{"title": "Spirit Moves Us: Sound & Movement Session with Seyi Adelekun", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Conservatory Well and Garden Room, Barbican Centre", "address": "Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS", "price": "£6", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.barbican.org.uk/register", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/black-culture", "wellness"], "description": "An embodied sound and movement session held in the Barbican Conservatory, using movement and sound scores, sensing, deep listening and herbal rituals to commune with plant energy and explore Black ecology, collective wellbeing and imagining. It is led by Seyi Adelekun, a London-based interdisciplinary artist of Yoruba-Nigerian heritage whose work weaves together installation, performance, sound and social practice to build liberatory futures by archiving and sharing ancestral wisdom. No previous experience is needed; participants should wear comfortable clothes to move in. 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It is led by Heather McDonald, a College of Psychic Studies alumna with over 20 years in cancer care who has trained with Gerrie March and received her first sacred drum on her travels in Africa. The evening focuses on grounding, protecting and strengthening your energy field, with a soundscape tailored to the energies of the Samhain season, guided intention-setting and a cosy space with a yoga mat, pillow and blanket provided. No prior experience is necessary.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sacred-drum-journey-for-samhain-41235/", "official_url": "https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/talks/energy-work/travel-with-the-sacred-drum/?id=6707", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7a4e2206ef00065963785f43aeb9d8bdc6486ca0b0e7afbdb7c82141eee2e27f-1200.webp"}]}