Kathleen
Bosenick
Awaken
your Natural Voice
Communication is at the heart of our
existence. Without communication our life can appear
empty and painful. There are many different ways in
which we can communicate with our environment : through
touching, looking, hearing, movements, body language,
sign language and so on. But our most important instrument
for communication is our voice. From the moment we
are born, we depend upon the voice to make ourselves
heard and understood.
Sometimes as we go through life, we can encounter
painful experiences in regards to communication and
the use of our voice. People tell us to shut up or
be quiet, they ignore our communications or do not
listen to us or simply do not understand us. Also
some people have been told in the past, that they
cannot sing.
Despite all these negative experiences our innermost
being has an innate longing to communicate, to voice
its feelings, to be heard and understood and to express
the joy of being alive. And the most powerfully rewarding
and emotionally healing way to do this is: to sing.
The problem that many people face in regards to their
voice, is that the negative experiences of the past
have over time led to inhibitions, lack of confidence
and actual physical manifestations in the body, such
as tension and restriction. This then acts as a barrier
to communication and self expression through the medium
of the voice.
In my work as a voice teacher, I help people to reawaken
their natural voice and overcome the habitual tensions
and restrictions that have built up over time. There
are many exercises that can help an individual to
free their voice, but fundamental to this work is
the development of a different kind of listening.
Not the internalized listening, that most of us are
familiar with, but an external listening for our voice
in the surrounding space. This type of listening opens
up many new possibilities for developing and freeing
our natural voice.
The exercises I work with are designed to Awaken the
Natural Voice that we all have, but that we need to
recover from underneath the accumulated debris of
our own and other peoples repressions. Awakening the
Natural Voice is a journey that returns to us more
than just our singing voice: it opens the door to
a deeper self, that we all know exists, but we very
rarely give space to in our busy modern lives.
I am always happy to hear from anybody who is interested
in finding out more about natural voice work and can
be contacted through this website or by telephone
on 01364 642760.
Apart from teaching singing I also
enjoy writing and performing my own material. Samples
of my songs can be found and listened to on http://www.myspace.com/kathleenbosenick
