Sacred chant is an integral expression of the healing power of the voice and the magic of tone. Chanting is an extremely satisfying sensory experience and can fill us with Joy and love, purifying our senses and emotions, as well as our surroundings, leading us naturally to meditation, liberating a sense of divine light and happiness. In the physical level a balance of the brain functions takes place, sound waves and music in the form of electrical impulses impact the nervous system, and this in turn affects the heart rate, blood pressure, and muscle tension. The effect is a sense of relaxing and cleansing of the whole", the body and the mind as one.
 

In ritual and shamanic music healing the embodiment of Divine presence is welcome. Sacred chant stimulates meditative states that aim to bypass and transcends vigorous emotions promoting serenity, relaxation, and wellbeing. "Trancing is strenuously emotional while meditation aims to transcending emotions."
(Rouget)
 

As the fabric of breath, vibration and emotion, the singing voice can affect the body and mind more efficiently than any other form of sound. Vocal sounds are a primary source of energy, both balancing and stimulating to the brain. Chanting releases harmonic energy and triggers a spontaneous identification with the sacred; a dimension of consciousness characterized by a healing release of boundless radiance, openness, and love.
 

Sacred sound travels through consciousness and can transform everyday occurrences into a mythical dimension through modalities of vocal expression and rhythmic entrainment.  "In the most ancient Tibetan mythological cycles, sound is considered to be the original source of all existence Sound, which from the beginning of time has vibrated in ineffable emptiness, arises through mutations of light, and then differentiates into rays of various colors from which the material elements that make up the entire universe originate. The complete sound that comes from the fusion of the expressive force of the voice, the drum and the bell, is able to cut through that type of membrane that separates different layers and textural states of consciousness, creating an atmosphere strongly permeated with magic and spirit." Constantino Albini Sacred chant is rooted in ancient melodic movements. In Indian music, those scales systems are called ragas, "that which colors the mind". These vivid tonal arrangements evoke specific spiritual qualities or states of being. The experience of breathing deeply. dwelling in one note, feeling the musical vibrations that revitalize the body.
and blending one's own voice with other voices in essential harmonies, is deeply inspiring, offering rare glimpses of the sacred source.

 

The time is fast approaching when people will select their music with the same intelligent care and knowledge that they use to select their food. When that times comes, music will become the principal source of healing for many individuals and social ills, and human evolution will be tremendously accelerated." Corrine Heline

The Practice;

The Effortless Voice and The Practice of Droning from The Yoga of the Voice by Silvia
Nakkach