17/06/2026
💕🎶💕✨️My Experiences of a Gong Puja, and an insight into what it may be like in comparison to a typical Gong Bath✨️💕🎶💕
As you all know I've loved Gong Baths since i first experienced one way back in 2005 with the Late Kathleen Fay Murray and Clive Boucher 💕GBNF💕
When I decided to study them for myself with Sarah Gregg of REIKI DRUM & Sacred Sound Inspirations as I couldn't find any "sound therapies" up here that even came close to what Kathleen and Clive offered, once Kathleen had left this material world.
It was during this time i discovered the Gong Puja 🙏🏻🤍🙏🏻and have wanted to share this incredible experience ever since. 8 years on, that dream finally comes to fruition ☺️ after playing in 6 different overnight Pujas hosted by others.
✨️7.5 + hours throughout the night held in Gong Love and Sonic Vibrations throughout the night as you sleep, or at the very least, drift in and out of normal consciousness✨️
Although I was excited and really looking forward to it, i was aware that I often snored 😴 and knowing how some folks can be about this, i was a bit on the anxious and paranoid side, warning folks beforehand and apologising in advance if I did!
We'd been advised in advance that we were not permitted to use the bedding from Dev Aura (the Magical Space i first played in one) for the Puja, so to take our own. Being familiar with Gong baths i was totally prepared 😊 I then discovered someone in our group wasn't. Believing the outside doors would be closed during the Puja i offered them my blankets, as they had nothing to lie on, let alone cover themselves with. I honestly believed i'd be warm enough lying on my futon, and knew how uncomfortable someone would be lying for 7.5 + hours on a hard wooden floor!
🙏🏻We were spoke through the whole process of the Puja, from the players wearing white, the reason for this, and the sacred ceremonies, the reason for the sacred silence throughout, the intention setting, the times we'd all be playing and who our Puja Partners would be for the watching, awakening the next players, and who we'd be playing alongside in the Puja Portal, and how we'd be held and supported throughout the night in the Gong Love and Sonic Vibrations 💕 🎶 💕
I'd been up at 6am the morning of the Puja to prepare myself for the day ahead, with breakfast at 8am and class starting at 9am, finishing in the evenings around 9 pm. Due to the fact that we had to have our rooms cleared by 8am the morning after the Puja, I wanted to be organised as i'd a long drive ahead of me, Tetford in Lincolnshire England to Aberdeen Scotland.
✨️Seeing everyone in their white clothes congregating outside the Puja space really brought it home what a Magical Sacred Experience this was going to be, and it certainly was✨
️I'd decided before arriving for the course that I was quitting smoking during my time there, as there was no smoking in the grounds and I wanted to Immerse myself in the high vibrational space at all times, surrounded by the huge crystals, 26 gongs (if I remember correctly), and the colour Vibrations of Aura-Soma (a high vibrational essence that filled the air around us)
✨️Entering into the Puja space was truly a magical and beautiful experience, the high vibrational energy felt even more enhanced as the daylight faded and the gongs and crystals lit up and sparkled with the fairy lights which surrounded them✨️
We all snuggled up happily on our comfortable mats. As the night wore on the doors didn't get closed, and due to the fact i'd given away my blankets and only kept my futon, I was really feeling the cold 🥶 fortunately I did have a white hoody with me so I put that on with hood up, I even crawled into my futon but was in no way " as snug as a bug in a rug" as i'd prepared for before giving my blankets away! I chose not to leave the gong space to go get pen and paper to ask permission to close the doors, choosing to persevere with trying to sleep but couldn't. The doors being open however did enhance the experience too i guess, as the birds and animals joined in with the gong! There was a cats choir, a dog barking, sheep and cows bleeting and mooing and the birds adding their dawn chorus 🙏🏻💕🎶💕🙏🏻 I was aware of being fully awake and cold but still drinfting into a dreamlike state and feeling very "chilled" (pardon the pun) about it, and at least i knew i wasn't snoring! 😴 🤣
🙏🏻This wasn't anything I needed to be concerned about either though, as the duties of the watchers is to make sure everyone is comfortable, to gently waken any snorers so they can change their sleeping position, before it reaches a level that's going to disturb folks, to keep the gong players volume at a steady therapuetic level, as it sounds much louder within the Gong Portal than outwith it, and to awaken the next watchers before they themselves take their turn in the Gong Portal. This is all done seamlessly, so participants are never disturbed from their deep relaxation or slumber 🙏🏻
