Explore meditation and connection through sound on Friday October 3 from 7-8 PM with Yamama!
Yamama! will offer a meditative soundscape using drums, percussion and vocals as guest artists for October’s SoundGate program. No registration necessary. Donations welcome! Any funds collected will be split evenly with the guest artists.
On Friday June 6 from 7-8 PM, meditate to the healing sounds of Brian Sparks’ Tibetan bowl harmonics. Brian received his spiritual teaching from several masters in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. His teachers blessed his bowl work by giving him the specific “Prayer of Aspiration” and granted him many Buddhist empowerments.
No registration necessary! Donations gratefully accepted. Any funds collected will be split evenly with Brian.
Join us on Friday March 7 from 7-8 pm for an evening of deep vibrational rejuvenation for the mind, body, and spirit! Jessie Solon facilitates relaxation through the use of sound healing instruments including crystal and Himalayan singing bowls, a symphonic gong, bells, & chimes, wave, and monochord. No registration necessary. Donations welcome. Any funds collected will be split equally between the BDC and the artist.
On Friday January 3 from 7 – 8 PM, Yamama! will offer a meditative soundscape using drums, percussion and vocals. They are a four-woman, world music and dance ensemble who share their delight in sound and movement through performances, drum and dance classes, community education programs, and participatory community drum circles. No registration necessary. Donations welcome! Any funds collected will be split evenly with the guest artists.
Join us on Friday December 20 from 6 – 7 PM for a winter solstice celebration. Meditate to bells sounded by Jessie Solon and share candlelight, intention, and sacred practice to welcome back the sun. No registration required. This event is in-person only. Freely offered, donations gratefully accepted. Any funds collected will be split evenly with Jessie Solon.
The Greater Yellowstone Threshold Singers return to offer rich harmonies and lovely melodies for our SoundGate program on Friday November 1 from 7-8 pm. Singing simple songs adapted from classic Theravadan Buddhist chants, listeners can soak in sound or join in the singing if they’d like.
The mission of Threshold singing groups is to bring comfort, beauty, and companionship to those at the threshold of life. They offer the balm of music to soothe listeners in deep transitions- healing and easing into life or death. No registration needed. Any donations collected will be split between the singers and the BDC.
September’s SoundGate features Healing Sounds of Compassion offered by Annika Sophia Grace and Marius Michael-George on Friday, September 6 at 7PM. All are welcome to a healing evening of peaceful Buddhist chants and grounding rhythms of a tabla drum. Cultivate compassion for self and others with the gentle support of sound meditation. Transition into a new season together with blessings for all beings. In person, no registration necessary. Any funds collected will be split evenly between the BDC and the guest artists.
Enjoy this summer SoundGate on Friday, July 26 from 7-8 PM. There will be mantras led by Kathleen Karlsen accompanied by Brian Sparks on Tibetan bowls followed by a relaxing therapeutic bowl session for everyone. Kathleen uses the science of mantras to help others create a healthy brain, a happy heart, and a rejuvenated body. Brian is trained in the Nyingma bowl tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He has received spiritual teachings and instruction from several masters and the granting of Buddhist empowerments. No registration necessary! Any funds collected will be split evenly between the BDC and the guest artists.
On Friday, June 21 at 7 PM, we will celebrate the longest day of the year with poetry, candles and a meditative sound bath featuring Jessie Solon playing bowls, bells, gong, chimes and monochord. No registration necessary. Donations gratefully accepted. Any funds collected will be split between equally between the BDC and the guest artist.
Our May SoundGate features Annika Sophia Grace (vocals), Marius George (percussion) and Jessie Solon (bowls, gong, monochord) offering a soundbath of mantras of compassion. Join us this Friday, May 10 at 7 PM.
No registration necessary. Donations gratefully accepted. Any funds collected will be split between equally between the BDC and the guest artists.
Our SoundGate program offers an opportunity to meditate using sound as a source of concentration. Experience how the union of breath and sound can anchor you in the present moment. No prior experience or registration necessary.
The Buddha instructed his students to bring awareness and sensory clarity to each of the six sense “gates” of experience. Just as we can anchor in breathing, we can anchor in body sensations, seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling or mindfully track the activity of the thinking mind.
These SoundGate Meditations offer a sound-scape of sensory experience to be your object of meditation, allowing you to linger in the experience of hearing (and take a break from other sense gates perhaps). A variety of sounds will be offered, bells and bowls, chanting, music, recordings of the natural world and soundscapes of our common humanity. While most are designed to be pleasant and carry beneficial intention, some will be neutral or varied in content.
You may simply relax and bathe in harmonious sound, or more intentionally bring elements of Insight practice to your meditation.
