Silvia Nakkach: Medicine Melodies: The Music that Healers Hear March 7, 2009

In the Universe, everything sings: plants, animals, waterfalls, bones, people, the stars, the rain, and many things we do not see; even silence makes a sound. The shaman hears the hidden music of the Universe and sings it back through "medicine melodies," simple tonal configurations that reflect a sacred unity with nature and have the power to heal body, mind, and spirit. Many people in our own culture today are visited by such melodies-as if spontaneous transmissions from nature or the spirit world are "singing in" to the person rather than the person "singing out."

Medicine melodies can be found in all traditions: from lullabies to Hebrew davennen; the kirtans, mantras, and ragas from India; Tibetan ritual prayers; the zhikrs of the Sufis; Buddhist sutras and tantric chants; and indigenous songs from Africa and the Americas. In this workshop, we will take a musical journey through songs from many of these cultures, exploring how spiritual melodicism and timeless rhythms make potent medicine. We will listen to healing melodies within the music of the classical Western repertoire from Mozart, Mahler, and Bach. And, we will experience the emotional magic that comes from singing the Icaros of the Peruvian Amazon Basin and other shamanic traditions, feeling how this music clears and opens energetic channels, gives birth to kindness, and connects us with love.
This workshop is for anyone who longs to work more knowingly with music and the voice. You will bring home a repertoire of medicine melodies, as well as practical guidance for developing your practice of "singing in." Bring an instrument if you have one, and a journal.

Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT, is an awardwinning composer, psychologist, and pioneer in the field of sound and transformation of consciousness. She is the founding director of Vox Mundi School of the Voice, an international project devoted to teaching and preserving sacred music traditions.

www.voxmundiproject.com

$235. 13 CEUs (LCSW< MFT< RN).

Official Website: http://www.ciis.edu/publicprograms