Today we have Rick Plautz, owner and operator of the Bell Garden. The Bell Garden is a wellness business and sound bath facilitator in RVA combining quartz crystal bowls, curated music, and vocal toning to create a profoundly relaxing meditative experience.

Rick started holding sound baths in December of 2021 at Triangle Rock Club - and still does once a month. But he now holds them all over town in yoga studios, reiki centers, and privately in clients' homes.

In 2018 while he was meditating to music he began humming - and promptly fell asleep. When he woke up he had an image in his head of sitting on a large concert stage, ringing a crystal bowl and singing a note in front of a crowd of hundreds. This image has led him to where he is today.

We also discuss local RVA celebrities, our favorite restaurants of the week, and more!

Support Rick:

TheBell.Garden

@thebell.garden

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Other Reiki Healers in RVA:

Shekina - holds ecstatic dances

Yogi J Miles - yoga

Julian J. Desta - sound healer

Shanna Latia - yogi, does paddle board yoga on the river

Our Sponsor:

Maya's Bellydancing💃

Restaurants of the week:

MPM Tiki Bar

Appetizer: Crab Rangoons

Entree: Pad Thai

Cocktail: Pain Killer

Emerald Lounge

Cocktails: Negroni - they use rum, More Than Words cocktail, El Diablo cocktail

Appetizer: Edamame appetizer

Small Plates: teriyaki shishito peppers, Spam Cubano sliders