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2026 Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat

December 19- 22 2026

RE-BALANCE BODY VOICE & MIND 

Three and a half days of intense explorations of voice and movement

for body-mind balance

and creative, vibrant well-being.

 

 

 

Scroll down for the Mandarin version

中文見下方

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Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat 2022. Photo: Jackal Mei

 

 

WHAT IS THIS RETREAT ABOUT?

In Voice Yoga’s dynamic group process, you go beyond your habits and expectations. Something larger than yourself emerges: a flow of hidden creative potential.


Grounded in physical exercise such as yoga and breathwork, we practise all kinds of sounds without meaning. We do not emphasize a beautiful singing voice either. We are looking for pure, direct expressions of physical resonance and vibration through mouth, limbs, hips, feet, skin and inner organs. Voice Yoga is grounded in the idea that many of us are often trapped in body-mind dualities and many other dualities. We look to go beyond these dualities; to dissolve the many lines we draw around everything and make them permeable. To accept that rigidity is often there and has its function, but to strive for more fluidity. In these moments, when things flow without a worry, we can experience great joy, like an innocent child.

 

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

We start Thursday December 19th at 9:30 AM and suggest you arrive the evening before.
We finish after lunch on Sunday 22th, around 2:30 PM.

Day 1

9:30-12:30 introduction to the program. Light exercising, breathing exercises, start moving, toning, improvising, restorative (half-)sleeping/dreaming.
12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-16:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

16:30-17:00 Tea time
17:00-18:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

18:00-19:30 dinner & rest

Day 2

9:00-12:30 Slow meditative warm-up with breathing, exercising, toning, sounds and noises, lie-down exercises.

12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-16:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

16:30-17:00 Tea time
17:00-18:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations
18:00-19:00 dinner

Day 3

9:00-12:30 Slow meditative warm-up with breathing, exercising, toning, sounds and noises, restorative (half-)sleep/dream.

12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-17:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

17:00-19:00 Early dinner and preparations for the evening
19:00-21:00/22:00 observe and celebrate today’s Winter Solstice. On our last evening we will jointly celebrate the change from darkness to light. Participants can contribute a memory or reflection, a song, a dance, individually, en groupe, as a duo, whatever comes up. Consider to bring an instrument you play, candles to lighten up the atmosphere, a special garment or hat to wear.

Day 4 (half day)

9:00-12:30 Getting back once again to the core practices and adding anything we missed on the way.  Review of what we have done and final voice session.

12:30-14:30 lunch and bye bye

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PLACE

We hold our sessions in Shufang’s Energy Healing, a gorgeous yoga studio with a big garden in Dulan, Taidong. The studio has all utilities we need. We can use the big lawn outside for music and workouts in fresh air (weather permitting), a giant rock to repose, and shady places to rest.

There are several options for your overnight stay nearby, on a walking distance or further away. We are about a 10 minutes walk from downtown Dulan.

Accommodation:  Moonrise Inn is closest to the studio nearby.

nearby hostels that are popular with our students include  Tranquilo Hostel and On My Way Dulan Hostel 

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FOR WHOM?

Despite the name, Voice Yoga is not a harsh or demanding yoga camp, quite the contrary: it lets you grow at your own pace and rest, sleep or observe when you want to. The workshop attracts young, curious artists; established musicians and performers facing creative obstacles or blockades; yoga and other body-mind workers not very familiar with sound; people familiar with sound but needing a fuller understanding and experience of it; people young and old looking for physical and spiritual renewal; practitioners of contemplative traditions like Buddhist meditation looking for wholesome, creative work in line with their existing practice; busy people needing a break from 9-5 work and seeking body-mind restoration in a relaxed atmosphere.


There are no specific requirements to join. Ages range from students in their 20s to retirees in their 70s. Yoga, music or other skills are not required. We strive for a group between 8 and 12 people.

 

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HOW TO PREPARE?

Bring a yoga mat to exercise and lie down. There are sitting cushions and also chairs if you cannot sit on the floor for long. Bring something to cover yourself when we repose or meditate. Bringing an instrument is a good idea (no need to play it well; a percussive instrument is always good).

 

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LANGUAGES

English + Chinese

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YOUR TEACHER

Mark van Tongeren is a Dutch sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts. He has practised yoga for over twenty-five years and all kinds of voice/music/performance practices for 35 years. He first learnt Vipassana from S.N. Goenka in 2002. His one-man enterprise Fusica was established in 1998 to explore intersections of sound and the arts (music) on the one hand, and acoustic and other academic research (fusikè, physics) on the other.

 

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MEET THE TEAM & CONTACT

       Jackal, Sunny, Hsi-Yin, Mark in Dulan

This workshop is brought to you by organiser Jackal Mei, translator Sunny Chen and hosted by Shufang Wang.

Administrative assistance by Hsi-Yin Chang.

 

 

For any questions about the contents in English, ask Mark.

mark@fusica.nl

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Paraphony

Phone 0910382749

 

For any questions about the contents, lodging, travel and food details, contact Jackal. For registration and payment issues ask Hsi-Yin.

Hsi Yin: hsiyin724@gmail.com

 

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PRICES

  32.000 NT$

Up to 7 October 2026

Super Early Bird / 25% off NT$ 24.000

Old Students / 30% off NT$ 22.400

9 October till 21 October 2026:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 27.200

After 21 October 2026

Full price NT$ 32.000

TOSA members  / 10% off  NT$ 28.800

Bring a friend / 5% off :  – NT$ 1.000

 

 

INCLUDED

– Tuition fee

– All lunches and diners (including Sunday lunch)

– Insurance

NOT INCLUDED

– Transport to Taidong

– Lodging

 

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REGISTRATION

– Please complete your online application form , and transfer application fee. IMPORTANT: please add a note ‘VYR’ in your payment.

– online application form:  https://forms.gle/SkwTYtrfc4RotfoC8 and transfer the fee within 3 days.

– After receiving your fee, we will send a confirmation email in 5 days, and invite you joining our line group for more event detail.

 

PAYMENT

Bank code: 808
Name of bank: E.SUN Commercial Bank
Beneficiary: Van Tongeren Mark Christiaan
Account number: 0314-979-191796

 

CANCELLATION

We try to keep prices reasonable. We will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 60+ days prior to the workshop.
We will return 80% of the fee if you cancel 45 – 59 days prior to the workshop.
We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 44 days prior to the workshop.
We will return 30% of the fee if you cancel 15 – 29 days prior to the workshop.
We will return 10% of the fee if you cancel 1 – 14 days prior to the workshop.
If you find a substitute for your spot, we will only keep 10% of the administration fee.

We reserve the right to cancel the retreat in the case we do not reach the minimum number of participants, between 4 and 2 weeks before starting date; in this case all paid workshop fees will be promptly returned. We are not responsible for expenses for the BnB or transport.

 

DISCLAIMER

By signing up you automatically acknowledge your understanding that this retreat sometimes involves strenuous physical exercise, potentially disrupting body-work and emotionally charged sessions with a deep impact on your well-being. It is understood that you yourself best know of any risks (physical, emotional, psychological) and that there is no pressure or obligation to do each and every exercise. By joining this retreat you accept the consequences and state your intention to complete it till the end. You waive all rights to seek or receive compensation in case of injury, loss or damage.

We reserve the right to cancel the retreat in the case we do not reach the minimum number of participants, between 4 and 2 weeks before starting date; in this case all paid workshop fees will be promptly returned. We are not responsible for expenses for the BnB or transport.

 

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KNOW MORE?

Mark’s Voice Yoga has been running for more than 15 years and brings together decades of creative, vocal expression, yogic discipline and contemplative traditions.


Voice Yoga is neither yoga as you see it all around you, nor music as you hear it every day or learn it in classes and workshops. It is a personal, artistic synthesis of a wide range of musical, resonant, theatrical, contemplative and physical arts. What binds them together is Mark’s unique synthesis and his vision to create a strong sense of flow, no matter what the activity is. Serious workouts smoothly blend with unforgettable, unrepeatable musical creations; deep breath work morphs into contact improv; vocal exercises into theatre; and so on.
This retreat will expand your vision, whether you are a musician, dancer, yoga teacher, actor, or just interested in working on your personal growth through the connections between sound, body and mind.

 

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CURIOUS BUT IN DOUBT?

For a taste of this retreat, come to one of the weekly Voice Yoga classes in Taipei for a 2-hour session. The classes run every Tuesday in Taipei from October to December 2026. Find the Calendar here: https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/ and more info about Voice Yoga here.

 

 

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TESTIMONIALS

“At the end of the course, one thought was very strong: I’m so grateful to myself for choosing this workshop — above all, for not running away halfway through. And then I realized I had never thanked myself before.”

– Shanti

“I’ve always had that strength, with so many things supporting me. Sometimes I need to leave the city and be in an environment like this to remember it. It was this work that reminded me it has always been inside me.”

– Gina

 

“This is an environment where you can receive love and give love.”

– Wan-Chen

“We were a tribe, gathered together like kin, singing and dancing.”

– Varie

 

 

 

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/

 

   聲音瑜伽冬至療癒假期

2026年12月19日至22日 

遇見晶瑩剔透的自己

一期一會 人聲與想像力的年終慶典

整整三天半的關於聲音與身體的探索/

連結你的身心平衡,以及充滿創造力、活力的存在。

 

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關於聲音瑜伽 療癒假期

在聲音瑜伽的動態團體過程中,你將超越自己的習慣和期望。看見比自我更廣大的自己開始甦醒: 那些隱藏著的創造力開始顯現,如河水般開始流動。

以瑜伽或呼吸法等身體練習為基礎,我們使用各種沒有意義和也不強調美麗歌聲的聲音。我們尋求透過嘴巴、四肢、臀部、雙腳、皮膚及內臟,來表達純粹、直接的身體共鳴與震動感受。聲音瑜伽的根基在於:我們許多人往往被困在身心二元對立,以及其他諸多二元對立之中。我們致力於超越這些二元對立;消融我們在萬物周圍劃下的種種界線,使其變得更通透。我們接受僵化往往存在且有其功能,但同時追求更大的流動性。在這些時刻,當萬物無憂無慮地流動時,我們便能像天真無邪的孩子般,體驗到無上的喜悅。

 

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工作坊時程表

我們將於12月19日星期六上午9:30開始,建議您前一晚抵達。 

我們將在星期二 22日午餐後結束,大約下午2:30左右。

 

第1天 

9:30-12:30:工作坊簡介。輕鬆的練習,呼吸練習,開始身體活動,吟唱,即興,修復性的(半)睡覺/夢境。

12:30-14:30:午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

16:30-17:00:茶點時間 

17:00-18:00:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

18:00-19:30:晚餐和休息 

 

第2天 

9:00-12:30:緩慢冥想式的熱身,身體練習,吟唱與噪音。躺下的練習。

12:30-14:30:午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

16:30-17:00:茶點時間 

17:00-18:00:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

18:00-19:00:晚餐和休息 

 

第3天 

9:00-12:30:緩慢冥想式的熱身,身體練習,吟唱與噪音。恢復性的(半)睡眠/夢境。

12:30-14:30:午餐和午休 

14:30-17:00:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

17:00-19:00:早一點晚餐,以及為晚上的活動做準備

19:00 – 21:00/22:00 :這是我們的最後一個晚上,在冬至和平安夜之間,我們將一起慶祝從黑暗到光明的轉變。參與者可以貢獻一個記憶或反思,一首歌,一支舞蹈,個人,集體,作為一對,無論發生什麼。你可考慮攜帶一個你會演奏的樂器,蠟燭來燈亮氛圍,一件特別的衣物或帽子來穿著。

 

第4天

9:00-12:30:再次回歸核心練習,並補充過程中遺漏的內容。回顧我們已完成的內容,並進行最後的發聲練習

12:30-14:30:午餐&好好道別!

