Where has the communal singing gone? While traditional cultures have always made room for situations where people gathered to sing and chant, this has largely disappeared in our modern society.

Already in the 1970s, Jill Purce realized that this lack of chanting was literally a kind of "disenchantment” which is not healthy for either the individual or society. Therefore, she developed a voice- and song-based form of therapy, a new way of working with the voice, where she uses group overtone chanting, producing a single note while enhancing the vocal harmonics, a technique she learned in the Himalayas with the chant master of the Gyutö Tibetan Monastery.

In this workshop, you can learn to practice the airy and meditative sounds of ancient Mongolian overtone chanting. As many have experienced, it’s a powerful experience just listening to it, but even more so to sing them. It directly stimulates the release of endorphins, giving rise to states of enhanced awareness, blissful calm, and other deep meditative states. Unlocking the voice balances the mind and body, bringing physical health, emotional joy and spiritual ecstasy.

Underlying all her work is the premise that the voice is the key to spiritual transformation. Ultimately, the goal of this therapy is to enchant the world anew, to make it more magical by having people sing together again.

This will be a unique opportunity to experience Jill Purce’s Healing Voice Therapy in Norway. The workshop is highly recommended for people who want to work on emotional or physical blocks, for those that search for spiritual enriching techniques, experienced singers and people that work with their voices in some way, even for those who barely can sing in tune. Therapists who want to extend their work will also benefit. She has had participants ranging from eleven to ninety years old.

Purce’s CDs Overtone Chanting Meditations and The Healing Voice will be sold at the workshop.

Jill Purce is a British voice teacher, Family Constellations therapist, and author. She has written the book The Mystic Spiral: Journey of the Soul (1974) as well as many articles. The BBC made the hour-long documentary film More Ways Than One: The Mystic Spiral about Purce and her work. She has produced over 30 books as General Editor of the Thames and Hudson Art and Imagination series, about the spiritual and psychological meanings of the art of different cultures. Purce has been a follower of Tibetan Dzogchen buddhism since 1978. She lives in London with her husband, biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake.