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Mar 2022

Last Updated: 14/03/2022
Education
Education

Harrogate school offers 'sound baths' to boost wellbeing

by Thomas Barrett

| 15 Mar, 2022
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Sound meditation practitioner Sudeshna Sarkar visited the school in Birstwith to run a series of sound workshops. All pupils also had a go at playing the gongs, Himalayan bowls, chimes, crystal bowls and other instruments before experiencing a brief sound bath.

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Pupils at Harrogate independent prep school Belmont Grosvenor took part in their first-ever sound bath experience as part of the school’s wellbeing programme.

Sound meditation practitioner Sudeshna Sarkar visited the school in Birstwith to run a series of sound workshops during Children’s Mental Health Week.

The older children explored the science behind sound and to learn how sounds can have a healing effect on body and mind.

A sound bath is a meditative experience where you lie down and are 'bathed' in different sounds.

All pupils had a go at playing the gongs, Himalayan bowls, chimes, crystal bowls and other instruments before experiencing a brief sound bath.




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Ms Sarkar, who is a mum to two BGS pupils, said she was overwhelmed by the positive response to the workshop from pupils.

She said:

"Participation in a sound bath requires no prior experience and is an excellent tool for children and adults alike to alleviate the symptoms of anxiety, stress, depression, poor sleep and a range of conditions affecting the nervous system.”