Study Abroad: Music Journey to India

Indian massage therapist doing a Ayurveda head massage with aromatic oils.

Study Abroad: PURE MEDICINE JOURNEY

Immersion in AYURVEDA & Healing w/Vocal Meditation 

 INDIA                                                                                  
Fire-Up Your Devotional Self and Music

Guided by  Silvia Nakkach and the Vox Mundi International Faculty

WHEN : January 3-25, 2016  To Be Confirmed

WHERE : South India, Kerala (Spa-Retreat near the ocean), The Mother Ashram, and Poona

Flights: Arriving to Chennai on January 4 –  Contact Silvia before purchasing your ticket.

Vox Mundi Travel Agent: Fabio at HOLDY TOURS, Ph. 800 446-1111 • e-mail: fabio@holdytours.com

Description

This journey is designed to follow the route of a devotional trilogy: villages, medicine, and sacred music. The emphasis is on nurturing and reactivating our voice as a spiritual practice.

India is one of the most musically rich cultures on this planet, and this is a journey that is giving us the opportunity to revitalize our own creative potential by taking your practice deeper. We become better listeners when we travel through other cultures, and other musics.

India impacts our senses and psyche not just for its ancient architecture, but also for its human wisdom and ancient-ness. This journey is an exploration of how we can share this planet with people that are mostly fed by the force of devotion, and how quickly we can overcome the physical plane of things towards the more subtle energy of music and the spirit. Everything is a manifestation of the divine substance and we are a dynamic constituent force of this holy landscape, then we can be One with any culture. We’ll challenge our comfort zone and reinforce our spiritual hard-drive. We’ll come back home with a change of heart, and the world around us will highly benefit.

* We are planning a very small group of continuing students. Register VERY soon.

* Attention Voice Yogis!
This study abroad journey qualifies for 30 hours towards the Yoga of the Voice Certificate Training.

Activities:

• We will have one Ayurveda treatment a day according to the student’s need and health.

• We will re-enchant ourselves by a daily singing practice and sacred music sessions with Pondicherry’s chant master, including Silvia Nakkach at all times. Around 4 to 5 hours of chanting and music making per day. Usually, some afternoon are free, and we plan excursions together.

• In the South, we will visit local villages, temples, ashrams, festivals, and some other Ayurvedic clinics.

• We will have our own friendly Bus drivers to travel around the villages.

• We will offer (and receive) chanting and sound healing sessions, volunteer work with children (optional), and a possible group-concert in Auroville.

• We will have some spear time for shopping, cycling, chant in temples, see art, go to the beach, and make new international friends.

The Itinerary 
The detailed itinerary of the journey will be given only to registered participants, and the information will be updated regularly. Registered student/travelers will be informed via email of all details at all times.

FEES and How to REGISTER

Tuition Fees:  According to final number of participants –

NOTICE THAT THIS YEAR WE OFFER A LONGER STAY of 22 days
Tuition includes all class-tuition for Silvia classes and the local master teachers , overground VAN transportation, organization, security, guides, and all lodging.

Not included: Ayurveda treatments, International travel and inside India airplanes fare, meals, taxis, tips, private sessions and last minute selected excursions,  meals included only for one day on the back-waters.

* Fees based on 2015 pricing. Subject to change according to currency conversion flotation on 2016.

REGISTRATION Requirements:

• Admission interview via Skype or in-person. This included all travelers regardless of previous experience.
• Upon Acceptance and Admission, participants are required to purchase their plane ticket.
• Mail or Pay Pal a Registration Fee – Partial balance is due October 1st, and last payment no later than November 1st. There will be exceptions with international students that can’t transfer funds.
• Most foreign travelers will need to get an INDIAN VISA at least one month before traveling. This takes time. Contact the Indian Consulate no later than November 1st. Vaccinations are optional.
• When the group is formed a welcome letter swill be sent to participants with detailed information, final itinerary, and contacts.

You want to visit India with a clear purpose; sing more and learn more about their sacred vocal cultures, so connected with spiritual melodicism and the affective quality of sound. Vox Mundi is a cross-cultural and community-centered project, and you will be joined a group of music lovers from all worlds that share the same passion, guided by experienced masters and world travelers. Vox Mundi Study Abroad Programs, offers you transcendent teachings and a memorable life-changing experience. There are only three spaces available at this time. Register asap.