{"id":29084,"date":"2025-10-14T18:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/?p=29084"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:43:15","slug":"live-trance-circle-musical-practice-every-wednesday-mandala-yoga-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/live-trance-circle-musical-practice-every-wednesday-mandala-yoga-district\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE TRANCE CIRCLE \u2013 Musical Practice | Every Wednesday | Mandala Yoga District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Live Trance Circle<\/strong> is the <strong>first weekly practice<\/strong> of the <strong>Institute for Silence<\/strong> <strong>Research<\/strong>, running <strong>uninterrupted for 22 years<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is an <strong>original practice for creative self-expression through sound and music<\/strong>, a kind of <strong>musical yoga<\/strong>, allowing anyone \u2014 <strong>no prior musical experience required<\/strong> \u2014 to participate in a <strong>co-creation circle BEYOND WORDS<\/strong>, communicating with their voice and <strong>30 instruments from around the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without a doubt, <strong>Live Trance Circle<\/strong> can help <strong>relieve stress<\/strong>, <strong>connect with your inner voice and intuition<\/strong>, and <strong>develop the ability to express yourself<\/strong> through free, improvised music \u2014 ultimately leading to <strong>Silence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is <strong>both an ancient and futuristic ritual<\/strong>, offering <strong>everyone<\/strong> the opportunity to <strong>explore and create through music<\/strong>, while also <strong>connecting with your inner self, others, and expanding your sensitivity and creativity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal of Live Trance Circle is <strong>not to produce a finished musical piece<\/strong>, but to cultivate the participants\u2019 ability to <strong>communicate beyond words, social identity, and everyday roles<\/strong>. As one of the first practices of the <strong>Institute for the Study of Silence<\/strong>, <strong>live trance music<\/strong> fosters inner Silence, which quietly <strong>heals, attunes participants to subtle levels, and opens space for authentic self-hearing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Principles and Format<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Interactive and participatory:<\/strong> There is no separation between \u201cperformers\u201d and \u201caudience\u201d \u2014 everyone is both.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Freedom to explore:<\/strong> Participants are invited to use all instruments and their voices, experimenting and discovering how different tones harmonize.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Silent rule:<\/strong> No speaking with words during the session.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beginning and ending in Silence:<\/strong> The session starts and ends with several minutes of Silence, considered by the creators as <strong>equally, if not more, important than the music itself<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Becoming a Silencenaut:<\/strong> Those who reach the <strong>final Silence<\/strong> at the end of the session are recognized as <strong>\u201cSilencenauts\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 explorers of Silence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to playing and singing, participants may <strong>dance, do yoga or contact improvisation, meditate, or even sleep<\/strong> during the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHEN:<\/strong> Every Wednesday of the month | 8:35 PM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHERE:<\/strong> Yoga District Mandala \u2013 Maria Luiza Blvd. 58, 5th floor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ENTRY:<\/strong> 20 BGN \/ EUR 10.20 (payable on site; MultiSport cards accepted)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live Trance Circle is the first weekly practice of the Institute for Silence Research, running uninterrupted for 22 years! It is an original practice for creative self-expression through sound and music, a kind of musical yoga, allowing anyone \u2014 no prior musical experience required \u2014 to participate in a co-creation circle BEYOND WORDS, communicating with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sensorytheatresofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}