Part 1 only = $396
Parts 1-3 = $1188
3 Part Course runs January - March
Live classes are on Sundays and recorded if you can't make it
This Nāda Yoga (Yoga of Sound) container can help you work with and through unprocessed emotions and complicated feelings by way of listening and resonating with specific rāgas which elicit predictable emotions.
This program teaches Nāda Nakṣatra Upāsana, a practice that links Vedic Astrology and Indian Music, arising from the Temples of South India.
Nāda = Sound
Nakṣatra = Constellation
Upāsana = Practice
Each of the 27 nakṣatras or lunar constellations are aligned with an Indian rāga, a scale or a song that creates a specific emotional response in the listener. In the private sessions you'll learn the song or scale that is best suited for you based on your natal birth chart.
We'll listen to śruti-based (microtonal) music for aligning emotions. This upāya, or Vedic Astrological remedy, aligns and calms the manas, the emotional, sensory, and instinctual mind by way of listening for microtones called śrutis.
The Sufi mystic Hazrat Inayat Khan used this upāya, as did Rukmini Devi from Kalakshetra School in Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Sarod maestro K. Sridhar has been sharing this technique with Allison since 2010. He descends from 14 generations of temple musicians and 20 generations of Jyotiși's . His mother was a famous Brahmin singer in the temples and Sridhar's lineage is the Brīhadīśvara Temple of Thanjur, connected to Mannargudi Raja Gopala Śastri and Tyagaraja, the Father of Carnatic Music. Sridhar learned directly from the Senior Dagar Brothers, Ali Akbar Khan, and Ravi Shankar.
You can learn more about Allison's music guru here.
Part 1 teaches the listening practices and introduces the history, theory, and method of nāda nakșatra upāsana. You can sign up for Part 1 only should you choose.
Part 1 is focused on listening, resonating, and recognizing different emotions that get lifted up by different rāgas. The emphasis is on building a capacity to speak to what you are feeling after listening to different rāgas. Listening from specific parts of the subtle body and learning to somatically feel and express your emotions instead of over-thinking your emotions with the rational mind. Part 1 also introduces breath and sound practices using different rāgas aligned with the current astrological patterns. Part 2 teaches you your rāga.
If you sign up for the whole program, Parts 2 & 3 will teach you your rāga based on the position of the moon at birth. Parts 2 and 3 are focused on sound and breath practices utilizing your rāga. Memorizing your scale is necessary for Parts 2 & 3. For some people, memorizing your scale will feel simple, for others, it will take more effort.
1 private session in March
3 classes in March: Sundays 10-11am ET
Listening to music and singing are easy and accessible ways to uplift our mood, honor our felt experience, and give voice to our emotional life. In your private sessions you will learn the rāga (a scale) connected to the star the moon was in when you were born. This is an ancient Vedic upaya (remedy) that astrologers, musicians, dancers, and shamans have used as a way to help someone feel more aligned and in tune with Reality.
Private sessions will focus on sound practices with your birth chart as a guidepost. Group classes will teach you the practices.
What singing can do for your wellbeing:
Working with the rāga as a mantra of non syllabic vibration can be a powerful tool for calming the mind and easing worry, doubt, and frustration. If you've already worked with Allison on your moon's raga for at least one year we can begin to work with other rāgas connected to other planetary positions in your birth chart.
All levels are welcome; singers and people who simply love music and want to sing.
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Sign up for Allison's winter program and learn a rāga (scale) as a mantra of pure vibration chosen for you based on the position of the moon at birth.