A 6 month online course · Weekly sessions Thursdays 6.30-8pm UK (10.30am-12 Pacific, 7.30-9pm CET)
9th November 2023 - 11th April 2024 with a midwinter break · 21 sessions in total.
Freebie Taster session: 26th October 6.30-7.30pm UK time.
Upper Mouth Lower Mouth is a unique journey for women. We combine pelvic dance arts (belly dance, twerking and sensual dance) with singing and voice work, alongside support for healing, to gradually cultivate liberation, pleasure and aliveness for the female voice and pelvis, in connection. This can lead to an improvement in the singing voice (through improvements in the pelvis) and erotic pleasure; and fewer barriers to enjoying both as a regular and flowing part of your life.
The upper and lower mouths, two gateways to the core of us, are frequently veiled and blocked by our life experiences and cultural imprints.
A journey of gentle unveiling and skilfully supported shifts can increase your experience of pleasure and aliveness, cultivate more freedom of expression, invigorate your life and (re)light your fire! Both mouths are connected, in their inhibition and wounding, and in their healing, reclaiming and wellness.
In Upper Mouth Lower Mouth, we use singing and dancing to clear blockages from the voice and pelvis, helping to chimney sweep the core of you, clearing out shame, limitation, trauma and inhibition. This time we are delighted to be joined by Kalindi Jordan, who will lead three sessions of guided, off-screen self-touch for healing, also known as de-armouring.
Together, all of this can help with recovery from sexual and reproductive trauma, and loss of erotic pleasure and vocal ability due to life experiences and ageing.
The longer we go on, the deeper it gets. Also you build physical fitness, including in the muscles in your pelvic bowl and vocal architecture, over time, so benefits accrue over the duration of the course and onward.
This is the 5th time Upper Mouth, Lower Mouth has run (and the very first time with Kalindi on the team!)
The four of us are honoured and glad to collaborate in service to women’s holistic wellness.
“I experienced a deep release of pelvic tension, a sense of freedom and a wonderful shared experience with other women!”
All quotes are from previous Upper Mouth, Lower Mouth participants. (Names have been changed.)
“I love how creative, alive and connected I feel after getting into my body”
“My sexual energy is at an all-time high.”
“I allow myself more and more to speak my truth”
About the Facilitators
Kalindi Jordan
Kalindi is an inspirational group facilitator and therapist working in the field of intimacy coaching, sexual healing, conscious relationships, yoni healing and sacred sexuality.
Assisting couples and individuals to bring deep love, respect and transformation into their relationships.
Kalindi has spent 27 years exploring her own and other people’s energy. Her profound understanding of the human energy system, psychology and sexual nature comes from her study and practice in Taoism, Tantra, Vedic mysticism, bodywork and being present with life as it unfolds.
The creator of the Sensual Mastery Journey and Amrita Tantra.
“I felt the entire program was held with a lot of integrity and care, thank you.”
“My yoni felt like it could open and I could connect deeper with myself”
Reine Kabban
Reine is a fully trained dancer in Classical Belly Dance, Tribal Fusion and ATS (American Tribal System), a mother and a singer. She's been training and performing dance for 9 years and teaching for over 5 years. She has a background in yoga, meditation, and breath work for more than 15 years, including 2 years living and training in an ashram.
She currently holds regular retreats in womb work, sexual healing, belly dance, woman's empowerment, emotional release through voice and movement, and so much more.
She holds space very naturally, with depth and ease, creating a powerful journey with softness and poise. She is simply herself and gives permission to those in her space to claim themselves too. To be wild, be daring, be raw, be sensual, just be.
Previous Upper Mouth, Lower Mouth participants have said:
“I LOVED my intro to belly dancing and Reine’s gorgeous hot witch straight-talking no shit teaching, all stirred in the juicy pot of ancestral and grandmotherly wisdom”
“Very deep and sensual energy and vibe”
“I really admire Reine and the way she embodies her pleasure. It is so helpful in terms of giving permission to practice. It was so delicious to be in her presence and learning with her.”
“I enjoyed the fun and play of it all.”
