'Lie Down and Listen’ Sound Healing (Half-Day)

'Lie Down and Listen’ Sound Healing (Half-Day)

with Christina McMaster

Sunday 29th June 2025

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Highgrove invites you to Lie Down and Listen sessions with Christina McMaster.

Experience the benefits of Tibetan bowl sound healing and a classical piano concert amidst the beautiful and peaceful surroundings of the Orchard Room.

For this special Lie Down and Listen, you’ll be guided into music by both pianist and founder Christina McMaster as well as the outstanding violinist Philippa Mo. Experience the sounds of nature in the uplifting Lark Ascending for violin and piano by Vaughan Williams, as well as dance in Bach Suites and ethereal sounds with music by 17th Century Composer Biber. 
You’ll leave feeling truly uplifted, invigorated and with a sense of peace.

You'll then be welcome to lie down as you absorb the frequency-shifting sounds. In a deeply relaxed state, you'll feel the vibrations and sounds of live classical music.

Please note that this is a half-day workshop with morning and afternoon sessions available.

£80.00

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How Lie Down and Listen began

Lie Down and Listen was founded by Classical Pianist, composer and sound healer Christina McMaster, who noticed that it wasn't only the rituals of classical music concert halls that led to a disconnected listening experience, but in daily life, we are experiencing more disconnection than ever, leading to loneliness, anxiety, stress and a sense of emptiness.

The story really began when Christina was very young and her grandmother would tell her the story about how her grandfather, when he was unwell or down wouldn't go to the doctors but instead, went to the Opera to be uplifted and healed. 

The experience evolved after a chance meeting in the café of the MoMA in New York with Prof. Sir John Strang. They then went on to create a series of events at Kings College London with Dr Sally Marlow to recreate the well-being benefits of a hallucinogenic experience without hallucinogenics - by using a certain combination of music in a lying down concert experience similar to the happenings in 1970's1970's downtown New York loft apartments where the music of Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Steve Reich was played - also known as the New York Hypnotic School.

After training in sound healing in Andalusia, Christina then evolved the meditation, sound healing and lying down concert experience of today which creates space for deep relaxation and for listeners to reconnect within.

Programme

Morning session:

  • 10:00am - Guest arrival and registration in the Orchard Room.
    Welcome and refreshments are served in the Ante Room.
  • 10:30am - 'Healing and Resonance'' Lie Down and Listen Workshop
    Christina leads an introduction to the session and Christina's use of music to explore the healing power of resonance and mindfulness.
    You'll then be guided through deep relaxation and deep listening as you lie down and receive the blissful vibrations of Tibetan bowl sound healing and a live classical piano concert experience.
  • 12:30pm - Closing words and offer of drinks, and Christina will answer any questions. 

Afternoon session:

  • 2:00pm - Guest arrival and registration in the Orchard Room.
    Welcome and refreshments are served in the Ante Room; guests are greeted with refreshing herbal drinks and Cacao, biscuits, and fruit.
  • 2:30pm - ''Healing and Resonance'' Lie Down and Listen Workshop
    Christina leads an introduction to the session and Christina's use of music to explore the healing power of resonance and mindfulness.
    You'll then be guided through deep relaxation and deep listening as you lie down and receive the blissful vibrations of Tibetan bowl sound healing and a live classical piano concert experience. 
  • 4:30pm - Closing words and offer of drinks, and Christina will answer any questions.  

All mattresses, cushions, and blankets are provided for comfort and to fully immerse yourself in the music.