UK, LONDON - Healing Voice Week Intensive , JILL PURCE, London, 26 Oct 2013
During the weekend we will learn and practice the ancient and extraordinary Mongolian shamanic overtone chanting- an ethereal, magical and powerfully meditative vocal yoga; vocal purification and transformative breathing practices; sacred chants, mantras, dream- work, and a practice to heal the ancestral lines. THE MANDALA of Conscious Birthing and Dying. All Jill’s mandala ceremonies comprise continuous chant, spiritual practice and joyful deep transformative inner work. The aim of the Autumn 2013 ceremony, over the Festival of the Dead (All Saints - the Blessed Dead- and All Souls) is to transform emotional patterns as played out in life, which condition the nature of our departure from it. We will learn the practice of conscious living and dying, fundamental to Tibetan Buddhism. We will explore the geography of the Bardo and the nature and play of mind which occurs there. Since we signed up for death by being born, learning how to remain conscious and to recognize the mind when the body separates from it, is essential. While necessary for all of us when we make that transition - these are still principally teachings and vocal practices for enlightenment in this life. As a group, we become the mandala, or structure of consciousness, the alchemical balance of male and female (the union of these two is the ultimate spiritual path, sought within many traditions.) This ceremony, is different to previous retreats and equally good for those continuing the work or starting for the first time, and is for anyone seeking liberation now. We use chant to free us from the afflictive emotions which maintain us ego bound, depressed, unhappy and frustrated, and liberate us into a state of joy and release from the entrapping games of the mind. We practise the highly sophisticated vocal yogas the Tibetans have for making this ultimate transition by directing our consciousness at the moment of death, in order to direct the processes we go through beneficially. The aim is not only for ourselves, but also to help others at this time. Essential housework for mortals, this is a roadmap for leaving this world and a guide for living in it, in a state of illumination.
