Workshop Dates for Alistair Smith

SOUND COHERENCE & VOCAL TAI CHI RETREAT

DATE : Friday 31st May 2024 - Sunday 2nd June 2024

TIME : 3pm - 2pm

COST : £399

VENUE : Claridge House, Dormans Road, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QH

DETAILS :

This retreat is all about your healing journey - A journey towards wholeness, vitality, and a deep sense of safety and belonging. This will open you to deeper authentic expression and greater effectiveness in all that you do. 

Learn about the healing power of your own voice and its relationship to your body, breath and energy. Learn about the physical and energetic anatomy of intention, and the magic and majesty of your own heart. Discover your own inner universe of sound through the wonderful practice of Vocal Tai Chi. Activate your heart and step into joyful embodiment of being - alive on this Earth!

Plan for the weekend

Friday

• The wonderful world of sound and healing

• Deep listening: Finding where you are through sound and sensation 

• The healing power and potential of the voice

• The power of intention deep dive - intention practices

• The physical and energetic anatomy of intention

• Coming into presence - singing bowl choir

Saturday

• Deep grounding and Earth connection - deepening your relationship

• Resonant humming with the Mother

• Vocal Tai Chi Session 1 - Body-breath-flow - opening the voice

• Vocal Tai Chi Session 2 - Exploring and unfolding

• The magic and majesty of the heart

• Heart Activation and Soundbath

Sunday

• Toning and Tuning the Energy Centres

• Drawing it all together - Integrating the practices

 

Vocal Tai Chi

Sound your heart out with Vocal Tai Chi. Connect with the flow of energy in breath and body to open the voice and discover your own unique inner universe of sound. From grounded, centred presence, you will initiate an ever deepening exploration of your being through your relationship to your voice. Vocal Tai Chi is a highly intuitive embodied practice guided by Alistair, welcoming all sounds as valuable parts of us to be welcomed, witnessed and honoured. You are the universe in one sound and all the sound in the universe.

TO BOOK :

To book please contact Claridge House

SACRED SOUND & ENERGY - DAY RETREAT

DATE : Sunday 15th September 2024

TIME : 10am - 5pm

COST : £90

VENUE : Sand & Sound Centre, Unit 1 (1st Floor), Reddish Business Centre, 123a Gorton Road, Reddish, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK5 6EE

DETAILS :

With sound we can tend to our inner world, aid our physical healing and health, harmonise and develop our energetic system.

Sound is a dynamic form of vibration and is amazing at working with energy, as our energy is also dynamic vibration. Harmonious, balanced and aligned energy exists in a state of ‘flowing wholeness’ (ref. Lucy Crisfield) - this is the perfect state of health and vitality. Experiences on our life journey inevitably cause this flow to become unbalanced, restricted and dissonant which results in dis-ease, disfunction and ultimately illness. Practices and properties of Sound and Sound Healing can serve to unbind, release and restore this healthy flowing wholeness. 

Beyond this, it can also be a powerful tool for growth, through ‘developing’ and ‘enhancing’ our energy system.

 

In this workshop we will take a deeper dive into aspects of sound and healing, some of which you may not have thought of in these ways before. Every aspect will be hands on and experiential, allowing you to get a feel for how it all works for you. This workshop is for anyone wishing to go deeper into the world of sound healing, and is great for practitioners of any healing modality, wishing to enhance their practice.

Plan for the day:

Morning

• From the Ground Up - Earth Connection and Grounding - Safety, vital energy and belonging - Deepening a relationship - Resonant humming with the Mother

Break

• The Power of Intention Deep Dive - Definitions - The physical and energetic anatomy of intention - nurturing and developing it - practices

• Sound and Energy Evolution - How we can use sound to heal and evolve

Lunch 

Afternoon

• Sacred Sound Geometry - sound’s inherent internal geometry - spatial geometry - taking it out of our minds and into our ears and bodies - practical ways to use it to enhance your practice

• Sacred Sound Ceremony - toning and tuning the energy system with sound geometry

Break

• New Mudras for personal energy work

• The magic and majesty of the Heart

• Sacred Heart Activation, leading into…

• Sacred Sound Journey

• Drawing it all together - Personal practice - advice and tips

What to bring

Please bring your own lunch. Bring a notebook, a pen and a pencil. If you have a favourite tuning for or singing bowl, please bring this also. Don’t worry of you don’t, there will be plenty there. Please also bring a yoga or camping mat, pillow, blanket and anything you need to be comfortable and warm for the sound bath.