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地點 

光之屋,距離都蘭主街步行20分鐘上山,背靠都蘭山、眺望太平洋

遠離塵囂、綠意昂然,是擁有大片草原和原生種植物的私人僻靜山莊

工作坊空間專門設計作為聲響體驗、音樂製作、人聲演唱

寬廣舒適、共鳴充滿、能量和諧,一個淨化身心的獨特場域

用心迎接聲音瑜伽士們的滿血回歸,還有什麼比光之屋更好的呢?

 

https://www.facebook.com/shufang.energyhealing/

 

住宿推薦:

月昇都蘭距離光之屋最近。

深受我們學生歡迎的青年旅舍包括:晃輕鬆 或 途中都蘭

 

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參加對象

儘管「聲音瑜珈」名稱聽起來嚴苛,但這並非一個要求嚴苛的瑜珈營,恰恰相反:它讓你能以自己的步調成長,並隨心所欲的休息、睡覺或安靜觀察。

這個工作坊吸引了年輕、充滿好奇心的藝術家;已經在創作中遇到困境或障礙的專業音樂家和表演者;對聲音不太熟悉的瑜伽和其他身心工作者;熟悉聲音但需要更深入了解和體驗的人;年輕和年長的人,尋求身體和精神的更新;佛教及其他靜觀傳統(如佛教禪修)的修行者,正在尋找符合其現有需求——即需要更深入的呼吸與誦經修習——的、有益且富有創造性的練習;忙碌的人們需要從朝九晚五的工作中抽身休息,並在輕鬆的氛圍中恢復身心。

參加工作坊無需特定要求。年齡從20多歲的學生到約75歲退休者不等。不需要瑜伽、音樂或其他技能。我們希望參加的人數在8到12人之間。

 

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如何準備? 

請攜帶瑜伽墊用於運動和躺下。如果您不能長時間坐在地板上,我們提供坐墊和椅子。當我們休息或冥想時,請攜帶東西蓋住自己。攜帶樂器是個好主意(不需要演奏得很好;打擊樂器總是不錯的選擇)

 

 

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語言 

英語 + 中文即席翻譯

[將會是一句句有節奏的翻譯,容易理解]

 

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帶領者

Mark van Tongeren 是一位荷蘭聲音探索家,對藝術、科學和冥想傳統的交互作用深感興趣。Mark 在戲劇、音樂和舞蹈製作方面擁有 30 年的經驗,並獲得萊頓大學創意表演藝術學院的博士學位。他練習瑜伽有超過25年的經驗,並在聲音、音樂、表演等各種實踐領域已有 35 年的經驗。 他於2002年首次跟隨S.N. Goenka學習內觀(Vipassana)。他的個人品牌 Fusica 成立於 1998 年,旨在探索聲音和藝術(音樂)以及科學和學術(fusikè,物理學)之間的交集。

認識更多馬克老師  www.fusica.nl。

 

我們的團隊

帶領者: Mark Van Tongeren
翻譯: Sunny Chen
活動規劃兼攝影: Jackal Mei

行政助理:張惜音
場地主人: 王曙芳

 

 

 

  • For any questions about the contents in English, ask Mark: 

mark@fusica.nl

Phone/LINE:  0910382749

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Paraphony

 

 

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責任歸屬


報名此工作坊代表你了解: 

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動,引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

2) 工作坊中的每項活動都不是強制性的,你必須衡量自身狀況(身體/心理/情緒)來決定要不要參與。

3) 你會對自己的身體及心理狀態負責,主辦方不承擔任何相關的傷害、損失及賠償責任。

 

 

 

報名費用

全額費用:32.000 NT$

 

到10月7日 (週三)

超早鳥優惠 / 75折:24.000 NT$

舊生優惠 / 7折:22.400 NT$

 

到10月21日 (週三)

早鳥優惠 / 85折:27.200 NT$

 

10月22日之後

原價 /32.000 NT$

TOSA會員 9折:28.800 NT$

雙人報名 / 95折:額外每人1000NT$折扣

 

 

費用包含:

*學費

*7餐的台東地方蛋奶舒食餐食[午餐+晚餐]

*保險

不包含:

* 交通

* 住宿

 

【匯款通知手續】

1.請先完成線上登記手續: https://forms.gle/SkwTYtrfc4RotfoC8,並於3天內匯款完畢。重要:付款時,請附註「VYR」

2.經確認款項後,將在五天內發出報名確認信件,並邀請您進入專屬Line群組,以便活動行前聯絡相關事宜

 

【匯款帳號】

銀行代碼:808

銀行名稱:玉山銀行

分行名稱:敦南分行

受款人:van Tongeren Mark Christiaan

帳號:0314-979-191796

 

【取消政策】

我們努力保持合理的價格。如果您在工作坊開始前60天以上取消,我們將退還90%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前45-59天取消,我們將退還80%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前30-44天取消,我們將退還50%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前15-29天取消,我們將退還30%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前1-14天取消,我們將退還10%的費用。 如果您為自己的位置找到替代者,我們只會保留10%的行政費用。

 

如果在開始日期之前4到2週內我們未能達到最低參加人數,我們保留取消療癒假期的權利;在這種情況下,所有已支付的工作坊費用將迅速退還。我們不對住宿或交通費用負責。

 

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想了解更多?

馬克的聲音瑜伽已實踐快超過15年,這個方法匯集了數十年的創造性、聲音表達、瑜伽修行和冥想傳統。

聲音瑜伽既不是你在四周看到的瑜伽,也不是你每天都聽到的音樂,或在其他工作坊與課程中學習到的。它是一種個人的、藝術性的綜合,融合了廣泛的音樂、共鳴、戲劇、冥想和身體藝術。它們的共同點是馬克的獨特綜合和他的願景,創造出一種強烈的流動感,無論活動是什麼。嚴肅的練習融入令人難以忘懷(無法重複!)的音樂創作中,深層呼吸法演變為接觸即興,聲音練習則變成劇場。

這個療癒假期將擴展你的視野,無論您是音樂家、舞者、瑜伽老師、演員,還是只是對通過聲音、身體和心靈之間的聯繫來工作於個人成長感興趣。

 

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好奇但有疑問嗎?

每週聲音瑜珈 

想要嘗試一下這個療癒之旅的滋味嗎?

歡迎來參加台北每週一次的聲音瑜珈課程, 每堂課為2小時。

馬克老師將於10月中回台後,帶領聲音瑜伽課程。

課程詳情以及近期活動請點此:https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/。

 

 

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更多關於我們的活動

Autumn Program 2026

 

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【學員分享】

「在那個舒服的狀態,我不再很認真地想到底要給予什麼,那些東西就自己從我的裡面跑出來,很自然地流動。」——Gina

「先聽見自己身體裡面想說的話、想發出的聲音,再用自己的聲音把它發出來。這是我們都忘記了的一種表達方式。」——varie

 「不假掩飾、透明的感覺,不需要裝,每個人都很真實地在那個當下。比舒服還要厲害。」——Lova

「課程結束的時候,有一個念頭好強:我好感謝我自己。感謝我選擇這個工作坊,而且中間沒有逃掉。我這才發現,我從來沒有感謝過自己。」——Shanti

 

Learn Overtone Singing @ Home

The Mongols, the Tuvans and Tibetans practise it since times immemorial.

Composers Lamonte Young and Karlheinz Stockhausen introduced it to a select audience in the West.

Singers David Hykes, with his Harmonic Choir, and Michael Vetter developed a whole new way of doing it.

Your own voice resonates multiple sounds when you sing, and even when you speak.

[you are reading the transcription of the text spoken in the video]

In recent decades, more and more people discover this unusual way of vocalising, making it somewhat more …. usual.

I am talking about the technique called overtone singing. A singing practise that allows one to produce a low note and a melody of higher tones on top of it, using only the human voice.
Overtone singing is not mystical, secret or esoteric by itself, though it’s easy to understand the association.

Anyone can learn the basics of producing two tones at the same time, using only his or her voice. And this course teaches that in a few dozen clear and infectious videos. Each video zooms in to one specific way to develop a more resonant voice, making your overtones more and more audible.

Join me, Mark van Tongeren, author of the definitive sourcebook on the subject, on a path I am travelling for over 30 years.

I taught myself the basics of overtone singing around 1990. And then went on to study, record and interview many important people in the field around the world, starting with Rollin Rachele, author of the first-ever study guide for overtone singers. Soon after I set out to study with the famous throat singers from Tuva, Siberia, like Kaygal-ool Khovalyg of Huun-Huur-Tuu.

I wanted to understand how they look at their vocal art, music and sound and the connections to body, mind, spirit and religion.

This course is my condensation of decades of singing, teaching, listening and learning.
Full of tips and tricks and all the basic tools you need to jump-start your own journey to new dimensions of your resonant body, mind and voice.

Set apart one to two months for this fascinating journey, to change the way you listen and the way you make sound with your voice.

Enjoy access for the rest of your life.
Join my course Overtone Singing – Basics now.

Go to https://voice-resonance.com/online-course-basics

R E S O N A N C E   XI (11) – 2026-2027

WHERE THE SEEDS OF OVERTONES AWAKEN AND GROW

This very complete workshop teaches you the principles of resonance by learning the basics of overtone singing: a special way of listening to and making vocal sounds that has many useful applications for singers and non-singers alike. It requires no previous musical training. It is taught by one of the world’s leading overtone singers, Mark van Tongeren, who spend decades documenting this fascinating technique by visiting and recording performers in all major traditions and interviewing many contemporary singers and composers.

R E S O N A N C E  is Mark’s most complete course. It gives you a thorough basis in practices based around overtone singing and the resonant voice in general. This course was first launched in 2014 and is now running for the 11th time. In recent years it was updated to take advantage of the fact that all three team members can assist through their long training with Mark as overtone singers and ‘resonators’. The result of this shift became clear at the end of the most recent 8-day courses (2025 and 2026): students perform better and learn quicker than in previous years.

We also introduced a new format that allows you to learn the basics at your own pace at home. The subsequent stages are:

– an easy-paced, one month online course that introduces many of the basic concepts and practices.

– a four-day in-person workshop to further explore your personal voice and ways to harmonise, resonate and sing overtones together.

– 9 weeks self-study at home or together

– another four-day group session with pieces and improvisations guided by two Teaching Assistants …

–  … also including a one-on-one class with Mark for each student to work on specific obstacles

– life-time access to the online modules

Are you not living in or near Taiwan and not able to join our retreat? Or are you not a beginner anymore? Then you can consider to take one or several 1-on-1 online classes with Mark.

 

TIMELINE RESONANCE 2026

Part I: The Seed Awakens: December 10 – 30: every week one new online module Overtone Singing – Basics

Part II: Emerging from the Soil: January 7 – 10 Guangfu Workshop

Part III: Blossoming into Light: March 18 – 21 Guangfu Workshop 2

 

DETAILED PROGRAM

Online December 10 – 30, 2026  (3 weeks) 2026

We start the learning journey online. The online video course contains 3 modules with 35 videos (2 hours total). You will receive one module per week. You can go through the videos at your own pace, and start to practice with the video instructions.

