A Word from the Director
Welcome to the Mastery Series RETURN TO RESONANCE
Heidi Klassen, Director & Founder of The Opera Project
Based on my book in progress entitled Return to Resonance, I am introducing a mastery series that, though geared specifically to singers, can be beneficial to anyone in any walk of life. While in the process of becoming Masters of our Art and our Life, Return to Resonance is based on the premise that one will continuously find and lose resonance in life in the same way the singer finds and loses resonance in their sound. We can assess, by how we feel, that we have pushed too hard or retreated too much and lost our authentic selves. Or, in finding alignment in body, mind, and soul, have felt freedom. Together with the knowledge of masters in their fields and the willingness of all who attend we hope to gently teach each other that in singing, as in life, one needs only to return again and again to resonance without judgment and with unconditional love; remembering and sustaining the joy during the journey. By growing into self-mastery of ourselves and our work, we become truly empowered.
WHAT IS RESONANCE?
From THE NINE EYES OF LIGHT by Padma Aon Prakasha
“Deep within all of you lies…an unstoppable primal force. If you have resistance, then chaos and fear is what you
will experience. If you have no resistance, you will experience its bliss, which enlivens…all your senses and soul.
It will destroy the resistance to being free. [It] generates energy, power, and strength… [that quality that] enables you
to break through any limitations or restrictions that bind….that gives you the power to break through old patterns
that keep your energy from flowing and manifesting new visions and following your heart’s desire. Without going
to the edge of your experience and beyond, you can never become who you truly are. The new vision that births
through you from this is focused and directed yet expansive. It encompasses and embraces many possibilities, never
losing its direction in where it wishes to go. By opening up to all possibilities while remaining grounded,
centered, and in your power, you can birth your soul purpose.”