“I am less abashed in inhabiting the larger and lower, the more primal sounds of my voice. AND I LOVE IT”
Leela Stephanie
Tantric Transformational facilitator, Erotic Wisdom coach, Love Priestess, Soul Mystic guide, Sacred cacao ceremonies.
With over 10 years of teaching & performing in Sensual Arts, she uniquely combines body wisdom with her academic, yogic and temple arts training background.
She started teaching sensual dance to women at 18 years old. Since 3 years, she specifically teaches a combination of sacred twerk, emotional alchemy and sensual dance as a way to feel and move emotions, connect and own’s one sensuality, power and pleasure.
Leela is a certified Sensual Arts, Yoga, Meditation & Mantra teacher, Reiki Master, PNL & Holistic Coach and graduated from the Level 3 of the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA).
Known for creating safe and playful transformational containers, she creates individual and collective journeys based on ancestral innovation practices.
As a medicine woman, she helps people to heal, explore and embody their soul’s gifts and humanness - their free, authentic, wild, empowered sexy unique self in harmony and within unity. This is for Leela the most impactful change one can be and contribute to earth consciousness and authentic living.
Leela speaks English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish & Swiss German.
Previous Upper Mouth, Lower Mouth participants have said:
“Leela was uninhibited, encouraging and inviting in her teaching. Her excitement and voluptuous nature is infectious and makes “trying” more awkward movements and embodiments easier”
“There were some bomb drops of wisdom”
“I loved how Leela was teaching it with so much joy and fun. It released a lot of anxiety and brought a lot of joy.”
“I loved Leela’s vibrant and open energy.”
Briony Greenhill
Briony is a teaching artist who supports healing and transformation through voice and improvisation. She teaches internationally, is creator of the Resonant Body method, an acclaimed recording and performing artist, and a SomaSource leader.
“SomaSource Leaders are body-centred psycho-spiritual educators, artists, activists and healers who have an integrated understanding of how to creatively work in developmentally attuned and culturally sensitive ways with diverse people throughout life’s cycles.” - Golden Bridge.
Previous Upper Mouth, Lower Mouth Participants have said:
“Briony is empathetic, open and wise. I loved every exercise and getting out of the comfy zone.”
“It was amazing to have so many different exercises to play with the voice and the body. I loved Briony’s way of teaching and giving the space that was needed for each of us. I felt really safe.”
“The experience created a safe, playful space for me to explore and befriend my voice.”
“I love her amazing ability to create such an intimate, safe, inspiring space where I really felt the wish to explore my voice more - in a balanced fun and deep way at the same time. I loved her honesty about her own story and the need to accompany other women in this discovery.”
“I feel I have been speaking more of my truth. I have given myself permission to sound whenever it is needed and not be embarrassed. I have a deeper sense of the intense healing that can come from my voice and the voice of others.”
Structure
Overall there are 6 sessions with Reine, 5 with Briony, 5 with Leela, 3 with Kalindi, and an opening and closing session with all of us.
The movement sessions with Reine and Leela will include about 1h of movement, 10 mins of singing led (this time) by Leela and Reine each in their own way (because it is SO wonderful to sing after we dance); and time for sharing.
There is an optional buddy-pair system for extra support outside of the time together on Zoom; and a reading list for extra support. For some who like to read / listen, there is a lot of additional value from the texts.
The classes are recorded and available for 2 weeks after the class. For privacy, sharing is not recorded so you get a lot more from it by attending in person as much as you can.
The Upper Mouth Lower Mouth teaching is gradually being incorporated into Briony’s app. Reine’s course is up, and Leela’s is filmed and awaiting an edit… when Briony is fully back from maternity leave.
“I can actually feel her now, which is amazing.”
“Each time we got into our bodies through the pelvis and twerking I felt SO MUCH more expansive, alive and creative. Halle-f***ing-lujah!”
Cost
Paid monthly for 6 months
Regular price: £95 / month, £570 total (it works out as £18/hr of class time)
Support others: £125 / month, £750 total (£23.80/hr of class time)
Bursary places: 10 places are available for for low-income, low-wealth folks; you choose your monthly payment amount. Click here to see eligibility and apply.
“AYYYYYYYYYY YAHHHHHH BABBBBBBAYYYY! I love it, I love it, I love it!”