UK

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POWER OF THE EXPRESSIVE VOICE

February 18th, March 3rd, March 19th 2010

Three Workshops intended and designed to encourage the exploration and extend the possibilities of your authentic voice and your creativity. Such exploration connects with the psyche and blocked, hidden aspects of your being, easing emotional restriction.

The workshops will employ extensively the principles of Voice Movement therapy, working with the embodied voice.

Workshop 1, February 19th : Uncovering the embodied voice & VMT principles.
Workshop 2,March 3rd : Exploring the polarities of voice and different aspects of oneself.
Workshop 3,March 19th : Connecting your life to myth/fairy story.
Venue: St. Andrew's Church, St. Andrew's Road, London W14.
£10 per workshop.

Info : Veronica Phillips 020 8748 5280

Europe

Lena Måndotter offers educational and experiential programs in the psychological aspects of voice and singing. The courses give an opportunity to explore the Self through vocal expression, combining various expressive and creative techniques using voice, breath and movement. The focus is on releasing the voice from physical and psychological inhibitions so one can express oneself freely with presence and confidence, in song and in speech.

The courses are for anyone who is interested in connecting to and reclaiming the authentic voice. Participants come from many different professional fields and have all kinds of backgrounds. For participation please note that there is no professional song- or voice-training required. A certain knowledge of psychology can be useful since we can not work on our voices without contacting our emotions.

The programs are of varying lengths and include the following themes:
- an introduction to songtherapy from a Jungian perspective
- theory and practice of Voice Movement Therapy
- breath-, dance- and movement exercises to release the voice
- individual voicework and group singing
- an overview of the vocal anatomy
- the connection between soul and body
- the link between psyche and matter
- how to reclaim one's creativity and keep it flowing
- learning the skills of listening from a deeper place
- the power of ritual and the art of performance
- scientific research on vibrational healing
- metaphysical and spiritual aspects of sound

The faculty is grounded in the voice training tradition founded by pioneers like Alfred Wolfsohn, Paul Newham, Jerzy Grotowski and all those who, since ancient times, walked before them. Lena Måndotter is dedicated to continue and expand this tradition and explore the artistic, therapeutic and transpersonal dimensions of song, music and sound.

Teacher:

Lena Måndotter, Swedish singer with a diploma in Voice Movement Therapy (Royal Society of Arts/London under the leadership of founder Paul Newham).She has a long experience of Jungian analysis and courses and has studied with analysts like Marion Woodman and Ingela Romare (IAAP) and also at the CG Jung-institute in Zürich. She is a registered VMT- practitioner and member of The International Association of Voice Movement Therapy IAVMT (www.iavmt.org).During many years she has had her own private practice and she has also taught at schools, organisations and companies (The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, The Department of IT and Culture at Malmö University, The CG-Jung Stiftelsen Sweden, MEDIS Medborgarinstitutet Finland.

Lena has also made a movie about song and psyche; called Letters to a Young Singer with premier at the filmfestival in Båstad summer 2009. The DVD is available to buy now, via PayPal, from the website.

Please note that Lena Måndotter is working internationally and therefore a course/program can be arranged in your area.For information about Individual voice- and songsessions contact Lena.

2010