Workshops & Classes
In April, Performance Frequency is organising the following workshop, by Satyabhama Margalo Ashley Farrand:
The Abode of Bliss
Myths and Stories of Ganesha (Part2)
This workshop is a rare opportunity to study MANTRA CHANTING, TEACHING AND MEDITATION with an international master, to
promote greater understanding of yourself and situations in which
you find yourself. Following the myths and teachings of Ganesha,
this workshop will teach Ganesha mantras that even experienced
practitioners have never seen before. These mantras can be used
to invoke Ganesha’s help in every aspect of life.
For people who have heard mythical stories from India, Ganesha is the pot-bellied son of Shiva and Parvati. He can take on epic proportions, becoming the entire universe contained in a single form. In our human body, he is said to sit at the base of the spine, where every energy channel in the subtle body is connected to his location there.
Ganesha's abode in us lies at the base of our spine. It is seen with the heart, not the mind. It is a realm of power, wisdom and sweetness. Everything there is red, scarlet, crimson or rose colored. To enter Ganesha's abode, we must temporarily rid ourselves of negative qualities that cloud the heart: qualities like greed, anger, jealousy and other negative emotions and attitudes. This workshop takes us on a journey through mantra to eliminate these tendencies enough to enter Ganesha’s realm.
Puja: Sacred ceremony to Ganesha
• Experience a transformative sacred ceremony, performed by a Vedic Priest
• Have the opportunity to join in with Puja chanting (not normally offered in traditional ceremonies)
• Discover chanting to Ganesha as the performer of magical deeds
• Participate in honouring Ganesha as the bestower of magical abilities
Clearing the Heart
• Learn how to overcome jealousy, anger, infatuation and attachment
• Find out how to stop someone trying to do harm to
you
• Discover how to remove energy blockages
• Understand how to fix some situation that is not
working properly
• Find out how to control your ego
5 Reasons to be part of this master class:
1. You want to learn extraordinarily potent mantras
and to develop personal powers that you can
draw on in your daily life
2. You want to tune into guidance from higher levels of awareness
3. You are interested in bringing healing to a group,
including how to protect children
4. You would like to experience guided meditations connected to Ganesha
5. You want to understand how the use of sound can bring success to all that you do
Performance Frequency is organising this workshop on behalf of Satyabhama, Margalo-Ashley Farrand.
About Satyabhama:
Margalo Ashley-Farrand was given the name Satyabhama by Sadguru Sant Keshavadas. In 1981, she completed his arduous Narvarna Sadhana and Shiva Sadhana. She follows the teachings of Guru Rama Mata, Sadguru Sant Keshavadas' widow, to whom he passed the lineage in 1997.Satyabhama has a Law degree and ran a private law practice until 2009. She is committed to making the world a better place in which Divine Law becomes the law of life.
A Vedic priest in her own right, Satyabhama worked with her husband Namadeva Acharya (international authority on Sanskrit mantra, Thomas Ashley-Farrand,
www.sanskritmantra.com), in performing and teaching ancient mantra techniques and spiritual practices. Together they managed Saraswati Publications and founded Sanatana Dharma Satsang. On his passing in 2010, Namadeva transferred the lineage for his teaching to his wife Satyabhama, who continues to teach his work in the world. The Abode of Bliss is one of Namadeva Acharya’s new workshops.
It is not necessary to have attended part 1 (Myths and Mantras of Ganesha), to attend this workshop. It is also possible to attend just the puja on its own, without attending the workshop, if desired: a separate fee is charged for this. To book onto this workshop. please contact us
Our current workshops are:
•Flexing the Voice Muscle
•Sounding Through the Winter Blues
•Sound Detox
•Sound Approach to Weight Loss
•Sound Approach to Pet Loss
Our current class is
•Sound Tools
Sound Tools
This is a 6 week course, to introduce the range of how sound can be used in a very practical way, for the daily challenges we face. A different topic is covered in each of the 6 weeks:
Week 1 – Switching Off: Relaxing the Mind and Body
Week 2 – Core Focus: The Laughter of the Belly
Week 3 – Getting to the Heart of It
Week 4 – Sounding through Anger and Fear
Week 5 – Nourishing the Body
Week 6 – Switching On: Energising the Mind and Body
Each class lasts for 2 hours, each week.
This is suitable for you if:
•You have a curiosity about sound and want to find out how it can become a very practical tool to use
•You are interested in learning mantras which will have a direct effect on your body
•You would like to become incredibly efficient and resourceful at managing the energy of your mind, your emotions and your body.
