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Sanctuary of Sound in the Heart of London
THREE NEW NAKED VOICE WORKSHOPS
Sept 5th - Nov 21st - Feb 13th
A ONE YEAR CHORAL TRAINING 2011-2012 

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver

Visualise the following: A unique meeting place, a sanctuary of stillness, sound & song in the heart of London. Everyone welcome. A group of people responding to the call for oneness and conscious evolution on the planet. You will not only find your authentic voice here, but you will listen, be heard and express yourself in ways you never imagined possible. You will meet others like you who want to build a field of deep listening and intention through the transforming power of voice and sound together. You will learn vocal practices, communication tools, team-building songs, and leadership skills that support the creation of caring relationships, and a cohesive community rooted in positive 'sound values' for living.

Changing the Resonance of our Cities through shared song
If this is what you are looking for, come and have a taste of the Naked Voice practices this Autumn starting with three One Day Voice Workshops at the Special Yoga Centre (SYC), Central London, culminating in a Valentines Day Concert, Feb 14th 2011, at Alternatives, St James Church, Piccadilly. And this is only the beginning! You can then bring all your friends and join the next stage of the journey at our introductory Open Day, Feb 27th 2011 introducing the NEW SINGING FIELDS OF LONDON CHORAL TRAINING at Cecil Sharp House, London. A minimum of 100 voices will constellate on this day and participate in an ongoing Naked Voice Choral Training in London, where we will continue to strengthen our sound awareness and musicianship skills, sing and strengthen our creative presence together. We will practice and perform in formal and informal settings throughout the coming year. Our aim is to support the collective movement in UK to change the resonance of our cities through shared sound and song.

To experience these new Naked Voice workshops and training, simply book a place on one - or all three - workshops. Life is short. NB If you book before August 9th you can benefit from the discount price too.

Stage 1 - The Autumn London Workshops
Workshop 1  ONE BREATH - Energising & Embodying Your Sound
Sunday 5th September
Workshop 2  ONE VOICE - Creating Conscious Relationships through Sound
Sunday 21st November
Workshop 3  ONESELF - Building a Singing Field in Your Community
Sunday 13th February 2011      

Venue: Special Yoga Centre, 2a Wrentham Avenue, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 3HA
Cost: £25 non-refundable deposit your place for one workshop. 
£50 non-refundable deposit confirms your place for 2 or 3 workshops.
£75 per day workshop, £55 concs, £175 for all 3 workshops if you book for by 9th August.

Online Booking: 
The Naked Voice Office: Book Online or call 0117 9277020 (Tuesdays/Thursdays)
Further Information:
Catherine Walsh: sjcwalsh@yahoo.ie SKYPE: thousandwaysoflight

VOICELINES

Whether you are a beginner or a committed student/practitioner of the Naked Voice, Voicelines are an extremely valuable way of deepening your journey into voice and sound. It's also a simple way to connect directly with Chloe Goodchild for 30 minutes once a month. You can choose how you want to use the time. For example, explore a question or sing non-stop. If you wish to book a voiceline please contact the office with your preferred date and time (now@thenakedvoice.com) and see the dates below:

Next: 7 October, 1 November, 1 December

Time Slots: 2.00-2.30pm, 2.45-3.15pm, 3.30-4.00pm, 4.15-4.45pm, 5.00-5.30pm, 5.45-6.15pm, 6.30-7.00pm GMT

DUBLIN 2010-11: A ONE YEAR TRAINING

A Symphony of Love - Celebrating the power of sound & song

Voicework, shared sound and song is becoming increasingly popular
whether it’s the creation of new local choirs, voice workshops, sound
healing research, or the X Factor watched by millions every week.
The Naked Voice focuses on the full power and passion of your voice
freely expressed, without self-consciousness or fear. This new NV
performance training explores the power of shared sound, song and
silence to awaken the heart, inspired by devotional chant, sacred
mantra, deep non-judgemental listening, healing breath work, energy
movement and the magical 'seven sounds of love'. The focus of the
training will be accessing 'presence' or the true spirit of performance.

International singer Chloë Goodchild, founder of the Naked Voice, has been using the power of voice to transform people’s lives for decades. Deafness in childhood led to her fascination with the singing voice as a vehicle for authentic expression. According to Chloë “This is my life's passion, the creation of unique meeting places, 'singing fields', where individuals, organisations, and communities can unite together in a spirit of shared sound, song and deep listening, beyond culture and creed.” She adds that she is “very grateful to the musical soul of Ireland - especially Dublin - for providing such fertile ground for this sound work.”

