Awaken to Life Through Singing by Nakkach, Silvia -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Guided Audio Practices Foreword by Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD Preface by Valerie Carpenter Introduction: A Letter from Silvia Invocation CHAPTER 1 Learning from the Birds

My Secret Religion Who Is Singing? The Yoga of the Voice How to Use This Book

CHAPTER 2 Music as Medicine: Why It’s Good to Sing Every Day

Born to Sing A Musical Path to Health Fountain of Youth Fast Track to Relax Say Yes to NO Multivitamin for the Brain Take Your Ears to the Gym Singing to Change the Brain Transforming Emotions Comfort in Community Warming Heart, Melting Mind

CHAPTER 3 Permission to Sing

Cultivating Familiarity Building a Chanting Refuge Singing with a Drone Dharana: The Flashlight of Attention The Teacher Within Your First Assignment: Banning Illegal Language

CHAPTER 4 Our Mystical Instrument

Musical Materialism The Voice as a Musical Instrument Care and Feeding of the Voice Tone as a Spiritual Reality

CHAPTER 5 The Body of the Voice

The Four Corners of the Feet The Singing Spine Inward Singing The Wings of the Voice The Belly The Chest The Throat The Head The Lips

CHAPTER 6 In the Beginning, There Was Nothing but Nada

Sound: The Creator Outer, Inner, and Secret Sound Nada Yoga: Voice as Energy The Unstruck Sound Resonance of a Spiritual Kind Sound: The Transformer Shabda Yoga: Yoga of the Word Bija: Planting the Seed Voice as the Breath of God

CHAPTER 7 The Yoga of the Voice: From Breath to Chant

YOV Operating System Read Me First! Breath Sound Tone Seed Syllables Invocation Vocal Meditation Mantra Prayer Chant

CHAPTER 8 Music à la Mode

Sargam: A Musical Alphabet Melody: Horizontal Music In the Mood The Search for Meaning Harmony: Vertical Music Rhythm: Measurable Music Duration Nature’s Pulse Raga Rasa Cosmic Music: Medicine Melodies Spiritual Melodicism Back to the Forest

CHAPTER 9 Designing Your Practice

Staying on the Path Points of Entry Espressivo/Contemplativo

108 Strategies for Vocal Improvisation Finale Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Resources About the Authors About Sounds True Copyright