Podcast - 'How to Die Happy' with Peter McIntosh

Greg Chambers

If you found out you had five minutes left to live, what ten things would be on your list of regrets?

In the ‘How To Die Happy’ podcast, co-hosts Martin O'Toole and Julia Malcolmson explore humankind's pursuit of happiness, our irrational fear of death, and everything in between.
This week’s podcast features our very own Pyramids of Chi Co-Founder, Peter McIntosh!

In episode 12 of the How To Die Happy podcast, Martin & Jules visit Bali's famous sound healing centre, the Pyramids of Chi.

When Peter and Lynn McIntosh, a retired Australian couple, declared they were building a couple of pyramids in the rice paddies outside Ubud in central Bali, there were a few raised eyebrows. Now, this amazing sound healing centre is a highlight for all Bali visitors and residents wanting to immerse themselves in the practice of sound healing.

Martin & Jules speak to Peter about the mysteries of the pyramids, healing frequencies, and more. The session concludes with an interview and live sound healing demonstration with Pyramids of Chi Sound Practitioner, Jordan Humphries.

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New event - Full Moon Drum Circle - By donation

Greg Chambers

“The Moon is a circle, the Earth is a circle, the Drum is a circle, and WE are a circle.”

Each month, prior to our Full Moon Ceremony we will unite in drum circle at Pyramids of Chi where the vibrations of our drumbeats will reverberate throughout the world. Our intention is simple, spreading love and light in a time of darkness.

Lead by Kevin Westrich, aka Joseph White Owl, the drumming will commence at 3pm and take its natural course for the next 2-hours using our large Pow-Wow drums, shamanic drums, djembe’s and those that you, our guests bring along!

Our drums heartbeats will connect with our brothers and sisters around the globe. Together our hearts will beat as one along with Mother Earth!

The Full Moon is a very powerful time of the month for activation and manifestation. The increase in cosmic energy between the physical and spiritual realms makes it the perfect time for drumming with intention.

Join us for this gathering by donation with ALL proceeds going to the charity of the month. Bring your drum of any kind if you have one, we will also have a small selection to loan out. However, everyone is welcome to participate whether drumming or not!

COVID protocol will be in place. Drumming will take place in the open air of the Earth Pyramid. Should participation numbers be high we will move outside into the garden to adhere to social distancing.

September charity = Plastic Exchange

Learn more about this incredible charity at https://plasticexchange.org/ and the below video.

About your host:

The Drum Circle will be led by Kevin Westrich, AKA Joseph White Owl though the heart and soul of the circle will be you, the people!

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New training - Breathwork Teacher Training

Greg Chambers

Breathwork Teacher Training is coming to Pyramids of Chi in October! If you are lucky enough to be in Bali right now, you can join us right here in Ubud. If you are not in Bali, never fear! We are offering an identical experience online so you can participate from anywhere around the globe.

Read on to learn more...

- October 4-15
- Online/Offline
- 50 + hours training
- 10-days Monday to Friday 9am-5pm GMT+8, Saturday & Sunday off
- 10 x Masterclasses
- 2-hour lunch break daily
- Daily Vegan Buffet lunch

Looking for the online teacher training? Click here.

JOIN OUR TRIBE!

The world’s fastest growing wellness movement breathwork and ice bath therapy.

Become a certified breathwork teacher with Jason Serini. Learn about the foundations of breathwork, how to deepen your practice with transformative breath and various breathing techniques. You will learn how to structure a class and do one-on-one sessions, common reactions that arise during breathwork and how to navigate as a guide. This is the all-inclusive training that will give you the tools and mindset to successfully start teaching and facilitating breathwork.

If you’re after personal growth, wanting to release any trauma held in the body or from the past, remove any blocks that you may have and really step into what’s already yours…

KEEP READING ON!

Jason Serini is one of the most authentic breathwork guides simply because there’s nothing he teaches that doesn’t speak truth from a place of life experience. His experience led him to create the 7 steps method that’s relatable and easy to implement into your daily life.

