
Free Your Voice
Awaken to Life Through Singing
By: Silvia Nakkach, Valerie Carpenter
Paperback | 1 August 2012
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- How to develop a practice of breath and voice, performed with consistency and imagination, where sound designs its own landscapes through the expressive power of the voice
- A series of sonorous yogic practices that involve subtle movements and the sustained focus of the mind in sound
- A gentle path for developing a voice that is fully embodied, uniquely expressive, and played like a fine musical instrument
- Invocatory words and ancient seed sounds that deliver explicit spiritual information for expansion of consciousness and well-being
- A beginning repertory of mantras and chants from many cultures that you can build on and share as you deepen your practice
- Techniques for vocal improvisation to engage your singing imagination and enrich your musical offerings
- How to foster confidence and kindness toward yourself as a vulnerable chanteur of the universal song
- How to cultivate singing as a spiritual practice for yourself and to serve a larger community
Industry Reviews
"Silvia Nakkach's new book, Free Your Voice, is a stunning and profound treatise on music and singing. It will become a classic text and inspiration to all who are interested in the meaning of music and specific techniques for becoming the singer and musician we want to be." --David Darling, winner of the 2010 Grammy for Best New Age Album
"Silvia Nakkach is a blazing light of creativity in the world, and this brightness radiates throughout the pages of this book and leaves the reader wanting to start singing! Influenced by some of the greatest musical geniuses and spiritual masters throughout the world, Free Your Voice brilliantly integrates world wisdom so that the ordinary Western student can quickly experience mysticism through singing and begin to practice the yoga of voice. I love this book!" --Mariana Caplan, PhD, author of The Guru Question and Eyes Wide Open
"Free Your Voice is a nourishing broth of ancient wisdom and contemporary practicality. Herein Silvia Nakkach teaches a broad range of specific methods to give your voice wings." --W.A. Mathieu, author of Bridge of Waves
"This book serves as a unique panorama of inspiration for your voice. Whether you are just beginning to find your voice or a professional ready for dozens of creative ways to interest your students, you will be touched by the breadth of Silvia's practical suggestions for renewing and refreshing your life through singing." --Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect and Healing at the Speed of Sound
"Silvia's book is an unconditional invitation to experience and embrace life through your voice. In the most poetic, masterful, and freeing way, you discover, through your voice, simple, profound sonic tools that encourage self-inquiry, personal healing, and spiritual empowerment." --Pat Moffitt Cook, PhD, author of Music Healers of Indigenous Cultures
| Guided Audio Practices | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xvii |
| Introduction: A Letter from Silvia | p. xxi |
| Invocation | p. xxv |
| Learning from the Birds | p. 1 |
| My Secret Religion | p. 2 |
| Who Is Singing? | p. 3 |
| The Yoga of the Voice | p. 5 |
| How to Use This Book | p. 6 |
| Music as Medicine: Why it's Good to Sing Every Day | p. 11 |
| Born to Sing | p. 13 |
| A Musical Path to Health | p. 14 |
| Fountain of Youth | p. 16 |
| Fast Track to Relax | p. 19 |
| Say Yes to NO | p. 21 |
| Multivitamin for the Brain | p. 23 |
| Take Your Ears to the Gym | p. 24 |
| Singing to Change the Brain | p. 27 |
| Transforming Emotions | p. 31 |
| Comfort in Community | p. 33 |
| Warming Heart, Melting Mind | p. 35 |
| Permission to Sing | p. 37 |
| Cultivating Familiarity | p. 40 |
| Building a Chanting Refuge | p. 41 |
| Singing with a Drone | p. 43 |
| Dharana: The Flashlight of Attention | p. 46 |
| The Teacher Within | p. 48 |
| Your First Assignment: Banning Illegal Language | p. 50 |
| Our Mystical Instrument | p. 53 |
| Musical Materialism | p. 54 |
| The Voice as a Musical Instrument | p. 56 |
| Care and Feeding of the Voice | p. 58 |
| Tone as a Spiritual Reality | p. 60 |
| The Body of the Voice | p. 63 |
| The Four Corners of the Feet | p. 64 |
| The Singing Spine | p. 65 |
| Inward Singing | p. 68 |
| The Wings of the Voice | p. 70 |
| The Belly | p. 72 |
| The Chest | p. 73 |
| The Throat | p. 76 |
| The Head | p. 78 |
| The Lips | p. 80 |
| In the Beginning, There Was Nothing but Nada | p. 83 |
| Sound: The Creator | p. 84 |
| Outer, Inner, and Secret Sound | p. 86 |
| Nada Yoga: Voice as Energy | p. 87 |
| The Unstruck Sound | p. 90 |
| Resonance of a Spiritual Kind | p. 93 |
| Sound: The Transformer | p. 95 |
| Shabda Yoga: Yoga of the Word | p. 96 |
| Bija: Planting the Seed | p. 98 |
| Voice as the Breath of God | p. 99 |
| The Yoga of the Voice: From Breath to Chant | p. 101 |
| YOV Operating System | p. 102 |
| Read Me First! | p. 103 |
| Breath | p. 104 |
| Sound | p. 107 |
| Tone | p. 110 |
| Seed Syllables | p. 113 |
| Invocation | p. 118 |
| Vocal Meditation | p. 120 |
| Mantra | p. 124 |
| Prayer | p. 126 |
| Chant | p. 129 |
| Music à la Mode | p. 135 |
| Sargam: A Musical Alphabet | p. 136 |
| Melody: Horizontal Music | p. 141 |
| In the Mood | p. 144 |
| The Search for Meaning | p. 149 |
| Harmony: Vertical Music | p. 151 |
| Rhythm: Measurable Music | p. 155 |
| Duration | p. 157 |
| Nature's Pulse | p. 159 |
| Raga | p. 161 |
| Rasa | p. 165 |
| Cosmic Music: Medicine Melodies | p. 168 |
| Spiritual Melodicism | p. 171 |
| Back to the Forest | p. 172 |
| Designing Your Practice | p. 175 |
| Staying on the Path | p. 178 |
| Points of Entry | p. 180 |
| Espressivo/Contemplativo | p. 183 |
| 108 Strategies for Vocal Improvisation | p. 185 |
| Finale | p. 199 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 201 |
| Notes | p. 205 |
| Glossary | p. 211 |
| Resources | p. 221 |
| About the Authors | p. 229 |
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ISBN: 9781604078008
ISBN-10: 1604078006
Published: 1st August 2012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 264
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: St Martins Press
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.6 x 2
Weight (kg): 0.4
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