The aim of this project is to build the biggest Irish Singing Field to date. By the end of the training we will have harmonised and rehearsed a
playlist of chants and songs. Singing together in this way will quieten
the mind, open the heart and transmit the highest of human values –
harmony, co-operation and compassion, elevating the human spirit and
uniting our community.

Taking her work in Ireland to a new level, Chloe will be working with a minimum of 50 participants over a full year to develop a “Symphony of Love”, an interactive concert which will raise money for key children’s charities when it is performed on tour around the country in Spring 2011.

For full details of the training including dates and costs please download the pdfs below:

1) Training Flyer 2) Training Outline 3) Application Form

For bookings and queries please contact our Dublin organiser, Catherine Walsh on 087 0516098 or sjcwalsh@yahoo.ie

CHLOE INTERVIEW TO DOWNLOAD

Click here to download a podcast (39 mins) with Steve Nobel from Alternatives interviewing Chloe Goodchild, discussing the evolution of the Naked Voice, from Chloe's childhood to today, touching on the topics of silence, sounding emotions, transformation through chanting and singing as a tool for conflict resolution.

THOUSAND WAYS OF LIGHT ...

Chloe's incredible new CD 'Thousand Ways of Light' is available to order online now and ready for dispatch immediately. 'Thousand Ways of Light' presents an unforgettable musical journey taken, over the past twenty years, through the singing fields of my life. This new and ecstatic CD features a unique selection of music-making, including archival material, inspiring re-mixes, and soul-filled new songs. Fourteen of my favourite love songs and chant recordings are drawn here from: Inner Heat (1990) Naked Voice (1991) Devi (1994) grammy-nominated Sura (1996) Fierce Wisdom (2002) and Singing Field (2002/9). The vocal territory embraces a wide range of expression from wild 'acapella' voice, to the rich and sumptuous melodies inspired by Rumi's love poems, to the polyphonic majesty and rhythmic pulse of anthemic world chants such as "Singing Field" (re-mixed) and "Thousand Ways of Light" (inspired by the Goddess of compassion, Kuan Yin). The all-pervading presence of the sacred feminine flows through the music from beginning to end.

Click image below for tracklist and more information.

NEW YEAR READING...

Two very interesting books have just been published and Chloe has made contributions to both...

BE THE CHANGE: HOW MEDITATION CAN TRANFORM YOU AND THE WORLD examines the transformations wrought by the ancient practice of meditation through the wisdom of extraordinary luminaries, interwoven with text from award-winning authors Ed and Deb Shapiro. The words of these spiritual leaders from all disciplines and walks of life will surprise, enlighten, and inspire readers to begin their own meditation practice—and perhaps create the foundation for a new and more hopeful age. With a forewards by HH the Dalai Lama and Robert Thurman and contributions from Marianne Williamson, Ram Dass, Byron Katie, Dan Millman, Jane Fonda, Jack Kornfield, Krishna Das, Andrew Cohen, Gregg Braden, Gangaji, Don Campbell, Chloe Goodchild and many more. For further information and to order click here or www.amazon.com.

THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MUSIC is an exciting collection of exclusive interviews with many of the world’s most visionary musicians and writers. A unique anthology that explores the dynamic relationship between Music and Spirituality, sharing incredible insights from their experience, knowledge, and wisdom. Includes exclusive interviews with Don Campbell, Jonathon Goldman, Ravi Shakar, 1 Giant Leap, Chloe Goodchild and many other diverse contributors. For more details and to order go to www.musicandspirituality.com or www.amazon.com.

"The Naked Voice is your birthright. Its language precedes religion, politics and the law. It brings with it a new sound, and new communication skills, sourced from ancient sound practices, spoken and sung, that unlock the wisdom inside you. This wisdom reveals the spiritual significance of the music that is your Life." - Chloe Goodchild excerpt

THE SWORD & THE FLOWER ON YOUTUBE

Click here to enjoy our latest YouTube offering. The video features the track 'Sword & The Flower' taken from Chloe's last CD Laughing Heart with images of the recent performance at the Colston Hall in Bristol.

FACEBOOK

If you are a Facebook user do come and join the group Friends of The Naked Voice, where we will keep you up-to-date with workshops, events, thoughts from Chloe and photos.

To find us, login to Facebook, go the Groups application and then search for 'The Naked Voice'.

CHLOE INTERVIEW

Click here to listen to an in-depth and fascinating audio podcast of Jeffrey Milburn interviewing Chloe Goodchild, discussing Chloe's experience of flying over New York on 9/11, her childhood, connection with Anandamayi and the Naked Voice work.

LAUGHING HEART OUT NOW!

