Ben Brown and I are back together again to present HOMECOMING.
Homecoming is an Afro-centric Sound & Yoga Nidra Experience that brings forgotten African-American ancestral narratives to life through a layered blend of historically recorded music, improvised live sound and yoga nidra.
Rooted in the power of the human voice and sound as a healing medium, this project offers participants a transformational listening journey that reconnects them with stories that have long been lost.
Through the use of archival field recordings—church hymns, work songs, and a cappella pieces from the fields and prisons—paired with improvised soundscapes and guided meditation. HOMECOMING becomes a portal to the past, a space of deep reflection, and a call to collective healing.
This offering is not a retelling of all Black experiences in America but rather a dreamlike meditation on voices that echo through time—voices that deserve to be heard, honored, and remembered
No yoga, meditation, or sound healing/sound bath experience is required. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to either of us.
Matthew Lyons
( www.matthewdlyons.com / @matthewdlyons )
Matthew is an eRYT-200 certified yoga, meditation, and sound healing guide. He is an avid believer in the transformative power of rest. Matthew works with groups and/or individuals is an opportunity to reconnect and expand a much more loving, graceful, and compassionate connection to one's body, mind, and sprit, as well as a joyful exploration of our relationship with rest.
Ben Brown
( www.handandtemple.com / @hnd_tmpl )
Ben is an NYS-licensed massage therapist, sound practitioner, and visual artist. He explores the intersection of mediums that provide a haven from social-emotional isolation and support our adaptive capabilities to self-soothe and heal. Much of his work comes from the impulse to create more space in the body and nervous system through vibrational frequencies that connect us to ancestral wisdom and well-being.