Module A (December 10 – 16): Introduction to resonance

Module B (December 17 – 23): The basic techniques of overtone singing

Module C (December 24 – 30): Polishing your listening and vocal skills

3 Online Live Q&A sessions: December 16, 23, 30 (19:30-20:00)

SAPIENTIA (Guangfu) January 7 – 10   (4 days fulltime) 2027

We come together in the tranquil, focused setting of Sapientia in Guangfu, Hualien, where we will sing, listen, sense and resonate together for four days. We immerse ourselves in the resonances of each other’s voices, building on the power that emerges from close-listening. We fine-tune our voices in harmonies – both conventional ‘outer’ harmonies and the ‘inner’ harmonies of overtones. These practices are interspersed with insightful stories from the world’s most iconic traditions of overtone singing, documented by Mark himself in the course of more than three decades of research and artistic exploration.

Day 1

Finding inner and outer harmony from embodied breath and natural resonance

Day 2

Traditional practise and wisdom explored and utilised for new forms of resonant singing

Day 3

Harmonics as/in healing and therapy: confronting fear, developing self-confidence.

Day 4

Boosting your Resonance and creative applications.

 

SESSION TIMES SAPIENTIA

Breakfast 8:00-9:00

Morning sessions: 9:30-12:30

Lunch break: 12:30-14:30

Afternoon sessions: 14:30-16:00 + 16:30-18:00.

Dinner break: 18:00-19:00

Evenings are for resting, self practice, jamming… till 22:00?

The last session finishes in the afternoon of Sunday at 4 PM.

 

THEMES FOR THESE FOUR-DAYS

SINGING

° learn to sing the basic techniques of overtone singing: NG (gong), RR (bird), LL (sygyt), vowel (ee-uu)

° enrich your vocal resonance

° meditative and therapeutic practices

° embodied listening, embodied vocalising

° musical ritual and wisdom from Christianity and Buddhism

° Mongolian, Siberian and Tibetan forms of throat singing

Like no other, Mark has single-handedly undertaken enduring, in-depth investigations into all the major traditions of overtone singing: Tuva and the Siberian and Mongolian Altai, Tibet, Sardinia, South-Africa.

 

LISTENING

° break through your habitual patterns of hearing and making sound

° ‘ear cleaning’: make a new start listening to all sound instead of familiar patterns

° hearing overtones in the colours and timbres of a voice

 

RESONANT ENCOUNTERS

° guided resonating with one or more voices

° giving feedback to each other’s voices

 

VOCAL STYLE and INSTRUMENTS

The main emphasis is on using / applying / hearing resonance with a relaxed, more occidental voice. Short introductions to the pressed, guttural voices of throat singing, for example Tuvan khöömei and sygyt are also given for comparison. We will learn some pieces and guided improvisations by by Mark and also create our own. In addition we will use instruments such as singing bowls, bells, lutes and fiddles. You are encouraged to bring your own – the greater the resonant spectrum, the better!

 

9-WEEK SELF-STUDY

As you continue your journey with your own voice, we provide you with a curated selection of some of the most interesting and important videos on the internet. These will guarantee to keep you inspired in your own practise and deepen your understanding. (Primarily English – Mandarin may not be available.)

Optional: organise your own online or in-person gatherings to learn with/from each other, discuss videos, etc..

 

SAPIENTIA (Guangfu) March 18 – 21 (4 days fulltime) 2027

During this second get-together, Mark and his teaching assistants will build upon the results from the previous 4-day immersive workshop and your personal journey over the past 9 weeks. Much time is spent on technical work, which will be diversified to cater for different types of students and their needs.

The basis of resonance is concentrated voice/body work, balance of body-mind exercise and good overtone singing skills. During these four days, each student will have a one-on-one private session with Mark to erase stumbleblocks. We also work in small groups, and collectively on pieces that we learn or to create new work. After this weekend, you will know your strengths and which direction to go. On the second afternoon students collaborate to create final pieces to round off their  R E S O N A N C E  retreat..

 

SESSION TIMES SAPIENTIA 

same as the part 1 workshop, please see above

 

ABOUT SAPIENTIA RESORT | GUANGFU, HUALIEN

For the sixth year, stylish Sapientia is the ‘home’ of the  R E S O N A N C E  retreat. We are happy to return to this wonderful place. The two-story building with Japanese garden-style architecture features a classroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, offering views on an expansive forest garden. The chorus of frogs, insects and birds are an exquisite setting to awaken your auditory senses. Host Peter brews different flavours of specialty coffee in his cosy coffee corner every day; hostess Ping serves delicious home-made breakfast for every guest. The guesthouse offers 7 uniquely designed rooms with comfortable large beds and Japanese-style tatami floors.

Unwind at Sapientia while enjoying our Sound Resonance Workshop experience!

 

 

LANGUAGE

The course will be conducted in English. Our interpreter Haopin WU will be present to summarise or translate entire parts of the course into Mandarin, depending on the needs.

 

FOR WHOM?

No previous musical experience is required. All levels welcome.

We’ve had office workers, people with speech problems, poets, singing bowl players, linguists, sanyassins, professional singers, dancers, academics and more in previous  R E S O N A N C E  courses. Anyone who is curious about developing her or his voice potential, whether professional or amateur or non-singer, will benefit from these lessons.

PRICING

Full Price 72.500 NT$

Up to 16 September 2026:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 61.625

 

After 17 September 2026

Full price NT$ 72.500

TOSA members  / 15% off  NT$ 61.625

Bring a friend :  – NT$ 2.500

 

Included:

  • Tuition
  • Guangfu lodging in shared rooms (a private room if available).
  • Guangfu Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
  • Coffee and snacks

Not included:

  • Transport to the retreat in Hualien.

If possible, bring an instrument of your own. It is also possible to pre-order a shruti box from Mark to help your own practice during and after the workshop. For pre-orders, discounts apply: inquire for the details (depending on availability).

REGISTER

We reserve the right to change program time and contents.

Please sign up through this form: https://forms.gle/dcFHhmGyB9uN2WFD8

Let us know if you need help!

 

OUR TEAM

This workshop is brought to you by Jackal Mei, Yvonne Chichen Lee, Haopin Wu, Hsi-Yin Chang and Mark van Tongeren.

Mark van Tongeren 

Mark is a sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has over 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative of Performing Arts. In his work he combines all kinds of voice/music/performance, sometimes overlapping with contemplative practices (meditation, pranayama, yoga).

Watch this teaser from the online module showing the 7 basic techniques of overtone singing.

To get an idea of what this workshop is about, listen to Mark’s TEDx talk about listening and singing overtones.

Jackal Mei

An overtone singing / jaw harp enthusiast since 2019, Jackal is deeply involved with the Taiwan Overtone Singing Association and the Taiwan World Jaw Harp Culture Association. He is a member of IUooUI and Inner Galactic Wanderers. Jackal is also a passionate lover of dessert baking and coffee.

Haopin Wu

Haopin has been studying resonance and overtone singing for more than five years. He quickly comprehends what beginners need when learning overtone singing from various viewpoints. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematical sciences.

Yvonne Chichen Lee

Passionate for all ways of singing with instruments across traditions. Interpreter for Mark’s first R E S O N A N C E course in 2014 and again in 2026. Now a performer at times, singing, playing, or moving.

Hsi-Yin Chang

An intuitive singer and sound healing practitioner now living in Germany. She was trained in sound therapy since 2021 and is now dedicating her work to healing music and sound journeys.

CONTACT INFO

For any questions about the contents in English ask Mark, in Chinese, ask Jackal Mei.

For registration ask Hsi-Yin, for lodging and food details ask Jackal.

Jackal Mei (Organizer)

Phone: 0936-596-910

Mail: jackallala@gmail.com

Line ID: jackallala

Mark van Tongeren (Course facilitator)

mark@fusica.nl

Phone: 0910382749

LINE: 091038274

Hsi-Yin Chang (administration assistant)

hsiyin724@gmail.com

 

PAYMENT

Payment upon registration by bank or Paypal.

Bank code: 808

Name of bank: E.SUN Commercial Bank

Beneficiary: Van Tongeren Mark Christiaan

Account number: 0314-979-191796

 

Make sure to send an email after your payment with the last few digits of your bank account.

 

CANCELLATION

We try to keep prices reasonable. We will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 60+ days prior to the workshop.

We will return 80% of the fee if you cancel 45 – 59 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 44 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 30% of the fee if you cancel 15 – 29 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 10% of the fee if you cancel 1 – 14 days prior to the workshop.

If you find a substitute for your spot, we will only keep 10% of the administration fee.

© Mark van Tongeren 2026

© Photos Jackal Mei

 

 

OTHER UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat 2026:

December 19-22 at Dulan

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R E S O N A N C E   X I I

will take place in early 2028

 

 

 

R E S O N A N C E 《聲音的共鳴》 2026

|| 泛音覺醒與成長之地

這是一個非常完整的工作坊,透過學習泛音詠唱的基礎來教授共鳴原理:一種特殊的聆聽和發聲方式,對歌手和非歌手都有許多實用的應用。無需任何音樂訓練基礎。

泛音歌唱是一種獨特的聆聽與發聲方式,不論你是否有歌唱經驗,都能將其中的技巧運用在聲音、音樂與日常生活中。不需要任何音樂基礎即可參加。

課程由世界頂尖的泛音歌唱家之一 Mark van Tongeren 親自傳授。數十年來,他走訪世界各地,拜訪並錄製各大泛音歌唱傳統的演唱者,深入研究這項迷人的歌唱技術,並與眾多當代歌手及作曲家交流訪談,累積了深厚的知識與實務經驗。

《聲音的共鳴》是 Mark 最完整、最深入的課程,為你奠定以泛音歌唱與整體聲音共鳴為核心的紮實基礎。這門課自 2014 年首次開設以來,至今已舉辦第 11 屆。

近年來,課程也持續升級:有三位教學團隊成員皆長期接受 Mark 的訓練,成為經驗豐富的泛音歌唱者與共鳴者,在課程中提供更細緻的協助。這樣的教學成果,在 2025 與 2026 年的兩屆密集課程中尤其明顯:學員的學習速度顯著增快,表現也比以往更加出色。

|| 工作坊簡述

RESONANCE 是 Mark 最完整的課程,為您提供以泛音詠唱和共鳴聲音為核心的全面實踐基礎。今年我們推出新的課程形式,讓您可以按照自己的節奏在家學習基礎知識。後續階段包括:

1.為期一個月的輕鬆自學線上課程,介紹許多基本概念和練習
2.第一個實體工作坊為期四天,深入探索您的個人聲音,以及共同和諧、共鳴和演唱泛音的方法
3.9週自學或與學員共學,複習所學內容
4.第二個實體工作坊為期四天,每位學員將有與一次與馬克一對一課程,並由兩位助教指導團體作品和即興創作
5.線上課程終身觀看權限

|| 其他安排
您不住在台灣或台灣附近,無法參加我們的密集課程嗎?或者您已經不是初學者了?那麼您可以考慮與 Mark 進行一次或多次線上一對一課程

|| RESONANCE 2026 時間表

第一部分:種子甦醒
12月10日至30日:每週一個新的線上套組 — 泛音詠唱基礎

第二部分:破土而出
1月7日至10日:花蓮 光復

第三部分:綻放光芒
3月18日至21日:花蓮 光復

|| 詳細課程說明

線上課程(2026年12月10日至12月30日,3週)

