Don Conreaux formerly known as Baba Don and Guru Jagat. Master Don was one of the five original Kundalini Yoga Teachers designated by Yogi Bhajan in 1969. Don also studied the gong writings of Dane Rudhyar. He established the Nanak Dwara Ashram Teacher Training 1970-1976 in Phoenix, Arizona. His very first teacher as a teenager in 1952 was Paramahansa Yogananda, receiving his Kriya Initiation in 1953.
Don originated
- The Gong Yoga of Holistic Resonance
- The title of Gong Master
- Gong Therapy
- The Gong Bath
- The Gong Puja
- Spiritual Free Jazz
- Songs and Concerts for Humanity.
His Way of the Gong writings include:
- Magnum Opus of the Gong volumes 1 & 2
- Gongs of Our Solar System
- Music of Wholeness
- Gong Essays vol 3
- Sacred Geometry of Starhenge
- The Universal Chiometer
- The Kriya Kundalini Gong Yoga Manual MEM.
- Shruti Sutras
His formal education included a Masters Degree in Theatre, and from 1952 – 1969 was a Director, Actor and Writer in Hollywood and New York city. Today in his 88th year he continues to teach the art and science of Sacred Geometry, divination, and designs World Peace Gong & Bell Gardens of which there are now sixteen established Internationally. All are dedicated to the coming first day of World Peace, Planetary Cooperation in a world without violence for our children of the New Millennium.
"For the past 40+ years, Don Conreaux has brought the mystical and entertaining sounds of the ancient bronze gong (tam tam), bells, bell bowls, shofar and the spiral sea horn (conch) to millions of listeners around the world."
He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs as performing artist and talk show guest, holds 2 degrees in Theater Arts. Mr. Conreaux has worked throughout his career in theater, in both film and television in Hollywood as an actor, writer, and director before arriving in 1984 to NYC.
"The bronze gong has since ancient times been thought to exemplify the sounds of the universe; the sacred conch suggests the sounds of whales, elephants, dolphins, and wolves." These sounds summon the forces of nature," offers Mr. Conreaux. He is a genuine Gongmaster, as well as artistic director of The Mysterious Tremendum Consort and School of Sacred Sound. Previously, Don performed as one of the original members of the singing bowl ensemble called One Hand Clapping.
As a writer, actor and director in theater, Mr. Conreaux was greatly influenced by Alice A. Baily's Esoteric Sound Healing, as well as Gene Youngblood's writings on on the subject of visually induced synaesthesia. In 1969 he produced and directed the first of his "Concerts For Humanity" which was called The Divine Union , and used for the first time, the ancient bronze gong with its powerful 'layering tones'.
Theatrically impressed by Gratowsky, and musically marked by composers Rudhyar and Skriabin; while on a Gandhian Salt March across the US, met Robert Muller of the UN and was struck by Muller's Day of World Peace Concept and its simultaneous ringing of a multitude of gongs and bells.
- Conreaux's interest in ancient geomantic powerpoints, sacred geometry, and the inherent power of social rites, such as musical ceremonies using recycled implements of war, brought on the vision of designing special acoustic spaces utilizing principles of 'functional harmony' which empower the collective mind to cooperate non-violently with each other.
Most significantly, The Mysterious Tremendum Consort can also be understood as a resonant tribute to Russian composer Alexander Skriabin's earlier vision of a 'Mysterium' in which attempt to "re-tune the world”.
DON CONREAUX 2024
CALENDAR
January 25-28
Southern Miami, Florida.
3 Day INTRO GMT organizer/host: Jap Hari Kaur @AbhayaHolisticCenter
Bookings available for consideration for Feb/March
April 19-May 10 Jishan, China Gong Training (?Live)
Bookings available for consideration for open dates
June 11-13 Greece LIVE (3 Day GMT Training at Starhenge, Athens)
host/sponsor: @gongmuse Surana for more info: [email protected]
June 16-23 Pisz, Poland, LIVE Lake Jablon Resort,
host/sponsor: Al Trinity, @AlchemySound
Alchemy Sound Healing/ Event page and info: https://aboutguidedmeditation.com/lake-of-frequency/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/3099752980327340 / Tel: 00447832949964 /Email: [email protected]
Bookings available for consideration for June 25-July25 (Europe)
July 26-Aug 4 Hawkwood College LIVE
10 Day GMT at Hawkwood College
