And I don’t mean the kind of space that you get from sitting in a cave in a mountain or in a meditation hut that you’ve built in your home, but the kind of space that is with you all the time even when you’re busy doing what you do in your life.

Really free singing can be the way-shower for a whole new way of being in the world because the resonant voice is the tangible evidence of this space that has opened up.

Learning to bring both energies of dark and light, personal and impersonal, masculine and feminine, structure and flow together as one natural way of living, is no small task.

The buddhists call this The Middle Way.

This is the work the singing voice has the potential to actualize within us if we so choose because of the nature of balance that has to occur within the tone of the voice in order for a voice to be beautiful.

It just turns out that as the speaking voice rebalances through very specific voice exercises a beautiful singing voice is also revealed in the process.

Lastly I emphasize the importance of having all the frequencies in her voice, particularly the high frequencies, as this establishes a tone of safety and trust not only for others but for herself as well.

I stress that the voice should function as a two-way street, serving the needs of both herself and those around her.

Activating this clear power of truth through the study of singing is a beautiful path and to speak direct and clear in the moment when it is necessary is very, very healing.

The voice delivers the power of the word and the tongue is the sword that shapes this power.

"The sound that grounds is the ground that sounds."

I think we can all agree that shame and a lack of confidence stop many people from singing and pursuing their creative delights.

I think it’s also important to note that whenever we work with the voice we are working directly and not so directly with the deeply rooted issues of shame and lack of confidence.

I sometimes say to my students that you have to give your tongue a brain! Getting inside of it and waking it up with voice exercises is a great way to activate the strength and power of articulation that lives inside of your tongue.

There’s nothing like the feeling of driving in the car on your own and singing along to your favorite song.

The sun is behind you, the road is ahead of you and you have time just for you to be.

You are in the in-between space of having no other responsibilities other than the road ahead of you.

Your voice feels so good as you sing and the tunes just keep flowing. You’ve found that sweet spot that seems to only happen when you’re in the car on your own and you find this beautiful space. There’s nothing like the feeling of you loving the sound of your own voice and enjoying the music, it’s heaven.

The moment itself is really a combination of the focus of our minds and the energy of our body coming together in a constant recalibration of energy and light.

The singing into these kind of calm waters frees up so much space in us so that the voice finds all kinds of space to resonate inside of. No stress, no work, no thought, only waves of beautiful sound. And, healing sound I might add.

This Welcoming Face starts at domino effect activating the Vagus nerve, switches on the calming parasympathetic nervous system and starts a gentle trickle of relaxation, present moment awareness and a softening throughout the whole body.

The power of this gentleness is our inner most stacking doll and is the stuffing for all the other dolls.

Creative energy is the essence and backbone of the voice and it needs support for it to align and flow freely within us.

The medicine inside your voice knows the ways of balance. It has the intelligence software of light and dark built into it. This is the path of the heart.

The voice work slowly and gently begins to open you to this creative energy and then it kind of sneaks up on you and begins to paint your life with more vibrant colours in the most surprising ways.

Creative energy by its very nature is destructive as well as it is creative.

Performance anxiety is crippling but there is a way out of this habitual cycle and into experiencing performances that are filled with confidence, relaxation, passion and joy.

I said this is your body and today we’re going to sing, breathe and feel in order to increase a little bit of this flow in your body river.

Everyone that comes into my office is smart and intelligent, and knows how to work hard at their job, and at their life.

So this process of letting go of how to fix and figure out things instead of feeling things out, can be challenging at first.

And so, we get to work, but a different kind of work, the kind of work that brings water and joy back to dry deserts and dusty fields.

When a student gets that all they need do is to connect with themselves and feel what is naturally inside of them and to sing and ring themselves, it is a revelation to them.

To sing and to be not only seen and heard but to know that the person who is watching you has the power to support you and to help you free this magical beast from your body, or, the power to judge and criticize you and to trap it forever.