{"id":108,"date":"2012-03-16T16:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/?p=108"},"modified":"2016-05-26T10:32:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T10:32:01","slug":"voices-and-mangoes-at-the-geffrye-plus-an-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/voices-and-mangoes-at-the-geffrye-plus-an-outing\/","title":{"rendered":"The sound of mangoes at the Geffrye, plus an outing…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now over half way though my series of classes at the Geffrye<\/a> . This week I introduced some voicework – using simple sounds as a way of finding the “natural” voice as well as releasing tension in the throat and upper chest. \u00a0I often find that students are uncomfortable with this to begin with, but once again the Geffrye women amazed me with their unbounded enthusiasm and complete lack of self consciousness; at one point descending into peals of laughter when it transpired that my \u00a0“trying to be sensitive to a muslim audience” alternative to the \u00a0“om” sound \u00a0meant that we ended up chanting about mangoes (which is apparently what “aam” means in Bengali…)<\/p>\n

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Then after the class, a bite to eat at the superb Que Viet<\/a> \u00a0– where a fresh \u00a0and zingy bowl of seafood soup with noodles knocks spots off anything to be found at Wagamama and co – before heading over to Spitalfields and contemporary art gallery Raven Row<\/a>. \u00a0The gallery occupies a beautifully restored pair of Huguenot town houses and is currently hosting “the stuff that matters” – an exquisite collection of textiles\u00a0assembled by art critic and personal collector Seth Siegelaub. \u00a0From mesmerising fragments of ancient silk to a striking display of african head-dresses – the calm contemplative interior with its spellbinding contents seemed another world away from the bustle of Bishopsgate – just visible from the upper floor windows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

En route back up Brick Lane to pick up the Regent’s Canal cycle path, I came across an altogether more whacky show – a series of crocheted rooms at Tony’s gallery,<\/a> Sclater Street. \u00a0No time to stop this week but it will be on my “must do” list next week…<\/p>\n

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