Vocal Transformation
This is pathway shaped to profoundly shift your relationship with your voice from challenge to freedom, from judgement to love, from anxiety to pleasure.
We integrate Collaborative Vocal Improvisation (CVI) with Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) to work with the parts of us that struggle to be heard, that constrict the voice, experience performance anxiety, are beset by inner criticism and inhibition. Beneath all of that, I believe you are a living instrument designed - and able - to sing.
The voice is a profound ally for welcoming all of ourselves home, as it brings our inner material into awareness, gives it an avenue of expression, and soothes us, all at the same time.
In IFS terms, vocal improvisation seems to go beneath protector parts and reach either exiled parts - parts needing to be welcomed home into integration - or what is called “Self” - the aspect of us that is always present, compassionate and curious. How most of us like to be, and how we mostly want people to be with us!
So, welcome to the healing ground. Diving into the transformational art form of vocal improvisation with a shared group intention to use this for our healing and growth, and let our living instruments fly, heal, whole, ground, and flourish.
This is mixed level work for people who can sing in tune, keep a beat, and want an adventure (these are in my view pre-requisites for studying vocal improvisation).
Whatever the voice is buried under, we’re going to work together to lift it off, bring the voices out, and set them free. We’ll use these voices to improvise, express ourselves, connect to others, self-sooth, and heal.
There will be spiritual aspects to this course, in the context of an Earth-Based spirituality that welcomes every kind of spiritual diversity including atheism.
We will gradually become able to co-create vocal music with others in real time, and come home to our natural capacity to sing, part of our human design, our birth right. We’ll take the broken wings and learn to fly, midwife the voices, and gradually, enjoy their soaring.
We welcome out parts of us that might prefer the safety of hiding, and give them a chance to express and relate through vocal improvisation.
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“We know each other on a level that a conversation wouldn’t have given us. It creates bonds and connections that you can’t otherwise create. You’re in deep communication with people in a way that’s quite rare.”
— Zoe
Past Student’s Thoughts
“The benefits of the course are rippling out in my life in subtle and crystal clear ways. I feel more confident in all areas of my life. I’ve befriended some of my wisest parts. I feel empowered and shame free.”
— Lucy