我們從線上開始學習之旅。線上影片課程包含3個單元共35支影片(總時長2小時)。您每週將收到一個單元。您可以按照自己的節奏觀看影片,並開始跟著影片指導練習。

*單元 A(12月10日至16日):共鳴入門
*單元 B(12月17日至23日):泛音詠唱的基本技巧
*單元 C(12月24日至30日):精進您的聆聽和發聲技巧

*3次線上與馬克和所有成員的即時問答:12月16日 / 23日 / 30日(19:30-20:00)

|| 第一次泛音實體工作坊

  • 夏比安民宿(光復)2027年1月7-10日(4天全日)

我們將在花蓮光復寧靜而專注的夏比安民宿相聚,在這裡我們將共同歌唱、聆聽、感知和共鳴四天。我們沉浸在彼此聲音的共鳴中,建立在深度聆聽所產生的力量之上。我們在和聲中微調我們的聲音——包括傳統的「外在」和聲以及泛音的「內在」和聲。這些練習穿插著來自世界上最具代表性的泛音詠唱傳統的深刻故事,這些都是 Mark 在超過三十年的研究和藝術探索過程中親自記錄的。

#第一天 從具身呼吸和自然共鳴中尋找內在與外在的和諧
#第二天 探索並運用傳統實踐和智慧,創造新形式的共鳴歌唱
#第三天 泛音作為/在治療中的應用:面對恐懼,發展自信
#第四天 提升您的共鳴和創意應用

|| 夏比安課程時間
早餐:8:00-9:00
上午課程:9:30-12:30
午餐休息:12:30-14:30
下午課程:14:30-16:00 + 16:30-18:00
晚餐休息:18:00-19:00
晚間時間:休息、自我練習、即興演奏……直到22:00
最後一天的課程在週日下午4點結束

||這四天的主題

學習內容:

*學習泛音詠唱的基本技巧:NG(gong)、RR(bird)、LL(sygyt)、母音(ee-uu)
*豐富您的聲音共鳴
*冥想和療癒練習
*具身聆聽、具身發聲
*來自基督教、佛教和原住民靈性的音樂智慧
*蒙古、西伯利亞和西藏的喉音唱法形式

Mark 獨一無二地對所有主要的泛音詠唱傳統進行了持久而深入的調查:圖瓦、西伯利亞和蒙古阿爾泰、西藏、薩丁尼亞、南非。

~~聆聽:

*突破您習慣性的聽覺和發聲模式
*在聲音的色彩和音色中聽到泛音
*「耳朵清潔」:重新開始聆聽所有聲音,而不是熟悉的模式

~~共鳴相遇:

*引導與一個或多個聲音共鳴
*互相給予聲音的回饋

~~聲樂風格與樂器:

主要重點是使用/應用/聽到放鬆的、更西方化的聲音中的共鳴。也會簡短介紹壓迫性的、喉音的喉音唱法,例如圖瓦的 khöömei 和 sygyt 作為比較。我們將學習 Mark 的一些作品和引導式即興創作,也會創作我們自己的作品。此外,我們還將使用頌缽、鈴、琵琶和胡琴等樂器。鼓勵您攜帶自己的樂器——共鳴光譜越廣,效果越好!

|| 9週自學期

當您繼續探索自己的聲音之旅時,我們會為您提供網路上一些最有趣和重要的影片精選。這些影片將確保您在自己的練習中保持靈感,並加深您的理解。

僅提供英文——可能無法提供中文。

其他選擇:組織您自己的線上或實體聚會,彼此學習、討論影片等。

|| 第二次泛音實體工作坊

 


夏比安民宿(光復)2026年3月18日至21日(4天全日)

在第二次聚會期間,Mark 和他的助教將在前一次4天密集工作坊的成果以及您過去9週的個人旅程基礎上繼續深化。我們會花很多時間在技術工作上,並根據不同類型學員及其需求進行多樣化的教學。
共鳴的基礎是集中的聲音/身體工作、身心平衡練習和良好的泛音詠唱技巧。

在這四天裡,每位學員都將與 Mark 進行一對一的私人課程,以消除障礙。我們也會在小組中工作,並共同學習作品或創作新作品。這個週末結束後,您將了解自己的優勢以及前進的方向。第二個下午,學員們將合作創作最終作品,為他們的 RESONANCE 密集課程畫下圓滿句點。

|| 夏比安每日課程時間
與第一部分工作坊相同,請見上文

『 關於夏比安民宿|花蓮光復 』

連續第六年,質感的夏比安民宿成為 RESONANCE 密集課程的「家」。我們很高興回到這個美好的地方。雙層樓日式庭園建築設有一間擁有落地窗的教室,可俯瞰廣闊的森林庭園。青蛙、昆蟲和鳥類的合唱是喚醒您聽覺感官的絕妙環境。主人 Peter 每天在他溫馨的咖啡角落沖泡不同風味的精品咖啡;女主人 Ping 為每位客人準備美味的自製早餐。民宿提供7間獨特設計的房間,配有舒適的大床和日式榻榻米地板。

在夏比安放鬆身心,同時享受我們的聲音共鳴工作坊體驗!

|| 語言

課程將以英語進行。我們的翻譯 Haopin將在場總結或將課程的整個部分翻譯成中文,取決於需求。

|| 適合對象?


無需任何音樂經驗。歡迎所有程度。
在之前的 RESONANCE 課程中,我們有過上班族、有語言障礙的人、詩人、頌缽演奏者、語言學家、靈修者、專業歌手、舞者、學者等等。任何對開發自己聲音潛力感到好奇的人,無論是專業人士、業餘愛好者或非歌手,都將從這些課程中受益。

||價格


課程原價:72,500 NTD

+2026年9月3日至2026年9月16日:
早鳥 / 15% 折扣:61,625 NTD

+2026年9月17日起

全價:72,500 NTD
TOSA 會員 / 15% 折扣:61,625 NTD
攜帶朋友:- 2.500 NTD

|| 包含:
學費
光復住宿(將會依照報名順序安排房間,每人都有一張獨立床)
光復蔬食早餐、午餐和晚餐
手沖咖啡和手做點心

|| 不包含:
前往花蓮課程地點的交通

如果可能,請攜帶您自己的樂器。也可以向 Mark 預訂 shruti box(印度風琴),以幫助您在工作坊期間和之後的練習。預訂可享折扣:請詢問詳情(視供應情況而定)。

|| 如何報名

主辦單位保留調整課程時間與內容之權利。
請透過此表單報名:https://forms.gle/dcFHhmGyB9uN2WFD8 並於三天內匯款。
如需協助,請告訴我們!

|| 我們的團隊
本工作坊由 Mark van Tongeren、Jackal Mei、Yvonne 李紀辰、吳浩平 和 張惜音 為您呈現。

Mark van Tongeren
Mark 是一位聲音探索者,對藝術、科學和冥想傳統的協同作用有著濃厚的興趣。Mark 在戲劇、音樂和舞蹈製作方面擁有超過30年的經驗,並擁有萊頓大學創意與表演藝術學院的博士學位。在他的工作中,他結合各種聲音/音樂/表演,有時與冥想練習(冥想、呼吸法、瑜伽)重疊。

觀看這個來自線上模組的預告片,展示泛音詠唱的7種基本技巧: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnsrXNUjFSQ&t=6s

要了解這個工作坊的內容,請聆聽 Mark 關於聆聽和演唱泛音的 TEDx 演講: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUdMIeoXRU&t=6s

Jackal Mei
自2019年起成為泛音詠唱/口簧琴愛好者,Jackal 深度參與台灣泛音詠唱協會和台灣世界口簧琴文化協會。他是 IUooUI 和內在銀河漫遊的成員。Jackal 也是甜點烘焙和咖啡的熱情愛好者。

Hsi-Yin Chang
一位吟唱歌手和聲音療癒實踐者,現居德國。她自2021年接受聲音療癒培訓,現在致力於療癒音樂和聲音旅程的工作。

Yvonne Chichen Lee

熱衷於探索跨傳統的樂器伴唱。曾擔任馬克於2014年首屆「聲音的共鳴」課程的即席翻譯。現偶爾以表演者身份活動,透過歌唱、演奏或肢體律動進行創作。

Haopin Wu

研習共鳴與泛音歌唱已逾五年,能從多元視角迅速掌握初學者學習泛音歌唱所需的要領。他擁有數學科學博士學位。

聯絡資訊


關於英文內容的任何問題,請詢問 Mark;中文問題請詢問 Jackal Mei。 關於報名流程請詢問 Hsi-Yin,關於住宿安排和餐飲細節請詢問 Jackal。

Jackal Mei(主辦人)
電話:0936-596-910 / jackallala@gmail.com / Line ID:jackallala

Mark van Tongeren(課程帶領者)
mark@fusica.nl 電話:0910382749 LINE:091038274

Hsi-Yin Chang(行政助理)
hsiyin724@gmail.com

|| 付款


報名時透過銀行或 Paypal 付款。

舊學員請注意:這次是新的銀行帳號!

銀行代碼:808 銀行名稱:玉山銀行 受款人:van Tongeren Mark Christiaan 帳號:0314-979-191796

|| 取消政策


我們努力保持合理的價格。如果您在工作坊開始前60天以上取消,我們將退還90%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前45-59天取消,我們將退還80%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前30-44天取消,我們將退還50%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前15-29天取消,我們將退還30%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前1-14天取消,我們將退還10%的費用。 如果您為自己的位置找到替代者,我們只會保留10%的行政費用。

照片由 Jackal Mei 拍攝

R E S O N A N C E XII

預計於 2028 年初舉辦

其他即將舉辦的工作坊

Voice Yoga 冬至療癒假期 2026
2026 年 12 月 19–22 日|都蘭

也歡迎關注

TOSA(Taiwan Overtone Singing Association/台灣泛音歌唱協會)
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/overtonesingingtw

 

 

Autumn Program 2026


Concerts, workshops and other upcoming events.

Details below



2026年 8月14-16日/August 14-16, 2026

Kaohsiung 高雄
8月14日音樂會
8月15日半天工作坊
8月16日 TOSA day 會員日歌唱圈第二回@ 高雄瀧月堂


Weekly Voice Yoga classes in Taipei – every Tuesday.
每週二聲音瑜伽課在台北
Dates for the coming months – always check the day before if it happens!

October : 10/20, 10/27

For November: 11/3, 11/10, 11/17

For December: 12/1, 12/8, 12/14, 12/29

January 2027:  1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26

February 2027: 2/2



Saturday Voice Yoga Classes!
Only August 22 + 29 and maybe September 12
10-12 AM.
All other information remains the same: location, time, price: https://www.fusica.nl/voice-yoga/

每週聲音瑜伽,週六加開!
這個週末,8月22日,我將在台北肯園開設一堂週六早晨的聲音瑜伽課,提供給平常無法參加每週固定課程的朋友。經過這麼多年,我決定來試試看。其他資訊維持不變:地點、時間、價格,請見:https://www.fusica.nl/voice-yoga/
所以,如果你平日或週二比較忙碌,但仍然想學習聲音瑜伽,千萬別錯過這堂特別加開的週六課程。你可以這裡透過LINE群組報名。 近期還有兩個可能加開週六課程的日期,只要人數達到最低4人門檻就會開課:8月29日,以及9月12日。

Register for this special Saturday class. You can use the LINE group to register as usual or mail or call me.



