YOGA at GOSPËL
YOGA at GOSPËL is an immersive journey beyond yoga as movement and into the experience of a still mind.
Set inside the atmospheric world of GOSPËL, the evening moves through cinematic storytelling, TRANŚCEND LIVE MindSTILLness, Yoga Sūtra transmission through deep listening, and a restorative lounge experience.
Come for the story. Stay for the stillness. Leave with a quieter mind.
Event overview
The Story
We begin with a short cinematic story: The Untold Story of Yoga.
Rather than presenting yoga as posture, performance, or lifestyle, the film opens a wider frame. It moves through the worlds, tensions, and reinventions that shaped yoga over time—showing how what many now encounter in the modern U.S. as a studio-based wellness practice emerged from a much deeper search into consciousness, stillness, and revolution.
The story traces yoga through different historical and cultural environments, revealing how its meaning shifted across eras—through ritual, renunciation, teaching lineages, modern spiritual packaging, and today’s search for direct experience.
The aim is not to lecture, but to create the right context for what follows: to make visible the distance between what yoga is commonly presented as now and what it was actually pointing toward.
By the end of the film, the question is no longer “What style of yoga is this?” but: what was yoga originally for?
That question opens the doorway into the TRANŚCEND LIVE experience.
The Experience
TRANŚCEND LIVE — guided MindSTILLness meditation.
An experiential container designed to teach you how easy it is to switch OFF your mind on its own (think: sleep-like calm in minutes, without forcing focus).
No effort, no watching your breath, not mindfulness.
Not a generic sound bath—this is an intentional sequence designed to cue a self-transcending response and renew the mind & body.
The Teaching
After the experience, we move into a Samādhi Pāda transmission: a specially created deep-listening sequence based on selected sūtras from Book 1 of the Yoga Sūtras, brought to life through a curated track layered with live sound inside the GOSPËL Atrium.
These teachings are paired with simple English commentary and immersive sound, connecting Patañjali’s teachings on samādhi, non-attachment, and the settling of the mind directly to the state of MindSTILLness you have just experienced.
Inside the GOSPËL Atrium, the sound system becomes part of the transmission itself — allowing the sūtras to move through the room, not as abstract philosophy, but as something felt, heard, and absorbed.
The purpose is not intellectual debate first.
It is direct experience first, then reflection.
Lounge & Refreshments
After the Samādhi Pāda transmission, the evening opens into a 30-minute lounge experience inside GOSPËL.
This is a softer close to the immersion: a chance to remain in the atmosphere of the room, connect with other guests, and let the experience settle without rushing back into ordinary conversation.
A non-alcoholic GOSPËL signature turmeric tonic will be served: a restorative blend of turmeric, ginger, and lime, designed to feel grounding, bright, and healing after the MindSTILLness experience.
This final portion is social, but still intentional: an invitation to stay with the quiet mind, enjoy the room, and let the evening integrate naturally.
About GOSPËL
GOSPËL is a theatrical lounge and cultural space in SoHo known for its immersive atmosphere, music, art, and private Tribe Room. NYLON described it as one of Manhattan’s most exclusive nightlife spaces, noting its deep-house sound, symbolic interiors, custom scent, and sculptural details that create an atmosphere far removed from ordinary New York nightlife. GOSPËL is located at 281 Lafayette Street, SoHo, New York
Notes / Policies
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🧠 EEG neuro-feedback will not be used in this immersion.
Optional: Bring your Apple Watch Ōura WHOOP if you’d like to quietly track the shift in your nervous system .
⏰ We hold seats for 5 minutes after start time; late arrivals may not be admitted.
📷 Light photo/video may be captured for recap. By attending, you consent to being photographed/recorded. (Prefer not to appear? Tell us at check-in and we’ll seat you in a no-camera zone.)
🚫 No refunds.