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Where Sound
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Retreats, vocal circles, sound healing & sacred gatherings — a living experience of the heart.

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"His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely."
— Song of Songs 5:16

Ishq Experience is an umbrella of sacred offerings — Vocalib vocal liberation workshops, sound healing sessions, retreats, chanting circles, healing gatherings, and concerts. We exist at the crossing of art, spirituality, and community.

Our work is rooted in the oldest human technology: voice, sound, and breath gathered together in love.

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Ishq Experience · Montréal

A community rooted in sacred sound

Ishq Experience was born from a simple and ancient truth: that the human voice, when freed and gathered in community, becomes one of the most powerful forces of healing on earth.

We are an umbrella of offerings — Vocalib vocal liberation workshops, sound healing journeys, sacred chanting circles, healing gatherings, and retreats in nature. Our work lives at the crossing of art, spirituality, and community.

"His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely." — Song of Songs 5:16

The word Ishq (إِشْق) comes from the Sufi tradition and means profound, unconditional love — the kind that dissolves separation and returns us to our essence. It is not sentiment; it is a force.

Our gatherings are held in Montréal and beyond. We create containers for people who are ready to be moved — by sound, by breath, by the simple act of showing up in a circle with other human beings.

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Voice as Medicine

Every person carries within them a voice that is uniquely theirs — and uniquely healing. We create the space for that voice to emerge, unguarded and whole.

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Sacred Community

Transformation happens in relationship. Our gatherings are intentional containers where people meet each other — and themselves — in depth.

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Living Practice

We don't teach about the sacred — we practice it together. Sound, movement, silence, and presence are not concepts here. They are the experience itself.

Those who hold the space

Facilitatrice Ishq

Seif & the Ishq Team

Founders · Facilitators

Trained in vocal liberation, sound healing, and sacred facilitation, our guides bring years of practice in holding space for deep human transformation. Each gathering is led with presence, love, and intention.

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Our Community

Co-creators · Healers · Seekers

Ishq Experience is made alive by the people who show up. Every participant is also a carrier of medicine. We are a living community, not a service — and our circles are shaped by everyone who enters them.

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Living spaces where music, voice, and presence come together.

Vocal Liberation

Vocal Liberation

An immersive circle where live music opens the space — and the group's collective voice becomes the instrument. No singing experience needed. Just show up.

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Retreats

Wellness & Consciousness Retreats

Weekends and multi-day immersions outside of time — in nature, with practices of mindfulness, movement, and deep connection to self and others.

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Gatherings

Ishq Gatherings

Each gathering is built around a theme — sometimes a shared meal where everyone brings a dish from their culture, sometimes a creative ritual or collective exploration. Always warm.

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Cozy Concerts

Cozy Concerts

Immersive music in intimate spaces — concerts where you feel the vibration of the instruments, where artist and audience become one. A sonic experience that moves the soul.

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Group Workshop

Vocal Liberation — Reconnecting to Your Holistic Voice

Before technique comes listening. Before singing comes presence.

Vocal work begins with understanding the vocal mechanism — releasing tension and returning to the natural openness of sound. We explore breath, resonance, body awareness, and vowels as gateways to the deeper voice.

Working with the voice is not simply about "singing well." It is an inner journey.

The voice is a mirror: it reflects our emotional state, posture, breath, blocks, impulses, and personal history. When the voice is held back, something within us is held back. When the voice opens, the entire body and energetic system open with it.

At Ishq, vocal work is also held within a live musical field. Seif's immersive music — saxophone, guitar, and soundscape — creates a living container that makes it easier to let go, to feel held, and to release what the voice has been carrying.

Vocal Liberation supports the voice in four dimensions

Physical
Releasing tensions and freeing the breath — letting the body become the instrument it already is.
Emotional
Expressing, welcoming, and circulating feelings — the voice as a channel for what lives inside.
Mental
Cultivating clarity, confidence, and authenticity — dissolving the inner critic one breath at a time.
Energetic
Presence, vibration, and inner coherence — aligning what is felt with what is expressed.

Through this process, the voice becomes alive again — fluid, embodied, and deeply authentic.

Who is this for?

Vocal Liberation is for anyone who wishes to feel more grounded, aligned, and free in their expression. It is for those who want to understand what is happening in their body, breath, and emotions — and allow the voice to reflect their deeper self.

Singers, musicians, actors, storytellers, therapists, teachers — and anyone on a path of self-awareness and inner exploration.

No singing experience required. Only the willingness to meet yourself through your voice.

