january, 2025
This is a repeating event2nd february 2025 10:30 am
Event Details
Healing sound bath with John Hofton
Join John Hofton for a healing sound bath here at the Monastery, Manchester. For those of you wishing to lie down for the session, please bring a blanket.
This session can be combined with Ana Borges Da Costa’s Circle Dance or taken alone. Please scroll down for info & pricing.
*Please note, Ana will be away during March & April, 2025, so there will be no Circle Dance on either of those months. John Hofton and Christian Platts will be offering an extended 2-hour sound bath instead.
Please scroll down for booking info and options.
Sound healing and relaxation
Sound healing is recognised as an aid to deep relaxation, increased energy flow and is a way to still the mind and feel more connected to your inner core.
John uses a wide selection of highly resonant sound healing instruments in these sessions: e.g. Tibetan singing bowls, Traditional American Indian drone flute, Gemshorn, Dream Chau gong , Sacred Solfeggio Tuning forks and Tubular Bells and
Quartz singing bowls.
This is a gentle, refined and subtle form of healing which works holistically – on mind, body and spirit.
Feel more relaxed, calmer, happier, more energised and in balance.
About John Hofton
John holds a Professional Sound Healer Practitioner Diploma from the Wheater Sound Academy. He is also a Master Practitioner of Urban Mysticism (awarded by The Awakening Network, Australia) and Reiki Master. John started running Sound Healing groups in the North West of England ten years ago. During lockdown he was a regular contributor to the Awakening Network weekly online meditation sessions.
John and Ana Borges Da Costa have been running Sacred Dance, Sacred Sound retreats at Trigonos, N. Wales for the past fifteen years and have been regular contributors to events at the Monastery, Manchester for many years.
About Christian Platts
Christian’s journey with sound as a healing modality has been a deeply profound process. To experience the healing, the wellness, clarity, peace and presence that each of the instruments has to offer; with its own unique tone, pitch, range, frequency and power. Each instrument with its own message, its own ‘sat-nav’ navigation of discovery; to awaken and transform, or to dissolve or reveal the stuck ‘knots’ within the energetic architecture of our being.The unique frequency and flavour that Christian offers is an eclectic around the world healing experience from the Amazon to India, from the Originees of Australia, Tibet, China, Malawi, South Africa, Native Americas to the oceans and mountains of Mother Earth, and out into the stratosphere with otherworldly ethereal sounds of the cosmos.
Circle dance session with Ana Borges Da Costa
Join Ana at the Monastery for a joyful session of circle dance. She will lead you in a short series of simple dances which draw upon a very rich international repertoire. Ana will teach you all the steps, so no prior knowledge is needed.
Circle dance is an enlivening, heart-centred experience. Come and join our circle, all welcome!
Read more abut Circle dance here.
About Ana Borges da Costa
Ana has had a passion for circle dance ever since she was first introduced to it in 1992 in Italy. She has been teaching circle dance since 1995, both in Brazil, where she is from, and here in the United Kingdom. Ana is an occupational therapist and a lecturer in occupational therapy. She holds a PhD degree (University of Bolton) for which she investigated circle dance as a medium to promote well-being.
Ana and John Hofton, who provides live musical accompaniment, have been running Sacred Dance, Sacred Sound retreats at Trigonos, N. Wales for the past fifteen years and have been regular contributors to events at the Monastery, Manchester for many years.
Do I need any special clothes are equipment?
No, just wear loose, comfortable clothes that are comfortable to relax in.
Do I need to book?
Yes, numbers are limited so it’s essential to reserve your place in advance.
How much does it cost?
There are various options.
i) Extended Healing Sound Bath (2hrs – ONLY available on March 2nd and April 6th, 2025)
Please click here to choose your date and book an extended 2-hr healing sound bath.
ii) Healing Sound Bath AND Circle Dance (2hrs, combined ticket 10.30am – 12.30pm) £15 + booking fee
Please click here to choose your slot & reserve your place
iii) Healing Sound Bath ONLY (1hr, 10.30am – 11.30pm ticket) £10 + booking fee
Please click here to choose your slot & reserve your place
The Healing sound bath session alone is 1hr in duration and costs £10 + booking fee
Please click here to choose your slot & reserve your place
The Healing Sound Bath session including admission to Ana Borges da Costa’s Circle Dance from 11.30am-12.30pm lasts for 2 hours and costs £15 (+ booking fee) to help towards the huge cost of running and maintaining the Monastery, which is a charity.
*We have a small number of fully subsidised places available for those experiencing financial hardship. If you’d like to apply for a subsidised place, please send your request to [email protected]
Testimonials
“John has a warm, gentle, healing approach. I find inner peace in his sessions and always leave feeling lighter and freer.” Sue Pow
“John’s sound healing sessions are sublimely beautiful, where one is bathed in rich ethereal music which connects straight to the heart. I cannot praise John enough for the work that he does. It is indeed food for the Soul.” Paul Nicholson, BWY Yoga Teacher
“The relaxation is exquisite and almost impossible to explain. The captivating sounds that the instruments provide lull you into a perfect sense of just ‘being’.” Linda Cullen
Directions to the Monastery here.