For an antidote to stress, sink into a Hong Kong gong bath (no water required)
Gong baths have been used for healing and meditation for thousands of years. But can they really help calm an active mind and body? We take the plunge at Red Doors Studio, which has the largest gong collection in Asia
Canadian-born Martha Collard wants to take as many people as possible down the wellness path – and she wants to do it slowly and preferably without a mobile device.
Having worked in the corporate world for two decades as an independent management consultant, she is all too familiar with the physical and mental demands of modern living. “We are sleep deprived, we have fewer holidays than the previous generation, digital dementia and depression are on the rise,” she says.
To improve peoples’ lot in life, she wants us to disconnect from technology and “just be”. To that end, she set up Red Doors Studio in Wong Chuk Hang, where she hosts meditation classes and gong baths.
Her 21-gong collection is the largest in Asia, the shining German-made instruments comprising 60 per cent copper, 20 per cent nickel and 20 per cent zinc. She hosts private and group sessions at her studio, and offers gong baths to cancer patients and their carers.
We gave it a try.