What is the 7-Steps method?

1. Vision
2. Breathwork
3. Ice bath
4. Movement
5. Frequency
6. Art of giving
7. Self-mastery

Having worked as a personal trainer /coach to DJ /events for over more than 20 years his specialty is to uplift and energize one on one or large groups maximizing their full potential and simply finding solutions to all areas of life , having also beat depression and addictions he knows how to fully connect and drop in to feel into all big or small sessions. The wounded healer.

It’s now time to finally share the formula, the method that has dramatically changed Jason's life daily and many others, to get comfortable in the uncomfortable and master your emotions for true happiness.

This course will give you comprehensive tools needed to become an incredible breathwork facilitator, but it will also dive into how to hold the space necessary with the power and presence required to really have an impact on those who you share that space with.

- Find your flow creating your own method
- Breathwork and holding space
- Mouth vs. Nose breathing & advanced breath for transformation
- Self-regulating the nervous system (sympathetic vs. Parasympathetic)
- Activating the vagus nerve
- Benefits of breathwork
- Breath holds
- How to be an effective breathwork facilitator
- How to structure a class and do one-on-one sessions
- Breathwork for trauma release
- Common reactions during breathwork
- How to navigate as a guide

SAMPLE OF EACH DAY:

- Daily Breathwork
- Daily Ice Bath
- Daily 1 x Masterclass 60-90mins
- Sharing Circles
- Breathwork / Ice bath Teachings on facilitation
- Daily vegan buffet lunch
- Building a personalized Breathwork journey /workshop /one on one

50+ hours of expert mentorship and hands-on professional training to teach you everything you need to know to facilitate breathwork for others in any setting or environment.

Healing experiences into meeting, witnessing, clearing, or integrating any remaining traumatic imprints, core wounds, or limiting beliefs in your consciousness so that you may activate your higher potential and deepen into your most aligned embodiment.

Understanding of the Anatomy and Art of Breathwork, space-holding and integrating.

A deepening of your own True Self as a bridge to higher states of consciousness.

Hands-on teaching experience, after care planning and guidance on how to build a thriving breathwork practice and step into your power.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD ONE BREATH AT A TIME: 

10 Masterclasses have been carefully curated to add an all-round value for you to embody for yourself and integrate into your own life first, then to share to the world when you are ready.

1. Rachel Ellery – Will be leading a Masterclass in The Anatomy of Breath
2. Joel Brown – Will be leading a Masterclass on how to Remove the Invisible Anchors that Stop You From Being Influential and Respected
3. Scott Andrews – Will be leading a Master class on Mindset Mastery Makeover
4. Ellis De Bona – Will be leading a Master Class on Money Master Mind
5. Sitara Fe – Will be leading a Master class in Master Psychic & Light Body Activation
6. Jason Serini – Will be leading a Master class on Traktor DJ and creating and recording your own Breathwork Journeys
7. Walid Aboulnaga - Will be leading a powerful Shamanic Breathwork Session
8. Faye – Will be leading a Tea Master ceremony & Professional Dance performance
9. Alesiana – Will be leading a Kundalini Yoga Initiation
10. Hoda Fadel – Will Be DJing the Closing Ceremony Ecstatic Dance

WHAT IS BREATHWORK?

Get High on your Own Supply!

Breathwork is an experience that can bring you  into a deeper dimension of the present moment and to see things in a more colourful, insightful way than reality might appear otherwise.

Breathwork Benefits:

- Boost the immune system
- Reset the nervous system
- Increase energy
- Reduce stress & anxiety
- Release trauma
- Better sleep
- Helps manage depression and mood disorders
- Increases coping mechanism
- Lowers blood pressure
- Helps with life realisation

WHAT IS ICE BATH THERAPY?

Ice Ice Baby!

Ice Bath Therapy or cold-water immersion has been used by athletes for many years to reduce muscle soreness after exercise. What we now know is that the benefits are so much more than just beneficial to sports performance. Ice Bath Therapy along with Breathwork is fast becoming the new key to wellness and part of many people’s spiritual journey.

