Would you like to experience the premiere of this unique combination of basic singing technique and an in-depth dive into qigong? Together with qigong master Harald Øygard and vocal coach Anna Granqvist, we are traveling to the scenic Valdres region in September.

No prior experience required!

Recharge your batteries before autumn with a refreshing combination of qigong, singing, mountain air, and health-promoting food. You will return home with deeper knowledge and greater confidence in your own singing voice. You might even make some new friends.

Welcome!

For those who want to:

Develop their singing voice
Try out Qigong
Treat themselves to a week-long mountain retreat
Be served fantastic, flavorful vegetarian food that strengthens the body
Become a more confident choir singer
Gain an understanding of how the anatomy of the voice works
Gain control over the nervous system
Have fun

These five days offer a unique opportunity to explore both singing technique and qigong together with vocal coach Anna Granqvist and qigong master Harald Øygard. Throughout the course, you will get to know your voice better and have access to a vocal coach for questions.

Learning singing technique in a group also opens up for exploring harmonies and polyphony, so this will be a playful mix of theory, canons, rhythmic games, and choir singing. We have selected both goosebump-inducing and festive songs to try, so there is much to look forward to.

You will also work with focused listening and learn some tricks for singing in perfect tune with others. This is especially valuable for those who sing (or want to start singing) in a choir. Whether you’re a “crow” or a “nightingale,” this course is suitable for both beginners and those who want to refresh their basic technique.

Course Content – Singing Workshop

Theoretical introduction to the anatomy of the singing voice
What is support, and how do you activate it?
Breathing meditations to release old blockages and free the voice
Intonation exercises to better harmonize with others
Active listening
Learning some simple polyphonic songs you will love

The course includes a fully illustrated compendium summarizing the theory and main exercises.

Qigong

Harald Øygard will focus on qigong exercises directly connected to breathing, voice, and posture. You will, among other things, try Drage Daoyin, Buqi stance, resonant mantras, and breathing meditations.

Who is the course for?

This is a beginner’s course open to all women, requiring no prior experience.

Maybe you’re a choir singer who wants to become the “reliable” one in your section?

Maybe you’ve sung before but want to brush up on the basics?

Or maybe you just want to invest in yourself for a week and learn something new?

Why only women?

Because anatomy differs, we also have slightly different needs when working with singing technique (especially when singing higher notes). Here, we will uncompromisingly dive into the challenges and possibilities of the female voice and explore music written for women’s choirs.

Course Leaders

We are delighted to have Qigong master Harald Øygard on the team for three of the days, who, together with Anna Granqvist, will explore the potential that lies within the voice. Qigong helps us release energy, work through tensions in the body, and connect deeply with the breath. This is essential for empowering the singing voice. Singing is a natural and powerful component of Qigong, and we are excited to try out a course with this inspiring combination for the very first time.

Harald Øygard – Qigong

Harald Øygard is one of Norway’s most experienced instructors in Qigong, Taiji, and Meditation, and teaches weekly at the Qigong Center in Oslo. He has studied both in Norway and abroad and has been teaching since the late 1990s. Today, well over 100 students follow Harald through weekly classes and weekend courses.

Harald has studied Qigong, Taiji, and Meditation since 1995, and has been actively teaching since 2000. He holds a teaching degree and is a very experienced and popular instructor-his courses are always fully booked, often through recommendations from previous participants.

Harald is a driving force for the development of Qigong and Taiji in the Nordic countries and is the leader of the Nordic Buqi Organisation, which regularly hosts weekend courses with international instructors.
🔗 Read more about Harald Øygard and Qigongsenteret here

Anna Granqvist – Song

Anna Granqvist is a trained vocal coach from the Norwegian Academy of Music (cand.mag) and has also studied at Operastudio 67 in Stockholm. She has sung in choirs since the age of 9, when she started at Adolf Fredrik’s Music Classes in Stockholm, and began taking singing lessons at age 12. In addition to teaching individual students both privately and at music schools, she has 19 years of experience as a choir conductor.

Since 2014, she has worked as the editor for Korbladet, the membership magazine of the Norwegian Choir Association, which reaches 26,500 singers and conductors in Norway.

Anna is also an illustrator, using her playful style to simplify complex theories and make knowledge more accessible. Among other things, she has developed the digital music learning tool & together with Liv Astrid Hall for the Norwegian Choir Association.

Program Overview

(subject to change)

Monday

13:00–14:00 Lunch
Check-in from 15:00
14:30–17:00 Welcome and overview, first singing session
17:00–18:00 Free time
18:00–19:00 Dinner
19:30–21:00 Evening session: breathing for vocal power, group singing, evening meditation

Tuesday

08:00–08:45 Group meditation with breath and movement
09:00–10:00 Breakfast
10:00–12:00 Singing technique: releasing tension in jaw and tongue
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Free time/Nature experiences
15:30–17:30 Intro to Qigong
18:00–19:00 Dinner
20:00–21:00 Group singing and evening meditation

Wednesday

08:00–08:45 Group meditation
09:00–10:00 Breakfast
10:00–12:00 Qigong
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Free time/Nature experiences
15:30–17:30 Qigong continued
18:00–19:00 Dinner
20:00–21:00 Deep listening and singing session

Thursday

08:00–08:45 Group meditation
09:00–10:00 Breakfast
10:00–12:30 Qigong
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Free time/Nature experiences
15:30–17:30 Singing technique: smooth register transitions, intonation training
18:00–19:00 Dinner
20:00–21:00 Group singing and evening meditation

Friday

08:00–08:45 Group meditation (optional)
09:00–10:00 Breakfast
10:00–12:30 Vocal power and closing group singing
13:00–14:00 Lunch and check-out

Practical Information

Wear soft, comfortable clothes for free movement; no tight pants.
We don’t use shoes during singing classes, but light indoor shoes with smooth soles are fine for qigong.
Accommodation at Nøsen can be booked from Sunday if you wish.
For course content questions, contact anna@granqvist.no
For questions to Nøsen, contact post@nosenyoga.no

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