3rd - 5th May 2025, Bristol

Artwork by Erin MacAirt

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The Immersion Includes

▲ Exploring Your Internal Landscape Through Sound ▲

▲ Transmuting Energy Within the Body ▲

▲ Releasing Creative Blocks ▲

▲ Unlocking the Art of Improvisation ▲

▲ Deep Listening and Responding to Our Surroundings ▲

▲ Expanding Your Palette of Sound and Expression ▲

▲ Working with the Elements ▲

▲ Sonic Ceremonies to Honour the Ancestors ▲

▲ Creating Community and Experiencing Group Mind Through Song and Dance ▲

Investment

Abundant Price: £360

General Price: £290

• There are a few spaces available for lower income, please send an email here to request.

• Paying for an abundant space will enable more people to come for the lower income price.

We will start at 11am and end at 6pm each day. Meals and accommodation are not included.

Location: Desperate Men, Epstein Buildings, Mivart Street, Bristol BS5 6JL

Meet Your Facilitator - Bethan Lloyd

I have spent many years researching voice and how it is used across the globe in ritual, ceremony and magic. I started singing and performing when I was 6 years old, in Wales, where voice is still honoured as an integral part of our culture. My interest in spirituality was always deeply interwoven with my love of music and vocal expression, I spent many hours singing up trees and rolling around in mud trying to uncover the secrets of the Universe! This interest led me to Theology and Religious studies at Cambridge University where I learned all that I could from an academic perspective, but ultimately, my real studies were experiential and embodied. 

Following university, I began to walk a lot in the moors and mountains - music seemed to seep from the land into my bones, songs and sounds began to flow through me. Even though I had sung my whole life, I had no idea how to create music. So, I embarked on a long journey to uncover my sound and learn the technicalities and craft of music making. It became deeply interwoven with my continued study of spirituality. 

I travelled the world, but was increasingly captivated by the ancient wisdoms of India and Brazil. In both lands I learnt about the void, deep listening, trance states and Animacy. I lived with indigenous tribes in Brazil and in ashrams in India, in order to deeply immerse myself in both cultures.

During this time, I was living some of the time in Berlin and experimenting with modes of music and expression that were part of the zeitgeist of the city at that time. Out of this period of my life came two solo releases, both of which are electronic and experimental.

When I returned to Wales, I spent many months in silence. A deep re-membering stirred within me, re-sensitising me to the needs and the longings of this land, that still resonates with old, almost forgotten wisdom and lore. Our early bardic lore suggests that voice was one of the central modes of entering trance and connecting with all creation. By stepping into ceremony with sound and voice, we are reconnecting with the old ways and allowing the memory to fill us with a deep knowing of land and place, language and ancestry.

In the past three years, I have settled back in Wales, nurturing roots here and allowing the land to inspire me. Somehow, I feel I’ve also come home to who I am as an artist, and perhaps, with greater maturity am able to more boldly and vulnerably allow the indigenous roots of my creativity to come to the fore. My new work feels like coming home, to myself and the land, and somehow, the songs are part of this growing ecology of belonging - to myself, and this land and to these challenging times. My songs, that I sense as gifts from this place, are offered back as offerings, as prayers and as ceremony that feel like a necessary reclaiming of some of our deep humanity in uncertain times.

Further Testimonials

"I met Bethan while on a quest to broaden and deepen my spiritual and conscious awareness, my particular focus being to explore and connect with the indigenous spiritual roots of these islands (of Britain).

I wasn't a singer when I met Bethan, at least I thought not. But through exploring the depth of inner work that can be unlocked through the voice my experience has been transformed. Bethan will take you deep, to meet those parts of yourself aching to be heard. She will do it with great wisdom, much compassion and gentle challenge.

Bethan works with deep ancestral connections, encouraging the fount of inspiration that lies within each of us. She connects us to nature's boundless energy, where transformation and growth are not only possible but inevitable. Her own tradition is that of the mountains of Cymru and the deep-rooted richness of that ancient, living Culture is a treasure laced through her work.

Maybe you'll come to Bethan with a clear idea of your own gifts and a vision to realise. Maybe you'll come hearing the call of your own yearning to meet inspiration, but have yet to see its shape. Either way, through the depth, love and safe holding of her teaching, you may like me find spiritual riches unfolding as your heart's pathway to inspiration emerges through the mists of your mind."

Philippa Mcmahon, Guide & Healer

“I am beyond grateful for the teaching Bethan has shared with me. It’s really transformed the way I think about my voice, making sound and creating art. In Bethan’s sessions I feel I’ve been able to channel the unconscious and unharness creativity from deep within myself. Her method of teaching makes you feel comfortable, allowing you to explore the full range of your voice and sound. I really value how connected Bethan’s teaching is to our ancestors, the land and nature. It has been so special learning to deep listen to nature and open myself up to the songs and magic that are out there waiting for us. This work is so important, I feel I don’t have the words to express how valuable it is. I have learnt skills I will use in every area and take with me throughout my life.”

Shireen, Visual Artist & Musician

“Working with Bethan during the production of my latest film about intuitive magic and the body was a splendor. I want to keep co-creating with her and diving deep into the explorative vocal body. Since my work has been so external I was so impressed watching and seeing Bethan facilitate a group of femmes during our choreographic process. It truly helped the performers dive deep into a sense of self and occupy the performative body. Her attention to hold the space and the room, her acute knowledge of vocal wisdom and unlocking humans was incredible. Bethan is a wonder and her ability to facilitate is unique and needs to be spread throughout more bodies to help one find a deeper sense of self.”

Lauren Pringle - Movement & Film Director

"Bethan Lloyd has a mischievous knack for getting you to do things you didn't know you could do, especially when it comes to the sounding voice. Full-throated yodels, delicate harmonies, pounding hearts, subtle vibrations, stomping giants, ethereal choirs... All are within her range. But you'd better be careful. She might transform you into a new kind of being. You may even find a freedom you never knew was possible. In the play of singing sound.”

Eric Maddern - Writer, Founder of Cae Mabon

The Unbound Voice will leave you feeling more alive and integrated with your environment, allowing you to enter into the fullest expression of your being. You will experience a sense of empowerment and a deep knowledge of your internal landscape. You will know the capacity of the voice as being more than just a tool for speaking and singing, but as a magical instrument for accessing deeper unseen realms. From there you will gain confidence to write, perform and share your unique gift of sound with the world. 

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