October 2019 Events
SOUNDS FOR THE SOUL EVENTS OCTOBER 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, October 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29th, 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, 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
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
A Special Meditation Around Town Event with Karen Cheong
Karen Cheong, a frequency healer from Hawaii, leads this special Meditation Around Town at the Pure Land of Iowa Center. Hollie McClay Johnson of Sounds for the Soul provides the meditation music for Meditation Around Town. Meet in the Tibetan Wisdom Hall on the west side of the building. 6 to 7 p.m.
Location: Pure Land of Iowa Center, 8364 Hickman Road, Clive, Iowa
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Elevate Festival
The Elevate Festival is a 5K run, a yoga session and a meditation sitting packed into one up-lifting day. It is a benefit for Above and Beyond Cancer, and it will be held at the Lauridsen Amphitheatre at Waterworks Park. The run begins at 9 am, yoga at 10:30 a.m., meditation at 11:45 a.m. Following the meditation, there will be a live musical performance by the B2wins. Sounds for the Soul will lead the meditation. Tickets are available at secure.getregistered.com. Get ready to unwind, connect with nature, as well as your community, and elevate the meaningful work of Above and Beyond Cancer.
Location: Waterworks Park, 2201 George Flagg Parkway, Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Singing Bowl Class
Join us for this experiential class working with crystal singing bowls and metal (aka Himalayan or Tibetan) singing bowls. We will share techniques with you so you can begin playing the bowls. If you already have your own bowl, bring it and any mallets you wish to use. Or you may use the bowls in our collection. You will have hands on experience playing several different bowls, and then we will join in playing a singing bowl circle. Expand your consciousness. Raise your awareness. During the singing bowl circle, we will create a group intention to send out into the world. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room on first floor. Contact Deb Jennings for more information. 515-371-0725 soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com.
Website: http://soundsforthesouldj.com/ Energy Exchange: $35 per person. To reserve your space, tickets may be purchased at http://soundsforthesouldj.com/tickets/ You may also pay by cash or personal check at the door, but please notify Deb of your intention to attend as class size is limited.
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Monday, October 14, 2019
Mindfulness Meditation
Join us at the Downtown Wellmark YMCA for a mindfulness meditation, accompanied by the Sounds for the Soul Instruments. It is open to all Y members and cancer survivors. Sponsored by the YMCA and Above and Beyond Cancer. 4:45 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. in the Body, Mind, Spirit Room. Led by Hollie McClay Johnson. Free event.
Location: Wellmark YMCA, 501 Grand Ave., Des Moines, Iowa
Monday, October 14, 2019
Gong Playing Workshop with Mike Tamburo
Join nationally traveling gong artist and teacher, Mike Tamburo for a fun and experiential afternoon of gong playing. Learn a few simple strokes, rhythm exercises, playing and listening techniques and a cursory understanding of how to begin to improvise and explore the complexities and power of the gong. This will be a fun and exciting afternoon. 2 pm to 6 p.m.
Energy exchange $75. Contact Deb Jennings for more information. 515-371-0725 or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com. Website: http://soundsforthesouldj.com/ Tickets may be purchased at http://soundsforthesouldj.com/tickets/ You may also pay by cash or personal check at the door, but please let Deb know of your intention to attend to assist us in setup.
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Monday, October 14, 2019
Mike Tamburo Live in Concert
Join Mike Tamburo of Crown of Eternity, Sound Healing and Conscious Listening Practitioner, as he creates a timeless space of listening. He orchestrates his way through 50 plus overtone rich instruments including gongs, bells, hammered dulcimer and tuned metal instruments. Listeners have described his music as an adventure in listening, sonic bliss, a deep and lasting vibrational rejuvenation for body and soul; a profound aesthetic experience; a journey through the senses and a perceptual rollercoaster. Allow yourself to be still and listen. Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, pillow or cushion for your comfort during extended relaxation on the floor, or sit on a provided chair. We invite you to co-create a sensitive, safe, deep listening and meditative experience for all participants. It is expected that all will commit to an agreement of being still, quiet and honor and respect a deep transformative space throughout the entire experience. It is our intention to create an inclusive experience. 7 to 9 p.m. Energy exchange $30. Reserve your space! . Contact Deb Jennings for more information. 515-371-0725 or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com. Website: http://soundsforthesouldj.com/ Tickets may be purchased at http://soundsforthesouldj.com/tickets/ You may also pay by cash or personal check at the door, but please let Deb know of your intention to attend to assist us in setup.
