Gong Meditation

Since ancient times gongs have been used as a tool for meditation and prayer. For over 5000 years gongs have announced the arrival of royalty, provided a sonic backdrop to celebrations, and were used to ward off evil spirits. A gong meditation or gong bath, as many refer to it, is an opportunity to go within utilizing the gongs soothing resonance to achieve mind/body harmony.

Bathe in the powerful, relaxing, and energizing song of the gong. Ride the healing sound waves, meditate & pray in the harmonious blend of sustained resonance with recording artist and sound practitioner, Kenny Kolter.

Instructor: Ken Kolter
Dates: 1st Wednesday of the Month
Time: 7:00-8:00 pm
Cost: $20

NEW ~ Sound Healing Sessions

Sound Practitioner Kenny Kolter is offering individual Gong and Sound Healing Sessions. Along with the Gong, drumming, tuning forks, rattles and other sound percussion; Kenny will guide the individual on a sonic meditative journey. Kenny believes that all people have an innate ability to connect into spirit for self-guidance and self-healing. Sound, both complex and primordial, has a powerful affect on our physiology and allows one to transcend and center into an open, creative, therapeutic, flowing space. In the womb, the first music we heard was our Mother’s heart beat ~ soothing, constant, nourishing and pulsing safety. These sessions are designed to offer individuals an opportunity to meditate/pray and self-heal utilizing sound as a backdrop to explore inward.

Sessions are by appointment on Sunday’s either before or after the above scheduled Gong Meditation Bath.
Cost: $60.00 per hour
If you are interested call Kenny at 847-858-5679.

Ken Kolter

Oftentimes when I share my passion and interest about using a gong as a method for meditation and prayer, people imagine someone hitting a gong in a repetitious manner while the dinner plates are rattling in the kitchen.

I play a Paiste 30" Zodiac Planetary Earth Gong tuned to the processional cycle of the earth. This instrument is designed solely for prayer/healing/mediation purposes and produces a large spectrum of fascinating functional harmonics. The physical sound vibration of the gong is powerful and soothing, invigorating & relaxing all at the same time.

You probably would like to know a little about me... I live in Buffalo Grove; I have a wonderful married life with two children. I have been practicing Transcendental Meditation since age 12, graduated from Maharishi International University with a B.A. in Comparative Literature where I was steeped in Ayurvedic(health) and Gandharva Veda(music)learning. I have been playing drums and percussion since age 9 and have traveled and performed internationally as a professional musician. I have attended & staffed the New Warrior, Pathways, Actualizations, & Drieukers Global seminars and been a seeker/healer-sound practitioner my entire life.

Because of my experience as a percussionist I approach a gong meditation with a subtle rhythmic quality, teasing out the vast array of tones, harmonics & shimmering nuances that reside within the instrument. The result is that these sonic, mystical characteristics provide a vehicle for quieting the mind & body.