Samhain: Kundalini Yoga, Kakaw and Sound Medicine Journey

You are warmly invited to an afternoon ceremony of sacred kakaw (cacao), kundalini yoga and a deep sound medicine journey, guided by Annabelle Stapleton-Crittenden and Arjuna Magee.

We'll be gathering within the window of Samhain, a passage when the veils between the seen and unseen thin, and we've amplified opportunity to connect with our soul's wisdom and wise ancestors, and heal our ancestral  lines, seven generations forward and back.

Kundalini yoga, kakaw and sound is a potent combination  for activating a state of self-healing and transformation, bringing flow to your life force energy, attuning to the vision and guidance of your soul, elevating in spirit and optimising your physical body vessel.

We will begin by sharing a kakaw ritual together before moving into kundalini yoga and meditation, then flowing into a long sound medicine immersion to go deeper in relaxation and restoration, and to harmonise the work in your total being.

Instruments include gong, crystal singing bowls, drums, flutes, voice, kora, handpan, guitar, chimes, rattles and more.

This is a passage to connect with Spirit, become lighter and know yourself as a being of Love - coming closer to the self, closer to your truth, closer to your heart. 

KAKAW RITUAL 

We will share a ceremonial brew of the plant Kakaw (a Mayan spelling of Cacao), with honour to traditions Toltec and Mayan. Kakaw opens the heart, connecting us to the ancestral wisdom in our blood, to our sensuous creativity and inspiration, and to the unseen realms. She is a grandmother plant for bringing about equilibrium and elemental connection, for supporting emotional expression, illuminating the shadows, and celebrating the bliss of existence.

The Kakaw we will be communing with is a fermented variety and comes from an ecological organic plantation in Chiapas, Mexico, where it is lovingly tended by a Mayan family and prepared with the intention for it to be shared ceremonially.

KUNDALINI YOGA & MEDITATION

Kundalini yoga is a tantric practice for connecting with the guidance of your soul, expanding in awareness, brightening your inner light and uncoiling toward your greater potential. 

Kundalini yoga has profound effects on recalibrating the nervous and endocrine systems, increasing vitality, and opening to vaster perception and embodied wisdom. We develop strength, flexibility and coordination, improve the function of our organs, nurture intuition, access states of deep meditation, stimulate powerful detoxification and much more. 

Working with pranayama, asana, mantra, mudra and meditation we circulate our life force energy, removing obstacles and releasing karmas as we go, which may be memories or imprints from this lifetime or those inherited from ancestors or past lives.

Increasing both the sensitivity and resilience of the nervous system, we open up to a vaster range of perception and projection, in ways that may seem extraordinary. We can then listen with more clarity to the inner guidance of the soul and recode our bodies - amplifying what's already flowing well in life, and harmonising what's needed to support a greater life experience.

The classes are open to all ranges of experience and ability.

HARMONISING SOUND JOURNEY

A deep meditative journey with the harmonising frequencies of gong, crystal and himalayan singing bowls, drums, voice, chimes and more.

Allowing you to relax deeper into your being, to release blocks, rejuvenate on a cellular level and experience your vaster consciousness.

ANNABELLE CHARANBANI

My name is Annabelle, blessed also with the name Charanbani Kaur.

My path is devoted to the healing and creative arts, supporting people to come into greater presence and to engage with life with more passion, ease, curiosity and confidence. For this, we work towards optimising physical health, creative flow, connecting with spirit, and allowing the heart and soul to lead with greater clarity.

I primarily serve with kundalini yoga and meditation, sound medicine, intuitive storytelling, self-enquiry, movement and holistic massage, accompanied by various plants.

This line of work is ultimately about finding balance. Of solar and lunar, personal and impersonal, infinity and finity consciousness, earth-water-wind-fire-ether. It includes detoxing physically and emotionally, reconciling and releasing tired memories, finding greater flow with creative energy and joy, and stimulating sensuality. We develop our relationship with the soul, and we become more awake to the ways in which wisdom and guidance is being transmitted in each moment.

Alongside my studies and certifications in kundalini yoga and sound healing, my approach is informed by:

- 18 years study and practice in various lineages of yoga;
- living and studying in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico for the past few years, learning with nature, wisdom keepers and native medicine practices;
- studies and trainings in the neurophysiology of complex ptsd and its application to embodied practices, alongside my own lived experiences;
- over 10 years of guiding people in intuitive participatory storytelling;
- certification in holistic massage with a combination of TCM and Toltec techniques;
- trainings in energy healing and channelling;
- a background in theatre and the performing arts, as practitioner and teacher, with a BA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

I'm in deep gratitude to my many teachers and guides - human, plant, animal and mineral - with whose perspective and company I've had the fortune to be gifted. 

@annabelle.charanbani

ARJUNA MAGEE

I  am a multi-instrumentalist with over 20 years of experience in music performance, recording, and teaching drums across the UK and abroad, and was raised in Glastonbury.

From an early age I developed a passion for music and rhythm. I was born into a bhakti tradition, and whilst on a family holiday to India at the age of 10 I fell in love with the ecstatic heartfelt folk music, kirtan. This began my journey of music education, receiving lessons on the Mridanga, the Harmonium, the drum kit, the African djembe, Indian, Irish and Japanese flutes, guitar, hand pan, kora and singing.

Since the age of 14 I’ve been performing with bands around Europe, playing and exploring many styles including Funk, Jazz, Reggae, Rock, Soul, Folk and World music.

As well as making music, a lot of my focus is now directed toward studying music and rhythm therapy.

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"As guide, Annabelle's expertise will make of your journey a comfortable and safe space from beginning to end, without a doubt in good hands for the powerful kundalini yoga. A beautiful Cacao ceremony and the tapestry of sound harmonisation driving my imagination vividly wild. A majestic inner exploration with unique transcending qualities."

“Really lovely and enlightening journey, both Annabelle and Arjuna were great hosts. The sound healing at the end was incredible and I really enjoyed learning about the magic of kakaw.”

“Such a beautiful evening, so touched by all of the love that was offered into the room. Thank you again for a deeply nourishing evening.”

“Absolutely incredible experience -- I left feeling light, healed, and energised. Wonderful & skilled practitioners who made me feel very safe and held.”

“Such a beautiful event. I loved the mix of breathing, yoga, chanting and ceremony.”

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