Laughing Heart CD is a response to the call of Oneness within every soul. These spiritual chants, mantras and songs dissolve separateness and fear, awakening a wisdom inside you, older and deeper than the polarity of all conflict. The simple recurring melodies have a healing impact that release tension, invoke deep stillness and unified awareness. They will impact your body and soul, inviting you to join in, or simply be still and receive, as an inner music unfolds. Listen to the CD as a whole, or place one chant on repeat. Both ways will deepen your contemplation and nourish your everyday life. Here at last are some long-awaited favourites, including Om Anandamayi and Sword & Flower.

Laughing Heart is currently only available from our UK office so order online now and we will ship anywhere in the world. Thank you so much and enjoy 2009 with a Laughing Heart!

You can now download the words to the chants from Chloe's new CD Laughing Heart. Click here and enjoy!

JHOOM!

You can hear Chloe singing on tracks 3 & 5 of Gabrielle Roth's new CD. Jhoom is a hypnotic blend of drums, bass, strings and chants, an adrenaline rush and a whirl of electrifying tribal grooves that will awaken the spiritual hunger within you, while keeping your feet in constant motion. "Just when you think the CD is heading towards a powerful climax, the nearly 13-minute closing track, "On the Other Side of Here," gently soothes you with synthesizers, violin, and Chloe Goodchild's exquisite vocals" - Bill Binkelman – NAR, June/July 2009 "The final track is the coup de grace, with the transcendent vocals of Chloe Goodchild, adorned with sparser musical surroundings, which ably brings you directly to that very place (of peace)" - Aura Magazine Click here for more information.

NAKED VOICE SILENT DAYS

We encourage you to take advantage of these New Moon days which were originally chosen by the wisdom traditions as auspicious times to let go of the busy-ness of your outer life and to focus and nourish yourself from the source of sound which is silence. These dates are:

26 Jan - 25 Feb - 26 Mar - 25 Apr - 24 May - 22 Jun - 22 Jul - 20 Aug - 18 Sep - 18 Oct - 16 Nov - 16 Dec 2009

Click here to download further guidance for these silent days

CHLOE ON YOUTUBE

We've added some slideshow videos to YouTube, featuring beautiful images set to tracks from Chloe's incredible album, Fierce Wisdom. We hope you enjoy them!

Click here for Sri Ma Click here for Om Anandamayi Click here for Om Tara Click here for Gaia - Hymn to The Earth

CHLOE ON MYSPACE

Click here to visit Chloe's MySpace page. You can listen to Chloe's music, see photos and read the blog including an excerpt from Chloe's out of print book 'The Naked Voice: Journey To The Source of Sound'. If you are already a MySpace user make sure you send us a friend request!

YOUTUBE OFFERING - GAYATRI MANTRA

You may wish to check out the latest YouTube offering from our very own Naked Voice Administrator, Tim Chalice. Click here to view beautiful meditative images accompanied by Tim's own version of the ancient Gayatri Mantra.

DEEPENING THE FIELD - BECOME A NAKED VOICE SPONSOR

Now that the NVFA is taking responsibility for the ongoing care and mentoring of our NV facilitators; Tim and I can commit our full attention - like never before - to bringing The Naked Voice to a new level in the world. The next stage will be to introduce the Naked Voice principles and practices into schools, and we are in dialogue with the organisers of Sing Up and Music Leader, two Youth and Music initiatives sponsored by the UK Government to ensure that all primary and secondary school children will leave school singing by 2011. Alongside creating a new website which will include my Naked Voice consultancy work, we will be exploring more efficient and successful ways to sustain our business e.g. with a new downloads music store, improved music distribution, PR and marketing strategy. For this essential new development we are calling for your creative involvement and investment in order to realise a successful and prosperous transition into the mainstream world.

1) If the naked voice teachings have been of benefit to you...
2) If they have inspired your life and those around you...
3) If you want others to be touched in the same way...
4) If you know that the naked voice practices are changing lives...
5) If you experienced the transformation of your relationships into positive human values...

Kindly support us now by contributing to our Naked Voice Sponsorship Scheme. All you need to do to become a Naked Voice sponsor is to print and fill-out the attached document and send it to The Naked Voice, 24 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5JA, UK.

AWARD NOMINATIONS!

We are delighted to announce that Awakening Through Sound has been honoured with an "Earphones Award" in the upcoming February issue of AudioFile - the only magazine devoted to spoken word audio. If you haven't bought Chloe's 5 CD + DVD home learning course yet then perhaps it is time to take the plunge! Click here to order.

Chloe's release Your Naked Voice on the Sounds True label has been nominated for a Visionary Award by the Coalition of Visionary Retailers. www.covr.org

 

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