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David Martin


Reiki master, Thai Yoga bodyworker, 200-Hour Yoga Teacher, and Sound Healer

Having begun his path of yoga 12 years ago, David Martin has experienced profound evolution and transformation of the mind and body.

David received his 200 hour registered yoga teacher training certification and Reiki master training certification from the University of Maryland Center of Integrative Medicine in 2015.

During the same year, he began his studies at the Vedic Conservatory in the art of Vedic Thai Bodywork - Assisted Yoga. The practice and discipline of Hatha and Kundalini Yoga has allowed David to sustain a deeply inspired and rooted connection with the creative spirit and has allowed for the realization of his Dharma, his mission in life. As a Yogi, Thai-Yoga Bodyworker, Reiki Master and Neuro-Acoustic Sound Practitioner, David strives to assist people in developing a greater sense of body and mind awareness, as he also facilitates deep meditation and relaxation through his immersive Gong experiences. This process of cultivating mindful awareness of our consciousness and subconscious mind is made possible through meditation, various breathing exercises (Pranayamas), some relaxed and some intense, sacred mantra chanting and slow, controlled and mindful yet powerful movements linked to our deep, conscious breathing.


 

The Soul Massage Workshop

Duration: 1 hour

Skill Level: All

This can go as my bio if needed: David combines his skill set as a Yogi, Reiki Master and Neuro-Acoustic Sound Practitioner, to create an immersive experience in Naad Yoga (the Yoga of Sound) and Sound Meditation. Not only is the gong a sonic experience, it also facilitates a deep ultrasonic sensory experience of the entire body down to the cellular level that allows us to experience deep relaxation, wholeness, healthy hormone secretions, waking dream-like states and even altered or heightened states of consciousness. We can relinquish erratic chatter of the mind and become profoundly aware of our entire being and it’s many layers as it is in a constant state of vibration. This truly unique experience of the gong is deeply relaxing and potently healing, guaranteed to offer a profound sense of inner silence, outer harmony, peace and stillness. These sound experiences can also suppress pain, strengthen our willpower, and boost our creative inspiration and power amongst numerous other benefits.


Workshop: Sonic Sleepover

Duration: 2 hours

Skill Level: All

Equipment: Bring blankets, pillows and any other comfy items or clothing that will assist you in achieving maximum comfort .

Join us in an extended deep dive into sound bathing and meditation. Benefits of this practice may be suppression of physical pain, processing of emotions and feelings, strengthening of our willpower, and producing glandular secretions of healthy hormones and neurological chemistry that quite literally make us feel good, even ecstatic. Participants will form a large circle around David and his configuration of instruments including numerous large gongs, singing bowls and other percussive and harmonic instruments. Together we shall embark on a journey of ambient, holographic sound and pulsing vibrations that will induce a deeply relaxed, meditative and dream-like state within the listener. The listener simply breathes, is present with themselves, and surrenders to the all enveloping experience the sound will share with them. Bring blankets, pillows and any other comfy items or clothing that will assist you in achieving maximum comfort and ease as both space and provided comfy items are limited.