Sound and Awareness: Feeling Sound in the Body

Sound and Awareness: Feeling Sound in the Body

Sun Oct 18, 6:30–8:30pm · 55 Meadow Street, Unit 111, Brooklyn

Live flute, shamanic drum and didgeridoo. No substances. Sound, breath, and attention.

Sound is felt as well as heard. In this workshop we train awareness within the body (the brow, the throat and the heart) and connect this awareness to the qualities of sound.

We begin with gentle movement, breath awareness and a short scan of the chakras. Then two arcs. In the first, Rob Heffernan's flute and a drone guide a simple descending chant, one note at each center. In the second, Henry Kandel's didgeridoo guides a vowel sweep from brow to chest. Each arc is followed by shamanic breathing into savasana, where the same sounds return while you simply listen. We close with free sound and movement.

No musical experience needed. You don't have to sing well; you only have to be willing to make a sound. You take home recordings of both practices.

TICKETS ($25): https://www.tickettailor.com/events/psychedelicyogaresearchcollective/2432557

Bring a yoga mat if you have one, and wear something you can move and lie down in.
The breathwork is vigorous. If you are pregnant, live with a cardiovascular condition or epilepsy, or have a history of fainting, check with your own clinician first; you can breathe gently or sit out at any point. This is a yoga and sound practice, not therapy, and we ask that you don't take anything beforehand.

Presented by the Psychedelic Yoga Research Collective, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with the Brooklyn Psychedelic Society and Rob Heffernan.