Teletextile Sound Bath Series at Mercury Project
Come enjoy an evening of Sound Meditation at Mercury Project Contemporary Art Space
Teletextile Sound Bath Sunday Series at Mercury Project
Come enjoy an afternoon of Sound Meditation at Mercury Project Contemporary Art Space
Sundays from 4pm-5pm Jan 19, Feb 16, Mar 22, Apr 19, May 24
$15 Donation, No one will be turned away and always seeking door volunteers or other forms of exchange.
Please plan to stay for the whole hour. Bring a mat or blanket to lie down on, chairs available for those who prefer to sit.
Come at 3:45 to get comfortable and grab a spot. The Sound Bath Meditation will start sharply at 4:00pm. Doors will be locked at 4:05pm
Teletextile will present the one hour sound bath experience led by Pamela Martinez, Reiki master, educator, multi-instrumentalist and notable composer. Participants of the Sound Bath can expect to be lulled into deep relaxation using the sounds of singing bowls, gong, harmonium, vocals, and other sound sources to provide a meditative and healing environment.
Sound Bath Benefits:
The body needs time to relax and rejuvenate. Research has confirmed that even listening to certain music can effectively and rapidly elicit the relaxation response and bring about chemical, hormonal, and cellular change that actively promotes healing. When our parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated [via our vagus nerve] by soothing sounds, we are sending a message of calm and relaxation to every part of our body. So when we say that something is “music to our ears,” it’s actually so much more. It’s a massage for every organ in the body. (Silvia Nakkach, Free Your Voice)
About Teletextile:
Pamela Martinez is a Reiki master, educator, multi-instrumentalist and composer who creates music under the moniker Teletextile. Her “Björk-like" sound (The Boston Globe) moves from vocal layering and “electronic wizardry” (Metronome Magazine) to “dense, stormy guitar, piano, and electronics" (Time Out New York). Martinez has toured extensively in the US, Europe, the UK, and Asia. As a genre-hopping performer and musician, Martinez has performed violin at Carnegie Hall with a Carnatic Indian music ensemble, sang in San Francisco's historic Fillmore Theater and takes part in performance art happenings in New York City. Her most recent directing and performing credits include Whisperlodge. The New York Times dubbed Whisperlodge “an unusual mix of theater and therapy” and has been featured in BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Netflix and more with acclaim. Martinez passes on the craft of music to her community by teaching Reiki, violin, voice, piano, guitar, music theory, and sound meditation to all ages and levels of students privately and at community education centers most recently as faculty at Brooklyn Music School, sound bath practitioner at Maha Rose Center for Healing (NYC) and Teletextile Studio (SATX). www.teletextile.org