Ice Bath Therapy Benefits:

- Boost the immune system
- Reset the nervous system
- Increase energy
- Improve lymphatic & cardiovascular systems
- Lowers blood pressure
- Reduce inflammation to muscles & joints
- Reduce stress
- Relief from pain
- Weight loss
- Better sleep
- Helps manage depression and mood disorders
- Increases coping mechanism

Sign up for this lifechanging teacher training. It’s time to face those fears, break those barriers and set 2021 on fire! 

About your host:

Jason has been a DJ, Personal Trainer and Mindset Coach for over 20-years and has now developed his personal growth tool kit to include facilitating Breathworks and Ice Bath therapy for the complete Yin and Yang experience. Working with uplifting vibes & frequency through all things creative is his true-life purpose and passion.

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New event - Fire + Ice Breathwork

Greg Chambers

Join Jason Serini beginning in a sacred sharing circle inviting a safe, loving, and powerful space in the Pyramid of the Earth where you will journal to manifest your heartfelt desires and let go of the fears that are holding you back!

Carry these pages of desire and release to the fire ceremony outdoors where we will commit them to the flames so the smoke may carry them to the universe.

Be expertly guided in a conscious, connected Breathwork practice to move stuck energy, release emotional blockages, reach elevated states of consciousness, and unlock the answers within.

Break through your fears and limiting belief systems in the Ice Bath Therapy session. Using the correct calming breathing techniques, Jason will guide you to breakthrough your fears, reach a bliss state within the ice unlocking your true potential.

Finally, move in dance and celebrate your journey with a live DJ set charged with Pyramid Power!

It’s time to face those fears, break those barriers and set 2021 on fire!

About your host:

Jason has been a DJ, Personal Trainer and Mindset Coach for over 20-years and has now developed his personal growth tool kit to include facilitating Breathworks and Ice Bath therapy for the complete Yin and Yang experience.

Working with uplifting vibes & frequency through all things creative is his true-life purpose and passion.

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GLOBAL DRUM GATHERING - Drumming for love & light

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“The Moon is a circle, the Earth is a circle, the Drum is a circle, and WE are a circle.”

Global Drum Gathering

This Lions Gateway we will unite in drum circle at Pyramids of Chi where the vibrations of our drumbeats will reverberate throughout the world. Our intention is simple, spreading love and light in a time of darkness.

Lead by Kevin Westrich, aka Joseph White Owl, we will begin at 12pm by calling in the four directions, welcoming and giving thanks to spirit for guiding us on our journey. The drumming will then commence for the next hour using our large Pow-Wow drums, shamanic drums, djembe’s and those that our guests bring along!

Our drums heartbeats will connect with those of our brothers and sisters around the globe who will be drumming in their own circles. These gatherings circumnavigate our planet from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America, Canada, all over Europe, the United Kingdom, Africa, the Pacific Islands and many more. Together our hearts will beat as one along with Mother Earth!

“When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colours, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as Warriors of the Rainbow.”

Indigenous Prophecy

The Lions Gateway is a very powerful time of year for activation and manifestation. The increase in cosmic energy between the physical and spiritual realms makes it the perfect time for drumming with intention.

Join us for this gathering by donation with ALL proceeds going to Sungai Watch, a community river clean-up organisation that has the mission to protect waterways. Bring your drum of any kind if you have one, we will also have a small selection to loan out. However, everyone is welcome to participate whether drumming or not!

COVID protocol will be in place. Drumming will take place in the open air of the Earth Pyramid. Should participation numbers be high we will move outside into the garden to adhere to social distancing.

When: Lions Gate Portal. Sunday, August 8. 12pm – 1pm
Where: Pyramids of Chi
Cost: By donation. ALL proceeds to go Sungai Watch.

