Retreat
Song of the soul
With Ayla Schafer
Singing the Elemental song
Carnival holiday
February 21-23
Discover
the power of your voice
Explore harmonies
and improvisation
Explore vocal channeling of the elements – Earth, Air, Fire and Water
Unveil the unique Song and Sounds of your Soul
Use your voice as a healing tool
Within you is an unparalleled soul voice – a powerful and beautiful tool of expression, given to connect and communicate with life. The Song of our soul is the intimate expression of our true nature, the spontaneous sound of our spirit. To truly sing is a journey of remembering who you are, getting out of the mind, and trusting in ourselves as we surrender to the spirit of sound in us.
‘The purpose of music is for you to become who you are, to bring what is inside of you into play, to spin a vibrating thread through you into the world, to spark life…’
This workshop is held as a ceremonial journey of deep discovery; unveiling our naked and untamed voice and awakening the power and free expression of our Souls song. We do not ‘learn to sing’, instead we unlearn and release the judgement, fears and blockages that hold us back from something that is our nature, so that we are able to get out of the way and ‘be sung‘ as the hollow flute.
This is a special opportunity to experience this journey in the beautiful land of Terra Booma where the elements of nature are so present. In this intimate setting with nature, we have the special opportunity to ‘sing the elements’ and explore the sound of Earth, Air, Fire and Water to connect to the spirit of creation and the spirit within, and allow the elements to sing through us as we open our voice to the song of the earth and return it as our offering of gratitude.
The journey is held by the guidance and teachings of ancient sacred ways that remind us what truly means to sing; You will remember how to use song as tribal people have done for millennia, to connect to the source and speak with the spirit of life, to celebrate, to pray and to give flight to our intentions and dreams, so that we can step deeper into our soul purpose in this life.
Our voice brings us immediately into connection with ourselves, each other and the profundity of the present moment. We will be weaving between sound and silence, resting in the stillness from where our sound comes from; In doing so we return to the source of Life itself. This is a Journey of coming home to ourselves, Our body is our portal, our Voice is our tool, our silence is our home.
Sweat Lodge Ceremony – The rite of Purification
The Sweat lodge is an ancient, sacred and powerful healing ceremony from the Native Americans of North America. A purification ritual to cleanse, heal the body and gain strength of spirit through reconnecting us with our hearts, our prayers, with the elements and all our relations.
The Sweat lodge is an ancient,sacred and powerful healing ceremony from the Native Americans of North America.. A purification ritual to cleanse heal the body and gain strength of spirit through reconnecting us with our hearts, our prayers, with the elements and all our relations.
The lodge represents the womb of the earth where we enter into the darkness and where we find the light within and are reborn. This is a beautiful space where limitations and blockages are released and we find a powerful connection within and to the spirit of life.
The actual lodge itself is a dome constructed of Bamboo placed in a circle with prayers made at each stage of the construction: covered with blankets so no light can enter. Stones are heated up in a fireplace outside and then placed in the center of the lodge. We sit in circle pouring water upon the hot stones – the Grandmothers and Grandfathers, the ancient wisdom keepers from the earth.
We will work with the four elements and the four directions, offering our sweat, prayers and songs, receiving the spiritual, emotional and physical cleansing and healing from the elements of earth, air, water, fire, amoung with sacred herbs, drum and songs.
When we leave the lodge we emerge from dark to light being spiritually reborn.
If for whatever reason you cannot or do not wish to enter the Sweat lodge you are invited to join the ceremony by making your prayers and keeping your presence by the fire and remaining outside the lodge. This can be an equally powerful healing experience.
