permits. Tickets at app.moonclerk.com.
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines Womens’ Club
Deb Jennings will offer a program to the Des Moines Womens’ Club on Mindfulness Meditation following their annual meeting and luncheon at the Hoyt Sherman Place at 1 p.m. Open to Des Moines Womens’ Club Members.
Location: 1501 Woodland Ave., Des Moines, Iowa
April 3, 10, 17, 20 and 27th, 2019
Wednesday Night Sounds and Silence Meditation
Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Hollie McClay Johnson of Sounds for the Soul and Rev. Cynthia Leveque of Unity Center of Des Moines collaborate to bring you a sounds and silence meditation, using the Sounds for the Soul instruments.
Energy Exchange: Offered on a Love offering basis with a suggested minimum donation of $10.
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Friday, April 5, 2019
New Moon Gong Meditation
At the new moon, it is the perfect time to create what you want to manifest in your life. We set intentions on how we want things to look in our lives. The new moon gong meditation assists us to stay connected with our mind, body and spirit, utilizing the moon energy as a healing experience. The sound of the gong “re-tunes” us on many levels, bringing us into harmony and deep levels of inner peace. These sounds work on a cellular level as well as an emotional level. Participants may bring a yoga mat and other items for their comfort (i.e. blanket, pillow, eye cover, bottled water, journal). You will be “bathed” in sound during this session. The gong sounds will help detoxify the body. (Be sure to drink plenty of pure water following the session.) The sounds of the gong will remind you of your inner ability to be in bliss, as well as take you into a state of deep relaxation and peacefulness. 6:30 p.m. Contact Deb Jennings for more information. 515-371-0725 or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com.
Website: http://soundsforthesouldj.com/
Energy Exchange: $15 per person. You may pay online at the website http://soundsforthesouldj.com/tickets/ via PayPal or credit card through PayPal. You may also pay cash or personal check at the door.
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Singing Bowl Class
Do you love the sound of singing bowls? Would you like to learn to play the singing bowls? Would you like to use the singing bowls in your own self- healing program?
Join us for this experiential class. We will be working with crystal singing bowls and metal (also known as Tibetan or Himalayan singing bowls) singing bowls. We will share singing bowl playing techniques so you can begin playing the bowls! If you already have your own singing bowl, please bring it (and any mallets you wish to use). If you don’t own a singing bowl, you will be able to use one of the singing bowls in our collection. Sounds for the Soul players Deb Jennings, Hollie McClay Johnson and Justin Appel will share their tips and techniques in singing bowl playing with you. You will get hands on experience playing the instrument, and then we will join in playing a singing bowl circle. Expand your consciousness. Raise your awareness. During the singing bowl circle, we will set a group intention to send out into our world.
We will have metal singing bowls for sale at the event, and the opportunity to order crystal singing bowls if you are interested in purchasing your own bowl.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Contact Deb Jennings for more information. 515-371-0725
or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com.
Website: http://soundsforthesouldj.com/
Fee for energy exchange: $35. Limited spaces available so please PREREGISTER. Please sign up at www.soundsforthesouldj.com/tickets/ You may pay through the website to reserve your spot via PayPal or credit card. If you wish to pay cash or personal check at the door, you must preregister with Deb at soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com or 515-371-0725.
Location: Unity of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Full Moon Gong Meditation
The full moon is an excellent time to release what is no longer serving you. The gong meditation enhances the releasing process. Members may bring a yoga mat and other items (i.e. pillow, blanket, eye cover, bottle of water) for their comfort. Many enjoy bringing a journal to jot down guidance and messages received during the meditation. You will be “bathed” in sound during this session. The gong sounds will help detoxify the body. (Be sure to drink plenty of pure water following the session.) The sounds of the gong will remind you of your inner ability to be in bliss, as well as take you into a state of deep relaxation and peacefulness. At the time of the full moon, the energy supports us in releasing anything that no longer serves us, perhaps a behavior, a belief, thought pattern, whatever you are ready to let go of, to make room for the new that you wish to create. At this group meditation, we will combine our intentions with the frequencies of multiple gongs, crystal singing bowls and other instruments to bring about the healing process within each of us. As we do this healing work on ourselves, we help to heal our world. As we heal our world, we heal ourselves. We will work with our breath and the vibrations of unconditional love and gratitude 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Contact Deb Jennings for more information.
515-371-0725 or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com. Website: http://soundsforthesouldj.com/
Energy Exchange: $15 per person. Tickets may be purchased at http://soundsforthesouldj.com/tickets/ You may also pay by cash or personal check at the door.
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Meditation Around Town
This is a free community meditation that meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at a different location with a different leader each month. Hollie McClay of Sounds for the Soul provides the sounds of the Sounds for the Soul instruments each month. This month’s meditation leader is Brette Scott.
Location: Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, 8700 NE 126 Ave., Maxwell, Iowa
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Cacao Ceremony
Experience the beautiful properties of cacao, the plant medicine from which chocolate is made. Limited to first 12 people to register. Cacao is a superfood plant medicine. We will be working with a ceremonial grade cacao from Guatemala. A cacao ceremony allows you to connect more deeply with your inner self. It is heart opening and inspires increased focus, clarity and creativity! It assists you in any transformation you are working on. You set your intentions and cacao aids in your insight and awareness in achieving your goal. You will learn about your ability to love unconditionally, about your truest, deepest self and living your purpose. You will release negative energy and blocks as you open to more love and gratitude. We will sit in sacred circle, and the cacao will be taken. We will create a safe space to share, reconnecting with our deep, inner wisdom, and then after sharing, go into a sound healing meditation. I invite you to take this journey with me. The cacao will enhance these practices, taking you to deeper levels of consciousness and understanding. Cacao connects us with our hearts, and elicits feelings of joy, bliss, love and transformation. It raises your vibration! Then we will reconnect in our sharing of the experience and participants will have an opportunity to share their creative inspirations if they so choose. These ceremonies expand our connection in community with others who attend also. Bring a yoga mat or cushion, or use one of ours, a blanket, pillow, whatever you need to be physically comfortable, a bottle of water, a journal if you want, and an open heart! Also, if there is something creative you want to share in the last round, i.e. a poem, a painting or drawing, a song, etc. please bring it or feel free to create in the moment. You may also bring a personal sacred item to be blessed on the altar and taken home with you after the ceremony and/or an offering for the altar.
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Contact Deb Jennings for more information. 515-371-0725
or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com.
Website: http://soundsforthesouldj.com/
Energy Exchange: $50 per person. Tickets may be purchased at http://www.soundsforthesouldj.com/tickets/
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa. Please note because of the small size group of this event, you must preregister on the website by paying your ticket fee. The website accepts PayPal or credit card via PayPal. If you are unable to pay this way and want to attend, contact Deb at the above contact phone number and arrange to reserve your space and pay at the door.
DID YOU KNOW SOUNDS FOR THE SOUL OFFERS PRIVATE SESSIONS?
Sounds for the Soul offers private sessions with sounds for personal growth and increasing your vibration. These one hour sessions are very transformational. $108.00. We also offer private sessions with sounds and cacao ceremony. Cacao enhances the session. These one and one half hours sessions will help you with clarity, focus, inspiration and creativity. $158.00. And additionally, we offer couples sessions either one hour with sounds or one and one half hours with sounds and private cacao ceremony $177 for one hour sounds session; $277 for one and one half hours sounds and private cacao ceremony. Cacao opens the heart to more love. Ideal for couples! We also offer with Heather Brown, Matriarch Massage, private sessions with massage accompanied by sounds. $120/hour.