Special Guest Instructor – Annette Cantor
Annette Cantor is a performer of improvised vocal music and an established recording artist. In her performances she creates at once ethereal and passionate vocals, fusing East Indian flavors with classical European musical traditions, and particularly Gregorian Chants. Her voice is soothing and expressive, and she accompanies herself with the East Indian tambura and the violin.
She appears in concerts throughout the United States and in Europe, sings for blessings and art installations be it in nature, in art galleries or in concert halls.
Annette has been performing as a singer and as a violinist since her
childhood in Germany. She trained at the Vienna Academy of Music, Austria, where she spent 6 years immersing herself in the world of Western Classical music. In 1985 she moved to New York City, where she explored modern dance and became a movement therapist – Alexander Technique – with a private practice and workshops in the US and Europe, experimenting in her singing with sound and movement as a path of meditation and healing.
She moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1993 for the birth of her first daughter, Leah, and gave birth in 1996 to her second daughter, Naomi, using sound during the birth process. Her singing is an integral part of her spiritual practice and her path as a sound artist.
“Annette Cantor’s voice is literally divine. She brings song and music to a realm of beauty that is like none other I have ever experienced.
Whether singing to a thousand listeners or one, you cannot help but be moved and healed by her presence and voice.”
Roshi Joan Halifax
Annette is a trained teacher of the Alexander Technique and has been giving workshops and individual sessions since 1989.
The Alexander Technique is a gentle hands on method of teaching body alignment. You learn to connect with your body and create healing for conditions like chronic back or shoulder pain, locked jaw or stiff joints. Deeply restful and quieting the mind, it has also helped people with sleep problems and mental stress syndromes. It is highly effective for anyone who wants to move with more awareness and balance, greatly enhances athletic activity, your yoga or musical practice and address the mind/body connection in a practical manner.
“Alexander Technique with Annette Cantor is a refuge of deep relaxation 
and calm, giving the body the encouragement it needs to let go. I highly recommend this work for anyone needing to bring their nervous system back into balance, work with structural issues, and relieve stress.”
Judy, Santa Fe
Annette will be joining us in Casa Della Pace, Umbria and will offer daily sound healing sessions as well as the Alexander technique. She will also offer individual sessions separate from the group package.
For more details about Annette visit her websites here: