Teletextile Sound Bath / Sound Meditation

538 Roosevelt Avenue,San Antonio TX 78210

26 December, 2021

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Teletextile Sound Bath Sunday Series Come enjoy an afternoon of Sound Meditation in SATX hosted by Southtown Music Studio at Mercury Project Teletextile Sound Bath Sunday Series: Come enjoy an afternoon of Sound Meditation every second to last Sunday with Pamela Martinez co-founder of Southtown Music Studio (STMS) at Mercury Project Contemporary Art Space in San Antonio, TX.  We hold space together in meditation as a time to tune into your higher self. Teletextile Monthly Sound Bath happen the second to last Sunday of the month on Sept 19, Nov 21 and Dec 19 (Check back to double confirm this date). Oct 17th will be a special collaborative workshop calledTuning In: Music & the Nervous System Sound Meditation & Somatic Experience co-hosted by Olivia De Jesus STMS co-founder. $20 Donation pay via eventbrite ticket with will hold your spot or we also take donations at the door via venmo and cash. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds, but we do only have limited spot available bc of social distancing (20) We are a safe space for marginalized members of LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and disabled communities. Please contact Pamela at [email protected] to inquire about work study and exchanges. Please plan to stay for the whole hour. Bring a mat or blanket to lie down on, chairs available for those who prefer to sit. Come at 3:45 to get comfortable and grab a spot. The Sound Bath Meditation will start sharply at 4:00pm. Doors will be locked at 4:05pm Teletextile will present the one hour sound bath experience lead by Pamela Martinez, Reiki master, educator, multi-instrumentalist and composer. Participants of the Sound Bath can expect to be lulled into deep relaxation using the sounds of singing bowls, gong, harmonium, vocals, and other sound sources to provide a meditative and healing environment while seated in a chair or more traditionally lying down on the ground. (Please bring your own yoga mats for lying down, we will have some blankets available or bring your own.) Sound Bath Benefits:The body needs time to relax and rejuvenate. Research has confirmed that even listening to certain music can effectively and rapidly elicit the relaxation response and bring about chemical, hormonal, and cellular change that actively promotes healing. When our parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated [via our vagus nerve] by soothing sounds, we are sending a message of calm and relaxation to every part of our body. So when we say that something is “music to our ears,” it’s actually so much more. It’s a massage for every organ in the body. (Silvia Nakkach, Free Your Voice) About COVID-19: Southtown Music Studio is housed within the Mercury Project Contemporary Art Space, which requires all guests to wear masks in the building. As per recent recommendations by the CDC regarding the current delta variant, masks are required in the indoor workshop space. Participants are welcome to unmask during breaks outside in the garden. More about Pamela Martinez: Pamela Martinez is a reiki master, educator, multi-instrumentalist and composer who creates music and immersive experiences under the moniker Teletextile. Her “Bjork-like" sound (The Boston Globe) moves from vocal layering and “electronic wizardry” (Metronome Magazine) to “dense, stormy guitar, piano and electronics" (Time Out New York). Martinez has toured extensively in the US, Europe, the UK and Asia. As a genre-hopping performer and musician, Martinez has performed violin at Carnegie Hall with a Carnatic Indian music ensemble, sang in San Francisco's historic Fillmore Theater and takes part in performance art happenings in New York City. Her recent directing and performing credits include Whisperlodge. The New York Times dubbed Whisperlodge “an unusual mix of theater and therapy” and has been featured in BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Netflix, Vice and more with acclaim. Martinez creates new work with the Teletextile Ritual Arts Ensemble a group of rotating collaborators that weave together a tapestry of music, movement, reiki and other healing rituals to create a mixture of performance and spiritual practice. Martinez holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Berklee College of Music in Boston and specializes in creating works of deep listening, sound baths and sonic expressions and passes on the craft of music and wellbeing by teaching and leading workshops at Southtown Music Studio (SATX) located in Mercury Project Contemporary Art Space. Learn more about wellness workshops and music lessons by visiting www.southtownmusic.studio or IG: @southtown.music.studio Learn more about Martinez's performance and art projects by visiting www.teletextile.org IG: @teletextile About Teletextile:Pamela Martinez is a Reiki master, educator, multi-instrumentalist and composer who creates music under the moniker Teletextile. Her “Björk-like" sound (The Boston Globe) moves from vocal layering and “electronic wizardry” (Metronome Magazine) to “dense, stormy guitar, piano, and electronics" (Time Out New York). Martinez has toured extensively in the US, Europe, the UK, and Asia. As a genre-hopping performer and musician, Martinez has performed violin at Carnegie Hall with a Carnatic Indian music ensemble, sang in San Francisco's historic Fillmore Theater and takes part in performance art happenings in New York City. Her most recent directing and performing credits include Whisperlodge. The New York Times dubbed Whisperlodge “an unusual mix of theater and therapy” and has been featured in BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Netflix and more with acclaim. Martinez passes on the craft of music to her community by teaching Reiki, violin, voice, piano, guitar, music theory and sound meditation to all ages and levels of students privately and at community education centers most recently as faculty at Brooklyn Music School, sound bath practitioner at Maha Rose Center for Healing (NYC) and Teletextile Studio (SATX). www.teletextile.org