SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The days are beginning to stretch, and the stirrings of nature show first signs of spring. To call in the season, healers Lauralynn Vineyard, aka Featherpistol, Craig Newman and Paddle House Brews co-owner Tanya Fairclough are hosting Spring Equinox Sound Healing on March 20 in the backyard garden of Paddle House Brews. The event offers attendees a break from the hustle of daily life to enjoy a night of celebrating spring while clearing the mind, body and spirit.
The night will consist of guided meditations, light yogic movement, bottomless hot tea and a variety of sound healing styles such as sound bowls, tuning forks, and wind chimes.
“The idea behind our Spring Equinox Sound Healing event is to offer a sound healing journey to mark the moments of the earth and how she shifts every six weeks,” said Vineyard.
Vineyard originally found herself connecting with sound and spirituality while taking dance fitness classes in Los Angeles during her time as a performance artist. Her curiosity led her to a nine-month sound healing certification program in San Francisco at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS).
“I basically moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco in order to study this and it changed my life,” said Vineyard. “What I found in this program is we had teachers from all over the world coming as guest speakers and talking to us about different cultures and religions and the spiritual beliefs around the world,” Vineyard said. “Every major religion across the globe has an element of sound, or voice, or music healing as an essential part of their beliefs.”
Vineyard notes that the power of sound acts as a common thread bringing others together, and over the last 15 years, she’s been providing sound healing services online.
“The power of these [in-person] events is that I now know a couple of other really great healers that have become my friends, and through kismet, we’ve all connected here in South Lake Tahoe.”
Tanya Fairclough, certified theta practitioner, yoga instructor and co-owner of Paddle House Brews, is providing the space for this year’s Spring Equinox Sound Healing session. She will be guiding guests through light, gentle yogic movement to connect with their bodies and will lead a guided meditation to enhance creativity.
Vineyard will be working with tuning forks, which she refers to as ‘tuning up’ the body and mind. She’ll also be leading a guided meditation centered on the spring equinox, highlighting deities, plants, animals and energy connected to the spring season.
Craig Newman is a holographic sound healing practitioner, and he will be focusing on pain relief, deep restoration and release using verbalization, sound bowls and other sound implementations.
The session will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the private and enchanting backyard garden at Paddle House Brews, offering a cozy area under a canopy of quaking aspen trees and towering Jeffrey pines. Outdoor heaters will be provided if the weather is chilly.
“Spring Equinox is when the length of day and night are equal. In the Southern Hemisphere it is simultaneously the Fall Equinox as they are heading into the darker months. Simply by recognizing our earth’s shifts, we can connect across hemispheres and more importantly, connect across our differences. That is the power of these seasonal shifts, they offer us a chance to connect when we otherwise wouldn’t.”
Vineyard will continue seasonal sound healing sessions throughout the year, with the next one happening during Beltane on May 1.
Tickets to the Spring Equinox Sound Healing event on Friday, March 20 can be purchased online prior to the event or at Paddle House Brews upon arrival. There are a limited number of tickets due to max capacity so be sure to purchase soon.
For more information about the event, what to bring, or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-equinox-sound-healing-tickets-1982551177942?aff=oddtdtcreator.
