How I know this is life-altering
I don't remember a time when I wasn't singing as a child.
I would dance around the place, belting out Mariah and Celine at the top of my lungs.
No filter, no judgement - just pure joy.
When I started taking lessons, the doubt began to creep in.
What I did naturally no longer felt good enough.
I lost the connection to what felt true for me and my belief that singing and music were simply a part of who I am.
I changed my approach in my early 20s, learning from multiple teachers and making sense of technique in my own way.
I fell in love with the freedom it brought to so much of my tension and my vocal frustrations.
But it still felt a little disconnected, intellectual, grey.
So I started to explore how to deepen into my authentic emotions, bringing them through my voice with courage and vulnerability.
THAT shifted a lot and the whole experience became more alive.
What I didn't realise was that I could go deeper still...
When I EMBODY my voice, my artistry and that I am a singer BY DESIGN - everything changes.
I had to let go of my crutch, my tendency to over-think, over-analyse and lean on my technique.
I had to learn how to turn my awareness inwards and embrace sensation as an alley and not a foe.
I had to acknowledge that my unwillingness to truly meet myself, warts and all, felt like it was keeping me safe when in reality it was keeping me from my power.
Years of treating my body like an enemy, like someone who constantly disappointed me, took a toll on my voice.
One that was hard to hear and hard to feel but when I healed that relationship, everything cracked open.
More warmth, depth, resonance, soul - an expansiveness and connectedness I had previously been unable to touch.
And this is why I knew I needed to share these tools, rituals and practices with you.