Sacred Chant Retreat
You are warmly invited to a sacred chant retreat with the spiritual community at Sunrise Ranch. Learn to use your voice to deepen your spiritual communion and develop your understanding and practice of sacred chant.
Join us to share in a joyful, playful, release of spirit through chant. Share this experience with us as we widen and deepen our work. The exploration and instruction will include:
- Sacred chants from Eastern and Western traditions
- Overtone chanting
- Use of ancient modes in contemporary chant
For over fifty years, Sunrise Ranch has explored chant and song as a path to communion with the Divine. A small, active group has met regularly to chant and sing together since 2004. We explore a variety of forms of melodic and harmonic chant in a free flowing improvisational style.
In the opening the voice, there is a concurrent opening of heart and spirit that welcomes divine presence. The experience is profoundly transforming. Our group is open to visitors. Most of our work is done in the Little Chapel, a building of stone erected by the founder of the Emissaries in the early 1950s as a place of communion with the most High.
The spiritual basis for the retreat is non-denominational and requires acceptance of no particular belief or tradition, only a genuine openness to the release of spiritual current through the voice. If you wish to participate in a deeply nourishing and generative time of spiritual communion through chant, you are invited to participate. No particular expertise or experience is required—just an openness of heart and spirit.
Facilitators:
David Karchere
David is the Spiritual Director for Sunrise Ranch and Emissaries of Divine Light. He offers seminars and coaching for people who are transforming consciousness in this critical time of global transition. David is also a composer, songwriter and poet, and a speaker on the profound change occurring in the world today.
Chris Bullock
Chris has been engaged in sacred chant for most of his adult life, and he was part of the men’s chant group at Sunrise Ranch in the 1980s. Today, Chris leads the Conference and Retreat service at Sunrise Ranch with his brother Greg. Chris is also a fine artist and an attunement practitioner.
Program Fee
This seminar is offered by donation. Overnight accommodation at Sunrise Ranch is additional.
Accommodations & Food
Overnight accommodations include three wholesome meals and two snacks and are per person per 24-hour period.
| Date | Time | Location | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7 & 8 - 2010 | 7:30 p.m. Fri to 6:00 p.m. Sat | Sunrise Ranch - Loveland, CO | Register |