Workshops...Maniko

Singing Sangha
Taking Refuge: A Heart to Heart Communion

PLEASE NOTE: Due to Maniko's extended sabbatical this year, there is only one Singing Sangha taking place in Nevada City, CA and is a 10 day intensive retreat combining the more meditative practices of the Soul Sanctuary with the Singing Sangha on June 13-22, 2008

Singing Sangha is a musical refuge and sanctuary to strengthen and nourish the flow of love, consciousness and compassion in every aspect of your life. The human voice is intimately connected to the very essence of our soulfulness—not just the individual soul, but to the timeless dimensions of the universal soul as well. We enter into communion at the deepest level, to bring a great force of love, remembrance and meditative awareness into the expression of your life and to empower you through meditation, awareness and song to share these blessings with others.

We use traditional chants and mantras as well as create new songs from our own experiences on the path and the Truth of our Heart's devotion. Both forms allow us to embody and strengthen our connection with the divine in our every day lives. This is an opportunity to venture deep into the very heart of the Buddhafield, soul-singing, song-making, ritual invocations and mystical practices and receive individual coaching and group support. Singing Sangha Intensives are a closed, on-going 8 week series that takes place in the spring & fall and finishes with a community meditation to share your songs and the silences of your heart with others.

To register or more information see Calendar & Registration

Facets of Voice & Self-Expression
A Day of Song & Poetry Making
Dance, Meditation & Inner-Outer Connection
Journey Into
the Amazing World
Of the Human Voice.

Facets of Voice and Self-Expression is designed for anyone wishing to explore their voice. This daylong workshop focuses on bringing greater awareness and appreciation to the source and many dimensions our voices. We learn to melt and dissolve fear, judgment and self-consciousness, bringing a more compassionate appreciation and awareness to our expressions while finding loving connection with ourselves and others. We use our voices as the vehicle to both embrace the richness that we are (from the sacred to the profane!) and to transform blockages that diminish the joy and freedom of our self-expression.

Workshop include:
Individual Coaching * Voice & Movement Exercises * Expanding Your Vocal & Artistic Range * Creating Rich, Resonant Tone * Grounding Yourself in “The Beat, The Body & The Breath” * Creating Original Songs & Poems from the Soul of Now * Improvisation * Using Your Voice as a Vehicle for Centering, Quieting the Mind, Self-discovery & Healing * Falling in Love with Resonance * The Power of Emptiness & Deep Listening * Theater * And lots of Singing!

These are seasonal Meditation Retreats taking place on the Solstices. The Song Silence and Soul Sanctuary is an elegant journey and grace-filled meeting with the depth and beauty of your own soul. Through the meditation and song cycles we create a rich field of "Yes" to all that we are. This allows us to open naturally to the flow of love that so nourishes us. In these retreats you will also experience Essential Soul Constellations - a new modality of Constellation work that Maniko has been developing since 2001. Essential Soul Constellation is a vehicle to awaken, embrace and fully step into the truth of your inner wholeness.

Soul Sanctuaries are held in silence except during group processes, singing, inquiry and song making. We work in a meditation cycle of silence and stillness, free movement and dance, along with voice movement meditations, chanting, toning, song making, writing and ritual invocations. The meeting of silence, movement and song is profoundly healing and transformative. It cleanses, clears and renews, inspiring us from the inside out - giving us the strength, creativity and aliveness that flourishes with belonging to and connection with your essential nature.
For retreat dates, to register or more information see
Calendar & Registration

Refund Policy for all Workshop or Retreats: Deposits are non-refundable. Tuition is refundable less 10% if you can be replaced by another participant.

Maniko Dru Dadigan
Voice & Self-Expression
Whole Person Integration
“Allowing Your Gifts, Intelligence and Creativity to Shine”

Questions, comments or to book Maniko for events,
retreats or concerts Contact:
1280 Denlyn St., Novato, CA 94947
Phone: 415-460-6960
sing@templeofsong.com