PORT ANGELES — This evening, an uncommon concert — populated with unusual instruments — will fill the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall between Sequim and Port Angeles.
It’s titled the “Full Moon Harmonic Healing.”
It will start with “a couple of Earth chants to ground people,” promised Geraldine Lesser, a drummer and one of the trio of women hosting the 6:30 p.m. event.
Lesser will also play the mother buffalo drum, an instrument covered with buffalo hide.
Then Sequim recording artist Sophia Engkvist will tone — vocalize without words — and play her set of Tibetan and crystal bowls, gongs and bells.
Marie-Claire Bernards, an intuitive consultant who owns Willow Pond Consulting, will offer meditations for healing.
Gentle vibrations
Together, the elements of the concert will render listeners awash in gentle vibrations, Lesser said.
She describes tonight’s concert as both a refreshing experience and a sensory pleasure.
“Come with an open mind,” she said, “and an open heart.
“Sound is something we don’t pay enough attention to” as a healing agent.
The sound of crystal bowls is “otherworldly,” Lesser added.
“It takes you out of your ordinary state of mind to a higher vibration.
“What we’re trying to do is relax people . . . it’s healing to relax, and it’s healing to be in community with other people doing the same thing.”
“This sonic experience,” added Bernards, “will be unique for each in attendance.”
She, along with Engkvist and Lesser, is part of a monthly gathering called the Intuitive Circle at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, at 73 Howe Road off North Barr Road.
The circle usually meets the third Thursday of the month from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., so the next one will be March 17.
Like the circle, the concert is “a nondenominational experience,” Bernards said.
“Bring mats, pillows, blankets, etc., for your comfort, as it is recommended that you lie down for some or all of the time,” she added.
But “nothing [is] required but your presence.”
Admission to tonight’s Harmonic Healing is a donation of $5 to $20, but Bernards emphasized that no one will be turned away.
Engkvist’s CD, “What If a Day,” will be available for purchase.
To learn more about tonight’s concert and the monthly Intuitive Circle, phone Bernards at 360-681-4411 or visit www.theWillowPond.com.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-417-3550 or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
