BASSyoga
BASSyoga is designed to be a unique, immersive experience in bonding back with the vital essentials for our wellbeing: sound, breath, movement.
Our yoga sequences are designed to ground, stretch, strengthen, expand, align, OPEN and CONNECT you to your most present self; while an intentional soundtrack composed live harnesses the power of binaural beats, brainwave & sub-frequencies + natural soundscapes to shift and nurture states of being into deeper presence.
Sometimes, we infuse intentional elements of light and visuals (most recently exploring MOTION CAPTURE technology) to amplify, deepen, & stimulate the experience.
This is science + sensory play.
WHAT
WHY
The first sound we hear is our mother’s heartbeat — the BASS.
We emerge from the womb, and immediately stretch ~ lengthening our spine, expanding into our potential.
Merging the science of yoga with the science of sound vibration has a powerful effect on our being, awakening us at a deep and very primal level.
The combination of sound + movement is designed to induce a measurably meditative experience and facilitate real and positive shifts in our perception and, naturally, in our actions.
... more peace, more calm, more fluidity, more focus, more JOY, more empowered energy to be an active and impactful creator in the world ...
BASSyoga began as an organic collaboration between NYC-based facilitators Nikki Ortiz & DRĖĖĖMY and it continues to be cultivated as an offering for integrated healing, activating globally for gatherings of people across intentional spaces
Before anything else, this is about the heart (and definition) of yoga — UNION.
With you, with us, with the sound itself.
Our love and devotion to the science & spirituality of the Yoga itself is only matched by our love and devotion to the science & spirituality of sound, too.
We became enamored with the neuroscientific and practical powers that both music and movement are capable of when harnessed intentionally.
Sound, we began to learn, doesn’t just inspire energy, it literally awakens energy, with sub-frequency sounds and certain other frequencies (particular tones, and - for instance - the sound of water) having an especially measureable impactful effect on the electromagnetic field of the human body.
This works through the law of “entrainment”— which synchronizes our fluctuating brainwaves by providing a stable frequency which the brainwave can attune to. By using rhythm and frequency, we can entrain our brainwaves and it then becomes possible to down-shift our normal beta state (normal waking consciousness) to alpha (relaxed consciousness), and even reach theta (meditative state) and delta (sleep; where internal healing can occur).
Science now understands and accepts the ancient wisdom that everything in the universe is vibration, and at a quantum level - everything in the universe is comprised of vibrating energy fields of atoms and molecules - with a large percentage of molecular or kinetic energy making up our bodies.
BASSyoga’s vibrational soundscapes are an intentional soundscape for awakening that energy.
HOW
During BASSyoga, Nikki leads an intuitive and intelligent sequence designed for what she calls “spine awakening”.
The sequence is improvised to meet and honor the levels of ability present in the session, but still draws on a selection of familiar and impactful asana postures.
While Nikki guides the flow, DREEEMY soundtracks the experience live with earthen electronic rhythms, reverberating basslines, glittering synths, nature field recordings, and the intentional use of originally composed brainwave frequencies drawn from her study of therapeutic sound.
She uses:
Tibetan singing bowls, rattles & percussive instruments, electronic drum pad, electronic keyboard, vocals — all controlled via Ableton DAW software that makes healing frequency generation more precise and powerful.
The soundtrack grows in energy to match the journey of the sequence, and slows by the end to close with a nourishing sound bath that mixes electronic ambience and organic healing instruments.
The result is a deeply resonant experience of music, movement, and meditation.
Nikki Ortiz
WHO
Nikki is a native Ecuadorian circus artist, experienced yoga teacher and 2015 National USA Yoga Asana Champion.
She believes in the power of movement and is deeply interested in exploring the meditative and transformative effects of sound. She believes that a yoga practice is essential for self knowledge and liberation and loves playing with the possibilities of the human body and using it as an instrument to connect to the source.
Reem Abdou, aka DREEEMY
Reem DRĖĖĖMY Abdou is an international New York City-based, Indigenous Egyptian yoga and meditation guide, mindful music producer (DJ, composer, vocalist), speaker, writer, conscious community catalyst, and founder of The Collective BAE.
She creates a live immersive soundtrack for BASSyoga that harnesses nature field recordings, binaural beats, organic rhythms, sub-frequencies, and ancient healing instruments. | @dreeemy @collective.BAE
Global Eclipse Gathering, Oregon 2017
where
We started in New York and have since been invited to share this offering at festivals and events both on the East and West coasts.
This experience is for everyone, all bodies, all genders, all humans — and it is our wish to keep sharing and spreading it widely.
We’ve shared BASS YOGA at OR Gathering (Nebraska), Global Eclipse Gathering (Oregon), Elements Festival (Lakewood, PA & Bronx, NY), Ecstatic Dance and Judson Memorial Church (NYC), True North (Upstate NY) to name a few.
