| Who is Singing? The Role of Sound in Consciousness and Spiritual Awakening |
Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT |
"Chanting is a significant and mysterious practice. It is the highest nectar, a tonic that fully nourishes our inner being. Chanting opens the heart and makes loves flow within us. It releases such intoxicating inner bliss and enthusiastic splendor, that simply through the nectar it generates, we can enter the abode of the Self." - Swami Muktananda. Engage in a journey into the healing power of sound during this experiential workshop as Silvia introduces the Yoga of the Voice, her internationally renowned healing program, informed by the shamanic traditions that use sound formulas, rhythms, and "spirit songs" to induce altered states of trance as well as Yogic traditions that use mantras and sacred syllables to bring about deep states of absorption and release. Using a sacred-based "software of sounds" - drones, specific frequencies and scales, subtle movements, and invocatory chants - sound practitioners learn ways to impact and "charge" specific areas of the brain and the body, in order to bring about immediate transformation of energy patterns and emotional states, resulting in a liberating sense of openness, clarity and vitality. Participants explore the Nada, Shabda and Bhakti traditions of sonorous healing yogas, and other Eastern and Western musical traditions including the Sufi practice of sama (spiritual hearing), Afro-Brazilian healing chants, and the Indian ragas that are ancient melodies inspired in the yearning of the heart to unite with the divine. By remembering the devotional nature of music and sounding, we open our hearts to the deep longing of "the enchanters" - those who journey through the magic of sound to attract the spirit power. Goals: experience the healing power of sound and the voice, learn what kinds of sound and vocal practices can transform energy, consciousness and learn ways to "charge" specific areas of the brain and the body through sacred-based "software of sounds." Learning Objectives: realize the connection between the somatic, the emotional, and the spiritual dimensions of sound and the voice, and learn ways to incorporate sound-chant and movement into your daily life, identifying vocal practices that can be used as a tool to clear and release blockages in the energy fields and as a complement of any healing and spiritual practice, and through deep listening and singing, experience the contemplative and expressive quality of sound and chanting, and the connection between breath, voice, and mind states, learning ways to structure and pace sound and music to support healing and the connection between mind-body-spirit, and access the power of particular frequencies, healing sounds, seed syllables, and shamanic sound-formulas for stimulation and relaxation, through a precise repertory of cross-cultural vocal practices, realizing the therapeutic value of chanting in order to increase vitality, health, inner resonance, creative imagination, and a sense of harmony in community. |
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