The voice is a powerful tool for self-exploration and transformation.
Vocal sound is intimately connected to emotion, and emotion is deeply reflected in the body. Working with voice and sound provides an outlet for stuck emotions, and a space to explore your emotional boundaries safely, and without judgement.
Through this work we also learn how to use our voice more consciously, more intentionally. How to use our voice with skill and confidence – to be in a space of relaxation and let-go while remaining grounded and centered.
“Sound reaches within you and strikes your consciousness. A sword may cut your neck, but with the “sword of sound” your mind can be cut. The blade of sound is sharper and disconnects your mind from its various preoccupations.“ Osho
WHY ATTEND THIS COURSE?
We live in a culture where practically every activity – including singing – has become competitive, we have outsourced this life-giving means of expression to professionals. The resulting lack of vocal expression has consequences for our whole body – especially for the brain body connection.
Freeing up your voice, freeing up your life!
The body is like a hollow bamboo. That’s why it can produce sound from every nook and corner, but we are not allowed to express our feelings freely. Children naturally want to shout, scream, cry, laugh and vent out their pent-up energy. But instead of being encouraged by their elders all that they hear is: “Shut up! Don’t make noise.” “Be quiet, we are talking.” “Don’t sing, you have a terrible voice.” As a result, everybody grows up repressing their sounds; and with the sound the emotions and deeper feelings are also buried in the unconscious.
This course helps you open up and sing out like a bird, use your sounds trapped inside the body and enjoy the freedom it gives you. With sounds, the repressed feelings are also released, and you effortlessly dissolve into silence which is the root of all sounds.
Physical benefits
Singing increases the levels of nitric oxide in the body, and simultaneously tonifies the vagus nerve. As a result, the essential brain-gut connection is tonified, stress is released, inflammation reduced, immunity is enhanced and the autonomic processes of the body function more smoothly. Research has found that people who sing often are less likely to suffer from colds and other minor illnesses.
Psychological and emotional benefits
Making sounds can alleviate anxiety and relieve depression. In addition, studies have linked singing to improved concentration and better memory recall. Benefits also include enhanced emotional resilience – a feeling of being at home in your own skin – more spontaneous self-expression and enhanced creativity.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
You will learn through experience to
- enjoy your body as a musical instrument.
- become aware of the deep connection between your voice and your emotions.
- consciously use the voice to release stress and to modulate the stress response as it arises.
- express yourself freely without inhibition, both in song and in your communication with others.
- use voice to harmonize the flow of energy in your body.
- see the difference it makes to do something for the sheer joy of it.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
- Some short meditations will be used as fresheners throughout the course
- A takeaway package of short meditative techniques for use in everyday life
- Directions regarding OSHO Meditations that may help you at this stage of your journey
OSHO Dynamic, OSHO Kundalini Meditation and the OSHO Evening Meeting are essential parts of any course booked on OIO and if you haven’t already done so, please make sure you have subscribed to iOSHO prior to the course starting. Once subscribed you will be able to do the meditations in the time and place suggested by the facilitator. Currently there is a free, 7-day trial, available. If the course you’ve booked is longer than 7 days, we suggest that you subscribe for one month.
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Meet Your Facilitator - Sadhana
Sadhana has been facilitating OSHO Meditative Therapies and OSHO Meditations for over two decades. She has worked with hundreds of people from around the world and found that these meditations are equally effective for all cultures and ages.
“Man is a musical instrument. If we allow existence, it can create much music in us. But we don’t allow it; we resist, we fight. Hence our life remains music-less, and that is the misery. Unless great music is born in the heart one cannot feel any significance, any splendor in life. And once the heart starts singing, once it is in the hands of existence and it starts playing on the heart, life is a celebration.” - Osho