Meditation in the dark: an immersive sensory proposal with shamanic traditions and ancestral music

Teatro Ciego offers 'Chakras,' an immersive sensory proposal designed to awaken the senses through darkness and ancient traditions. The experience invites participants to "turn off their eyes to turn on the rest of their senses," blending visual deprivation with personal well-being. Luz Andrade, the artistic creator, describes it as "a journey that invites us to connect with our inner world through different ancestral roots, their music, aromas, and cosmovisions."

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Chakras is a journey that invites us to connect with our inner world through different ancestral roots, their music, aromas, and cosmovisions.

Co-designed with Carolina Herrmann, the experience features a 360-degree immersive sound system playing music from diverse roots, including Sanskrit mantras, Mongolian chants, Andean shamanic recordings, and circular songs. The core of the experience is Dhyana meditation, guiding participants through the body's energy centers to awaken kundalini energy. The sound map is non-linear, aiming to foster a direct connection with the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire.

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Our experience starts very gently, gradually introducing the different stimuli. During the session, there will be changes in intensity, transitions that facilitate entering and exiting the most intense states towards the calmer ones.

Inspired by the practices of Buddhist monks who meditated in darkness to enhance consciousness, 'Chakras' gradually introduces stimuli. Herrmann explains that the session includes shifts in intensity, allowing participants to move between heightened states and calmer moments. The complete darkness, achieved by blacking out an entire room, stimulates synesthesia and amplifies other senses like smell, hearing, and touch. This unique approach caters to both meditation beginners and experienced practitioners, offering a profound journey of self-discovery and energetic alignment.

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Not only does darkness play a great role, but how we achieve it, by darkening an entire room, ensuring that with eyes open the viewer sees absolutely nothing. As a result of the loss of vision, the brain stimulates states like synesthesia or the amplification of other senses: smell, hearing, touch.