Schedule
21th – Singing the elements Air and Water
8h – Welcome breakfast
9h – Opening of the Sacred Singing of the Air element:
Smudging with Cerrado Incense and others
12h – Lunch
14h – Singing with the element Water: Herbal Bath of Happiness
19h – Dinner
20h – Ancestral Songs
22nd – Singing whit the elements Earth and Fire
7h – Yoga
8h – Breakfast
9h – Singing with the element Earth:
Earth Therapy (clay bath) and alignment with crystals
12h – Lunch
14h – Singing with the element fire: Traditional global rhythms, indigenous acapela
19h – Dinner
20h – Elements Ceremony
23th – SweatLodge
7h – Yoga
8h – Breakfast
9h – We lit the Sweat Tent fire
Celebration of the union of the elements
13h30 – Lunch
14h30 – Closing of the Sacred Circle
16h – End of Workshop
*Programme subject to change with no further notice
Absolutely no experience necessary
Biography
Ayla Schafer
is a multi-lingual ‘world folk’ singer-songwriter and a visionary musical artist from the UK, expressing through her music a passionate dedication to earth consciousness and the sacred ancient wisdoms. With a growing international presence she is a powerful voice in the world of ‘ceremonial/medicine music’ and the rising global community of people who are committed to residing in harmony with the Earth. Ayla is a passionate carrier of traditional songs and indigenous wisdom with a vision to inspire others to find their soul and hearts expression, inner guidance and earth connection using the power of sound and voice. She expresses her passion through her music, spiritual ceremonies, Workshops/Retreats, Women’s ‘Womb initiation’ work, one -to-one voice coaching, Drum Reiki, Sound Healing and Water Ceremonies. To experience the essence of this young singer is to surrender to an enchanting musical journey that brings us back to the very core of our very existence through the encounter of the expression of our soul and heart.
Joshua Wenzl
from Switzerland, has been studying and training with various traditional lineages from a young age and has spent years travelling and learning with teachers from South and North America. Joshua offers ‘Sweat lodge Ceremonies’ carrying on the lineage that was given to his family of the ‘Universal Lodge’. He holds the vision to bring the people together to heal and to remember, to pray and to reconnect, returning home to the connection with the elements and the spirit of life.
Índia Mãe da Lua
It proposes an electrocestral Afro-jaz-Hindu-indigenous multiethnic fusion. Multi-instrumentalist, poet, composer, holistic natural therapist, researcher of millenary rhythms and dialects, she elaborates a fusion work related to ecology, historical rescue of instruments and ethnicities. Índia Mãe da Lua considers music a great unifying tool among beings. Her mission is to inform, raise awareness, protect and rescue a harmonious coexistence among all with our “Mother Earth”.
Maria Luisa Blumer
Completed the 1st Yoga training at Premananda Yoga School and has been active giving practice ever since. In 2019 she specialized in Vinyasa Yoga and completed her 2nd training in the Vinyasa Yoga Method Mahavir Thury. The practices are dynamic and vigorous, with fluid movements and connected to a specific breath called Ujayi. With she we warm and purify our body. It also strengthens concentration, stretching, body awareness and expands breathing capacity.
PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO CERRADO REGENERATION
By participating in Terra Booma activities you contribute to the productive regeneration of the Araguaia River corridor in the Cerrado biome!
This project is being carried out by the Black Jaguar Foundation in partnership with Terra Booma. Welight verifies all payments securely and transparently, ensuring that part of your ticket value goes to theBlack Jaguar Foundation.
Ayla Schafer Music
Organic Food
Refeições saudáveis durante toda a estadia, com produtos altamente nutritivos e saborosos, sendo alguns deles produzidos na agrofloresta da Terra Booma
Accommodation
In addition to all the well-being that the workshop will provide, hosting at Terra Booma offers you a cozy and peaceful stay.
The chalets are shared between 02 or 03 people.
Values
R$ 825,00
INCLUDES
- Access to all content
- Accommodation
- Food
- Traslado entre as atividades
- Waterfall Access
20% off for
inhabitants at Chapada dos Veadeiros
*Essa modalidade não inclui estadia e jantar
Payment methods
Cash or up to 3x without interest
Register here
Bring with you
For workshop
- A drum and/or Rattle
- Water bottle
- A pen and paper
- A stone/crystal, some Earth and water (from your home or where you are coming from) to give as an offering
- Swimwear
For to sweatlodge
- A towel
- A Towel A sweatlodge dress/sarong (Women) and shorts/swimming trunks (Men) to wear inside the sweatlodge.
- Any sacred objects to place on the altar
A compra do seu ingresso é verificada pela Welight e uma parte desse valor é doado para o projeto de
reforestation of the Araguaia River corridor, carried out by Black Jaguar Foundation in partnership with Terra Booma.
