MORNING EVENT
- Awaken and Vibrate- Physical and Vocal activation!
- Somatic Processing and Ancestral Voice
- Pranayama and Power Song
EVENING EVENT
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
Julianna Bloodgood is a vocalist, movement artist, performer and teacher whose work includes anthropological performance research and she has travelled the globe extensively in search of different cultural perspectives on the body, voice and the ritual of performance.
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Many of the performances she creates are made as rituals, meant to be shared experiences of transformation and healing. The core of her work is a detailed practice in the relationship between body and voice and how this can be brought to performance and composition. Her research with the body and voice has led to an in-depth and ongoing development of this connection which she calls Embodied Voice Practices. This practice utilizes integrative somatic trauma therapy techniques and focuses the output in vocal expression, which is a deeply healing and transformative process. Julianna specializes in the research and practice of vocal lamentation, giving shape and voice to our pain and loss, which has become a through line in all of her work. She continues to research the technical, historical and contemporary aspects of lamentation in different European countries, performing and teaching internationally.
MORNING EVENT
1. Awaken and Vibrate- Physical and Vocal activation!
A morning session to awaken the body, activate the senses and open the process of voice and vocal release. Through a flow of movement and breath we will awaken sound vibrations within the body -resonating the bones and tissues- creating a visceral understanding of the voice and enlivening new possibilities for vocal and heart expression. Then, through shared and held space, witness and support of community and the powerful act of vocalizing, our feelings can become a thing of beauty that we can transform and release.
2. Somatic Processing and Ancestral Voice
A somatic (body/psyche/spirit) and vocal practice that guides participants through physical movements that mimic patterns of development within the mother’s womb. Then there is a kind of re-emerging process. In this vulnerable state we invoke the ancestors in a ritual way and through a process of vocalizing we “channel” messages from our ancestors. It is a powerful process or both integration and channelling.
3. Pranayama and Power Song
Finding our “power song” or “soul song” develops through a deep connection to the inner-landscape of the body and a connection with the higher self or supraconscious. A journey through somatic and vocal processing that incorporates pranayama breath work and then vocal release, revealing something from deep within us that can be shaped in a simple song with a message encoded. This soul song is something that we can return to again and again in order to center and align ourselves with our higher purpose.
EVENING EVENT
1. Sound Journey/ Concert
A sound journey collaboration with Julianna Bloodgood and Robert Radzimirski that will take you on a physical and energetic journey with voice, instruments, singing bowls, drums and electronic beats designed to stimulate the heart, body and soul. This experience will begin through ritual space, guided yoga Nidra and then gently bring participants into the inner landscapes of their being through sound and music. A journey meant to be both deeply healing and ecstatically liberating.
2. Shared Voice/ Performance
A participatory vocal and musical event of mantras, structured improvisation and collective singing. Julianna will lead all those present to sing and give voice together. Participants are encouraged to bring their instruments and drums.
