VocAlchemy
TM
Workshops
We can again, as we did once:
Sing to bring the rain
attract a love mate
mourn the loss of a loved one
bring in the fish nets
sell our wares
harvest the rice
stop and remember the Divine five times a day
give thanks when we wake up
and when we lie down
make a rosary of pods and seeds and braided hair
each seed a note, each pod a song
shake it and dance, shake it and dance
hang it around our necks, go into a trance
Hear your breath, your voice,
as strands in the tapestry of life
the magic geometry of your voice
harmonizing with mine
vibrating the glands that open doors to the Divine
Sing the song of fish, hawk, otter and dragonfly,
of mossy rock and rustling river grasses
sing the sound inside a stone
sing the story written in your bones
Find the healing frequencies in the gurgling water,
in the night crickets, in the sparkling soothing wind
stop, listen, restore, refresh
find and free your voice, free yourself
speak your truth
hum, gargle, giggle, yelp, coo
whisper, mumble, wail, shout, grunt, sigh
remember a silly song and a lullaby
Find the song that you are
the song that your life is
the song in your stillness
the song in your sound
Make peace with it
love it
fall in love with the up
fall in love with the down
Discover the frequencies
that resonate more for you
explore them and play with a few
get ecstatic over them, share them
so we can find the song that we are together,
the song of community
the song of you
the song of me
The song of me, the song of you
offer your life, your spirit,
your song,
to shape the world anew.
In group, as we acknowledge the frequency of sound or vibration as the fabric of the world we inhabit, we learn to embrace our most powerful tool to affect this world, our voice. In concert with all nature’s sounds, from the clicking of a grain of corn to the ethereal pulse of the heavens to haunting watery whale melodies, we are called at this time to remember root soul songs, vocalize hidden memories, resonate with the music of molecules, listen for the songs of plants and stones and feel our connectedness with nature and each other through the frequencies we share.
By vocalizing crystallized patterns we release blockages and free the voice to sing wordless liberated frequencies, express the unknowable, evolve our dreams and identities and awaken our dormant selves to live a full life.
Vocalchemy helps us re-tune our own stories and thus the stories that create culture, weaving the individual threads of our varied ancestries and multicultural pathways into a new narrative which can embrace it all. What we sing, write and utter is the magical mechanism with which we rise above what separates us to a place where our different myths can co-exist in the poetry, laughter and sweet joy of diversity.