💖 After the Puja finished we enjoyed breakfast together at 6am, before being given a few hours (4-5) to rest, sleep, freshen up, pack our belongings and clear our rooms, before lunch and our afternoon session finishing at 4pm 😢
Surprisingly I was wide awake, and as hard as I tried i could not sleep! I'd experienced a very deep spiritual, physical, and emotional, deep cleansing during this intensive training at Harmony of the Spheres at Dev Aura, which all became crystal clear during and directly after my totally transformational Puja Experience, something that shall remain with me forever🙏🏻💜🙏🏻 and which i'll always remain extremely grateful for 💖
💕 I then saw a message from a friend, which was surprising, as the reception at Dev Aura wasn't the best. They were enquiring how it was all going as they knew how much I was looking forward to the whole experience. Beginning with the long drive on my own, as although I drove for a living at the time, and loved road trips, i'd never experienced driving such a long journey, especially one with no company! So I chose pack up my car then give them a call and try to explain my truly amazing, divinely timed, magical, experience ✨️ This conversation lasted until it was time to go for lunch. After which we had another few hours of class before saying our goodbyes at 4pm and heading in our different directions, still held in the Gong Love and Sonic Vibrations we'd been bathed in for the past 6 days 💕🎶💕🤗💕
I had intended to stop at a friends in Edinburgh overnight to break the journey from Lincolnshire to Aberdeen as i'd only stopped for coffee and to stretch my legs. Service station food did not appeal to me after the high vibrational wholesome vegetarian food we'd been spoilt with for the past 6 days at Dev Aura, so I just ate the fruit and tasty biscuits i'd left with for my journey. When I arrived at the turn off for my friends, there was a diversion in place. Not knowing the road the diversion was going to take me, and with it being late and dark I decided to give Edinburgh a miss and just continue home to Aberdeen and my own bed.
Much to my surprise, even though i'd been up since 6am the day before, so by the time i got home, i'd been awake for 44hrs, I wasn't in the slightest bit fatigued, and had no marathon sleep once i was home and in my own bed either. I awoke the next morning feeling totally Relaxed, Restored, and Rejuvenated, i felt i'd Released a great deal from my Mind, Body, and Spirit during my time away and grateful that i had not reached for a cigarette either. ☺️ The last one i'd had was on my way to Dev Aura 6 days beforehand! That'll be 8 years next month since the gongs worked their magic and aided me to quit smoking 🚬 🙏🏻 Even when my mother was really bad with dementia and could express she wanted a cigarette, but was unable to light one by herself, I was able light them up for her and not be tempted to start again 🙏🏻
✨️Each Puja has been a different experience, although i've always felt Relaxed, Restored, and Rejuvenated in some way, and have felt that something has been Released, or Let Go within me, which due to the length of this post, I shall not go into further. What i shall say is they're NOT your "NORMAL or EXTENDED GONG BATH" experience and everyone has their OWN EXPERIENCE. A Puja is a very SPIRITUAL and TRANSFORMATIVE experience, which is why i recommend that participants have experienced gong baths with at least one of the players taking part. What i shall say is i've NEVER met anyone who's been disappointed by their experience of one, and due to the organisation, preparation, and cost of organising one, this might be the 1st and only one I host here in the North East of Scotland✨️
🙏🏻💚🙏🏻💜🙏🏻I'm full of Love and Gratitude for the Love and Support of my fellow Gong Players who shall be joining me for this event. However due to the fact it's being held as part of my course work for certification in the Transcendental Sacred Sound Course which i've been studying, the organisation of it has to be entirely of my own doing. Not as easy a job as i'd imagined for various reasons, which i won't go into here.
🫶 The venue itself is spacious and warm 🔥 with a carpark, but also within a short walking distance of a bus stop and train station for those who don't feel confident enough to drive themselves afterwards. Although I can assure you we'll make sure everyone has arrived back into their bodies and are well grounded before we allow them to venture off and continue with their day 🫶
💕 The 11 or 12 players who are joining me, who i shall introduce you all too in due course, have a vast amount of experience in therapeutic gong playing and holding safe space for clients to relax in. Participants shall be bathed continuously throughout the night at a therapeutic level, no tsunamis of bringing the gong sound up, just beautiful therapeutic gong playing on at least 14 gongs of various sizes 💕🎶💕
🙏🏻 Hopefully this post shall answer some more questions you may have, but please don't hesitate to get in touch and ask any others you may have 🙏🏻
💕🎶💕 Gong Love and Blessings To You All 💕🎶💕 xXx
