Voice Activation Breathwork Retreat & Training in Costa Rica
A journey into the magic of sound and voice the innate wisdom & potential from within.
5-day training and retreat in Puerto Viejo, Caribbean Costa Rica (you choose your dates) with Fern Olivia and Maxim Marlo
We will be diving into the depths of sound, music, and opening and closing sacred space in a sound ceremony or sound journey. You will learn how to use your body as an instrument, confidently sing and tone, and express your voice with confidence and joy.
We also will be sharing tools that ignite playfulness and fun, so you can feel less pressure as an artist and awaken your creative flow and sharing from a place of ease, joy and being a pure channel of divine energy through voice and sound.
In these sacred days with us, by holding ceremonial space together, you will feel empowered to embark on a journey beyond your edge, eagerly share your authentic voice, wisdom and gifts and find support to bring your greater visions and offerings into being for All Our Relations.
Our intention is for more musicians and facilitators to expand and share from the heart and soul, together bringing greater unity and harmony amongst people, with the Earth and all of Creation.
WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?
This training is for musicians, sound facilitators and ceremony space-holders and all those desiring to have deeper confidence as a musician and facilitator.
FOR YOU! If you are, or you desire to…
Know the power of your voice use it with confidence whether speaking or singing
Redefine your work and world for greater alignment
Work with individuals or groups and you are ready to expand
THIS TRAINING PROVIDES YOU THE SPACE TO:
Embody tools, practices, experience and skills for holding space and sessions
Overcome lack of confidence and fear around self-expression musically
Step more fully into want you are here to offer to the world
Build confidence, readiness and commitment to your offerings and gifts
Live in greater trust, freedom and abundance from your purpose work
Learn practices and techniques to hold effective and transformational space
Commune with Spirit and Nature gaining greater alignment and guidance for your life and work
Activate your voice, explore sound medicine, sacred songs & mantras
Gain experience and trust in the process of co-creation and working with others musically
TRAINING CURRICULUM:
Voice as Therapy for Self-Healing
Your voice has the power to bring you into balance, restore harmony and generate vitality. When you accept your true voice without judgment, you have accepted yourself totally. Through the various techniques of vocalizing and toning, participants can gain the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits of honoring their own voice and working with their built-in, stress-relieving musical instrument. These practices, when used routinely, will help you to pay mindful attention to your heart and voice, while experiencing the health benefits of sound, vibration and self-expression, with clarity and joy. Vocal toning creates a vibration that, studies show, promotes healing throughout the body on a cellular level. In this workshop you will explore breathing techniques, writing for healing, vocal toning and chanting.
Singing to the Body to Clear Stuck Energy & Heal from Pain/Illness
Conscious toning can release tensions and bring a sense of exhilaration and feeling of aliveness. It can help to balance or tune up the whole body system. When toning with another person, listening is a major component as it involves blending one’s own voice with another’s voice. In addition, finding the space between the breaths allows access to a meditative state of quiet stillness.
There is great benefit as two or more people feel comfortable breathing together and sounding resonant tones. When people allow themselves to open to this sort of intimate sound connection, magic occurs and invites in a deep healing, especially for those experiencing pain or illness.
In our partner workshop, you will experience the different feelings of toning sitting face-to-face, side-by-side, back-to -back, and lying down next to each other.
Vocal Toning to Charge & Activate the Earth
In this workshop, we will experience the healing power of voice in activating energy centers around Puerto Viejo including the forest, beach, and Playa Cocles overlook vista. We will explore toning with wildlife including birds and other musical beings as we invoke playfulness and receptivity into our vocal practice.
Invoking Ancestral Wisdom through the Voice
In this workshop, we will sing in dialogue with our Ancestors and invoke through our voices, their prayers and healing wisdom for our bodies, our community, and our planet. Ancestral patterns can contribute significantly to inhibitions of voice. Vows of silence or secrecy, persecution for political or religious views, cultural suppression, and religious prohibitions on intuition and other forms of spirituality are some of the experiences of our ancestors that can become inherited patterns of vocal inhibition. Advocating for the healing of these patterns can free your voice and restore ancestral gifts of creative, intuitive, and vocal expression.
In this workshop, the intention is to feel as though we are in ceremony, in a medicine journey, as we invite in deep healing through their voices, channeling their wise ways, hearing the ancestral tapestry of our voices creating global unity.
Sound Healing as Medicine
Here, we will explore using various sound healing instruments to heal the body and balance chakras (energy vortexes) in the emotional, energetic, physical and spiritual body.
Mantras and Medicine Songs, Opening & Closing Sacred Space
We will enjoy learning Sanskrit (Bhakti) and Buddhist mantras invoking ancient healing wisdom along with traditional Spanish medicine songs. Singing in circle is a remarkable way to invite group healing and sing for peace and freedom on Earth. We also will explore opening and closing sacred space through prayer, ritual and song.
The meditative practice of calling to the divine through call and response chanting creates a bridge between the individual and the eternal, opening the heart and welcoming the spirit. By singing these prayers we unite our voices and join in a stream of consciousness and devotion that has been flowing for centuries.
We will explore the heart-expansive and meditative journey of singing to the divine, to Mother Earth, and to our souls, through Bhakti mantra, medicine songs, and overtones, creating a bridge between the individual and the eternal, opening the heart and welcoming the spirit to sing free.
Setting up sacred space
The fundamentals of opening and closing sacred space
Practicing facilitating and tools for holding space
Teachings from ancestral and ancient wisdom
Working with the elements: water, fire, earth, air
The practice of intention and prayer for facilitators and facilitation
Shamanic practices and ceremony supporting yourself and others
Working with cacao and other heart opening plants
There is an African Proverb that says “If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing.”
We believe that everyone can sing and use the power of voice for self expression and healing.
Prerequisites:
No prior trainings or certifications are required. If you have a desire to learn how to sing and hold space with sound and music with confidence, we would love to know you.
Costs:
$2220 per person - 5 Day Retreat & Training
Excludes transportation, accommodations and meals.
We suggest flying from San Jose (SJO) to Limon via www.sansaair.com and we can assist you in organizing your ground transportation to your accommodations in Puerto Viejo.