Find out more about the Global Drum Gathering by visiting https://globaldrumsgathering.nl/ 

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New event - Sonic Enchantment

Greg Chambers

with Fabio Garces via live-link from Sweden

Sonic Enchantment is a unique sound journey, beautifully integrating sacred sounds, shamanic practices, binaural frequencies, and modern music technology to bring you into a deeply meditative and restorative state of consciousness.

With over 10 years’ experience in the field, Fabio Garces is one of the pioneers of this work and has built a loyal following while creating a truly unique and transformational experience. Now based in Sweden, Fabio will connect with Pyramids of Chi via a live link to transmit his healing frequencies. This unique concept has achieved incredible success at wellness festivals around the globe.

Sonic Enchantment is a live musical and multi-sensory experience which brings listeners on a journey through the mind, body, and soul.

Mixing old world and new world technology, the resulting effect serves to create personal experiences that span a wide range of transformative benefits such as restoration and the re-emergence of balance and inner calm.

Merging a background in music production, sound design and a personal journey with meditation practices from around the world, Fabio Garces has spent the last decade researching and developing this project.

Exploring the field of cymatics, acoustic therapies, solfeggio frequencies and ancient Egyptian, Tibetan, South American, Central American, and shamanic sound healing practices, he has developed an approach combining modern acoustic technology with ancient sound healing.

Fabio’s sounds will be amplified by the power of the Earth Pyramid where guests will connect with themselves, others, and the ever-present magical energy of Bali.

Thursday, July 8 @ 5pm
Rp250k ($18USD)

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Pyramids of Chi @ PARQ

Greg Chambers

An evening of meditation, sound healing and connection with self and others

Pyramids of Chi – The Ultimate Sound Healing Experience is coming to PARQ – The global creative town for the most inspiring entrepreneurs, artists, and investors for an evening of meditation, sound healing and connection with self and others.

This new, monthly community collaboration will be held in the grand concert hall of PARQ where your two hosts, Kleidas and Yin Ling will guide you through a magical evening to remember.

We’ll begin with a welcome and introduction to meditation, sound healing and pyramid power spoken in both Russian and English to create a safe and comfortable environment for you to immerse yourself in.

Join hands in circle and be guided through the Ananda Mandala Meditation. This practise includes breathing exercises, or Pranayama to activate, align and balance your seven chakras. It is an incredibly powerful meditation and when done in a large group while holding hands the collective energy field generated must be experienced to be believed!

Now you are fully open and ready, recline and be guided into an effortless state of relaxation as Kleidas and Yin Ling cocreate an Ancient Sound Healing session. Using ancient instruments such as large gongs, drums, Tibetan singing bowls, Didgeridoo, Native American flute, bells, chimes, and the human voice they will take you on a sound journey that may affect you emotionally, spiritually, and even physically. It is a magical and ethereal experience.

Finally, for those who choose, we will come together in circle to drink a heart opening, ceremonial cacao while connecting and sharing the experiences of the evening together.

So come with open hearts and minds as we connect our communities in this beautiful paradise called Ubud.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

  • 3-hour experience
  • Welcome & introduction
  • Ananda Mandala meditation
  • Ancient Sound Healing
  • Cacao Sharing Circle

Monthly, 6pm – 9pm (First event Wednesday, July 7)
Rp250k ($18USD)
Ticket limited. Pre bookings via PARQ.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

Kleidas Blanco is a modern shaman with global experience as a master sound healing practitioner and wellness retreat leader and trainer. His passion is providing and holding a safe space for his guests to release emotional blockages that no longer serve them so they may reach their true potential. He has a special connection with the gong and has completed many years of training with renowned gong masters such as Don Conreaux and Tom Soltron. Kleidas embodies the gift of yang energy and wishes to share it with the world.

Yin Ling is a shamanic sound alchemist known for her stirring vocals and deep transformative spaces she holds. Coming from a background of theatre and performance, Yin Ling blends the mystic's path and the technical training to awaken voices and hearts. Born and raised in Singapore, she hopes to share her path of freedom and embodiment to all who desire.

