SONIC RITUAL

Welcome to a new way of experiencing the healing power of music! 

Sonic Ritual is a unique experience of vibrational healing integrated into musical performance. It’s an invitation to attune to our inner reality in the moment and allow any dissonant energies to transmute through the frequencies of the electric cello.

In this new musical paradigm the audience plays an active role in consciously co-creating the music; each participant is a conduit contributing to the sound being channeled by Ben, who processes the energy in the room through his playing. In this way we'll be experiencing our inner realities as well as the collective field via the music.

The evening will be a journey through improvised soundscapes channeled by cellist Ben Roberts, with light facilitation by Steph Kelly.  You are invited to lie down and get comfortable or to move, whatever you feel called to.

Format of the event 

19:30   →  Opening circle: a moment to arrive, transition into the energy of the evening and share any intentions you might have
19:45   →  Music: improvised sound journey featuring live electric cello
20:30 →  Closing circle: a  return to the group space and conscious integration of the sound journey
20:45  →  End of event

Please arrive by latest 7:20 so that we can start on time - thank you!

We hope to make this a regular monthly event to provide a continuous top up of this sound immersion!

What to bring

Yoga mats, bolsters, cushions and blankets are provided. Bring anything that helps you feel comfortable; comfy clothes, a bottle of water or flask of tea.

About your hosts

Ben Roberts, Cellist

Spanning disparate realms of spirituality, punk, sound design and alternative healing, cellist Ben Roberts is on a quest to upend what he describes as regressive ‘Oil Age’ attitudes and transform the world through art. Applying cello techniques that are both classical and avant-garde, Ben’s boundary-defying music rips up the rule book by challenging conventional tunings and dispensing with traditional melodic hooks in favour of raw textures and hypnotic architectural stillnesses.

Trained as a professional engineer, Ben spent years working in building design at a senior conceptual level. From this he acquired a vital insight: civilisation’s big problems such as environmental rapacity and climate change will never be tackled until the ambient level of human consciousness is somehow elevated. Thus he turned his attention full time to his passion for the cello, immersing himself in mystical literature, punk philosophy and music history, and set about composing music designed to both reflect and usher in a new era of awareness.

Website: bencello.com

Stephanie Lisa Kelly, Facilitator

Stephanie Lisa Kelly is a writer, facilitator and artist whose work focuses on reintegrating spirituality into secular culture through events, poetry, photography and music. Having led retreats internationally pre-pandemic, she is currently focussed on serving her local community in Devon (UK). Her writing has been described as “sensuous mysticism” and she is the pen behind Wild Grace – for a world between stories, and co-founder of the Mystical Punk podcast, a podcast about inner and outer transition in an age of collapse and possibility. She is a certified Coach (ICF ACC), Facilitator (Thomas Huebl) and Way of Council Practitioner (Ojai Foundation).

Website: stephanielisakelly.com