Saturday 2026年 9月5日/September 5, 2026
Taidong workshop with Mark.
https://taitungsoundart.tw/en/
Evening: concert
台東,工作坊
細節待定
Sunday: workshop + concert, Chishan


 

Early October

Premiere of the concert recording of

the Superstringtrio: Incignito Ergo Sum.

Online presentation live with Mark van Tongeren and Rollin Rachele

 



Autumn time

Launch of new series of online classes:

Vocal Resonance on

www.voice-resonance.com

 



Sunday December 13, 2026

10 AM – 5 PM.

Taipei, place tbc

Member Day, Taiwan Overtone Singing Association.

More about the association here.

More about some of our activities here.



R E S O N A N C E 2026-27 is launched!

Go to R E S O N A N C E   XI (11) – 2026-2027



Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat 2026

Dates: December 19-22.
Workshop launch date:
September 21, 2026


Not found what you are looking for?

Tell us so we can help you.

2025 Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat

December 19- 22 2025

RE-BALANCE BODY VOICE & MIND 

Three and a half days of intense explorations of voice and movement

for body-mind balance

and creative, vibrant well-being.

 

 

 

Scroll down for the Mandarin version

中文見下方

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Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat 2022. Photo: Jackal Mei

 

WHAT IS THIS VOICE YOGA?

WHAT IS THIS RETREAT ABOUT?

In Voice Yoga’s dynamic group process, you go beyond your habits and expectations. Something larger than yourself emerges: a flow of hidden creative potential.

Grounded in physical exercise such as yoga or contact improvisation, we work with all kinds of sounds without meaning and without emphasizing a beautiful singing voice. Pure, direct expressions and sensations of physical resonance and vibration through mouth, limbs, hips, feet, skin and inner organs.

 

We go beyond common subject-object and mind-body dualities, and bring our unconscious selves and sometimes irrational emotions to the surface. The group process becomes a mirror for the self and allows us to ‘see’ ourselves more clearly, to hear what’s living deep inside. The result is often of a surprising clarity and immediacy.

 

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

We start Thursday December 19th at 9 AM and suggest you arrive the evening before.
We finish after lunch on Sunday 22th, around 1:30 PM.

Day 1

9:00-12:30 introduction to the program. Light exercising, breathing exercises, start moving, toning, improvising.
12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-16:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

16:30-17:00 Tea time
17:00-18:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

18:00-19:30 dinner & rest

Day 2

9:00-12:30 Slow meditative warm-up, mild to vigorous exercising, toning, noise making, lie-down exercises.

12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-16:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

16:30-17:00 Tea time
17:00-18:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations
18:00-19:00 dinner

Day 3

9:00-12:30 Slow meditative warm-up, mild to vigorous exercising, toning, noise making. Once again: restorative (half-)sleep/dream.

12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-17:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

17:00-19:00 Early dinner and preparations for the evening
19:00-21:00/22:00 observe and celebrate today’s Winter Solstice. On our last evening we will jointly celebrate the change from darkness to light. Participants can contribute a memory or reflection, a song, a dance, individually, en groupe, as a duo, whatever comes up. Consider to bring an instrument you play, candles to lighten up the atmosphere, a special garment or hat to wear.

Day 4 (half day)

9:00-12:30 Review, continuation and round-up.

12:30-14:30 lunch and bye bye

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PLACE

We hold our sessions in Shufang’s Energy Healing, a gorgeous yoga studio with a big garden in Dulan, Taidong. The studio has all utilities we need. We can use the big lawn outside for music and workouts in fresh air, a giant rock to repose, and shady places to rest.

There are several options for your overnight stay nearby, on a walking distance or further away. We are about a 10 minutes walk from downtown Dulan.

Accommodation: We recommend Moonrise Inn as it is the closest to the studio.

Hostels recommendation: Tranquilo Hostel or On My Way Dulan Hostel 

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FOR WHOM?

The workshop attracts young, curious artists; established musicians and performers facing creative obstacles or blockades; yoga and other body-mind workers not very familiar with sound; people familiar with sound but needing a fuller understanding and experience of it; people youna and old looking for physical and spiritual development; practitioners of Buddhism and other contemplative traditions needing deeper breathing and chanting practice; busy people needing a break from work in a relaxed atmosphere. Despite the name, Voice Yoga is not a harsh or demanding yoga camp, quite the contrary: it lets you grow at your own peace and rest and sleep or observe when you want to.

There are no specific requirements to join. Ages frange from early 20s to late 70s. Yoga, music or other skills are not required. We strive for a group between 8 and 12 people.

 

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HOW TO PREPARE?

Bring a yoga mat to exercise and lie down. There are sitting cushions and also chairs if you cannot sit on the floor for long. Bring something to cover yourself when we repose or meditate. Bringing an instrument is a good idea (no need to play it well; a percussive instrument is always good).

 

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LANGUAGES

English + Chinese

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YOUR TEACHER

Mark van Tongeren is a Dutch sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative of Performing Arts. He practices yoga for some twenty-five years and all kinds of voice/music/performance practices for 35 years. His enterprise Fusica was established in 1998 to explore intersections of sound and the arts (music) on the one hand, and acoustic and other academic research (fusikè, physics) on the other.

 

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MEET THE TEAM & CONTACT

       Jackal, Sunny, Hsi-Yin, Mark

This workshop is brought to you by organiser Jackal Mei, translator Sunny Chen and hosted by Shufang Wang.

Administrative assistance by Hsi-Yin Chang.

 

 

For any questions about the contents in English, ask Mark.

mark@fusica.nl

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Paraphony

Phone 0910382749

 

For any questions about the contents, lodging, travel and food details, contact Jackal. For registration and payment issues ask Hsi-Yin.

Hsi Yin: hsiyin724@gmail.com

 

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PRICES

  29.500 NT$

Up to 9 October 2025

Super Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 22.125

Poor struggling artists (with proof of income) NT$ 22.125

10 October till 23 October 2025:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 25.075

Old Students / 30% off NT$ 20.650

After 23 October 2025

Full price NT$ 29.500

TOSA members  / 10% off  NT$ 26.550

Bring a friend / 5% off :  – NT$ 1.000

 

 

INCLUDED

– Tuition fee

– All lunches and diners (including Sunday lunch)

– Insurance

NOT INCLUDED

– Transport to Taidong

– Lodging

 

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REGISTRATION

– Please complete your online application form , and transfer application fee. IMPORTANT: please add a note ‘VYR’ in your payment.

– online application form: https://forms.gle/L22LxcqNuD2iaCwx9
– After transferring, please email to inform Hsi-Yin (hsiyin724@gmail.com) with your name, and the last 5 numbers of your bank account
– After receiving your fee, we will send a confirmation email in 5 days, and invite you joining our line group for more event detail.

 

PAYMENT

Bank code: 822.

Name of bank: China Trust

Beneficiary: Mark Christiaan van Tongeren

Account number: 163540306745

Make sure to send an email to Hsi-Yin after your payment. We will confirm reception as soon as possible.

 

CANCELLATION

We try to keep prices reasonable. If you cannot make it for some reason, we will return 80% of deposit fees up to 2 weeks before the event, 50% in the second week before starting date, and no refund in the last week leading to the event. In case of proven COVID-19-related problems we can give a refund (minus admin charge) or save the registration and fees for a next workshop.

We reserve the right to cancel the retreat in the case we do not reach the minimum number of participants, between 4 and 2 weeks before starting date; in this case all paid workshop fees will be promptly returned. We are not responsible for expenses for the BnB or transport.

 

DISCLAIMER

By signing up you automatically acknowledge your understanding that this retreat sometimes involves strenuous physical exercise, potentially disrupting body-work and emotionally charged sessions with a deep impact on your well-being. It is understood that you yourself best know of any risks (physical, emotional, psychological) and that there is no pressure or obligation to do each and every exercise. By joining this retreat you accept the consequences and state your intention to complete it till the end. You waive all rights to seek or receive compensation in case of injury, loss or damage.

We reserve the right to cancel the retreat in the case we do not reach the minimum number of participants, between 4 and 2 weeks before starting date; in this case all paid workshop fees will be promptly returned. We are not responsible for expenses for the BnB or transport.

 

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KNOW MORE?

Mark’s Voice Yoga runs for over 10 years and brings together decades of creative, vocal expression, yogic discipline and contemplative traditions.

Voice Yoga is neither yoga as you see all around you, or music as you hear it every day. It is a personal, artistic synthesis of a wide range of musical, resonant, theatrical, contemplative and physical arts. What binds them together is Mark’s unique synthesis and his vision to create a strong sense of flow, no matter what the activity is. Serious workouts smoothly blend with unforgettable (and unrepeatable!) musical creations, deep breath work morphs into contact improv and vocal exercises into absurdistic theatre.

This retreat will give you a big boost, whether you are a musician, dancer, yoga teacher, actor, or just interested in working on your personal growth through the connections between sound, body and mind. No problem if you’ve never done yoga before!

 

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CURIOUS BUT IN DOUBT?

For a taste of this retreat, come to one of the weekly Voice Yoga classes in Taipei for a 2-hour session.

Mark will be back in Taiwan for Voice Yoga classes in December.

Find the details here.

 

 

 

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TESTIMONIALS

“I felt many sounds inside me first time and I felt there is an inner space inside my body. That was an very powerful experience for me. The body wasn’t what I knew before. I felt peace when you sang… I do have a lot of fun when you want us imitate your voice… Every time when we make sounds together I feel I am decomposing and putting every part of me in one again. “

– Judith

 

” Your class shows me the magic of breath and voice. This makes my inner child very happy. “

– Nancy

 

” I enjoyed the class very much today. You had everyone engaged and creatively expressed as well as discharging and recharging well. “

– Tina

 

” More than ever, it brings back my childhood so I can play again. “

– Kovida

 

” Your class shows me the magic of breath and voice. This makes my inner child very happy. “

– Nancy

 

” Voice Yoga helps me feel lighter. “

– Jennifer

 

” I enjoy a lot and feel relaxed, this is a special course for me. “

– Judy

 

” This is better than sex! “

– Tammy

 

 

 

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/

 

   聲音瑜伽冬至療癒假期

2024年12月19日至22日 

成為聲音中的永恆

一期一會 人聲與想像力的年終慶典

整整三天半的關於聲音與身體的探索/

連結你的身心平衡,以及充滿創造力、活力的存在。

 

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關於聲音瑜伽 療癒假期

在聲音瑜伽的動態團體過程中,你將超越自己的習慣和期望。看見比自我更廣大的自己開始甦醒: 那些隱藏著的創造力開始顯現,如河水般開始流動。

以瑜伽或接觸即興等體育運動為基礎,我們使用各種沒有意義和不強調美麗歌聲的聲音。純粹、直接的表達,以及通過口、四肢、臀部、腳、皮膚和內臟的共鳴和振動的感覺。

我們超越了常見的主客體和心靈身體的二元對立,將無意識的自我和有時不理性的情感浮出水面。團體過程成為自我的鏡子,使我們能夠更清晰地“看見”自己,聽到深藏內心的聲音。結果通常具有驚人的清晰度和即時性。

 

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工作坊時程表

我們將於12月19日星期五上午9點開始,建議您前一晚抵達。 

我們將在星期日22日午餐後結束,大約下午1:30左右。

 

第1天 

9:00-12:30:工作坊簡介。輕鬆的練習,呼吸練習,開始身體活動,吟唱,即興。

12:30-14:30:午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

16:30-17:00:茶點時間 

17:00-18:00:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

18:00-19:30:晚餐和休息 

 

第2天 

9:00-12:30:緩慢冥想式的熱身,輕度至劇烈的運動,吟唱,製造噪音。躺下的練習。

12:30-14:30:午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

16:30-17:00:茶點時間 

17:00-18:00:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

18:00-19:00:晚餐和休息 

 

第3天 

9:00-12:30:緩慢冥想式的熱身,輕度至劇烈的運動,調音,製造噪音。然後再次的:恢復性的(半)睡眠/夢境。

12:30-14:30:午餐和午休 

14:30-17:00:引導的身體活動和聲音練習,行走冥想,即興 

17:00-19:00:早一點晚餐,以及為晚上的活動做準備

19:00 – 21:00/22:00 :這是我們的最後一個晚上,在冬至和平安夜之間,我們將一起慶祝從黑暗到光明的轉變。參與者可以貢獻一個記憶或反思,一首歌,一支舞蹈,個人,集體,作為一對,無論發生什麼。你可考慮攜帶一個你會演奏的樂器,蠟燭來燈亮氛圍,一件特別的衣物或帽子來穿著。

 

第4天

9:00-12:30:回顧、繼續、作結

12:30-14:30:午餐&好好道別!