Flexing the Voice Muscle
This workshop introduces the basic practices and awareness of working with sound and your voice. There are 3 major components: Getting Started from a Sound Basis, The Art of Listening and Vocal Power.
This is suitable for you if:
•You want a stronger relationship with your voice that you can use at work or at home
•You want more vocal power to draw on in challenging situations or environments
•You want to know the best vocal practices to give you immediate results for singing, sounding and speaking
Take a look at the TESTIMONIALS to see what participants have to say.
Sounding Through the Winter Blues
This workshop is for people who struggle with the darker times of the year and would like to know how sound can help. Such times may be seasonal, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder, or may be present at any time of the year, due to emotional and internal weather. There are 3 major components: How Low Can You Go, From Sound to Light and Bringing Out the Sun.
This is suitable for you if:
•You want a stronger relationship with your cheerful and happy emotions to draw on in daily life
•You want to feel more alert and improve your levels of concentration
•You want to express your emotions through your voice but dont know where to start
Take a look at the TESTIMONIALS to see what participants have to say.
Sound Detox
This workshop is for people who want to detox and are looking for a new approach to it, using sound. There are 3 major components: Clearing the Mind, Supporting the Liver and Nourishing the Kidneys.
This is suitable for you if:
•You want to cleanse yourself from a toxic lifestyle
•You notice your body is not operating as well as it could and you would like it to get more efficient
•Your mind feels very foggy, like there is just too much going on all the time
The Sound Approach to Weight Loss
This workshop is for people who want to lose weight and are looking for a new approach to it, using sound. There are 3 major components: Sounding the Great Hunger, Weight Loss: The Law and Coming Home.
This is suitable for you if:
•You want to find comfort without the calories
•You have a strong hunger and you want to use your mouth to express it
•You want to learn sound tools to bring yourself into balance and to keep you in shape
A Sound Approach to Pet Loss
This workshop is for people who have lost pets and would like to use sound as an approach to helping their grief. The loss may be recent or from many years ago. There are 3 major components: Relaxing the Mind, Emptying the Lungs and Filling the Heart.
This is suitable for you if:
•You have found it difficult to express your grief about the loss of your animal companion
•You are longing for comfort for your heart since your pet’s death and you are interested in sound as a way to achieve this
•You feel weighed down by your pet’s death and you would like to feel lighter and more relaxed inside
Please contact us on info@performancefrequency.com, for bookings and further information about any of our courses.
The Abode of Bliss
Myths and Stories of Ganesha (Part2)
This workshop is a rare opportunity to study MANTRA CHANTING, TEACHING AND MEDITATION with an international master, to
promote greater understanding of yourself and situations in which
you find yourself. Following the myths and teachings of Ganesha,
this workshop will teach Ganesha mantras that even experienced
practitioners have never seen before. These mantras can be used
to invoke Ganesha’s help in every aspect of life.
For people who have heard mythical stories from India, Ganesha is the pot-bellied son of Shiva and Parvati. He can take on epic proportions, becoming the entire universe contained in a single form. In our human body, he is said to sit at the base of the spine, where every energy channel in the subtle body is connected to his location there.
Ganesha's abode in us lies at the base of our spine. It is seen with the heart, not the mind. It is a realm of power, wisdom and sweetness. Everything there is red, scarlet, crimson or rose colored. To enter Ganesha's abode, we must temporarily rid ourselves of negative qualities that cloud the heart: qualities like greed, anger, jealousy and other negative emotions and attitudes. This workshop takes us on a journey through mantra to eliminate these tendencies enough to enter Ganesha’s realm.
Puja: Sacred ceremony to Ganesha
• Experience a transformative sacred ceremony, performed by a Vedic Priest
• Have the opportunity to join in with Puja chanting (not normally offered in traditional ceremonies)
• Discover chanting to Ganesha as the performer of magical deeds
• Participate in honouring Ganesha as the bestower of magical abilities
Clearing the Heart
• Learn how to overcome jealousy, anger, infatuation and attachment
• Find out how to stop someone trying to do harm to
you
• Discover how to remove energy blockages
• Understand how to fix some situation that is not
working properly
• Find out how to control your ego
5 Reasons to be part of this master class:
1. You want to learn extraordinarily potent mantras
and to develop personal powers that you can
draw on in your daily life
2. You want to tune into guidance from higher levels of awareness
3. You are interested in bringing healing to a group,
including how to protect children
4. You would like to experience guided meditations connected to Ganesha
5. You want to understand how the use of sound can bring success to all that you do
Performance Frequency is organising this workshop on behalf of Satyabhama, Margalo-Ashley Farrand.
