🌕 Workshop: Gongs, Chakras & Ayurveda (Dosha)
Experience a rare and precious two‑day immersion into the world of gongs, where sound becomes subtle architecture, vibration works profoundly, and the experience unfolds simultaneously in the body, emotions, and consciousness.
During this workshop, you will be guided through a refined and demanding practice of the Art of the Gongs, in relation to Ayurveda, chakras, and altered states of consciousness.
Facilitator: Christophe Nédélec – musician, percussionist and founder of the project À l’Écoute du Silence. He offers a sensitive, structured and deeply embodied approach to vibrational practice.
This workshop is intended for sound practitioners, musicians, and anyone committed to serious inner exploration.
A training guide and a certificate of participation will be provided during the workshop.
This training course is available in English and French.
Feel free to contact us if you would like to organize this workshop with us in your country and/or region.
Day 1: Entering the Substance of Sound – Feel, Perceive, Understand
The day begins in a space of listening and presence, establishing the foundation for deep work.
You’ll explore the fundamentals of Ayurveda as a living map: the doshas and the five elements — ether, air, fire, water, earth — and how they show up in body and psyche. This understanding will sharpen the use of gongs as tools for energetic balance.
You will discover how to:
- Recognize each gong’s vibrational signature according to elements, doshas and chakras
- Relate to the gong in a three‑dimensional way — physically, emotionally and imaginally
- Develop fine‑tuned listening and nuanced response.
Afternoon practice covers how to choose a gong according to a dosha, a chakra, or a specific state, and how to structure a coherent vibrational intention.
You’ll also work precisely with individual constitutions (doshas) to create personalized gong baths and learn how to address blocked or somatized chakras.
At the end of the day:
Introduction to Yoga Nidra and basic sophrology, offering access to a state between wakefulness and sleep — ideal for integration and deep relaxation.
The day closes with a “7 chakras” gong meditation led by Christophe — a deeply immersive sound experience promoting surrender, harmony, and integration.
Day 2: Mastering the Experience – Supporting, Structuring, Revealing
The second day delves into relational work and the art of accompaniment.
Through partner exercises, you’ll explore the practitioner’s presence, subtle listening, and how to adjust according to the receiver’s doshas and chakras.
You will learn to:
- Play the gongs as a vibrational language
- Induce altered states of consciousness
- Facilitate surrender and open expanded perceptual spaces
- Combine gongs and create coherent sound trajectories
- Work with precision on physical, emotional and subtle levels
The afternoon focuses on structuring sessions:
Learn to build immersive sound scenarios tailored to both individual and group needs. Then refine your gesture and intention — learning to play with intention, sculpt internal states, and support deep and safe experiences.
✨ An Exceptional Immersive Experience
This workshop invites you to explore the profound potential of gongs as instruments of three‑dimensional transformation.
Between discipline, sensitivity and mastery, you will develop a refined, embodied and deeply conscious practice of sound.
Detailed Agenda
Day 1: Entering the Substance of Sound – Feel, Perceive, Understand
Gong Practice through Chakras and Doshas
09:30 – 10:00 – Introduction & Intentions
Participants meet, introduce themselves, and share their expectations for the training.
10:00 – 11:00 – Foundations of Ayurveda & Sound Resonance
Introduction to psycho-physical constitutions (doshas), the five elements (Ether, Air, Fire, Water, Earth), and their rebalancing through sound vibrations. Understanding the energetic state of the moment.
11:00 – 11:30 – Break
11:30 – 12:30 – Chakras & Nadis
Overview of the 7 main chakras, the nadis, and their relationship to sound and vibration.
12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
13:30 – 16:00 – Practice: Energy & Resonance of Gongs
Learning to feel and perceive the energy of gongs, their elemental qualities, and emotional tones. How to choose a gong to work with a specific dosha or chakra.
16:00 – 16:30 – Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Personalized Gong Bath
Identifying your own constitution and that of others in order to create gong baths adapted to the doshas.
18:00 – 18:30 – Break
18:30 – 20:00 – 5 Elements Gong Bath
Immersive session performed by Christophe Nédélec.
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Day 2: Mastering the Experience – Supporting, Structuring, Revealing
09:30 – 11:30 – Partner Practice (Giver–Receiver)
Personalized mini gong meditation based on the psycho-physical constitution of the other.
11:30 – 12:30 – Subtle Energies & Gong Combinations
Exploration of sound combinations to work with subtle energies.
12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
13:30 – 16:00 – Composition & Sound Scenarios
Creating gong baths tailored to doshas and chakras, for both individual and group sessions.
16:00 – 16:30 – Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Practice: Sculpting Energies
Learning how to play the gongs to refine and harmonize energies, emotions, and physical sensations.
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