If you've found your way here, I'm guessing it may be for a reason. Perhaps you sense that there is something about the sounds that you make and the way that you make them that has very real significance in your life. Whatever walk of life you're coming from, you are probably aware on some level that your voice is your calling card - it affects every interaction you will ever have! And with more awareness, plus some physical and emotional vocal work, it can affect every area of your life for the better. It's a pretty big deal!
Our voices are the potential source of incredibly deep healing and transformation. They are a powerful way of channeling your energy directly into the physical plane, compressing your desire into a hear-able, feel-able wave of intention that literally impacts your reality. You do not have to have the most amazing voice ever to tap into this power. You simply have to have the desire, plus a little guidance and know-how. From there, your voice literally becomes your teacher, your guide, your confidante, and you are able to transform your life through the sounds that you make. I've experienced and witnessed this phenomenon time and again, and I'm totally clear that it's available to anyone, anywhere, with any kind of voice. It's fun, astonishing, enlightening, and totally uplifting!
I'm delighted that you're here, and truly wish you well on your sound journey. It's a journey that can be rooted completely in reality, on the physical plane, while simultaneously helping you to traverse spiritual, cosmic, and psychic realms if you so desire. It can even help you merge the two in wondrous ways.
There are many people who are suffering and struggling through very real challenges. In one way or another, most of us are. Conscious voice work can help. There are so many reasons people do vocal work, but what it comes down to is that it doesn't matter where you're coming from or why; if you're hearing the call, you're hearing it for a reason!
The Singing For Your Soul website is meant to help your soul sing in every area of your life. Of course that includes singing (come on, singing can be SUCH a blast!), but it also includes our awareness, consciousness, and choices in daily living too! This is my love offering to the world: a sharing of all the ways in which I'm learning to let my soul sing. I would be honored and delighted to have you join this journey. The more empowered voices we are, the more beautiful our human race.
What are some voice topics you're interested in knowing more about? What would help you along your vocal journey? Please, let us know in the comments below!
With Love,
~ Kimberly
Other Resources
Interested in knowing more about how our voices affect our whole lives? Here are some of my other blogs on the benefits of singing and how to approach vocal work as a spiritual path:
The Zen of Voice Part 1: Singing As Meditation for Personal Growth
Gratitude and Singing: They're All About The Tuning
Holiday Reflections: Questions of Reflection For The New Year
Interested in Learning More About the Many Physical and Emotional Benefits of Voice Work?
Reasons To Sing in 2015
Dear Kimberly,
Realizing how “voiceless” I’ve been for years (unable to identify what I am feeling, denying how I truly feel, afraid to express myself, placing my own interests behind a wall in order to do what others want), I truly do want to work with you and with my voice that as you said above is a “potential source of incredibly deep healing and transformation.” I really like the idea of “channeling your [my] energy directly into the physical plane, compressing your [my] desire into a hear-able, feel-able wave of intention that literally impacts your [my] reality.” I want to sign up to work with you. What would you recommend? Love, Mom
Oh my gosh mom, this totally made me cry. First of all, it’s a total surprise! And how cool that you’re the first person to comment on my first-release blog post! Second of all, knowing what we’ve both been through as far as “finding our voices,” and what you in particular have been through in your own life, it’s so moving to think of being able to work with you, my own mother, on finding/freeing/fully experiencing your voice. Wow! Makes my own wild, tempestuous journey totally worth it. It would be an incredible honor, and I have a feeling so healing and transforming for both of us. Can’t wait! I’ll call you momma and we’ll take it from there. Love, Kimberly
It’s definitely hard to imagine using my voice for meditation. I’d like to know more about what I can do if I just can’t stand the sound of my voice.
Kasmira, thanks for your excellent question. It deserves a full video and more in-depth discussion, which I shall be happy make at some point soon. It’s going on the topic list! In the meantime, I would suggest simplifying as much as possible. To use the voice for meditation, we are working on presence and non-attachment. So whatever your voice happens to sound like right now isn’t really the point – it’s more about the EXPERIENCE you’re creating through the sound. I know, experience has a lot to do with the sounds we’re hearing, so if you don’t like the sound, it can feel like it’s detracting from the experience. But it doesn’t HAVE to detract. It can only do that if we choose to let it.
Perhaps try singing one note in a very comfortable part of your range, and just singing it over and over again, placing your attention on the SENSATIONS instead of the sound. Just breathe deeply, let it be soothing, and enjoy. It’s very simple, really, and doesn’t require any fancy vocals for the benefits to show up very quickly. I hope that helps!