Sacred Sound & Yoga

(beginner, intermediate and advanced)

Join us for a day-length immersive workshop invoking the Hindu Goddess or Gods, co-facilitated by Dina Smirnova and Jacinta Percy. This immersion is the continuation of a series of gatherings intended to explore Sacred Sound & Yoga by examining various mystical themes with a strong focus on maintaining the integrity of the teachings and spiritual practices. This 1-day workshop is an opportunity to build upon the knowledge we shared last year on a deeper level.

There is a limited capacity of 25 people for this workshop. We welcome all levels, bodies, and experiences into the studio space. Some prior yoga experience and knowledge are recommended but not required.

This workshop is a three-part series:

Saraswati, Lakshmi and Kali

Schedule:

9:30 AM Doors Open
9:45 AM Morning Tea
10:00 AM Welcome and Introductions
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Storytelling, Philosophy and Intention Setting
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Asana
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Yoga Nidra
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Nada Yoga: Mantra, Chanting and Meditation
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Afternoon Chai
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Kirtan
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Gratitude

Outcomes:

  • Creating a powerful intention, charged by the energy of the group, to inspire fresh focus and action

  • Connecting to a community of like-minded souls

  • Exploring your voice in a safe and nurturing setting

  • Integrating the power of Goddess/Gods into your physical and energetic bodies

Please bring a yoga mat and clothes, blankets, pen, notebook, water, snacks, lunch, a cushion to sit on and small shakers and drums for Kirtan, a shawl (for chanting and meditation) and anything else you’d like to ensure your comfort.

Doors open at 9:30 AM; please ensure you arrive no later than 9:45 AM as we will start promptly at 10:00 AM on the dot. The group needs to honour each other and our time together.

~ Current Sacred Sound & Yoga 1-day immersion workshops 2022

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~ Facilitators

DINA SMIRNOVA

Dina originally came from Baku, Azerbaijan and moved to the United States shortly after she was born. She began choreographing at eleven years old, teaching at fourteen, and has been performing, creating, and teaching movement ever since.

She has been fortunate enough to study with many world-renowned teachers. She is especially drawing a big influence from her studies in New York City at Katonah Yoga, Kula Yoga Project, and Pure Yoga and in San Diego, California from Anna Spalding and Maria Anderson. Dina is passionate about taking an interdisciplinary approach to her collaborations, with a particular interest in the connection between movement and sound.

In addition to being a teacher, Dina is also a dance artist, energetic healing practitioner, and co-founder of the corporate mindfulness business, Samadhi Wellness. Some of Dina’s previous events and clients include Melbourne Music Week, Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Burning Man Festival, Spotify, The Fader, Well + Good, and A Women’s Thing Magazine.

JACINTA PERCY

The Sound Weaver (Jacinta Percy) is a songstress, explorer, hunter, nurturer, lover, and a seeker of truth. She is a woman who is devoted to exploring the mystery of sound, resonance, breath, stillness and song.

Jacinta’s love affair with the voice, sound and music began as a wee babe, with Richard Clayderman being the only medicine that would lull her to sleep. It was an inevitable journey with a piano-playing songstress for a grandmother and a great-great-aunt, dubbed “Queen of the Irish Song”, in her family lineage.

This calling and her deep love and passion for voice, sound and music have led her over the past fifteen years to perform and work with profound teachers in Australia, Europe, Israel and India. She is crisscrossing genres from Classical to Jazz, Folk to Improvisation, Dhrupad to Carnatic.

At the young age of twenty-four, Jacinta was invited to teach and guide others. She continues to follow this path. She is teaching privately at her music studio based in Northcote and facilitating group workshops in Melbourne, Australia. For all wanting to remember their true voice, sound and nature.

Her knowledge of her voice, her open heart and listening ear, allows her to assist with a gentle grace that enables others to uncover what they are seeking. Her belief that we all need to sing, sing with courage, sing with joy, sing to mama earth. To discover our greatness and shine forth our potential into the world. This belief is what inspires her to share her love and passion too all.

~ Others’ experiences

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~ Investment fees

1-day 7-hour workshop

$100 early bird price / $125 full price

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~ Scholarships

We will be offering two scholarships based on financial need. To be considered. Please submit your statement (one-page maximum) to Dina at dina.m.smirnova@gmail.com telling us why you are interested in participating in the yoga immersion workshop and a summary of your current financial situation.

~ Extra offerings

 

Buy a physical or digital Gift Voucher for Birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s and Father’s Day, Christmas and other Special Occasions available for Private Lessons and Group Workshops.