Led by instructor Michelle Kirk<\/a>, the concert\/session does not require previous yoga experience, as all movements are optional and suitable for all levels, according to organizers.<\/p>\n The concept, designed by Dr. Anele Manfredini<\/a> from the Holy Cross Medical Group Women\u2019s Center, allows attendees to participate in the basic yoga moves on a mat (bring your own) or a chair.\u00a0Manfredini felt inspired by the holistic approach of\u00a0\u201cAyurveda, the mother of all healing, which started 5,000 years ago in ancient India,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cAnd she is totally passionate about bossa nova.\u201d<\/p>\n They chose bossa nova because of the music genre\u2019s<\/a> gentle and smooth rhythms and sounds. Singing bowls will also be incorporated into the performance, which is part of the Broward Center\u2019s Amplify Arts Series.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to get too technical because the concept is going to be about feeling, absorbing, healing, understanding the different frequencies,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cSometimes we need more relaxing. Sometimes we need a little bit more energy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe just decided to allow people \u2014 between songs \u2014 to understand what kind of vibration, rhythm, frequencies they are absorbing with those beautiful voices because Beatriz Malnic, the co-founder of Brazilian Voices<\/a>, she designed beautiful arrangements for first sopranos, altos, second sopranos, and beautiful harmonies that you feel. Sometimes our mind doesn\u2019t get it, but the body does.\u201d<\/p>\n The group will be accompanied by Brazilian acoustic guitar player Cezar Santana<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cAnd he\u2019s also, you know, a yoga instructor.\u201d<\/p>\n Brazilian Voices<\/p>\n Weston-based Brazilian Voices will perform “A Bossa Nova Yoga Experience” at Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, May 17. (Brazilian Voices\/Courtesy)<\/p>\n Through its Arts & Healing Program<\/a>, Brazilian Voices has been coordinating performances and workshops in hospitals, medical centers, senior care facilities and with nonprofit health organizations for almost two decades. The group is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were already doing concerts, but we felt that concerts was not enough,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cFast forward \u2026 we have a partnership with the arts and \u202611 hospitals. So, by doing this, we reach 29,000 people a year. We go to ICUs, Jackson Memorial \u2026 We go everywhere. We need to be \u2026 grass roots. We need to do something for our community.\u201d<\/p>\n She said these experiences have taught them that bossa nova music is not only familiar to Americans, since Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald popularized the sound here, but is also inspirational to their audiences.<\/p>\n \u201cThe message is about love, about nature, waves, flowers. We can kind of uplift their spirits.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBrazilian Voices: A Bossa Nova Yoga Experience\u201d will take place at 11 a.m., Sunday, May 17, in the Abdo New River Room<\/a> at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale<\/a>. Tickets (for a yoga mat or chair experience) cost $41.30. Visit browardcenter.org<\/a> or call 954-462-0222.<\/p>\n Brazilian Voices<\/p>\n Brazilian Voices is a Weston-based nonprofit women’s vocal group and cultural organization. (Brazilian Voices\/Courtesy)<\/p>\n \t\t\t![\"Brazilian](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TFL-L-Brazilian-Voices-Abdo-Image.jpg\")
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