Benefits

Release of physical tension and diaphragm freedom
More conscious and comfortable breathing
Reduced stress and mental overload
Emotional release and integration
Increased confidence and self-expression
A voice that is natural, grounded, and resonant
A sense of internal alignment and clarity
A deeper connection to music and sound

The voice awakens and reconnects to your rhythm, your energy, your essence.

The Power of Group Sessions

Vocal Liberation sessions are most often practiced in group settings. The voice is vibration. When a group breathes, sounds, and resonates together, a shared field emerges. Voices harmonize, support, and respond to one another. This collective resonance has a deeply liberating and healing effect.

In the circle, no one is above or below anyone else. We move together, on the same frequency.

The space is founded on:

KindnessEveryone is welcomed, seen, never judged
SafetyA clear, gentle, and supportive container
OpennessAllowing what arises, without forcing
PresenceBeing with oneself, and with others
In this space, the voice is not trying to be beautiful. It is simply invited to be true. Only to feel, express, welcome, breathe, and vibrate.

Upcoming Events

NOV08

Vocal Liberation — Group Circle

Montréal, QC  ·  Doors 7:00 PM

$25 Book
DEC13

Vocal Liberation — Winter Circle

Montréal, QC  ·  Doors 7:00 PM

$25 Book

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Multi-Day Immersion

Wellness & Consciousness Retreats

Weekends outside of time — in nature, with practices of mindfulness, movement, and deep connection.

Our retreats are invitations to step outside the noise of daily life and return to something deeper. In a natural setting, away from screens and schedules, we create a space where rest, inquiry, and transformation can unfold at their own rhythm.

A retreat is not a vacation. It is a homecoming.

Each retreat is built around a theme — a question, a practice, or a dimension of inner life that the group explores together. Live music by Seif weaves through the experience, creating a sonic container that supports whatever wants to emerge.

What a retreat includes

Morning movement and breathwork
Guided meditation and silence
Vocal Liberation sessions
Live immersive music by Seif
Sharing circles and group rituals
Nature walks and free time
Nourishing shared meals
A closing ceremony

Who is this for?

Anyone who feels called to slow down, go inward, and reconnect — to themselves, to others, to something larger. No prior experience with meditation or wellness practices is required. Only an open heart and a willingness to show up.

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JAN17

Winter Retreat — Stillness & Sound

Laurentians, QC  ·  Jan 17–19 · 3 days

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Community Event

Ishq Gatherings

Evenings built around a theme — a shared meal, a ritual, a creative exploration. Always warm, always real.

An Ishq Gathering is an evening designed around human connection. Each one has a theme — sometimes a shared meal where everyone brings a dish from their culture, sometimes a creative ritual, a storytelling circle, or a collective exploration of a meaningful question.

No performance required. Only presence, curiosity, and the willingness to be in the room.

Gatherings are the heartbeat of the Ishq community — the place where friendships form, where cultures meet, and where the ordinary becomes something to remember. Live music is often woven through the evening, holding the space with warmth and depth.

Who is this for?

Anyone looking for meaningful connection beyond the surface. Whether you come alone or with a friend, you will be welcomed. Gatherings are open to everyone — all backgrounds, all ages, all paths.

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NOV22

Gathering — Flavours of the World

Montréal, QC  ·  Doors 6:30 PM

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Intimate Concert

Cozy Concerts

Immersive music in intimate spaces — where the vibration of instruments becomes a shared inner journey.

A Cozy Concert is not a performance you attend — it is an experience you enter. In an intimate setting, with a small gathering of people, Seif creates a live soundscape that moves through the room: saxophone, guitar, voice, and ambient layers weaving a sonic space that holds everyone present.

Close enough to feel the breath of the saxophone. Close enough for the music to find you.

The intimacy of the format is intentional. With fewer than 30 people in the room, there is no distance between the music and the listener. The vibration is direct, the connection is real, and something often shifts in the body before the mind understands why.

What to expect

A curated, one-of-a-kind setlist built for the evening
Live saxophone, guitar, voice, and ambient sound
Small audience — maximum intimacy
A sonic journey that invites deep listening
Space for stillness, emotion, and presence
A moment of beauty in the middle of ordinary life

Who is this for?

For lovers of music who want more than a concert — who want to feel something. For those who know that sound is medicine, and that an evening of real music can change the quality of everything that follows.

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DEC06

Cozy Concert — Winter Edition

Montréal, QC  ·  Doors 8:00 PM

$20 Book

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