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地點 

光之屋,距離都蘭主街步行20分鐘上山,背靠都蘭山、眺望太平洋

遠離塵囂、綠意昂然,是擁有大片草原和原生種植物的私人僻靜山莊

工作坊空間專門設計作為聲響體驗、音樂製作、人聲演唱

寬廣舒適、共鳴充滿、能量和諧,一個淨化身心的獨特場域

用心迎接聲音瑜伽士們的滿血回歸,還有什麼比光之屋更好的呢?

 

https://www.facebook.com/shufang.energyhealing/

 

住宿推薦:

我們推薦月昇都蘭,因為他距離光之屋最近。

青年旅館推薦:晃輕鬆 或 途中都蘭

 

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參加對象

這個工作坊吸引了年輕、充滿好奇心的藝術家;已經在創作中遇到困境或障礙的專業音樂家和表演者;對聲音不太熟悉的瑜伽和其他身心工作者;熟悉聲音但需要更深入了解和體驗的人;年輕和年長的人,尋求身體和精神的發展;佛教和其他冥想傳統的修行者,需要更深層次的呼吸和吟誦練習;忙碌的人需要在輕鬆的氛圍中休息,遠離工作的壓力。

儘管名為Voice Yoga,但這並不是一個嚴格或苛刻的瑜伽營,相反,它讓您按照自己的節奏成長,休息、睡覺或觀察都是可以的。 參加工作坊無需特定要求。年齡從20多歲到約75歲不等。不需要瑜伽、音樂或其他技能。我們希望參加的人數在8到12人之間。

 

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如何準備? 

請攜帶瑜伽墊用於運動和躺下。如果您不能長時間坐在地板上,我們提供坐墊和椅子。當我們休息或冥想時,請攜帶東西蓋住自己。攜帶樂器是個好主意(不需要演奏得很好;打擊樂器總是不錯的選擇)

 

 

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語言 

英語 + 中文即席翻譯

[將會是一句句有節奏的翻譯,容易理解]

 

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帶領者

Mark van Tongeren 是一位荷蘭聲音探索家,對藝術、科學和冥想傳統的交互作用深感興趣。Mark 在戲劇、音樂和舞蹈製作方面擁有 30 年的經驗,並獲得萊頓大學創意表演藝術學院的博士學位。他練習瑜伽有約25年的經驗,並在聲音、音樂、表演等各種實踐領域已有 35 年的經驗。他的品牌 Fusica 成立於 1998 年,旨在探索聲音和藝術(音樂)以及科學和學術(fusikè,物理學)之間的交集。

認識更多馬克老師  www.fusica.nl。

 

我們的團隊

帶領者: Mark Van Tongeren
翻譯: Sunny Chen
活動規劃兼攝影: Jackal Mei

行政助理:張惜音
場地主人: 王曙芳

 

 

 

  • For any questions about the contents in English, ask Mark: 

mark@fusica.nl

Phone/LINE:  0910382749

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Paraphony

 

 

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責任歸屬


報名此工作坊代表你了解: 

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動,引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

2) 工作坊中的每項活動都不是強制性的,你必須衡量自身狀況(身體/心理/情緒)來決定要不要參與。

3) 你會對自己的身體及心理狀態負責,主辦方不承擔任何相關的傷害、損失及賠償責任。

 

 

 

報名費用

全額費用:29.500 NT$

 

到10月9日 (週四)

超早鳥優惠 / 75折:22.125 NT$

學生;經濟方面需要支持的藝術家(需提供證明) / 75折:22.125 NT$

 

到10月23日 (週四)

早鳥優惠 / 85折:25.075 NT$

舊生優惠 / 7折:20.650 NT$

 

10月23日之後

原價 /29.500 NT$

TOSA會員 / 年長者 9折:26.550 NT$

雙人報名 / 95折:額外每人1000NT$折扣

 

 

 

費用包含:

*學費

*7餐的台東地方蛋奶舒食餐食[午餐+晚餐]

*保險

不包含:

* 交通

* 住宿

 

【匯款通知手續】

1.請先完成線上登記手續: https://forms.gle/L22LxcqNuD2iaCwx9,並於3天內匯款完畢。重要:付款時,請附註「VYR」

2.匯款完畢,請以手機簡訊,Line、Email等其中一種的方式通知惜音(hsiyin724@gmail.com),並提供姓名、金額、匯款帳號後五碼

3.經確認款項後,將在五天內發出報名確認信件,並邀請您進入專屬Line群組,以便活動行前聯絡相關事宜

 

【匯款帳號】

銀行:中國信託敦南分行(代號:822)

帳號:163540306745

戶名:MARK CHRISTIAAN VAN TONGEREN

 

【取消政策】

課程開始兩週前取消報名 ,主辦方將保留80%費用
課程前兩週內取消報名,主辦方將保留50%費用。

課程1-7天取消報名,主辦方將不退任何費用
如果你找人來替代你來上課,我們將退回10%行政費之外的費用。

 

如果在開始日期之前4到2週內我們未能達到最低參加人數,我們保留取消療癒假期的權利;在這種情況下,所有已支付的工作坊費用將迅速退還。我們不對住宿或交通費用負責。

 

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想了解更多?

馬克的聲音瑜伽已實踐超過10年,這個方法匯集了數十年的創造性、聲音表達、瑜伽修行和冥想傳統。

聲音瑜伽既不是你在四周看到的瑜伽,也不是你每天都聽到的音樂。它是一種個人的、藝術性的綜合,融合了廣泛的音樂、共鳴、戲劇、冥想和身體藝術。它們的共同點是馬克的獨特綜合和他的願景,創造出一種強烈的流動感,無論活動是什麼。嚴肅的練習融入令人難以忘懷(並且無法重複!)的音樂創作中,深層呼吸法演變為接觸即興,聲音練習則變成荒謬的劇場。

這個療癒假期將給您帶來很大的提振,無論您是音樂家、舞者、瑜伽老師、演員,還是只是對通過聲音、身體和心靈之間的聯繫來工作於個人成長感興趣。如果你以前從未接觸過瑜伽,也沒問題!

 

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好奇但有疑問嗎?

每週聲音瑜珈 

想要嘗試一下這個療癒之旅的滋味嗎? 

歡迎來參加台北每週五一次的聲音瑜珈課程, 每堂課為2小時。

馬克老師將於12月初回台後,帶領聲音瑜伽課程。

課程詳情請點此。

 

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更多關於我們的活動

Autumn Program 2025

 

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【學員分享】

「第一次我感到內心有許多聲音,我感到我的身體內有一個內在的空間。這對我來說是非常強大的經驗。這個身體不再是我以前所知道的。當你唱歌的時候,我感到平靜…當你要求我們模仿你的聲音時,我覺得非常有趣…每次當我們一起發聲時,我感到自己正在分解,然後再重新組合每個部分。」- Judith

「你的課程向我展示了呼吸和聲音的魔力。這讓我的內在小孩非常開心。」- Nancy

「我非常喜歡今天這堂課。你讓每個人都參與其中,充分表達自己,並且有很好的放鬆和充電。」- Tina

「這比以往任何時候都讓我回想起我的童年,所以我可以再次玩耍。」-  Kovida

「聲音瑜伽幫助我感到更輕盈。」- Jennifer

「我非常享受,感到放鬆,這對我來說是一門特別的課程。」- Judy 

「這比性愛還要棒!」- Tammy

 

HYPNOKYO

HYPNOKYO

or how to combine the art of writing meaningful non-sense texts with hypnosis methods

 

Next week I am teaching a group of hypnosis students in Taipei. They are the students of a man who goes by the nickname of La Mian (ramen, or Japanese thick noodles) who is specialized in hypnosis and teaches and applies it in a wide range of methods. He came to my workshop Ocean of Voices recently, a 3-day exploration of the richness of musical traditions around the world (focusing on the voice). We had several amazing sessions where everyone went through his or her own transformations while singing, chanting, drumming, playing, or just listening to everyone else. Paths to change the body, change the mind and empower your creative imagination through the voice: a dynamic key or bridge that sits in between the body and mind, working its logical and illogical ways in both directions.

 

 

Photos taken during the Oceaen of Voices of workshop in Nantou, Taiwan. Above, La Mian with the Bunun people from XinYi. Below, session during the workshop.

 

You could call the logical part the verbal: the voice as speech, as reason and gossip.

You could call the illogical part transverbal: the voice as sound and music, as noise and non-sense.

 

Transverbal is a term Michael Vetter coined to group together, and give purpose to, his vast corpus of creative work, in music, in visual arts, in writing. It led, among other things, to his writing of okyo’s, which is Japanese for sutras. His sutras were not Buddhist texts, but used the sounds of the Japanese language as a template from which he created ‘texts’ without meaning. It was not merely a capricious thing, a joke, or an anti-religious sentiment. Vetter was serious about it. He had practised chanting and reciting actual sutras for year after year during his 13 year stay in Japan, going about the streets begging for alms or performing ceremonial. But, in a true Zen vein, he would not eschew the occasional humorous twist in his own okyos either.

 

I got to know Michael Vetter’s okyos in the mid 1990s and was impressed with their form and sound and Vetter’s precise reasoning for why he created them. Later I began to write my own occasional okyos. Last year I decided to write an okyo every day for one year, to commemorate Michael’s birth (in 1943) and passing (in 2013), now eighty and ten years ago. I shape these okyos, naturally, but they also shape me, and invite me or teach me to push for new ideas about sound, language and symbol. Here is one example which I will take to the Hypnokyo workshop:

 

 

Here is another one

And here is one that you can listen to in the video, below:

 



So next week my okyos are going to be tested by students of hypnosis. They learn a range of sounding techniques that could enhance or expand their hypnosis practise. I am really looking forward to see what they will do with it, and hope I can be their guinea pig to test the efficacy of the okyos. Not long ago, hypnosis was regarded as somewhat occult, esoteric and strange. In recent years it has become more widely accepted and it began to loose its strangeness in public opinion. The approach now seems to be more practical: it is yet another way for us – complicated, sensitive and often limited and hyperrational human beings – to understand the mysteries of life and self, and to make sense of the world around us in new, more attuned ways.

