Yogic Song & Silent Sitting

We will practice Dzogchen ’gar-dang—yogic song—in which the subtle resonances of the dimension of sound can be discovered as a method of establishing presence of awareness (rigpa). These songs function through essential energy to re-establish our innate vitality. These yogic songs are not simply dramatic and powerful, they are also melodically beautiful – and to practice them evokes a sense of joy in practice that is sometimes absent in chanting. The human voice has a multicoloured natural potency through which a vast unequivocal knowledge can be spontaneously apprehended. Singing is not simply part of a tradition that has great richness – but an advanced yogic technique which employs the breath to galvanise the subtle body.