Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 6 PM – 9 PM
The Center SF
548 Fillmore St,
San Francisco, California
In this workshop we will experience the expanding and
refining of our voices through the most liberating vocal techniques and
exercises I have found throughout the Eastern and Western world. The foundation
of these techniques lie in the creation of pure, natural tone and in the
unveiling of our authentic voice. Our body is our instrument, therefore
alignment practices will be included that create an open, clear channel for our
voice and purest expression. We will practice strengthening and coordinating
the breath to create a strong foundation for our tone.
Vocal improvisation can be the most artful and rewarding
form of expression for both the singer and listener. A supportive space, skills
and guidance are provided while navigating and letting go of inhibitions.
We will learn techniques of awareness in order to excel
in our ability to focus, and allowing ourselves to open to creative
inspiration, release blockages, fears, insecurities, doubts, worries and
tensions, while experiencing our true voice, our new potentials and new freedom
of expression.
Not only is music is perhaps the most powerful tool for
emotional haling, it is also an optimal way we can re-wire neuro- pathways for
healthy brain / body function. Through the modalities offered in these
sessions, we can utilize emotion to transform our emotional landscapes into
healing, joy and beauty. Singing is the most powerful tool in the realm of
music which transforms ourselves in this process. By cultivating specific
overtones and learning seed syllables and mantras that correlate with the
physical and energetic centers of our body, we can easily reconnect with our
capacity to heal oneself through sound, emotionally, mentally and physically.
The beautiful songs of the Balkans and the Near East,
along with many other ancestral lineages, with their powerful and delicate
vocal ornamentation are offered in these workshops. As creative beings, we have
the ability through art, to not only to transform our own blockages, but the
unsung grief of our ancestors, allowing this energy to be liberated into it’s
essential quality of beauty.
Our bloodlines are the unseen rivers that when followed,
will ultimately lead us to the ocean- the source. In our learning of these old
songs as an unfolding channel, we can experience the unity within the seemingly
disparate lineages and cultures, and in turn, the unity within ourselves. The
creative process of art, and specifically song, has the power to transform
unlike anything else in this world. We only need to show up for this process
and learn to open, while increasing our own consciousness. All of the songs and
practices will be given in the context of expanding the singer’s range, breath
support, vocal colors and textures. Here we discover our unlimited capacity of
creative expression, healing, and joy.
Cost: $30 - $50