 

You can enjoy listening to one of my okyos in this video (thanks to Sky for editing).

And I will read this week’s episode of one of my favorite newsletters, which happens to be devoted to clinical hypnosis.

Book and Audio Anthology published

A few days ago, Overtone Singing – Hidden Dimensions of the Human Voice has arrived at its distribution centers in the US (NY), Europe (Haarlem) and Taiwan (Longtan). Publisher David Rothenberg produced a beautiful midway solution between paperback and hardcover book, called ‘flexibound.’

That was the signal to also let the Anthology of Overtone Singing go public. First of all on Bandcamp, where the audio is now available for streaming or purchasing. I also submitted all tracks to Apple Music, Spotify etc. etc. 25 Artists that are not featured on Apple Music and Spotify yet now will be represented there. It took me about a year of preparations and it meant not a small thing to press that ‘SUBMIT’ button to me.

 

 

 

So book and music are available now from Terra Nova Press, from me and next week also from a European address. We are still working out the best solution to offer the music and the book in one go. For the moment, the book is available through Terra Nova Press and by writing to me directly, while the Anthology is available in Bandcamp. Possibly we offer both in one package very soon.

There is a limited number of books available with a CD that is nearly identical with the streaming version from Bandcamp: just two tracks have been shortened a bit to fit onto the CD format. Details will soon be published on Bandcamp; you can also write to me if that is what you need.

The major platforms will  start selling and shipping the book in December or January.

For now, get it directly from one of us!

Book on Terra Nova Press:

https://www.terranovapress.com/books/overtonesinging

Book and/or Anthology Album on Bandcamp:

https://markvantongeren.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-overtone-singing

 

You will find more details about the book on this page.

 

Introducing: IUooUI

A new group called IUooUI is going to give its first series of full performances. Most of us know each other for many years now and share a deep passion for overtone singing, throat singing and improvising with voices and instruments, as well as work on the body-mind relationship. We decided to take it a step further and create surprising performances based on all those amazing sessions we had during workshops throughout the years. We all have dreams and desires to bring the music in our heads alive, for others to hear. This is a challenge. We leave the intimate comfort zone of a workshop space. We are ready to confront an audience of curious listeners in unusual settings, and to envelop them with our resonances, overtones, mantras, syllables, shrieks, assisted by drums, Jew’s Harps, shruti boxes and more.

 

 

 

The name UIooUI stands for the mantra-and sutra-like phrases that we often use, inspired by the okyo of Michael Vetter (1943-2013). Michael transformed these traditional Japanese sutras to expand his own musical language, and this has become part of my own language now. IuooUI also stands for:

 

Of course, the syllables i-u-o-o-u-i  make a small overtone piece in themselves.

The name was proposed by our in-house poet, Amang, whose Chinese name is Yü, which is the last part of IUooUI when it is pronounced as a three-character Mandarin syllabe, yiwoyu.

Our in-house designer JiJi Liu created the logo for us.

 

The name TWEAKS refers to the process of tweaking, adjusting, making things better by smaller or sometimes bigger changes. It is my hope that next week we can really tweak all the musical elements so that they keep on growing, changing and move towards a more refined shape. This week, at least, some of us were still busy tweaking, like JiJi and Sky, who came up with this after the dress rehearsal:

 

 

It has been inspiring to see how busy all members got in recent months to prepare for this first complete performance. They have been working diligently on their sounds and pieces, of which more than half is composed by themselves in smaller units. They took care of sound and light, finding equipment and personnel to handle it, costumes …

 

Earlier this year we have done some smaller performance, to warm up, and as teasers for our bigger program.

 

DATES and TIMES

Sunday August 21 – 19:30

Wednesday August 24 – 19:30

Friday August 26 – 15:00 and 19:30

Sunday August 28 – 19:30

The performances will be held at VENUE, on its 5F space, No. 10, Lane 107, Linsen North Road. This is a bustling area and if you have the time, you can have diner before at a nice Japanese restaurant, Umeko, right next door to VENUE  (no. 8)!

Limited 20% discounted tickets available, please write to: iuooui.taiwan@gmail.com
to secure your seat. Tickets: https://www.opentix.life/event/1536284030369976325

Our Facebook and IG:

www.facebook.com/iuooui.taiwan

https://www.instagram.com/_iuooui/

 

 

IUooUI : 全新泛音詠唱團體的誕生
8月底,我們有些很令人興奮的活動即將發生。首先,我們的全新泛音詠唱團體IUooUI即將正式演出。我們的團員彼此認識很多年了,也都非常熱愛泛唱、喉唱、人聲與樂器的即興。我們決定要向前邁進一步,然後把我們每次一起唱歌所發展出的創作變成一個演出。我們都懷抱著,想要讓別人聽到我們心裡所聽見的聲音的夢想。這是一個挑戰。離開了工作坊的舒適圈,我們現在已經準備好面對一群觀眾,希望能夠用我們的共鳴、泛音、梵咒、音節、發聲,伴隨著鼓聲、口簧琴、印度風琴等等。我們很希望能夠在2022臺北藝穗節《泛⾳九釀》的五場演出中與你相見。
8月【漪渦⿂】 就要正式公演了~
我們即將參與 2022臺北藝穗節,一共演出5場~
1:【8/21 19:30】 (日) 晚
2:【8/24 19:30】 (三) 晚
3:【8/26 15:00】 (五) 午
4:【8/26 19:30】 (五) 晚
5:【8/28 19:30】 (日) 晚

演出資訊: https://www.opentix.life/event/1536284030369976325

還有少量8折票,請私訊臉出粉絲頁,幫你於前台留票:

 

Founding the Taiwan Overtone Singing Association

On 12/12/2021 we started the founding of the TOSA, or Taiwan Overtone Singing Association. It was an old dream of mine to have a more solid vehicle for my work and that of others in the field of overtone singing. But lacking reading and writing skills in Chinese I was unable to give that wish a concrete form. But then my close collaborators Sunny Chen and Jackal Mei began to question me about this and make suggestions about how to let this community grow and organise some bigger events. By now there are quite some people who have studied overtone singing with me or with other local practitioners, or with foreign teachers (often from Inner Mongolia or Tuva). There are several skilled performers and others who are improving their skills rapidly. I tend to be a bit of a loner in my work in overtone singing, but I think the time has come to really help others flower if they wish to become good overtone singers. And to show more people the beauty of this technique in all its forms, whether artistic or therapeutic, traditional or modern.

 

TOSA members performing on January 1 at Mei Garden Restaurant, Taipei

 

In the end it was Sunny Chen who has done endless amounts of paperwork to have the first small meeting of founders last December. My heartfelt thanks to her and all those who signed up as founders. The next step is to go public, and this will happen right after Chinese New Year, on February 19. On that day our chairman Sky Tseng will tell more about bigger and smaller events we are going to host every year; about a practising group to brush up your overtone singing and chanting; about concerts we will jointly attend or important books and pieces or CDs we will discuss. Professor Chung Minder, or taimu as he is known to many, will look back to twenty years of overtone singing in Taiwan, and perhaps look forward too. My old friends, and long-time overtone singing lovers (and love-couple in the first place) Wei-Lin and Qi-Chung will do a presentation, and so do I: this serves as the upbeat to a full concert we are preparing for later this year.

To make all of this happen, we need to reach a minimum of 45 members by January 28 (and not by February 19, as we thought before). We hope you will consider to sign up this month and give our association a flying start. A little extra support at this point is much needed since only a small inner circle of people knows about this initiative. Once we get started in February we can reach out to more people.

 

TOSA founding meeting no. 1, 12/12/2021

 

2021 年 12 月 12 日,我們著手成立 TOSA,即「台灣泛音詠唱協會」(Taiwan Overtone Singing Association)。協會將在 2 月 19 日舉辦一場盛大活動,在一個美麗的新空間舉辦音樂會和講座,作為協會對外公開的開端。我想在此邀請你一同加入,成為協會成員。我長久以來都夢想能在泛唱領域為自己和其他藝術家創建更實際的平台。但由於中文讀寫能力有限,我遲遲無法實現這個願望。直到我身邊的合作夥伴 Sunny Chen 和 Jackal Mei 開始詢問我相關的想法,並提出發展組織及舉辦大型活動的建議,我的心願才開始逐步實踐。目前為止已經有不少人學習泛唱,可能是跟我學習,也可能是跟台灣或國外的老師學習(通常來自內蒙古或圖瓦)。近年來,有好幾位技術純熟的表演者和泛音愛好者,他們的技巧與日俱進。我在泛唱方面的工作往往是獨立進行,但我認為是時候幫助更多有志專精泛音詠唱的人發光發熱了!同時我也想與更多人分享泛唱各種形式的美,涵蓋藝術、療癒、傳統、現代等各個層面。

 

更多關於 2 月活動和 TOSA 計劃的訊息都可以在這裡找到。請註冊並成為會員!根據規定,我們需要在 2 月 19 日之前招募足夠的會員,所以如果可以,請現在(或在 1 月底前)點選連結,協助我們推動計劃。非常感謝你!

最後是 Sunny 做了大量文書工作,在去年 12 月召開了第一次小型的發起人會議。我衷心感謝 Sunny 和所有登記的發起人。協會的下一步是對外公開,時間將是農曆年後的 2 月 19 日。那一天,理事長 Sky Tseng 將詳細介紹協會大小年度活動、一起精進泛唱技巧的練唱小組、成員共同參與的音樂會、還有我們列入討論項目的重要書籍、作品和專輯。鍾明德教授(也就是大家熟知的大木老師)則會回顧台灣 20 年的泛音詠唱史。另外一個重頭戲是泛唱圈的佳偶啟仲和維琳的泛音雙重唱,他們是我的老朋友,也是資深的泛音愛好者。我自己也會有一段泛音獨唱,這兩段演出將為今年籌備中的正式音樂會開啟序幕。

 

為了實現這一切,我們需要在 1 月底前招募至少 45 名會員(不是之前以為的 2 月 19 日)。所以我們希望大家能在這個月註冊,讓協會能有一個好的開始。這方面我們非常需要一些額外的支持,因為目前只有少部分人知道這個計畫。一旦在 2 月正式對外公開,我們就能觸及更多人了。

 

【台灣泛音詠唱協會 成立大會】將於農曆年後,在台北舉辦!

時間: 2022年2月19日,14:00-16:00

地點: 好好說話工作坊,

         台北市中山區明水路575號B1

https://goo.gl/maps/tjjuF6zGF9vqGYmV8

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精彩分享包括:

1. 鍾明德教授分享〈泛音在台灣的歷史〉 

     (鍾明德教授為《OM:泛音詠唱作為藝乘》作者)

2. Mark van Tongeren, 泛音獨唱 

3. 天使之音:啟仲&維琳 ,泛音雙重唱
 
 
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First Voice Yoga Retreat (full report)

At the end of 2019, in fact around the Winter Solstice on December 21, we did the first Voice Yoga Retreat here in Taiwan. A wonderful recollection of the best stuff I have done during my 7 seven years of weekly Voice Yoga classes. It was beyond expectation: fantastic weather, great location, wonderful students, and a great three-person-strong core team (Sunny Chen, Jackal Mei, me) to take care of everything.

