A private group sound bath begins with the people you bring into the room. At Joy & Vitality Centre, Sergei Murashov leads small groups in our Calgary Salt Cave. You reserve the session together and share it with people you already know.
Once Sergei starts to play, he listens to the sound of the bowls and pays attention to the group. The order of the instruments grows out of what he hears and senses in the room.
Why Sergei works with groups who know each other
At a public sound bath, people book individual places and share the room with whoever else has signed up. Sergei offers a private format where one group reserves the whole session. For him, who is in the room is part of how he works.
Friends, couples and family members arrive with a history together. In Sergei’s practice, that familiarity can show up as a shared rhythm or as patterns he senses across the group. He pays attention to those connections while making room for each person to experience the session in their own way.
What Sergei brings into the room
Sergei draws on the support of his ancestral lineage as part of his spiritual practice. He also brings awareness to his own energy field and the fields of the people present. That is part of how he approaches the group and decides where to place his attention as he plays.
He may stay with one bowl for longer or move to another sound as the session develops. The choice comes from listening in the moment.
What he listens for in the bowls
Each bowl has its own voice. One tone might ring out clearly and carry through the room. Another might be quieter or fade sooner. Sometimes Sergei hears a quality in the sound that he describes as strained.
He listens to how strongly a tone comes through, how long it lingers and how it sits alongside the other sounds. Those differences help him decide which bowl to return to and where to spend more time. In his spiritual framework, he may associate that choice with a particular chakra and use it to guide his playing.
When the gong comes in
Sergei brings in the gong when he senses the group has reached a point of release. The sound spreads differently from the focused tone of a bowl, so its arrival changes what you hear in the room.
In Sergei’s practice, this is a moment of letting go. You might notice the swell of the gong, the way it trails away, or the quiet that follows as the sound fades. That space is part of what you can listen to, too.
Book a private group sound bath in Calgary
Bring a few people you feel comfortable with and spend 40 minutes together in our Salt Cave. Sergei leads the session with Tibetan singing bowls, crystal bowls and gong. The private group session is $250 for up to four people.
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If you are looking for an individual appointment with bowls placed on the clothed body, read what to expect from Sergei’s direct-on-body Tibetan bowl session.