Hosted/Organized: Gong Maestro Aidan McIntyre, @Gongmagic, Kevin Goulding, Tim Byford
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Concluded 2023: hosts and trainings
MAY 2023
MAY 7-12 GMT ONLINE WITH CHINA (LOS ANGELES 7-10PM) VIRTUAL ONLINE TRAINING CHINA, JISHAN
MAY 20-21 JOSHUA TREE, CA STARHENGE ADVANCED GONG MASTERY STUDY WITH DON CONREAUX, MICAH SHEINER, YAELLE E. SHAPHIR, L.AC + NEW MOON CACAO GONG ALL NIGHT GONG PUJA UNDER THE STARS
MAY 26 -MAY 29 (FRI-MON) "ENTER THE GONG" MEMORIAL DAY RETREAT - GONG YOGA MASTER CLASS - SOUND HEALING - KRIYA YOGA LOCATION: ANANDA ASHRAM, 13 SAPPHIRE RD., MONROE, NY 10950; HOST: PASCAL DINOIA, CLUBMIND PRODUCTIONS, @PASCALDINOIA; ANANDA YOGA: EVENT REGISTRATION LINK. OR CALL: (845)782-5575
JUNE 6 - JUNE 8 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. 3 DAYS TRAINING WITH GRAND GONG MASTER DON CONREAUX IN SARATOGA LOCATION: ROOSEVELT BATHS & SPA HOSTS: GONG LAB BROTHERS JIM AND NICK PAVOLDI (518) 290-0271 [email protected] GONGLAB.COM. FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE LINK
JUNE 9 - 12 GREENWICH VILLAGE, N.Y.C., N.Y. INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE N.Y. HOLISTIC RESONANCE GONG TRAINING: THE HEALING POWER OF GONG FOR ALL LEVELS WITH GRAND GONG MASTER DON CONREAUX AND REV. LAKSMI SCALISE WWW.IYINY.ORG TEL: 212-929-0585
JUNE 18-25 MAZURY, POLAND LOCATION LAKE FREQUENCY TRAINING (JABLON LAKE RESORT) SUMMER SOLSTICE GONG FESTIVAL AND ALCHEMY SOUND HEALING HOST: AL TRINITY FACEBOOK EVENT LINK REGISTRATION/DETAILS LINK
JULY 17-22 SOUTHERN FRANCE TRAINING 6 DAY - HOST: PHILIPPE GARNIER ACADEMIE DE SONOTHERAPIE
JULY 28-AUG 6 ENGLAND/UK HAWKWOOD COLLEGE 10 DAY GMT
10 DAY GONG MASTER TRAINING: AN IMMERSION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF GONG PLAYING HOST: AIDAN MCINTYRE
AUGUST 2023
AUGUST 18-20 BOSNIA PYRAMID TRAINING WITH SURANA GONGMUSE
SEPTEMBER 2023
****SEPT 8 DON’S 89TH BIRTHDAY AND THE BIRTHDAY OF SHIVANANDA****
SEPT 29-OCT 2 (4 DAY) IN PERSON TRAINING
GONG CAMP N.Y. MENLA ORGANIZER/HOST: LEA GARNIER - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAGE ACADEMY OF SOUND INFO/REGISTRATION LINK:HTTPS://SAGEACADEMYOFSOUND.COM/2023GONGCAMP
OCTOBER 23-28 ONLINE CHINA
(LOS ANGELES 7-10PM) (CHINA 24-29) GMT 2 ONLINE
ONLINE VIRTUAL TRAINING CHINA WITH JISHAN
NOV 29-DEC 2 MERIDA, MEXICO GMT
HOST/SPONSOR: FERNANDA ALMAZAN TERA KIRTI,
@TONAL ALCHEMY EMAIL:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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..."WE GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN OUR HANDS!" SHRUTI SONG TO MANIFEST FOR EVERYONE AS WE MORE CLEARLY FOCUS ON THE COMING 2023-2025....2 YEARS AND IMPORTANTLY ON THE MAY/JUNE/JULY FULL MOONS OF 2025 AND THE RETURNING MAITREYA BUDDHA PROPHECY OF THE GREAT 4TH RAY OPENING MUCH MORE AND GENETICALLY WITHIN THE RAINBOW FAMILY OF ALL HUMANS ON GAIA. THESE AUSPICIOUS DATES SIGNIFY HUMANITY'S OPEN GATEWAY TO A MORE "FUNCTIONAL HARMONY WORLDWIDE”. THERE IS AN ARISING FLOOD OF NEW THOUGHT BEHIND THE FLOODGATES OF AVOIDANCE HOLDING BACK THE SYNCHRONOUS WORLDWIDE OUTPOURING OF HEALING GONG TONES AND THE INSPIRED CREATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A WORLD PEACE AND A "WORKING TOGETHER" IN FUNCTIONAL HARMONY. SHRUTI SAYS, "EVERY DAY IS A SPECIAL DAY IN "GONGERWOOD" FOR ME WHEN TOGETHER GONGING WITH YOU. DJC
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Interested in Hosting or Sponsoring a Training with Don Conreaux and Yaelle E. Shaphir, L.Ac?
HOSTING DETAILS: Dearest Gong Caretakers/ Teachers/ Students/ Hosts - you are the heart of what we do…As requested...Details for Host(s): Budgetary Considerations:
1. AIRFARE: Roundtrip airfare to/from for Don (Business/First) with 2-3 pieces of luggage, Yaelle (econ/prem. econ) with 1 piece of luggage. Need us to bring gongs? add additional baggage allowance.
2. ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR DON & YAELLE: Room/Board, Transportation to/from airport
3. DAILY RATE: DON: $1200-1500, $500 YAELLE (Don’s Assistant and co-teacher with Don, Live training) ($750-1000/day as sole teacher)
4. Required Student materials for Don’s teachings: includes the 4 booklets: Magnum Opus vol. 1 and 2, Music of Wholeness - Excerpts from “The Father of The Gong” Dane Rudhyar, and Gongs of Our Solar System; Laminated Chiometer Poster, and The M.E.M. Gong Yoga of Holistic Resonance Student Manual (Retail Cost $150).
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