Open to Life Through Your Voice · One to Ones
One to One sessions give you the chance to explore beliefs that may be holding you back when it comes to your voice and offers practical ways to bring voice into your life. Building safety, connection and authenticity together, your voice becomes a gateway to a deeper sense of yourself, giving you space to express your truest voice and unlock your creative potential.
Heidi Hinda, Creativity Coach
“"I didn't know what to expect when I signed up to the 4 sessions with Sarah-Jane. I only knew that as a performer I wanted to be able to explore accessing my voice and letting that be heard in a deeper way. What I received from the sessions tho exceeded my expectations! I met where I was holding my voice back from the world, and Sarah-Jane very gently guided and invited me to find my own unique way through. Even though SJ is extremely gentle and supportive, and obviously has so much wisdom and rich resources to play with, I also felt the depth of her standing in what she offers. There's something ancient about SJ's connection to voicework and you can feel that. The sessions were also playful which I enjoyed immensely. I highly recommend working with SJ if you're curious to understand your voice and the power of working with sound. She's something else!”
This is not about learning how to sing, although if you follow the practices and commit regular time and attention to yourself in this way your voice will naturally open up, become more powerful and feel more freedom of expression as a result.
Cultivating non judgemental, sacred space for your natural voice to emerge so that you can discover its healing powers and profound impact on your emotional, physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.
Healing & Health Benefits
Vocalising certain sounds increases your vagal tone* which supports your body to recover faster after stress, to grow, repair, and restore itself. It balances both sides of the brain (thinking and intuition), releases emotion stored/stuck in your body, increases oxygen in your cells, increases lymphatic circulation (which helps to flush out toxins), increases melatonin levels (which support your immune system and has anti-inflammatory effects), releases endorphins (which help to reduce your perception of pain and contribute to feelings of pleasure.
Read more about the evidence base for singing in Why We Sing by Julia Hollander
*Vagal tone refers to activity of the Vagus Nerve, the biggest cranial nerve in the body which is responsible for a range of functions, including breathing, heart rate, digestion and the ability to vocalise. Improving vagal tone is thought by neuroscientists to be a key element to improving overall health.
What’s Involved…
A free consultation to connect and explore if this is the right programme and the right time for you (30 minutes)
An initial exploratory session (60 minutes) where we will review what stands in the way of your natural voice, discover within you the permission to sing and establish a refuge for your voice.
Private online sessions (60 minutes) that offer a space for reflection, theory, practice and support. The initial commitment is 4 sessions which allows patterns to surface and exploration to commence, you can then decide if you wish to continue and commit to more sessions.
Email support from me between sessions
Co-created actions so that you leave sessions with intuitive, aligned, actionable steps for your practice
Respect for your own body’s wisdom and healing potential
Ria, Stroud
"I have recently joined a Musical Theatre group, and I feel this has been a direct result of the work we did together. I feel much more confident in my voice and am loving exploring my voice more! I'm not singing solo, but am singing in a chorus which is challenging but very enjoyable”.
Sessions will…
Encourage embodied awareness of your voice
Offer you practices to connect with your voice and nourish yourself
Be grounded in polyvagal theory and allow you to use your voice to circumvent overwhelm in your nervous system that leads to tension and chronic conditions, including loss of voice
Help you to use your voice with more ease, freedom and confidence
Prepare you for a Sounding Circle with Sarah Jane (optional)
Book a free introductory call with Sarah Jane
“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think”
Rumi
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Voice Circles
A deep yet playful space where you can discover for yourself the mystery and healing power of your voice.
Deeper Listening Voice Circles offer a safe, held, small group space where you are supported to drop a little deeper into yourself through movement, gentle breath work, vocal play and sound expression.
You will have the opportunity to explore your voice in a variety of ways, listening and expressing effortlessly all that is inside of you, so that moment to moment you may discover your own natural voice.
As a group we enter deep listening together, using forms from Collaborative Vocal Improvisation to weave sound and co-create soundscapes, uncovering beautiful, raw, wild and imperfect human music.
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Voice Events
I offer a programme of Voice Events across the seasons, collaborating with other facilitators and inspiring individuals and groups.
Some of my favourites have included a day workshop to explore the Celtic Horse Goddess Rhiannon through drum journey, voice & improvisation
…and a Restorative Voice Session at Stroud Goddess Temple where we spent an evening soothing and reconnecting to our resonant bodies, our voices and to each other as part of the Stroud Sisterhood International Women's Day Celebrations.
Click the link to find out about upcoming events and to read details of past events.