Jill Purce is a British voice teacher, medicine woman and author. In the 1970s Purce develop a new way of working with the voice, introducing the teaching of group overtone chanting, producing a single note whilst amplifying the vocal harmonics. Jill pioneered the international sound healing movement through her rediscovery of ancient vocal techniques, the teaching of overtone chanting, the power of group chant, and the spiritual potential of the voice as a magical instrument for healing and meditation.
Her 1974 book about the spiral in sacred traditions, art and psychology: The Mystic Spiral: Journey of the Soul was a seminal influence. The Bishop of California describes her contribuition to the 1990’s installation of the labyrinths in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco “She helped inspire the birth of the modern labyrinth movement. Jill’s ground breaking work with the labyrinth was inspiring informative and important… it couldn’t have been done without her work.”
Overtone Chanting Meditations | Jill Purce (bandcamp.com)
The Healing Voice: A Lecture and Chanting Meditation | Jill Purce (bandcamp.com)
