vocal and somatic embodiment

First of all…

If you are looking to understand your voice, sing with more confidence, find your “true sound,” perform, or just enjoy making noise and singing more… 

Congratulations!

Moving forward to understand your own voice and body can be just as scary as it is necessary and liberating.

Some of my students have longed to do it for decades, and some have already been exploring. I myself am on a long road of constantly discovering.

I trained for many years as a performing artist and actor, but I still couldn’t make the sound that felt “genuine” to me. I knew I had a love for music and an interest, but sometime making sounds felt pushed and sometimes weak. 

Fast forward many years, I studied with the late Barbara Maier Gustern, and then pop music styles at Berklee College of Music Online, and now with Jamie Hart, my professor from Berklee. I was nursing a back injury, getting PT, and also began studying Cultural Somatics, then called Somatic Abolitionism, with Resmaa Menakam. I learned to unpack my relationship to singing, humming, toning, and embodying sound.

These seemingly different approaches showed me how somatics, culture, racism, pelvic floor health, and so many other influences are deeply intertwined and ingrained. I learned how to begin to unpack, physically and emotionally, to find a more genuine relationship to my -figurative and literal- true voice.

From scales, to sighs, to songs, I long to share these tools with you and to foster your own growth of vocal and body empowerment. 

I teach a combination of voice, movement, somatic practice, and song performance as you and I see fit. Together we can build sessions that feel right for you. To learn more specifically about my yoga and physical therapy experience, click here. 

Sessions are in my studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn or online. 
50 minutes, $100-150 sliding scale, NOTA