 

 

Most of all, we all experienced a nice flow between yogic and other exercises, sound and body improvisations, eating cakes and drinking Jackal’s homebrewn coffee, meditating, listening, chanting, learning about my methods and ‘vision.’ People came from all over the place and all walks of life, and most were new to Voice Yoga.

One student, Guang Guang, wrote an excellent report in Chinese about everything we did, in Chinese. I reproduce it here, with an autotranslation at the bottom of this page. Jackal Mei made some great photos, and there’s a couple of myself too. Many thanks to Guang Guang and Jackal for the words and images, and to Sunny !

We’ll do another Voice Yoga Retreat later this year on the beautiful, relaxed East Coast of Taiwan, where the pace is slow, weather seems to be nearly always good, birds sing loudly and the ocean is never far away. Get on the maillinglist for updates.

 

 

/聲音瑜伽

因為身旁總是很多優秀的朋友,然後串成一條路徑,一開始是葉子跟我分享聲音,讓我在心裡種下了種子…
於是最近去體驗了一場聲音瑜伽,
授課的老師是教授泛音的馬克
我很喜歡他無私有愛的分享
且關照及感受著每一個我們
當第一堂課說
在這所發出的聲音都是當下要發生的
沒有好壞對錯,每個音都是對的…
讓沒有音感的我感到自在安心
第一個晚上
馬克很自然的就將大家的聲音一起融合在空間裡,讓彼此陌生的夥伴,很快的流動起來,只是短短的兩小時,我全身的細胞都在跳舞

/呼吸練習
在這個練習裡有很多要去感覺的東西,
我也在這個練習去練習感覺
呼吸的快慢,流向哪裡,擴張或收縮…
從沒思考這麼自然發生的事,
但最近這兩次的課程都在提醒著這件事,也就是當下

 

/母音三角形
很喜歡玩母音三角形
但在這裡面會發現自己的氣很短,
也會想配合其他人
在完美與協調之間理出自己的節奏
呼~吸~
烏~啊~一

/聲音的海洋
隨著模仿到自然而然的發聲,
讓自己的聲音丟進海洋裡
腦海會一直出現森林,池塘,水窪,沼澤,穹蒼,萬物,大地之聲
喜歡靜容分享的,她感覺身體自己發亮的地方想出聲,於是就讓那個聲音自己出來…
好有覺察的身體,我還在練習的路上

 

/深度聆聽
在戶外一起發聲,
聆聽空間裡擁有的音,跟隨
聆聽沒有的音,創造
在一來一往之間
做成了一首當代音樂
很喜歡這樣融合的旋律

/驚喜
圍一個圈,跟著馬克發出幾個音,
高高低低,閉上眼睛
幾個音沒有規則的發聲練習
然後由慢漸快,
馬克將桑尼推進圈內
在人圈中閉上眼享受旋律
馬克這時唱的越來越快
越來越具體
開始發現事有蹊蹺
打開眼睛望向馬克
他對我笑著示意
宛珍也早領略到了
沒錯,真的是我想的那樣
學員一個接一個笑開
桑尼終於意識到這一趴的別出心裁
流著淚接受大家獻唱
這一刻好感動
好美~好美~

 

/冬至熄燈
圍著蠟燭一起度過寧靜的夜,閉上眼四週充滿星星的感覺,那些包圍我們的自然之聲,好像墜落在草叢中發亮的星體,發亮的全是萬物的聲音

/薩滿儀式
同學藍師那一夜為大家進行薩滿旅程
第一次體驗儀式,薩滿鼓震出我全身電流,在守護靈的守護之下去感覺這個過程,叢林,速度,黑暗的旋轉,之後竄出來的蛇,最後讓自己慢慢抽離,見到一頭鹿而停止
宛珍被薩滿鼓招喚,以奔跑來流動
阿駱也隨之起舞,整個場域或坐或動
各有各的世界,奇幻世界~

 

/母音九宮格
深度覺察自己的聲音所在
共振的身體裡,聲音去到了哪裡?
馬克說
身體跟聲音會有共振的地方
但
意念也可以讓聲音去你想要他要去的地方
最後每個人的聲音震動,
都有不同的發現
這讓我覺得聲音太好玩了
每個人的身體感受都如此獨特

/呼吸節奏
呼吸長短的差異,
也能是一首悠揚的曲子
這個章節我也很享受
每個樂器的總和
就是一篇生命的樂章

/泛音獨唱
某個下午,馬克為大家唱歌
坐著,躺著自由
本來是陰天的午後
在一段泛音的旋律不斷繚繞時
我聽見的都是天使的聲音
此時
窗外金色陽光透進粉色的窗簾裡
天使光溫柔的灑在馬克身上發亮
那一個畫面我來不及拍照
但映在我腦海
我全身細胞都在舞蹈

/八部合音
每個人的聲音都好獨特好聽
曙芳的聲音裡有老靈魂的歌唱
想起她的守護靈老奶奶還有愛
輪到發踢卡時
是花神在唱歌吧!!!
清晰亮麗好感動
輪到我的時候,腦袋原本想運作
後來告訴自己算了
讓聲音是什麼就是什麼
雖然知道我聲音都沒到要去的地方
我的聲音之神都在幫我找音階
去了好幾個半音
後來才去到該去的地方
我也是可以說
那是我精準的控制我的半音啦(撥瀏海~

 

經過三天的玩耍
很鬆很慢也很奇妙的身體各種痠
沒意料只是出聲音而已
身體就有各種拉扯
但記得馨勻說的很好
(可我忘記她具體說什麼了XD)
但她說完我就一陣恍然
拉拉也分享了馬克在機械噪音裡
找出它規律的節奏
讓噪音不只是噪音

 

三天收穫很多,
也許我是還在餘震之中再慢慢感受
唯一最明白自己的部份
大概就是我還沒那麼放鬆自己吧
畢竟聲音對我來說太陌生
但經過這些過程
更能丟掉小時候對聲音的既定印象
聲音的顏色如此寬廣無限
告訴自己,就是玩,去玩吧!

聲音瑜伽,是瑜伽也是即興
祂不止是聲音,
是能讓心、靈與身體的合一

謝謝Yu Chih Lin帶我池上玩
謝謝Xiaoying Ye聲音的連結
謝謝Jackal Mei意志的邀約XD
謝謝Mark Van Tongeren
帶領著經驗自己的不可思議
讓我在這場聲音之旅中如此盡興…

#課後筆記
#聲音瑜伽
#樂吉昇天
#已被圈粉
#很好玩還要再玩

 

Autotranslation of the Chinese text.

 

/ sound yoga

Because there are always many good friends around me, then put into a path. at the beginning, the leaves share the voice with me, and let me plant seeds in my heart…
So recently, I went to experience a sound yoga,
The teacher who taught is the mark of the pan-Yin.
I love his selfless and loving sharing
And take care and feel every one of us
When the first class said
The voices made here are all about the moment.
There is no bad right or wrong, every voice is right…
Let me feel free to feel at ease
First night
Mark is very natural to mix everyone’s voices together in space, let each other’s strange partner, quickly flowing, just two hours, my whole body is dancing.

/ breathing practice
A lot of things to feel in this practice,
I am also practicing to practice the feeling
Where to breathe, where to go, expand or shrink…
Never thought about what happened so naturally,
But these two recent courses are reminding this thing, that is the moment.

/ vowel triangle
Love to play with the vowel triangle
But I will find myself very short in this,
Will also want to work with other people
Make your own rhythm between perfection and coordination
Oh ~ suck ~
Oh ~ Ah ~ one

/ the ocean of sound
With the imitation of a natural voice,
Let your voice be thrown into the ocean
The Forest, the pond, the water, the swamp, the swamp, the sky, everything, the sound of the earth.
Who likes to share quietly, she feels like she’s shiny, so let the voice come out on her own…
So conscious body, I’m still on my way to practice

/ deep listening
Voice together in the outdoors,
Listen to the sound of the space and follow
Listen to the sound of not, create
In the way.
Made a contemporary music
I love this fusion melody.

/ surprise
Surround a circle and make a few voices with Mark,
Close your eyes and close your eyes
A few sounds without rules
Then slowly,
Mark puts the nissan into the circle
Close your eyes in the circle and enjoy the melody
Mark is singing faster and faster
Getting more and more specific
Starting to find something wrong
Open your eyes and look at mark
He smiled at me
She has already learned it early.
Yes, it’s really what I thought
The students laugh at one after one.
Mulberry finally realized the chú le of this party
I am in tears to accept everyone’s singing
This moment is so touching
So beautiful ~ so beautiful ~

/ Winter Solstice Lights out
Surround the candles with a peaceful night, close your eyes with the feeling of stars, the sound of nature that surround us, like the stars that have fallen in the grass, the sound of everything.

/ sana ceremony
Classmate Blues on the night for you all the night
First experience ceremony, the sana drum burst out my whole body current, under the protection of the guardian spirit, I felt the process, the jungle, the speed, the dark spin, then the snake that came out, finally let myself slowly pull away, see one Deer stop
Lithuania was called by the drum of the drum to run
It also dance, the whole field, sitting or moving.
Every world, fantasy world ~

/ vowel
I am deeply aware of my voice.
Where did the sound go in the resonance body?
Mark said
Where the body and the sound will be resonance
But but
Ideas can also let the voice go where you want him to go
At the end everyone’s voice shakes,
All have different discoveries
This makes me think the voice is so funny
Everyone’s body feels so unique

/ breathing rhythm
The difference in the length of breathing,
Can also be a beautiful song
I’m enjoying this chapter too
The sum of each instrument
It’s a movement of life.

/ Pan-voice solo
One afternoon mark singing for everyone
Sitting and lying free
It was a cloudy afternoon.
While a pan-Tone Melody keeps on the these
All I hear is the voice of an angel
Right now
The Golden sunshine outside the window goes through the pink curtains
Angel Light gentle on mark
I didn’t have time to take pictures of that one
But in my mind
My whole body is dancing

/ eight sound
Everyone’s voice is so unique and nice
There is the singing of the old soul in the voice of the old soul
Thinking of her guardian spirit grandma and love
It’s my turn to kick the card.
Is the flower God singing!!!
Clear and beautiful, so touching
When it was my turn, my head wanted to work
Later I told myself to forget it
What makes the voice is what is
Even though I know my voice is not even where I’m going
My Voice God is helping me find the level
Went for a couple of semitone
I just went to the place where I should go.
I can say too
That’s my precision in control of my semitone (allocated ~

After three days of playing
Very Loose, slow and amazing body all kinds of sour
I didn’t expect it. It was just a voice.
The body has all kinds of pull
But remember that Xin Xin said very well
(but I forgot what she said XD)
But after she said, I just had a moment.
Lala also shared mark in mechanical noise
Find out the rhythm of its regular rhythm
Make noise not just noise

Harvest a lot in three days,
Maybe I’m still in the aftershocks and feel slowly
The only part that knows what I know most
Probably I’m not that relaxing myself yet
The voice is too strange to me after all
But after these process
It’s better to lose the established impression of the voice in my childhood
The Color of the voice is so wide and infinite
Tell yourself, it’s just to play, go play!

Sound Yoga is yoga and impromptu
He is more than a voice,
Is the one that makes the heart, spirit and body

Thank you Yu Chih Lin for taking me on the pool
Thank you Xiaoying Ye for the link
Thank you Jackal Mei for the invitation XD
Thanks Mark Van Tongeren
Leading the experience of my experience
Had me so much fun on this sound tour…