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New Event - Purification Lodge (Asi)

Greg Chambers

Coming events = July 10 & 11, August 7 & 8

A Purification Lodge, or Asi of the Cherokee Nation is a ceremonial sweat bath for prayer and healing which purifies the body and mind of toxins and creates spiritual harmony and balance within yourself, your community, and the environment. It may also stimulate visions and insights from the universe, your guides, or elders for your spiritual journey.

The ceremony will be guided by Joseph White Owl of the Cherokee Nation. He will provide a safe, supportive, and loving environment for participants to process what may arise inside the Asi. The ceremony will include prayer, mantras, song, and music, releasing what no longer serves you while giving gratitude and thanks. You will exit the Asi feeling energised, reborn, and pure.

The Asi will be followed by a grounding lunch including seasonal vegetables and your choice of protein including fish, chicken, Tempe, or tofu.

Finally, we will finish the day with a private Ancient Sound Healing session to further your mystical and ethereal experience. Joseph White Owl will use only ancient instruments such as the gongs, drums, Native American Flute, Tibetan singing bowls, chimes, rain makers, the human voice and more guiding you into an effortless state of relaxation.

Includes:
- Male and female changeroom facilities
- Purification Lodge Ceremony – 9:30am
- Lunch, a grounding clean plate of seasonal vegetables and choice of fish, chicken, Tempe or tofu with free flow water, ginger, and lemongrass tea – 12:00pm
- 1-hour Ancient Sound Healing session – 12:45pm

How to prepare:
- Drink plenty of water the day prior and day of the Asi
- Wear light, breathable clothing which you don’t mind getting a little dirty. Please consider modesty
- Do not wear metal jewellery the day of the Asi
- Eat only a light breakfast a few hours prior to the Asi so you may have an empty stomach
- Do not drink alcohol or use drugs the night prior or morning of the Asi

What to bring:
- Change of dry clothes
- 1 x towel for inside the Asi and 1 x towel for drying yourself after rinsing off
- Refillable water bottle
- Donation for participation in the Asi

You cannot participate if:
- Ladies are on their moon cycle (menstruating)
- Under the age of 18-years old
- Are pregnant or an expecting mother
- Suffering from heart disease, high or low blood-pressure, circulatory or respiratory problems
- Suffer from seizures or epilepsy
- Are under the influence of any type of alcohol, drugs, anticoagulants, antihistamines, vasoconstrictors, vasodilators, stimulants, hypnotics, or tranquilizers

Safety Precautions:
- Joseph White Owl has been trained by elders Grandfather Morning Owl and Joseph Grey Wolf to host Purification Lodge Ceremonies (Asi)
- COVID-19 protocols are in place before joining the Asi
- Fire safety protocols adhered to
- Safety checks on participants physical and mental wellbeing will be in place throughout the Asi
- The Asi will be regulated at a safe temperature

*In honour of Lakota & Cherokee traditions, the Purification Lodge (Asi) will be given as a gift in exchange for a donation. This can be money, food, tobacco or whatever you feel called to give. These gifts or donations will be offered to the local community by Joseph White Owl. The Rp600k fee paid is not in direct relation to the Purification Lodge (Asi).

Cost = IDR600k ($43USD)

About your host:

Kevin’s life experiences have taken him from corporate financial environments to small business ownership and humanitarian missions from Cuba to Lourdes, France, and Africa. He is also an Author, Speaker, Guide and Spiritual Teacher. 

After 10 years spent in the financial world managing Fortune 500 companies, Kevin had his first awakening at the age of 40 after exploring yoga, meditation and acupuncture which opened him to his spiritual journey and learnings. This first experience was so life altering that he left his successful career and everything he owned to enter his path of inner truth. Which led him to Sedona, in Arizona, where he spent 21 years navigating small business ownership to the mystical synchronicities.

Following his intuition and his heart along with spiritual teachers Grandfather Morning Owl and Swami Buddha Nanda, his path trans-versed from near death experiences to indigenous ceremonies and the development of soulful journey.

