There are many paths of yoga to take us towards ourselves.
I choose to use the voice…
Would you like to join me?
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
There is a field.
I will meet you there."
13th century Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi.
I run two group classes in Hampshire from 10:00am -12:00pm on the 1st & 3rd Saturday of every month at:
‘The Place of Serenity’
New Barn Cottage
Buriton
Petersfield
Hants GU31 5SN.
Fee: £10
I am in discussion with
Alchemy Yoga Centre in Camden Town, London with a view to establishing
a regular class there. I will update info.
Nada
Yoga is a well-trodden path towards self, but these classes offer a
unique opportunity for you to experience contemporary Nada Yoga for the
21st Century, through the heartfelt exploration of the voice.
Our voices, the sounds we make, are deeply connected with our true nature.
Instead of using
mantras, we Sound* together in an intuitive way, exploring within. In
that exploration, as it develops, you are invited to be a witness to
sensations, thoughts and feelings as they arise, the inner response.
As we continue, there
will be an opportunity for us to explore that response together in the
form of group dialogue – but only if you wish to do so. There is
no must or ought.
In group dialogue there
will also be the chance to explore hindrances to practice (Patanjali
I-30), and how the Klesas play out within us (Patanjali II-2/3).
Working with the voice, in devotion, has the function of reducing our
defence mechanisms by helping to shift us out of the habitual, rational
consciousness structure, into direct contact with ourselves, and thus
allowing deeper contact with others. It is in that contact that
learning and healing can take place.
*Sounding is not
about being able to sing, it is more about using the voice to express
that which is within. Singing and music may well be involved but they
are not pre-requisites, and previous experience with singing or music
is unnecessary. Sounding can also be seen as an expression of Bhakti
Yoga, the Yoga of devotion.
