*Introducing the Artists*
Lu (@lus_leaf ) (she/her) is an integrative wellness practitioner and creative producer exploring sound as a container for rest, regulation, reflection, and connection. Through gong-based sound baths and Steep’d—an ambient tea lounge series produced under The Ludo—she encourages slowing down and deep listening to inner and outer worlds alike.
Join us on the Journey on April 26. 🎟️ Tickets available on RA. Link in bio 🔗
Excited to be opening up @your_fels ambient night at @museumofmod.renaissance this Sunday with my first ever amplified sound bath (courtesy of sound wizard @nxor.bos )!
It’s an honor to share the stage with such talented musicians @animated_matter and @oceanxmountain , beneath the most stunning visual projections by @emmalucilleart , @vjzombie , and Vidumami.
Come take A Journey into Sound x Light with us 💫
Ticket link in bio 🎟️🔗
Is it just me or do space and time feel more and more like the ultimate luxuries these days? Grateful to be sharing my favorite slow-down practices with @bostonboulderingproject this Friday night!
Here at The Ludo, we love some good, ol’ fashioned floor time. 🧘♀️
Join us on December 8th & 17th at @firststreetmkt for
🌛 Sound & Soma: Restorative Somatic Practice & Sound Bath with @lus_leaf 🌜
Lu is an integrative wellness practitioner with certifications in yoga and coaching, along with additional training in complementary modalities from breathwork and sound healing to hypnotherapy and polyvagal theory. After 6+ years of facilitation experience and completing her MA in Psychology in Education: Spirituality Mind-Body at Columbia University, she founded The Ludo as a home for playful, embodied, and creative approaches to personal & collective growth & connection.
Come slow down 🐌
roll around on the ground 🌀
and soften into sound 🔔
Registration link is in our bio 🙏✨
Please feel free to contact us for support with mobility and financial accessibility. We want to make this offering available to all who wish to attend 🤍
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#soundbath #gongbath #soundhealing
#cambridgema #somervillema #camberville #boston
#thingstodoboston #bostonevents #bostonyoga #bostonwellness #holisticwellness
#nervoussystemcare #selfregulation #embodiedpractice #embodiment #stressrelief #wellnesspractitioner #wellnesscoach #healthcoach #integrativecoach #theludo #willyouplayyourpart #soundandsoma
We’re so excited to be part of @night_cap_cafe ’s pop-up at @bow.market !
This Sunday, 11/30, @lus_leaf will be leading a few mini-sessions of her upcoming Sound & Soma offering on Dec 8 & 17 at @firststreetmkt 💫
And on Fridays December 5, 12, and 19, come chill with us and @virgos.room for Sit & Sip— a micro-Steep’d experience.
Plus, you can catch @lus_leaf on Instagram live as part of their conversation series on Dec 11th, exploring the topic of Modern Spirituality.
Space is *extremely* limited, so rsvp asap!
🔗s in bio 💫
Take a little “me-time” to slow down, de-stress, and return to your center this holiday season with some restorative somatic practices & meditative gong-baths ✨
Between my first two offerings at @firststreetmkt for my new org @theludo.co , and exciting pop-up at @bow.market through @night_cap_cafe , and some special workshops at @bostonboulderingproject (where you can catch me for yoga Tuesday mornings & Sunday afternoons), there are no shortage of opportunities!
Hope to see you soon - links in bio ⚡️
#restorativeyoga #somaticmovement #breathwork #soundbath #gongbath #camberville #CambridgeMA #somervilleMA #Boston #wellnessclasses #popup #thingstodoboston #bostonevents
What if the meaning of life was never meant to be contemplated? What if life itself was the meaning? What if you and I are the me-aning?
The mind could be seen as an evolutionary tool for keeping us safe by processing, storing, and judging information to predict patterns when later experiencing the same sensory input. The algorithm is only going to run on old data if left undressed. When operating from the "unawakened" mind, we never experience anything new. Everything gets filtered through outdated formulas and we project our past into our present and future. We limit the depth of experience to a small set of outcomes and the meaning of life becomes stifled.
On the other side of the coin, we can use the mind for imagination. This function serves as a key that can free us from the past, but if not approached from an embodied place, has the potential to lock us away from present. When we dissociate from reality, our imagination looks more like fantasy and we never get a footing in life. When grounding in the physical, our mind serves as a force for consciously co-creating our lives (and thus their meaning).
The masculine dominance of our time has stripped away and distorted the value of the feminine experience which is needed to fully participate and find harmony in the dual nature of our existence. The word magic implies being able to influence the course of events, and "mage" is a person who practices magic. We are made in God's I-MAGE so our birthright is to be able to merge the mental and physical. Center yourself between the mind and body, balance the energies of heaven and earth, and you will become the meaning you are searching for.
Keeping an open mind is critical. Our brains are designed to take in new information, to learn, to expand. It is our beliefs that limit what is possible for us. Our mind is a prediction machine. It will draw from past experiences to assume what could happen in the present and future. If we attach to this, we stay stuck in a closed circle, get dizzy, and disorient from reality. These patterns hold us captive unless we move forward with curiosity. Make friends with the unknown. Draw upon the wisdom of the Fool card. Stop holding onto the past and you'll travel to places you didn't know existed.
This page is years in the making. Instead of using my mental energy to create content, I've worried-- projecting baseless fears that what I want to share won't be valuable enough. But what if there was value? That possibility wouldn't dare cross my mind.
When we take too long to move forward with our callings or to follow our intuition, we can get stuck and stagnant. We get stuck in the forethought and lose the momentum for the follow through.
Will you join me today in taking a step into the present? Are there any narratives that can be put aside to test out the reality of the situation?
