Individual Voice, Harp, Sound Healing Sessions

"It feels like Abigail is more of a guide then a teacher, helping me uncover a personal journey of discovery. One in which I am re-discovering my capacity to sing. The thought that singing is something I need to learn and possibly out of my reach is blown away by the knowledge that my voice has always existed in my core. Though it may be buried, it is there waiting for a chance to resonate again.”
  - Individual Voice Student

Vocal and Harp Tuition

My emphasis in one to work is to facilitate emotional and spiritual expression in sound. I do use structured exercises and techniques but my emphasis is always on these tools enabling the student to be more present in their vocal and instrumental work. I see music as the purest expression of vast spiritual truths that are always bigger than ourselves, mostly teaching is truer to the Latin Educare “ to draw out ”, what is already there, to support the student in moving through any blocks to their progress. Through gentle encouragement, my aim is to hold the expanse of the potential I know is there and create an environment of emotional safety where the student can risk sounding in ways beyond their imaginings.

Similarly this method can be used in instrumental work, finding a tonal resonance that works in awakening the body to a greater sense of aliveness. Observing one’s own emotional and physiological responses to different musical intervals brings the intricate complexity of music as a language to life in the body and in the heart. Improvisation is permission to play with sound.Classical musical trainings often teach students how to “play” an instrument but as a technical achievement that is often at the expense of the person’s capacity to really “play” music. Improvisational games develop repertoire and the ability to explore the diversity of texture, timbre, tonal range or dynamic variability, restoring the joy of playfulness, giving permission to make choices that are surprising and creative. Most importantly they teach a deepened experience of listening and responding, an interaction that serves music as something always bigger than the sum of its parts.

Sound Healing

Sound healing sessions provide an opportunity for in depth explorations into any emotional blocks around making sound. I utilise a combination of bioenergectic and sounding exercises, sometimes using toning as a diagnostic and self healing tool. Other people prefer me to work with them, creating sounds myself which are clearing, grounding and holding. I may use either voice or harp or a combination of the two. Recipients often find session to be enlivening and clarifying. It can provide them with the tools to work consciously in moving through any areas of stuckness in life. Some people are happy with one off sessions and others prefer a more regular input such as a series of six sessions.

All Individual Sessions cost £35 per hour or £50 for an hour and a half.

Concessions for those on a low income are considered on an individual basis.



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