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Suzanne Sterling
The Yoga of Sound and Singing™
Date: Fri-Sun, Mar 12-14
All 3 sessions: $120
Price Per Session: $50
Kirtan: $15 ($20 at the door Mar 13)
Location: Moksha Riverwest
*Kirtan not included in weekend package
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In this workshop series we will learn about the history of sound in spiritual traditions as well as using the power of sound as a tool to enhance our yoga and our lives. We will explore ways to combine yoga asanas with sound, mantra, pranayama, and guided meditation, thus deepening our understanding of the interconnectedness of these various yogic practises. We will focus on freeing the natural voice, awakening and refining the subtle energy body through toning, chanting and singing, allowing our creativity to expand, and tapping into our sacred self and our connection with the Divine.
Fri, Mar 12 6-9pm $40 ($50 after Mar 1)
Introduction to the Yoga of Sound and Singing
This workshop is an invitation to explore the power of sound and singing as a tranformational tool and as an important part of a complete yoga practise. Singing, much like asana, requires the perfect union of will and surrendur and can connect us almost instantly with both our limiting beliefs as well as our deepest connection with the Divine. Sound and singing can assist in taking the experience of our yoga practise to a profoundly subtle level. Sound, and in particular the use of the human voice can slow heart rates, release anxiety and stress and even bring us to certain states of consciousness. When we work with sound as a meditation tool, we refine our ability to percieve as well as our ability to express ourselves and thus we can use the power of sound to reconnect to our own creativity and to deep states of inner peace.
Sat, Mar 13 10am-1pm $40 ($50 after Mar 1)
Sound, Asana and Meditation
This workshop will expand upon the ideas introduced in the first workshop and will give us an opportunity to have a somatic experience of how sound can effect our state of being. We will explore the vast science behind mantras, the healing power and even medicinal uses of sound and specific instruction on how to use your voice as an aid to meditation. We will cover both the strengths and weakness of the 5th chakra, the art of purification through sound and asana, and yogic techniques to connect you to your inner truth. We will experience combining asana, sound techniques and mantra to uncover the authentic voice within and to bring us into a deeper understanding of the subtle energy body as well as deeper states of meditation.
Sat, Mar 13 7:30 pm $15 ($20 at the door Mar 1) not included in weekend package
Modern Kirtan Explorations – live ecstatic chanting with Suzanne Sterling
Kirtan (from the Sanskrit word meaning “to sing”) is a folk form of mantra chanting that arose from the Bhakti movement of 15th century India. The Bhaktis wrote ecstatic love poems to the divine, and went around singing all the time. Their message was simple: Cultivate joy.
Come join Suzanne and some of the best devotional musicians in the area for a night of participatory chant and intentional prayer. There is no prior experience necessary - just a deep soul desire to sing yourself Awake!! Suzanne is a long time kirtan wallah who brings a modern, improvisational and deeply spiritual interpretation to this ancient art form.
Sun, Mar 14 10am-1pm $40 ($50 after Mar 1)
The Power of Mantra and Ecstatic Singing
Singing has been an integral part of many cultures for centuries but in the West we have lost touch with the permission to use our voices and subsquently with the incredible healing benefits of sound and singing. Each of us has a uniquely authentic voice and when we create the correct physiological and psychological foundations, that natural voice is freed up to move through us, bringing us into a very real experience of bliss. This class will focus on japa or mantra repetition, vocal techniques and the pure joy of ecstatic singing. Discover the blissful connection between sound, singing and the Divine! There is absolutely no prior singing experience necessary for this workshop! Interested to learn more about the science and art of sound? Shy about your voice? Always wanted to learn how to better express yourself? Curious about mantra? Love to sing but only sing in the shower? This is the workshop for you! All levels are welcome.
Suzanne Sterling is an ecstatic vocalist and composer whose devotional music has been called a "groove-loving and seductive journey into Spirit" and whose music has been commissioned for film, theatre and DVD. She has enjoyed mainstage billing at festivals such as Earthdance, Burning Man, Reggae on the River and The World Festival of Sacred Music (hosted by the Dalai Lama). She offers a unique blend of yoga, music and sacred ceremony to conferences and festivals worldwide- most recently as featured speaker/artist at several Yoga Journal Conferences, The Esalen Institute, The Institute of Noetic Sciences and Earthdance where she led the worlds largest Spiral Dance for 5000 people. She offers workshops on yoga, sound and singing and sacred activism to studios and Teacher Trainings nationwide. Suzanne is also a co-creator (with Seane Corn and Hala Khouri) of Off the Mat, Into the World, an organization offering nationwide training programs combining yoga and sustainable activism. www.suzannesterling.com
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