Music Listening Circle — classical edition
How music evokes imagery and memory, and how to use it deliberately to shift your own state.
Groups and circles
Groups and circles
Group sessions are a low-commitment way to try this work. No therapy history or musical background is needed, and coming once is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
Format: In-person only — Berkeley and the San Francisco Bay Area. Group GIM and the Integration Circle are not offered online.
Coming up
Calendar
Booking is handled by Berkeley Alembic through Momence. If a date is full, email me and I'll let you know about the next one.
Monthly
Group GIM — Listening with a New Consciousness
An evening session. We talk briefly as a group, then you lie down and listen to a programmed sequence of music. Afterward there's time to draw, and anyone who wants to share what came up can do so.
This is how most people first encounter the work I do.
What to expect
- About two hours, in the evening.
- You'll be lying down, fully clothed, with a blanket.
- Sharing is optional.
- Nothing is administered. The shift comes from relaxation and music.
What this is not
Not group therapy or treatment for a diagnosed condition. Not hypnosis. Not a music lesson — you don't play or sing. Not a good starting point during an acute crisis. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.
Third Wednesday, monthly
Integration Circle: Imagery & Music
For people who have had a significant experience they are still making sense of — a ceremony, a ketamine protocol, a meditation retreat, a birth, a death they were present for.
Most integration circles are talking circles. This one uses music and imagery, which in my experience gets closer to the register the original experience occurred in.
Please read before registering
- This is not a place to obtain, source or be advised about any substance. I don't provide substances, refer to providers, or advise on their use.
- It is not group psychotherapy, and not treatment for a diagnosed condition.
- It is not a substitute for individual therapy.
- It is not appropriate during an acute crisis or in early withdrawal. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.
Also running
Listening circles, book club and live music
Music & Mind Book Club
Coming up: Psycho-Cybernetics, The Wild Edge of Sorrow, The Art of Dying Well. You're welcome whether or not you finished the reading.
Violin & Ambient Electronics
Live Sound Journey
A 90-minute guided journey of ambient electronics, live violin, and poetry — space for deep rest and inner transformation.
About the sound journey →Talks and workshops
On music and the mind, and what happens during an altered state. Available for organizations and community groups.
If you'd like to continue
Many people come to a group and leave it there, which is fine. If something opens up that you'd like to take further, individual sessions are where that happens, with music chosen for you specifically rather than for a room.
What individual work involves →Not sure which to come to?
Email me a couple of sentences about what you're looking for and I'll tell you which one fits.