Play Release Enchant in Greece

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In the heart of the Aegean Sea, where turquoise waters meet sunlit hills, we gather for a transformative and memorable week of voice, movement, and joyful release on the hidden haven of Kea, Greece!

AIs Marmarei is a group of elegant villas with sea views and pools. Kea is located one hour by ferry from Athens/Lavrio. A dreamed, serene, and welcoming space to reset.Imagine yourself in a place of quiet beauty, where the heart expands, the voice is free, and meaningful connection arises through collective creativity.

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Guided by Silvia Nakkach and Katie Down, this retreat opens an enchanting field of Play, Sound, and Deep Listening. Through music, movement, improvisation, and healing voice practices, you are invited to restore, reawaken, and reconnect with your natural rhythm.

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Drawing on decades of pioneering work in music therapy, sound healing, improvisation, and contemplative listening, Silvia and Katie open a space where the voice becomes medicine, and the body remembers its own wisdom.

Together, we sing, move consciously, and rejoice in spontaneous creation, awakening the deep intelligence of sound and music that unites us beyond words.Each day unfolds as an invitation to breathe, release, and reimagine yourself through 7 portals of transformational practice:

Release • Relaxation • Awakening • Embodiment • Engagement • Expansion • Enchanting Silence

The week flows between group resonance sessions, Mediterranean meals, ocean swims, and the gentle rhythm of island life.At a time when the world calls for renewal and peaceful connection, this retreat offers a playful sanctuary: a place to restore, reflect, and rejoice through the healing power of music and creative listening. All voices are welcome. No experience in singing or improvisation is needed, only curiosity and the willingness to let your voice and intuition lead you home.

What you will experience

During the retreat, we will:

Activate the voice through ancient chant, medicine melodies, icaros, and Indian ragas

Explore embodied improvisation with extended vocal techniques and vocal play

Learn the language of Sound PaintingTM and embodied improvisational approaches

Engage in contemplative listening practices that deepen our sound presence

Unleash improvisational strategies that support joyful co-creation and songwriting

Here, the voice is not trained - it is remembered.

Freed from personal, social, and musical hierarchies, the voice becomes a conduit for neural coherence and creative intelligence, deepening our capacity for healing, performance, and authentic communication.

The 7 portals

With the 7 vital transformational portals, we will focus on the following:

Shedding emotional and cultural conditioning. Enjoying the spontaneous intelligence of improvisation. Embodying our voices as a spiritual practice. Collecting an original repertoire of healing chants. Reimagining our voices and inner music beyond limits.

Reawakening dormant parts of the creative self through the healing power of the voice and sonic resonance in the body.

Tentative Daily Flow

8:00 – Sound-Aakar: Tone-Centering, Mantra, Deep Listening Meditations

9:00 – Light breakfast

10:00 – Workshops

12:30 – Lunch

2:00 – Free time – optional excursions

5:00 – Workshops

7:00 – Dinner

8:30 – Evening sound healing, voice play, and spontaneous offerings

Meet your guides

Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT

is a Grammy-nominated musician, interdisciplinary artist, and internationally recognized expert in the therapeutic application of music, with a focus on integral yoga and shamanic psychotherapies. She is the founder and artistic director of the international Vox Mundi School of Sound and the Voice. She is on the Faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies in the Department of East-West Psychology. She has spent more than 40 years studying and teaching Classical North Indian Music and raga singing. Silvia has released sixteen albums and contributed to several scholarly publications, including her book Free Your Voice, translated into five languages.

www.voxmundiproject.com.

Katie Down, LCAT, MMT, MT-BC

is a licensed creative arts therapist, music psychotherapist, and multi-instrumentalist working in the disciplines of sound art, experimental music, improvisation, Deep Listening, walking arts, and sound-based healing practices. For over 20 years, she has taught internationally in voice, movement, clown, music improvisation, Sound PaintingTM, and Deep ListeningTM. She is the director of SoundWell Center where she sees individual clients and groups. Katie is a specialist in somatic psychotherapy and EMDR for trauma and has been in practice for over 18 years, board certified in Music Therapy, Deep Listening, MBSR and EMDR. She hosts workshops, concerts, retreats, healing arts offerings, and trainings offering CE credits for licensed clinicians in New York at her space, The SoundWell Barn in the Hudson Valle and internationally. Katie co-directs the Arts & Wellbeing Gathering, a collective of artists and healing arts practitioners and is a regular guest lecturer at NYU, Manhattan University, and Vassar College.

www.soundwellcenter.com

Setting

Play, Release, Enchant takes place at Als Marmarei on Kea, a Cycladic island near Attica, accessible from Lavrio and within reach of Athens airport. The venue features expansive Aegean views, a serene hillside setting, and amenities such as pools, sundecks, shaded areas for relaxation, olive groves and walking trails making it well-suited to a sacred and joyful retreat atmosphere.

Retreat Investment

Here is a link to the rooms we are offering. When you register, indicate the type of room you would like to reserve. Below are photos and price breakdowns:

Accommodation

Double Shared Room: US$ 1800 before May 30, $2,000 after May 30

Private Room: US$ 2,300 before May 30, $2,500 after May 3

PICS

Deposit to reserve your place: $800

To preserve the intimacy and depth of the retreat, spaces are limited.

We encourage early registration, as places will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Open this link to look at pictures of the accommodation options.

What’s included

Full retreat program

Daily workshops and group sessions

Sound healing, deep listening, and voice practices

Accommodation at Als Marmarei

Daily meals: Breakfast and Lunch with coffee and tea available daily

Help with transportation arrangements

Not included

Airfare to Greece

Ferry and ground transportation to and in Kea

Travel insurance

Personal treatments, private sessions

Ubers to the village town

A deposit of US$800 secures your place. The remaining balance is due by August 1st, and payment plans may be available upon request.

We offer a small number of places for this intimate week of music, deep listening, and renewal on Kea. Below you’ll find accommodation options and retreat pricing details.

Cancellation policy

If you need to cancel, please notify us in writing. Deposits are non-refundable after July 1st, and any refunds on payments made beyond this date will depend on the date of cancellation and whether your place can be filled.

How to Reserve your Place

Send us an email to chat, apply, and get more information

voxmundi@yahoo.com or katie@soundwellcenter.com

Indicate preferred type of accommodation when you

fill out the Registration Form HERE to reserve and secure payment.

Payment Options

VENMO:

Silvia: @Silvia-NakkachKnapp

Katie: @katiedown

ZELLE:

Silvia: 415-608-1535 to Silvia Monica Knapp

Katie: katie@soundwellcenter.com