The Gong Puja ceremony is a powerful healing which was originated by gongmaster Don Contreaux. The word "puja" means honour, worship and devotional intention.
The Gong Puja involves spending the whole night sleeping in the same space as the gongs, with the gongs playing non-stop during the night for seven and a half hours. Different gong players will play during the night.
The energy of the Gong Puja is more highly charged than the energy of a normal bedroom, because it's filled with the sound of the gongs. Sleep will not necessarily be the usual kind of sleep that people are used to. The continual healing vibrations and sounds from the gongs may bring up visions and induce healing from emotional causal layer which is our subconscious reality, things that we hold from the past. Other over-tired people may go int a deep sleep for most of the night, healing also takes place for them too.
At 5.30am, when the gongs have finished playing, there will be as profound silence, unlike any silence you have ever heard before. The 30 minute silence at the end of the Gong Puja is called a Shunyata and it is a silence of such intensity that is seems full of the healing energy of the night.
We will also be offering a breakfast in a separate area at Livewell for those who want to socialise and share their experience with others.
PLEASE NOTE
Each person needs to bring their bedding (pillow, sleeping bag or blanket) and a yoga mat or something similar to lie on. Blow up mattresses aren't suitable as they normally make noise and this could disturb others during the night. We request people arrive at 22.00 to set up their sleeping area and the Puja will start promptly at 22.30. ANY LATE COMERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER ONCE THE GONG PUJA HAS STARTED.