About Satyabhama:
Margalo Ashley-Farrand was given the name Satyabhama by Sadguru Sant Keshavadas. In 1981, she completed his arduous Narvarna Sadhana and Shiva Sadhana. She follows the teachings of Guru Rama Mata, Sadguru Sant Keshavadas' widow, to whom he passed the lineage in 1997.Satyabhama has a Law degree and ran a private law practice until 2009. She is committed to making the world a better place in which Divine Law becomes the law of life.
A Vedic priest in her own right, Satyabhama worked with her husband Namadeva Acharya (international authority on Sanskrit mantra, Thomas Ashley-Farrand,
www.sanskritmantra.com), in performing and teaching ancient mantra techniques and spiritual practices. Together they managed Saraswati Publications and founded Sanatana Dharma Satsang. On his passing in 2010, Namadeva transferred the lineage for his teaching to his wife Satyabhama, who continues to teach his work in the world. The Abode of Bliss is one of Namadeva Acharya’s new workshops.
It is not necessary to have attended part 1 (Myths and Mantras of Ganesha), to attend this workshop. It is also possible to attend just the puja on its own, without attending the workshop, if desired: a separate fee is charged for this. To book onto this workshop. please contact us
Our current workshops are:
•Flexing the Voice Muscle
•Sounding Through the Winter Blues
•Sound Detox
•Sound Approach to Weight Loss
•Sound Approach to Pet Loss
Our current class is
•Sound Tools
Sound Tools
This is a 6 week course, to introduce the range of how sound can be used in a very practical way, for the daily challenges we face. A different topic is covered in each of the 6 weeks:
Week 1 – Switching Off: Relaxing the Mind and Body
Week 2 – Core Focus: The Laughter of the Belly
Week 3 – Getting to the Heart of It
Week 4 – Sounding through Anger and Fear
Week 5 – Nourishing the Body
Week 6 – Switching On: Energising the Mind and Body
Each class lasts for 2 hours, each week.
This is suitable for you if:
•You have a curiosity about sound and want to find out how it can become a very practical tool to use
•You are interested in learning mantras which will have a direct effect on your body
•You would like to become incredibly efficient and resourceful at managing the energy of your mind, your emotions and your body.
Flexing the Voice Muscle
This workshop introduces the basic practices and awareness of working with sound and your voice. There are 3 major components: Getting Started from a Sound Basis, The Art of Listening and Vocal Power.
This is suitable for you if:
•You want a stronger relationship with your voice that you can use at work or at home
•You want more vocal power to draw on in challenging situations or environments
•You want to know the best vocal practices to give you immediate results for singing, sounding and speaking
Take a look at the TESTIMONIALS to see what participants have to say.
Sounding Through the Winter Blues
This workshop is for people who struggle with the darker times of the year and would like to know how sound can help. Such times may be seasonal, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder, or may be present at any time of the year, due to emotional and internal weather. There are 3 major components: How Low Can You Go, From Sound to Light and Bringing Out the Sun.
This is suitable for you if:
•You want a stronger relationship with your cheerful and happy emotions to draw on in daily life
•You want to feel more alert and improve your levels of concentration
•You want to express your emotions through your voice but dont know where to start
Take a look at the TESTIMONIALS to see what participants have to say.
Sound Detox
This workshop is for people who want to detox and are looking for a new approach to it, using sound. There are 3 major components: Clearing the Mind, Supporting the Liver and Nourishing the Kidneys.
This is suitable for you if:
•You want to cleanse yourself from a toxic lifestyle
•You notice your body is not operating as well as it could and you would like it to get more efficient
•Your mind feels very foggy, like there is just too much going on all the time
The Sound Approach to Weight Loss
This workshop is for people who want to lose weight and are looking for a new approach to it, using sound. There are 3 major components: Sounding the Great Hunger, Weight Loss: The Law and Coming Home.
This is suitable for you if:
•You want to find comfort without the calories
•You have a strong hunger and you want to use your mouth to express it
•You want to learn sound tools to bring yourself into balance and to keep you in shape
A Sound Approach to Pet Loss
This workshop is for people who have lost pets and would like to use sound as an approach to helping their grief. The loss may be recent or from many years ago. There are 3 major components: Relaxing the Mind, Emptying the Lungs and Filling the Heart.
This is suitable for you if:
•You have found it difficult to express your grief about the loss of your animal companion
•You are longing for comfort for your heart since your pet’s death and you are interested in sound as a way to achieve this
•You feel weighed down by your pet’s death and you would like to feel lighter and more relaxed inside
Please contact us on info@performancefrequency.com, for bookings and further information about any of our courses.