This workshop, aimed at anyone (yoga practitioners and teachers, therapists, musicians and anyone interested in meditation in general) regardless of their level of experience, offers an opportunity to understand the basic fundamentals and directly experience the effects of nāda yoga on our system.

Contents: • Philosophy and fundamental concepts of nāda yoga: • ahata and anāhata nāda. • the four levels of sound and its application in the practice of nāda yoga: • vaikhari (audible sound) • madhyama (energetic sound, intermediate level) • paśyantī (archetypal, enlightened sound) • parā (transcendental sound, beyond) • Yogic techniques of deep listening meditation: • Parameters to expand the focus of attention on external listening. • Nāda yoga nidra. • Meditative absorption by listening to the inner primordial sound (anāhata nāda). • Yogic meditation techniques in the emission of sound through the voice: • Phonetic articulation of the Sanskrit alphabet and its main bīja mantra: cosmology u. • Natural singing according to the dhrupad lineage of nāda yoga :: clear, free and stable voice. The singing with a catchphrase: micro-refining in the fusion between the voice and the basic sound. • The singing of ॐ: the primordial sound.

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This course is a detailed introduction to the theory and practice of mantra meditation. Some fundamental tools for personal practice are offered to students, as well as an exposition of the key theoretical aspects to get started in the deep and ancient tradition of mantra in yoga.

1. General introduction: What is a mantra and why practice it?

2. Description of the three complementary pillars in the practice of Mantra Yoga: word, sound and devotion.

3. Theoretical-practical presentation of the six aspects or rules in the chanting of mantras at Taiterya Upaniṣad:

4. Varna (syllables, articulation: the phonetic factor).

5. Matra (duration of the recitation of the vowels that make up each syllable: the temporal factor).

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1. Balam (enunciation force of each syllable: the dynamic factor).

2. Santana (punctuation, pauses: the rhythmic factor).

3. Svara (note, pitch: the sound factor).

4. Sama (melodic continuity in the successive connection of the svara: the musical factor).

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1. Approximation to the Sanskrit alphabet for the correct pronunciation of syllables (varna), duration (matra), articulation strength (balam) and punctuation (santana).

2. Singing with a natural voice: how to open and become aware of our natural voice according to the vocal culture of the mantra, how to develop a clear, free and stable sound following the techniques of dhrupad (“musical” derivation of mantra singing that constitutes the most traditional tradition). ancestral and meditative nature of classical Hindustan music).

3. The singing with a catchphrase: how to generate consonance (samvad) between the voice and the catchphrase, thus obtaining the characteristic effect of pitch for each sound (svar) and melodic continuity (sama).

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1. Introduction to the theory, practice and evolution of different melodic forms in chanting of mantras:

2. Monotonal corner: a constant note.

3. Tritonal singing: alternation of the three “magic” notes (udatta, anudatta and svarita).

4. Polytonic singing: development of rāgas (modal scales), arising from the chanting of sāma veda.

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1. Types of mantras, ways to practice them and specific applications.

2. Which is a japa mala and how to use it. Types of suitcase and their properties.

3. Experiential integration of the entire program through group learning and practice of some of the fundamental mantras for the yoga tradition.
   

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