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, October 15, 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, October 17, 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. This month’s meditation leader is Sarah Hybels. Hollie McClay Johnson of Sounds for the Soul provides the meditation music.
Location: Lifetime Fitness, 11911 Hickman Road, Urbandale, Iowa
Friday, October 18, 2019
Children and Family Meditation
Join us for a special meditation with sound designed for children to meditate with their family members. The actual meditation will last 15-20 minutes. Bring your children or grandchildren. Take this time to bond and share meditation with them. Help them learn to cope with stress in life at an early age! A short period of time will be allotted for any questions the children have about meditation or the instruments. Our sounds for meditation are created with an intention of unconditional love and gratitude. 6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Energy Exchange: By Donation. Your support is greatly appreciated. Please let people you know with children know about this opportunity. For more information, contact Deb Jennings at 515-371-0725, or
soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com Website http://soundsforthesouldj.com/
This month we will meet in the Community Room on first floor of the Unity Center.
Location: Unity of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Friday, October 18, 2019
Loving Kindness Meditation with Sound for the Christopher Tree Project
Come to this meditation with sound which will focus on loving kindness. Put loving kindness into practice with giving a donation to the Christopher Tree Project. Sounds for the Soul will offer this hour-long meditation from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. for a donation and all funds received will be donated to the Christopher Tree Project. Here is more information about the Project. When Deb attended the first ever International Gong Summit earlier this year, 9 Ways Academia head instructor, and chief organizer of the Summit, Dr. Mitch Nur, gave a presentation on the gong culture in the USA and the history of the most influential people in making Gong what it is today in this country. He spoke of Christopher Tree. Christopher’s interest began with the Gong in the early 1950’s when he was given a gong in the middle of the night in Big Sur, California. He introduced it in collaboration with Elias Romero, an early pioneer in the development of light shows on the West Coast in live performances. By the 60’s, Tree was touring up and down the West Coast, playing concerts at the first California Love In’s, San Quentin Prison, was the inspiration of a younger Don Conreaux, and was featured in a movie, before arriving at the famous Woodstock Music Festival in New York. Shortly thereafter, he moved to the Mediterranean where he offered his Spontaneous Sound Creations to audiences in a large cave night club on an island catering to the yacht culture of southern Europe. He spent time performing in Switzerland and Germany before moving to France. He was featured on the front cover of French Vogue Magazine. Tree became noticed by the medical community when a child recovered hearing during one of his performances. After 19 years in France, Tree returned to America in the late 1990’s, moving to a small fishing village on the Oregon Coast to be near family members. He briefly revised his music career, playing at festivals, but his interest of working with children and exposing them to music became his central focus. Christopher is a Luddite, shunning technology, and now in a world dominated by technology, his legendary status as America’s first gong performer has basically gone unnoticed, as well as his achievements of working with children, the mentally and physically challenged, the incarcerated, and disadvantaged. Having once been featured in Time magazine, this living legend is quietly living in retirement in the Pacific Northwest. This event is to bring awareness to Christopher Tree and many attendees at Gong Summit from around the world are hosting events in October to honor Christopher. The funds raised will go to provide for supplements and food from his local health food store. We are most grateful for your generous support of this event to honor Christopher Tree. Energy Exchange: by donation.
Contact Deb Jennings for more information. 515-371-0725 or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com
Location: Unity Center of Des Moines, 414 31st St., Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, October 29, 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 Fee: $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
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! Other services we offer: leading private drum circles, accompanying yoga classes, playing for Celebration of Life Services, Weddings, Other Celebrations, Hospital/Retirement Home/Hospice Visits with Sounds, Meditations for Peace, Bridal/Marriage Blessing Meditations, Baby Shower Blessings, Corporate Wellness Programs, and Speaking to Organizations. Prices vary. Please contact Deb Jennings at 515-371-0725 or soundsforthesouldj@gmail.com for booking and pricing inquiries.