The foundation of this work is embodiment. Without embodiment, creativity and expression cannot flow. In this sections, you will attune your awareness and practice embodying your entire body, and then you will connect your body awareness with your authentic vocal expression. This merging of body and sound is the root and foundation of this work.

This lecture includes multiple videos which will teach you basic Embodied Voice integration exercises, to begin waking up your dormant energy, which includes: 

• lip buzzing
• tongue articulation
• shake and “ah”
• energetic dredging
• yawning

I've also included two external sourced videos with these practices in greater detail. One is specifically for speaking, either live, voiceover, and/or on camera. 

This is a simple movement practice for waking up our natural qualities of:

1. Sensuality
2. Playfulness
3. Fluidity
4. Connection

In addition to being a vocal embodiment specialist, I am also an experienced yoga teacher, since 2008. I hold deep gratitude for the timeless wisdom of yoga, especially the teachings around yogic breath, known as Pranayama.

Your breath is your foundation—the physical support of your voice—and it is also the gateway to embodiment, fluidity, and ease within your body. In this lecture, I will guide you in harnessing your breath as the powerful tool it truly is.

In Sanskrit, the ancient yogic language of India, breath is called Prana, which translates to Life Force Energy—the very essence that animates us.

Included in this lecture is an audio series designed specifically to teach the Embodied Breath Technique, supporting you in deepening your connection to this vital energy.

In the following exercise, Primal Sounding, you will be awakening stagnant energy in your body, through the expression of basic primal sounds— your voice will vibrate into the deep layers of tissue in your body. 

As you enter into the deeper layers of tissue, memories and emotion detached from any story can arise. 

As this subconscious unwinding takes place, energy is freed up in your body and mind, and it can then be utilized in your creative expression. 

This exercise is particularly helpful when feeling depression, anxiety, overwhelm, pain in your body, headaches, anger, resentment, and also helpful in general, when life is flowing smooth and sweet, this practice is helpful because your capacity to hold your subconscious process can be strengthened from being in a stable place already. 

 So with that, allow yourself a space and a time where you have a bit of privacy, fifteen to 30 minutes or so, so you can really dive deeply into yourself and retrieve energy that meant to be working for you, not against you. 

This video can also be used as a SOUND HEALING session, if you aren't quite ready to make the sounds, you can simply receive them. These are the primary sounds that I use in my private self-sound healing practice to help my clients release stagnation in their bodies, minds, and energy bodies. What has happened behind those closed doors is pretty profound, miraculous even. And then to witness the results of this unraveled energy then working for them, not against them, is pretty amazing. 

So trust the process, even if it feels weird or too much, just go with it, do it for yourself, for your voice, for the voice that's really wanting to express itself through you. 

Remember this: In this work, we will also be making primal pleasure sounds. Its very good to watch what arises for you. Embarrassment? Shame? Pleasure? Deep Pain? Pain in your body? If pain arises in your body during these practices, stay with the sound that triggered the pain. Allow any emotion that arises to flow freely, if its tears, allow yourself to sob, if it's yelling, allow yourself to really yell, if it joy, allow yourself to ride the wave of humor or pleasure. Give yourself permission.

Be gentle with where you are. Cherish your process. For most of us, it's been DECADES of contraction. Let it unwind slowly. 

Internal Awareness 101: The Antidote to Nervousness and Anxiety-- find the root of your emotions within your body, and learn to give them a voice. You'll also learn how to not take your emotional body's experiences so personally, but instead, how to create space around your emotional experience (around self-expression) and how to harness the gifts that are stored within your body's wisdom. 

In Yogic Philosophy and in my own personal experience, the body is a channel for life to move through. The same goes for your Voice. In your fullest human potential, your voice is the channel of expression for the life force that moves through your Central Channel, called the Shushumna Nadi in Sanskrit. If there is a block within your central channel (in one or more of your chakra centers), then your voice will, inevitably, express the blocked energy. When our systems can open up as the Life Channels that they are, then life and creativity can move through unobstructed. We must remember our HUGENESS. In order for this method to work, you must be willing to examine WHAT you are, especially in relation to the Whole of Life. 

As you tune into your authentic FREE FLOW, these qualities (of an Embodied Voice) are good to keep in mind... Uninhibited, Clear, Fluid, Articulate, Authentic, Sensual, Playful. 

Non-Linguistic Singing/ Self-Sound Healing: In the following lecture, I will demonstrate how to self sound heal-- to use non-linguistic singing to bring spaciousness and clarity  into your system. As you begin to practice, tune into any part of your physical body that feel contracted or in pain. Then allow any sound to move through your body, out of your mouth. Invite your central channel to open and allow sound to pour through you. Lyrics may come, or nonlinguistic singing, let anything happen, and simply watch and allow your sounds with curiosity. 

Use a rattle, a drum, a can of beans, or equivalent rhythm maker to accompany your sounds. 

Optional: RECORD Yourself... audio or video. Watch or Listen and receive your transmission doubly. 

Explore your voice through writing. 

We will begin this section with an inquiry. You will explore what's stopping you. What's your biggest challenge in regards to expressing your Truth in the World? (You can also bring this closer to home-- what's your biggest challenge in regards to expressing your voice, in general) 

Here, I share my four Tools for Authentic expression through video (recording yourself talking).

Homework: Watch this lecture, and then create a video of yourself speaking. Practice the four tools. You can speak about anything that you are INTENTIONAL about SHARING. If you cannot think of anything, talk about what brings you joy, or... oh yes! Why did you take this course?? This is a great prompt, because the intention is woven in. 

Post your video on our online interactive support portal facebook.com/group/embodyvoice

In this lecture, you will learn how to work with your inner critic, to not take it personally, and how to redirect that "critical" energy into something helpful and positive-- you will also learn how do this internal magic trick with external critics.

How to "harness the floodgate"-- when your creative channel opens, that energy can be HUGE-- this section is a means for organizing your creative flow into something manageable that translates well to other people. 

Awesome meditation for integrating your Nada Yoga practice, and for integrating your life in general! This is a supremely beneficial practice. 

Amazing music by Loren Edward Wheeler— his album “Emily Grace, tracks 1 and 2– visit his Bandcamp page, Lorenedwardwheeler.bandcamp.com