The Sound, Belonging & Wholeness Weekend Retreat

The Sound, Belonging & Wholeness Retreat is a time of discovery, through the portals of vocal sounding and focused listening, of what it means to belong in the deepest sense — as the loving Presence we all are. In Presence, we belong to the Whole: the Universe, the sun, the moon, the earth, our human and more-than-human communities, and each other. And we belong to ourselves.

Together we will explore:

• what it means to belong in Wholeness
• wholeness and the nature of sound
• vocal sounding and focused listening as portals to Presence
• how our own healing is intimately connected with the healing of our relationships, our communities, and our world
• No external vocal training is required to fully engage in this process. All are encouraged to simply explore, with non-judgmental curiosity, our ambient soundscape and our own unique vocal instrument

Together we will learn:

• humming, toning and chanting techniques
• to breathe, breathe, breathe
• how to “free up” the voice
• the art of vocal intervention
• focused Listening practices
• the wonders of the Vagus Nerve
• how (in the words of sound healing pioneer Jonathan Goldman) frequency + intention = healing.

Our ever-evolving relationship with Wholeness is the spiritual ground upon which all other relationships come into being, grow and evolve. The Sound, Belonging & Wholeness journey invites us to open to this truth in a fully embodied, experiential way, using our own self-created vocal sound and focused listening.