A creative process for vocal development.
People from all walks of life come to work with their voice for artistic, personal, or professional development, and often a mixture of all three.
My practice draws on my trainings in Voice Movement Therapy, inspired by the work of Alfred Wolfsohn and the subsequent development of the Roy Hart Theatre, together with Core Process Psychotherapy, a Buddhist oriented approach with an emphasis on working in the present moment with embodied awareness and connection to sensation in the body.
Working gently with the voice and body, sometimes through movement, allows a freer, more flexible voice to emerge. Combining extended voice techniques with an enquiry into subtle body processes, we follow the breath, lean into our imaginations, and follow the journey of the voice.
Emphasis is placed on releasing muscular tension and holding patterns within the body that restrict vocal expression. As we learn to release and relax muscular tension that inhibits voice, a sense of flow and expansiveness can be experienced. This in turn serves to enhance the range, fluidity, colour, strength, and richness of the voice.
The voice is part of the whole self and connects to how we feel on a physical, mental, and emotional level.
Over the last few years, I have been working more explicitly with the heart, considering the heart as connector between mind and body, and serving as a resonating chamber. How is it if we speak or sing directly from the heart?
Individual sessions last 55 minutes and take place at:
The Practice Rooms, Summertown, Oxford, and at Theatre Deli, in Broadgate, London.
Online sessions available via Zoom.
Please contact me for details on fees. Concessions may be available.
I also run classes and workshops, where people find the presence and power of a group to be galvanising and transformative.
For more information, or to book an appointment, please contact me on 07761 361051 or via email: berna463@gmail.com
Keep the green bough alive in the heart and the singing bird will come.
Chinese Proverb