singing as life practice is a collaborative practice exploring the voice as a meeting point of body, desire, imagination, technique, and shared human experience.
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“The voice is the body in audible form.”
Roland Barthes
Voice matters because it allows us to locate ourselves. It is a place to return to when linearity, logic, and language fall away. A place where expression and listening happen at the same time - where there is no need to already know, only to discover.
Through voice, old songs carried across generations can hold a lamp toward what lies just beyond our current understanding. They offer pathways when the ground feels uncertain, and ways of orienting ourselves when the familiar loses shape.
Voice and song matter because they allow complexity to exist in one place. The taboo and the tender, the grief and the softness, the sensual, the wild, the joyful and the raw - all can live together in sound.
The voice gives shape to the parts of human experience that do not fit easily into ordinary language, creating room for what might otherwise remain unspoken.
“The real teacher in the room is the voice itself.”
Teaching and learning have always felt to me like practices of freedom. When the right environment and structure are in place, something in people activates. They step into their own vitality - not because they are told how, but because the conditions allow their curiosity and courage to come forward.
The voice is deeply connected to the self: woven through body, breath, thought, impulse, and imagination. Because of this, voice work becomes a profound place to practise flow, freedom, and taking space - in the room and in one’s own life. And for the same reasons, it can also be vulnerable. Voice work often stirs emotional and nervous system responses, revealing patterns of holding, fear, desire, and courage.
This makes the environment essential. The space must be held with rigour and gentleness - spacious enough for exploration, structured enough for skill to grow. My role is to facilitate, guide, and create conditions in which learning, unravelling, and growth can take place.
The participant’s role is to help shape the environment through focus, curiosity, and willingness. Together we co-create a space where judgment softens, where the need for immediate answers is suspended, and where risk and relaxed-effort are part of the learning.
In the beginning, learning is less about finding answers and more about discovering the questions that ignite genuine curiosity. That curiosity becomes the fuel that carries the work forward.
“Technique and imagination grow side by side.”
Voice work begins in the body. We pay attention to alignment and the subtle patterns of tension and release that shape sound long before a note is made.
Technique and imaginative exploration sit alongside one another: working with vocal placement, resonance, rhythm, articulation, and the physical mechanics of singing, while also following sensation, memory, and impulse as they arise.
Sessions include individual movement practices, body-based listening, and gentle vocal warm-ups that connect sound to the physical structures of support. We explore different modes of listening and how they’re influenced by the nervous system; we practise taking space, being seen, and seeing others; and we investigate how emotion, memory, and desire shape the impulse to sing.
Ensemble work plays a central role. Singing with others teaches us to hear our voice in relation to other voices - to hold our line even when something else is being said or sung - and to experience harmony, rhythm, and shared presence. The voice often strengthens when held by a group. Individual attention complements this, helping each person understand their own patterns, capacities, and places of resistance.
The aim is to build a voice that feels connected, expressive, and grounded. Through consistent practice, people develop greater freedom, technical skill, confidence, and ease, learning how the why and the need behind a sound shape the expression of the what.
This work meets you where you are. Sessions move between technique and exploration, giving you time to understand how your voice works physically and to discover what it wants to express. There is a balance of structure and freedom: clear exercises, grounded guidance, and space to follow breath, sensation, and imagination.
The atmosphere is both steady and spacious. There is room for effort, vulnerability, humour, and risk. You will be encouraged to listen closely - to your body, to your voice, and to the subtle shifts that come with practice. Some moments will feel expansive; others may ask for patience or courage. Both are part of the process.
Whether working individually or in ensemble, you can expect to be supported without being intruded upon, challenged without being judged, and invited to take space at a pace that feels true. Over time, most people find greater ease, freedom, confidence and connection - in their singing, in their speaking, and in the way they inhabit themselves.
People come to this work from many directions. Some arrive with a love of singing; others come with uncertainty, or the sense that their voice has been hidden, constrained, or lost. Many arrive with a longing to reconnect - not just to their voice, but to themselves.
Others come from creative fields: actors, performers, dancers, musicians, and artists, looking to incorporate voice work into their current practice or approach it in a different way. And others come from professions far from the arts - people seeking greater presence, clearer communication, or a more grounded relationship with their voice.
I work with individuals exploring voice as part of personal growth; with actors and theatre companies bringing song into dramatic work; and with professionals whose work depends on speaking, listening, facilitating, or holding space for others. Psychologists, educators, programmers, team leads, facilitators, singers, and complete beginners all find their way here.
What unites the people who choose this practice is not their background, but their willingness to listen, explore, and meet themselves honestly. The voice is a human instrument, and this work welcomes anyone drawn to discovering what theirs might reveal.
“The voice carries more than information.”
Many people who come to this work use their voice every day in demanding ways - teaching, facilitating, leading teams, guiding clients, or speaking in front of groups. In professional settings, the voice communicates far more than content: it conveys presence, steadiness, clarity, and the ability to listen.
The same principles that support singing also support communication under pressure. Working with breath, nervous system responses, resonance, and embodied awareness helps people speak with greater ease and confidence, and to stay connected to themselves even in challenging environments. This is not about becoming a performer; it is about finding a grounded relationship with your voice that can support you in your work.
Professionals from many fields - educators, psychologists, programmers, team leads, facilitators, and those in leadership roles - come to this practice to develop expressive freedom, clarity, and a steadier sense of presence. The work adapts naturally to the needs of people whose voices carry responsibility as well as sound.
It's precious to have found a space in which the practice, the participants and the teacher are simultaneously in the process of becoming
Marta H.
The Resonator series was truly one of the best things I've ever done
Jesse N.
Emma said "just jump & don't think about the consequences!" Now I'm more able to do this in my life everyday because of her workshops
Jamie L.