RE: Vox Mundi Shamanic Memorial Weekend

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Vox Mundi

Shamanic Memorial Weekend, Not to be missed!

 

A Weekend of Music Shamanism

Experience Unimagined States of Liberation Through

Sound

 

May 24-26 in

the Healing Energy of The Land of the Medicine Buddha,

Soquel, California

 

with Silvia Nakkach and guest musicians

 

" The

modern shamanic path consists in a creative and affirmative relationship to

life. " - Stephen

Larsen

 

We refer to “shamanic” as a state of

consciousness, not a traditional indigenous “shaman”. It is about

expanding consciousness through music by:

 

Seeking metaphors of healing. Seeing the sacred. Sounding the Divine

 

The Retreat is an Invitation to:

·

Apply the voice to relax and bring

balance to your body and your mind. Enrich your imagination with a culturally

free musical repertoire.

·

Learn universal prayerful chants,

healing songs and seed mantras. Invoke, visualize and transform into powerful

musical deities.

·

Experience indigenous chants as

seeds of delightment

 

In this magical profession of listening with shamanic

consciousness, the chant becomes the wings, the drum the horse, and

consciousness is the space we travel. Entrainment is the way we travel,

dwelling in the drone, abiding in the divine space of each tone as a sacred

home.

 

Using sound to travel:

• To

higher consciousness

• From

tension to openness

• Through

insecurity to artistic confidence

 

Empowering the shamanic energy

within, through music making, movement, and ecstatic group chanting as a way to

discover new depths into our artistic and spiritual potential, embracing the

extraordinary before and inside us.

 

Discover the essential enjoyment of practicing music. This

is not about discipline, but learning the right repertoire of practices, and

connecting with the source of your devotional self. Retreat culminates with a

spontaneous concert-offering by participants.

 

By remembering the spiritual nature of music we open our

hearts to the deep chant.

 

" From the Land of the Medicine Buddha

To the Land of the Medicine Buddha

We bring Medicine Chants,

They have the power to heal upon

liberating the self from the self. " - Silvia Nakkach

 

AXE (A blessing from the Ioruba tradition; “Sharing with you the power to

realize divinity.”)

 

Silvia Nakkach, MA,

MMT, is an award-winning composer, voice-culturist, psychologist, author, and

Professor of Music and Shamanism. Her interest in indigenous music, cosmology,

and spirituality has led her to work with many shamans and master teachers of

Indian and South American shamanic traditions. She is the founder director of

The Vox Mundi Project, a

cross-cultural program devoted to teach, preserve and perform unusual vocal

arts.

 

To Register:

The retreat begins on Friday evening May

24th at 7:00 and ends at 4:00 on

Sunday May 26th.

 

Fees: The entire

weekend is $325 (with food and lodging), ($225 without lodging.)…credit

cards accepted. You may wish to

bring the following: Notebook, Cushion and blanket, Tape Recorder and plenty of

water.

 

PRE-PAID REGISTRATION REQUIRED

For more information or to register call Amrita at 831-

588-7498 or visit www.healingmusic.org/Silvia

or www.voxmundiproject.com Phone: 415-868-2145

 

Request information about California, Colorado and Brazil music retreats.

 

 

 

Directions to Land of Medicine Buddha:

 

From San Jose or San

Francisco Airports:

Greyhound Bus Service and Airporter Shuttle

Service (831-423-1214 or

800-497-4997) are available from either airport. Greyhound Bus Service:

get off at Santa Cruz

and take a Yellow Cab (831-423-1234). Airporter

Shuttle Service: get off at Straw Hat Pizza stop in Capitola and take a Village

Taxi (831-688-8294).

 

From Santa Cruz:

Go onto Highway 1 south. Take the Porter

Street/Bay Avenue exit and turn left under

freeway. Turn right onto Main Street.

Stay on Main Street until

it merges into Glenhaven

Road. Prescott Road

is another 1/2 mile further on the right. Follow Prescott

Road all the way to the end, cross the wooden

bridge, turn left and follow the signs to Land

of Medicine Buddha.

 

From north of Santa Cruz:

Take Highway 1 south along the coast all the way through Santa

Cruz and continue toward Watsonville.

 

 

Or, take 280 south or 101 south to Highway 17

toward Santa Cruz.

Get onto Highway 1 going south toward Watsonville.

 

 

Either way, from Highway 1 take the Porter Street/Bay Avenue exit and turn left under freeway. Turn right onto Main

Street. Stay on Main

Street until it merges into Glenhaven Road. Prescott

Road is another 1/2 mile further on the right.

Follow Prescott Road all

the way to the end, cross the wooden bridge, turn left and follow the signs to Land

of Medicine Buddha.

 

From Aptos, Monterey or south of Santa Cruz:

Take Highway 1 north. Get off at the Porter

Street/Bay Avenue exit, turn right, then immediately right again onto Main

Street. Stay on Main

Street until it merges into Glenhaven Road. Prescott

Road is another 1/2 mile further on the right.

Follow Prescott Road all

the way to the end, cross the wooden bridge, turn left and follow the signs to Land

of Medicine Buddha.