Welcome to the inagural Gong Meetup Group! - for all gong healing practitioners and sound healers who use the gong for therapy as well as in a yoga class setting - A way to share the comings and goings of gong gatherings in the New England area!

Please join us for many amazing kirtan events in the New England area! We post everything we hear about in the group's Calendar section. We usually post between 30 and 40 events a month - so check often and chant, chant, chant ... What an extraordinary time we all had at the second annual Boston Yoga and Chant Fest on June 18 & 19. Lots of videos from the event are available here:  www.youtube.com/shunyamproductions. At that link you can also watch over 120 videos from different kirtan and spiri …

… The first sound we ever heard while still in our mother's womb, was the beating of her heart, and the rhythm of her breath. No matter our race, gender, age, religion or belief system, this common experience exists for all human beings. When newcomers are first introduced to drumming as adults, they often say "oh, I don't have any rhythm," in an attempt to excuse themselves for their imagined inadequacy. The truth is: We All have Rhythm! Rhythm is our natural inheritance. It exists in our bodies, …