Guitar & Mantra Workshop

From first chord to concert.

Learn guitar and mantra singing in one weekend – as a complete beginner.

No experience needed. You leave playing and singing your first mantras – at a real concert, open to the public, on Sunday afternoon.

Apply now Questions? gitarre@artofliving.de
Munich + online €190 · €120 students & seniors Guitars available – limited number, first come, first served
Singing mantras together with guitar Sat 26 – Sun 27 September

Munich and online — a hybrid workshop. Join us in the room or from wherever you are. The venue in Munich will be announced shortly.

Come as a complete beginner. Leave playing your first songs.

In just two days, you will learn the basics you need to play and sing mantras and bhajans together – even if you have never touched a guitar before. Everyone is also welcome to sing, regardless of experience or ability. No perfect voice required – just come and enjoy making music together.

What you’ll do

One weekend. One sound.

  • Improve your guitar skillsfrom complete beginner to playing whole songs
  • Learn and share mantras and bhajans
  • Understand what you are actually singing
  • Play together, and perform together
  • Have funone of the fastest ways to learn

Why mantras

A mantra is a sound, word or phrase repeated rhythmically, helping attention settle and the mind become quieter. You do not need to believe anything, and you do not need to understand the words.

The repetition, combined with the long, even breathing involved in singing, can create a calming and focused experience.

Do you remember how fast you used to learn?

As children we learned by doing. We picked things up, got them wrong, laughed, and tried again. Nobody asked whether we had talent.

Somewhere along the way that changed. As adults, we become more cautious. We stay with what we already do well, and we quietly decide what we are not the type for. Music is usually one of the first things to go.

But doing something you are not used to can be exactly what makes you feel alive again. It is uncomfortable for about an hour – and then it is exhilarating.

And the confidence comes home with you.

The weekend

You will not just learn. You will perform.

On Sunday, 27 September, at 4 pm, the doors open for your public concert. Not a rehearsal, not just a circle of fellow students – a real concert at the end of a weekend that began with people who had never held a guitar.

Part of the Happiness Festival

One weekend now. 6,000 people on 31 October.

This workshop is part of the preparations for the Happiness Festival. If you want to, it can be excellent preparation for the Guitar Ensemble – 108 guitarists playing one song in front of 6,000 people at BMW Park Munich. Participation in the Guitar Ensemble is a separate registration process.

Apply to the Guitar Ensemble About the festival
Who guides you

A teacher who has done this for 35 years.

Marcel Verbay with his guitar

Marcel Verbay

Workshop lead

Senior teacher with The Art of Living, with more than 35 years in music, breathwork and meditation, and guitar teacher at the Musikschule Region Sursee. He is one of the leaders of the 108 guitarists at the Happiness Festival.

Your training team

Christoph Glaser

Christoph Glaser

Author of the Manager Magazin bestseller “Atmen” (Campus) and a leadership teacher at the TLEX Institute. He brings the breath side of the workshop: how sound, breath and attention work together.

Julia Stenzel

Julia Stenzel

Senior trainer with The Art of Living, singer and guitar player. She helps lead the circle, the singing and the small groups.

Steve Gierdharie

Steve Gierdharie

Steve has spent 15 years teaching guitar, piano and voice internationally. Fourteen years ago, he founded an established music school in South America. Now based in the Netherlands, he uses music to foster connection.

Camille Abgrall

Camille Abgrall

Senior trainer with The Art of Living, singer and guitar player. He helps lead the circle, the singing and the small groups.

Dates, price, place

No experience. No sheet music. No talent required.

A limited number of guitars can be provided – first come, first served. Everyone is welcome to sing, regardless of experience or ability.

€190
Regular price
€120
Students & seniors
Apply to the Guitar Workshop Questions: gitarre@artofliving.de
26 – 27 September · Munich + online€190 · €120 students & seniors Apply now