Music is in us all the time. We just need to learn to set it free.  Spontaneous vocalisation in Kew Gardens Healing Vibrations  12 tracks of powerfully tuned beautiful healing music with gently channelled, loving lyrics for each colour/tone/chakra/vertebrae. |
THE COLOURS WE SING WORKSHOPS
The Colours We Sing is a spiritual, heartfelt & transformational approach to the voice created and developed by Karen Grace in 2002.
A combination of colour therapy, therapeutic sound vibrations, singing exercises & games, meditation, imagery and visualisation, the workshops and private sessions are guided by Karen’s fluent intuition, sensitivity and expertise.
These gatherings in loving presence, explore: the voice, the body, the mind, the emotions, archetype, colour, chakra, the spirit, vocal technique, creativity, confidence, confirmation, intuition, sharing, fear, song, mantra, toning, meditation, movement, games, improvisation, laughter and LIGHT.
The workshops are supported by the Colours We Sing practice CD and directly relate to the music of Karen's Healing Vibrations CD.
Recent participants shares their experiences:
"Karen's workshops are truly inspirational. We usually begin with some toning and chanting which clears the decks so that we can free up our voices and our creativity. Karen uses aura soma colours, coloured lamps and oracle cards among other things to inspire us to join together, express ourselves and, if we so wish, to improvise. Her "healing the wounded singer" session was particularly good. We got in touch with blocks to our self-expression so we could move through them and just sing. What I love is that there is no judgement from Karen or the others in the group. We just accept what comes and from that we can really create something wonderful. I look forward to developing my voice and my creativity more and more knowing its a safe and nurturing environment where I can really express myself and discover what I am capable of."
Bridget Rattigan, London (Sept 2009)
".....somehow, miraculously, the note emerges from deep within my body and resonates out from my chest, I can feel the vibration in my throat and in my chest, I can feel it coming up from my belly, and I can hear the note in my ears, and I can feel myself relaxing into performing this action, and relaxing into letting go of needing to look a certain way, needing to sound a certain way, needing to be anybody at all…
This is the thrust of the whole evening meet. This is the magic spell that Karen casts with her presence, with her mastery, with her immaculately caring and irresistibly loving presence.
Then we sang a mantra together. We had no melody to follow, she chose one of us in the group to invent a melody on the spot which we all sang. And then continued singing it, and then we were encouraged to vary the melody as we felt moved or inspired to do.
Which we then did together, without protest, without anyone questioning the validity or accuracy or safety of what we were doing, we all just did it, in the moment. Every inhibition, every reservation, every trace of shyness was utterly magically melted away, we all just engaged with this sacred practice with the innocent readiness of children.
The sound emerged into the silence, and we gently, imperceptibly and ineluctably formed one cohesive unit, joining together in opening our hearts wide and pouring out an ethereal sound invoking the protection and blessings of the unspeakable divine, Om Aim Saraswatyai Swaha.
And then she started to sing.
Again, with no preamble, no introduction, no set words to sing, no words at all in fact, no specific melody in mind, she just started to sing, wordlessly expressing the feelings deep in her heart.
She invited us to sing with her, or get up and move our bodies in response to the sound she made, but I felt no need to do anything but receive what she was giving. Patricia beside me spoke of the prickly sensation of electricity traveling up and down her spine as Karen sang, Judy shared of feeling energy being activated at the back of her head. I was just easing into being utterly hypnotized by what was taking place. There was a moment when her voice dipped lower and generated a particular quality of resonance lower in her throat that did shock an emotional response from me, I did feel my awareness shift into a deeper place that I would not ordinarily be able to access.
This could not happen without my being made to feel very safe and secure. How did that happen? Magic.
Then we came together in a group and engaged in exercises to loosen us up, singing out sounds one after another with particular movements that Karen directed us into, shifting the energy in our hips, in our shoulders, lifting the energy through our bodies into our hearts.
Without any struggle, without any strain, when it came to my turn, I invented a movement and a sound to make for everyone to follow. I was utterly terrified, I had no idea what I was doing or how I was going to do it, but somehow, it happened. It was a surprise to me how loose and flexible my body was able to be, and how easy it was to bring a sound out from my belly and throw it out for the group to follow, and it was a nice surprise how everyone laughed very affectionately and enjoyed following me.
Extraordinary experience.
I was introduced to an individual I had never really met, this guy who was not so serious really, not so very tense, not at all anxious and troubled, but loose and relaxed, capable of being playful, the quality of this energy that emerged was really irrepressible, and it was received by the group with laughter, letting me know, reflecting to me, that without any artifice, without any perfected routine, I was a lovable individual."
Ashish, Sutton, UK (Aug 2009)
WEEK LONG EVENTS / CORPORATE / COMMUNITY / SPECIAL EVENTS
You can organise a Colours We Sing workshop with your own group of like minded people, no matter where you are. Some possibilities are:
- A workshop with a focus on using the voice for relaxation and attuning to the inner self, via toning, chanting, harmony singing and creative exercises.
- A workshop for stimulating creativity through fun exercises - encouraging people to lose the fear of improvising. (A potential team building exercise)
- A very practical workshop for developing vocal confidence and healthy vocal practices for singing or speech giving.
- A workshop and performance, demonstrating the concepts behind The Colours We Sing.
- A workshop dedicated to teaching the 7 key vocal exercises (with accompanying CD) enhanced by the mood of coloured light and aromatherapy essences.
- A week long or weekend intensive freeing the voice via a journey of personal discovery. (Working through 7 chakras, 7 colours of the rainbow and 7 vocal qualities.)
PERSONAL COLOURS WE SING SESSIONS
If you wish to explore your vocal blocks more deeply in a one to one session, or would like a boost to your current vocal training from a fresh perspective, then a one to one session may be the answer. Deeply personal for each person, the one to one sessions help you connect to the needs of your soul so that your voice can more freely express itself. Authenticity is the aim, and discovering what that means for you. These sessions may include: specific vocal exercises, developing vocal style, working with guidance via imagery, 'message' cards, intuition, Aura Soma colour therapy and essences, song interpretation, improvisation, divination, confidence building, personal insight, guided meditation, love and light.
PRICES:
Colours We Sing weekly workshops: £25 for 2 hours. (£45 for two sessions). **Introductory first session offer £15.
Personal Colours We Sing session (90 mins) £82 **Introductory session offer for Sept/Oct £65.
Special Colours We Sing events: negotiable
The Healing Vibrations CD: £10 plus £2.50 postage- with 12 tracks of healing music specially tuned to the spine, for rejuvenation, meditation, a chakra journeying. This Cd transmits all the elements and subtle messages held within the concepts of The Colours We Sing.