Teachings

«I train musical capabilities, but also the generic listening capacity, creativity and improvisation»
Aana

Aana an einem öffentlichen Workshop

Aana in her musicatelier in 8053 Zürich

Aana’s teaching settings are:

  • Private lessons and group workshops
  • online and Face 2 Face teaching
  • Workshops in Yogastudios and other soundaffine places
Aana teaching an A-level class over the Schule & Kultur program of the state of Zürich

Her teachings comprehend a training of:

  • Meditation: awareness, concentration
  • Improvisation by mind and by intuition
  • microtonal listening capacity
  • Breathing awareness and techniques (Pranayam Yoga)
  • Skills to analyze and listen to music
  • Feeling for right frequency, resonance and harmonies
  • Feeling for speed and rhythm
  • Rhythm cycles with 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16 beats
  • Find your own pitch and voice
  • Flowing open stable voice
  • Kriyas: voice techniques like Meend, Gamak
  • Knowledge about Northindian musical systems and it’s rules
  • intonated Mantras, Sutras and other wisdom source texts

Naad Yoga is the meeting of the of the inner and the outer world – over the tool of sound. Dhrupad Music is the outer part of Naad Yoga, the musical expression. Naad Yoag in a straight sense is the listening of the unstruck sound. Mantra Chanting is the repeated utterance of energetically loaded syllables and keywords. Dhrupad derives from the Mantra «Om Ananta Hari Narayan» and uses socalled Nomtom Syllables without meaning. So Naad Yoga, Dhrupad Music and Mantra Chanting are interrelated. Just the focus is slightly different.

Another conceptual illustration by Aana to foster understanding:

Please make your teachingrequest on Email dhrupad.naad@gmail.com thanks, mentioning your musical background etc.