Voice Recovery

Reclaim Your Voice and Release Your Authentic Power!
Of all the instruments in the world, your voice is the most versatile, the most colorful, the most beautiful, the most expressive. Nothing conveys the nuances of the inner world so poignantly, so powerfully. In fact, your voice mirrors the condition of your heart and soul. It is an indicator of what you have yet healed, of what you cling to.

Listen to an infant expressing and you will see and hear fullness and wholeness, unencumbered by family and social constraints. It is a complete and natural expression. That still lives in you. Can you remember? When was the last time you allowed your voice to shout its glory? When was the last time you stood tall and spoke or sang your truth? If you are like many you have meekly tucked that voice away in some shadowed corner of your memory.

And yet, in the quiet of your deepest moments you can feel it stirring, longing for that unfettered flight. Are you ready to free it? Are you ready to allow your voice its song? Yes, you are...

Our natural voices have been systematically diminished by our particular life experiences. How many of us have sung with passion only to be silenced by “You can’t carry a tune in a bucket”, or “Why don’t you just lip sync the words”. Though we bought the criticism, we still long to sing, for singing is the heart in full bloom. It is life massaging itself with soaring melodies or rhythmic chants.

Singing lessons are an opening. But traditional lessons focus on technique and bypass the psychological and emotional limitations we still carry. Forcing technique on a voice that is only a portion of itself is questionable. Why not work to free the voice first by changing the thinking and the self-criticisms and replacing the fears with nurturing awareness?

This is what I offer. By clarifying and expanding the true voice within we can then fine tune the mechanism. Recovering the natural voice is a journey and a process of rediscovery, a reconnection with your divine essence.
Steps in the
Voice Recovery Process

Clarifying the Voice
Clearing blockages to the free and full expression of the voice. Developing confidence through an individualized process of psycho-emotional exercises, affirmations and re-education

Expanding the voice
A more focused exploration and expansion of the mechanisms of the voice, including breath, tone, pitch, range, diction and articulation,
placement and phrasing.
Voice as Instrument
Working with the stylistic use of voice. Expressing emotion and interpretation of songs. Exploration of voice in spiritual realms through toning, chanting,
mantras and sacred songs.

Some Ideas for Reflection

The gift of and the power
of the Voice

Aah...the wisdom of the design. This remarkable mechanism, the voice, capable of generating sound, dispensing information, expressing emotion, healing self and others, entertaining, connecting with the Source...on and on.

The voice is as unique as the vibration that we each are. The characteristics of it are determined by multiple factors: sex, shape of the three resonance chambers (chest, throat, cranium), emotional experiences and the subsequent energies released or held, intention, self care, perception of the moment...and, given all this, we can consciously choose to mimic another or create a brand new sounding voice.

The voice is our vehicle of our presence and power in the world. It is our tool of manifestation that marshals the forces of the Multiverse to gather to create that which we have spoken. Through conscious use we can create our world experience and form. We can connect with dimensions of spirit via chant and mantra and song. We can transform the moments of living into a sound that clears the vibrational residue of the event.

It is such a powerful tool that others can attempt to control us by subjugating our voice. Silencing us is to control us. Singing is outlawed by rulers intent on control. Our free speech is curtailed when they want to dampen our spirit.
The Designer has given us all we need to flow through life. The voice must be used. We must speak our words, sing our song, make our sound. To consciously use the voice to expand our experience is a wise and powerful choice. Never let it be silenced...but run it always through the heart to fill its message with love. This is the gift that will keep giving. Use it...

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Please Note: The Voice Recovery Process is not singing lessons. It clears the energetic blockages that inhibit one’s singing experience. It clarifies the quality of the voice and restores the willingness to sing. Singing lessons are a natural follow up to this process with positive results more likely.
The gift of singing for realignment
The moment we start to explore our voice as a newborn, we are singing. With a magnificent mechanism that so easily makes sound and moves pitch up and down in a continuum, singing is an effortless joy. When one sings, the chakras open. Singing channels emotion and energetic debris from within the body’s center outward in expression. As vibrational beings living in an endlessly vibrating world, we are advised to surrender to the flow. When we truly surrender we start to make sound.

The infant has a soundtrack to their moments of living brought forth by a joy and a desire to explore the voice. And the mechanism does not disappoint. When the tongue shifts a new tone is made. When the mouth opens and changes shapes a new tone is made. Try another position and suddenly a host of harmonic overtones are heard. And then let it move like a siren. Endless play.

And all the while the sound of the voice is clearing toxic and held energetic memory from our energy bodies and from within throughout the cells and organs and systems. The more one sings the clearer the chakras are. And when one aligns the melody and with a conscious lyric of support or clarity, the impact is amplified.

Our vocal expression is an intimate part of us. It is a must to express. When that is controlled or contained from outside influence and pressure, we suffer. To be silenced is one of the greatest injustices. There are religions that will not allow congregants to sing. It frees the spirit and invites spontaneity…silence doesn’t.

So, sing…sing often, sing loud, sing with emotion, translate your life into song. No one is judging your voice. You make it stronger and more accurate by singing. Sing your moments, sing your pain, sing your wishes, sing your dreams, sing your loses, sing your successes, sing your love, sing your sorrow…just sing. This gift of the cosmos…the voice. Bless us with your tone. Join in the symphony of the world. You are needed. Do not hesitate again!

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Information
The Natural Voice offers you a personalized, nurturing
process to release the blockages to the free and
full expression of your given voice.


One on one sessions by appointment
Location by arrangement.
Hourly rate: $75


Special Weekend Intensive
 Investment: $750.00


Consists of 4 three hour sessions over a two day period.
(You come to San Luis Obispo, CA or make arrangements for me
to fly to where you are. These personal costs are additional and
not included in the fee. Call or  e-mail by clicking to the right
to secure a session or for more details.)
Contact: 1.805.927.2416
Email: soundalchemy@markstantonwelch.net
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