Wanting to add another dimension to his knowledge, Kevin decided to follow a master’s degree in Trans-personal psychology with an emphasis in spirituality which allowed him to combine both mystical and practical methodologies.

Immersed in healing and sound therapies for so long his need to share and being in service brought him in alignment with his life calling to Bali where he conducts sound healing, ceremonies, and therapy sessions to assist and guide others in the process of awakening to their inner knowing and purpose.

Some of the tools used during his workshops include Relationship counselling, beginning Meditation, intention setting, grief therapy, kinesiology, neuro-emotional release work, inner-child work, letter writing and sound healing etc.

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New Training - Sound Alchemy Multi-Instrumental 2-Day Foundational Training

Greg Chambers

“Sound is the medicine of the future” - Edgar Cayce.

2-Day training - July 10 & 11.

Tap into your inner healer and access the Power of Sound in one of the world’s leading Sound Healing Centers.

The time of lockdowns is one of the best times for self-development and learning, and if you’ve been wondering how to apply yourself – look no further! Sound and Frequency is truly the medicine where the ancient meets the future as Sound Healing takes in place as a leading wellness trend across the globe.

This training will introduce participants to the foundational skills of creating a dynamic multi-instrumental sound journey – unveiling the potential for a healing career or personal passion ahead of you. Yin Ling integrates hundreds of hours of training with incredible teachers and her own practice – in a style that is uniquely her own – Grounded, Mystical, Potent.

Objectives:
• Creating a Dynamic Multi-Instrumental Sound Healing Journey
• Awaken the Healing Power of your Voice
• Hold Space for Others Safely and Powerfully

Includes foundational introduction to the following instruments:
• Tibetan Singing Bowls
• Gongs
• Frame Drum + Pow Wow Drum
• Voice - Mantra, Chanting or Improvisational
• Shakers, Tingshas, Bells, Rain sticks and Complements

Additional complements may include (Depending on group direction):
• Native American Flute
• Crystal Singing Bowls
• Tank Drums/Hapi Drum

Additional Objectives (Depending on group direction):
• How to create sacred space
• Conscious Touch and Other Supportive Techniques

Schedule:

Saturday, July 10 - Day 1:
0900 – 1000 Introduction, Getting to Know Objectives and Intention Setting
1000 – 1230 Sound Healing Demonstration of Instruments/Set-Up + Principles of Sound Healing
1230 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1430 Setting up Sacred Space + Introduction to Healing Instruments
1430 – 1600 Tibetan Bowl Breakdown
1630 – 1730 Gong Breakdown

Sunday, July 11 - Day 2:
0930 – 1100 Drums Breakdown
1100 – 1230 Shakers, Bells, Rain sticks and More + Healing Voice Exploration
1230 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1500 Healing Voice Exploration Cont’d - Mantras
1500 – 1630 Weaving the Journey
1630 – 1830 Practice + Final Presentations

*Do note training may be altered slightly to accommodate for the interests and participants of each particular group

Includes:
• All training materials, training booklet and practice instruments
• Lunch on each training day taking into account individual dietary requirements 

Cost = IDR3,500,000 ($250USD)

About your host:

Yin Ling is a Vocal Alchemist and resident Sound Healer at Pyramids of Chi, Bali. Her foray into Sound Healing began in 2015 - where she began her shamanic and sound studies with eminent Sound Alchemists and Leaders from across the world.

Growing upon her years as a student of Theatre and Singing, this path blossomed ahead of her. She opened a conscious studio in downtown Singapore in 2016 and has held Sound sessions across the world at International Festivals and organisations such as Deloitte, Facebook, and Lorna Jane.

Her approach to Sound Healing is a practice of alchemy - creating transformational states - and one leaning towards an intuitive and shamanic viewpoint. She equally enjoys the scientific aspects of what makes Sound “Healing” such a valuable modality.

She loves diverse instruments, and especially values the power of the voice, no matter how inexperienced.

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