“The Healing Voice”
- Finding and Developing One’s True Voice -
This series of 4 workshops explores the world of sound and subtle vibration, using the human body and its vocal cords as our main instrument.
We focus on re-discovering, developing, and liberating our natural voice in its fullness. Through practical exercises, we pave the way to finding our deeply personal path (Dharma/life purpose). Working on the voice will connect us to the inner world of peace and wisdom. It will help to heal our physical and emotional injuries.
Beginners are most welcome, no former voice or singing skills are required.
*Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teachers (RYTs) - this course qualifies as 10 Continuing Education hours. A Certificate of Completion is provided at the end of the course.
Tools / Exercises / Practices
Strengthening of the vocal cords through speech therapy and singing exercises
Breath Support (based on techniques for singers and wind instrument players)
Voice projection (using the physical body as a chamber of resonance)
Exploring Harmonics and Overtone singing (completing the vocal spectrum/voice expansion)
Chakra balancing exercises / Harmonising the Vishuddhi Chakra (the Throat Chakra)
Hatha Yoga & Yin Yoga - physical exercises to free the body of toxins and tension / mental release of stress / deep relaxation
Pranayama / Breath Work - awareness and control of subtle energy and life force
Raja Yoga - the practice of meditation, reconnecting to one’s inner peace
Bhakti Yoga & Nada Yoga - chanting of simple mantras, the Yoga of Subtle Vibration, balancing the emotional and energy systems
When
21, 28 April & 5, 12 May 2024 (from 14h00 to 16h30)
Where
The Yoga Bar
Rijmenamsesteenweg 238, 3150 Haacht
(entrance via Eikestraat, white building on the right of n°18)
Cost
200 EUR (4 workshops)
10h Yoga Alliance Continuing Education
Eknath is a YACEP. This course counts as 10 hours of Continuing Education for YA Registered Yoga Teachers. A Certificate of Completion will be provided at the end of the course.
Eknath Erwin Vann (°1963)
professional saxophone player and experienced yoga teacher
Eknath has been exploring sound and music since early childhood. He received instruction in diction & vocal expression and sang bass in a 12-piece a capella renaissance choir during his high school days. He has been a professor of music at the Royal Conservatories of Brussels, Antwerp, and Ghent, and at the Conservatory of Luxemburg between 1988 and 2012. He is an active performer on the Belgian and international music scenes. Furthermore, he is the co-founder of the Sampoorna Yoga Studio in Brussels and has taught yoga and meditation since 2008. He regularly leads mantra chanting and kirtan sessions.
Eknath lives in the woods near Dinant. He loves spending time in nature, breathing fresh clean air, listening to bird songs, the rustling of leaves, and the sound of mountain rivers. Connecting with his natural surroundings is at the foundation of his practice. It helps him to stay in tune with inner peace.
