Your voice as medicine: releasing anxiety, shame and fear
Did you know there can be a split between the voice and the body? Voice teacher, embodied healing guide and singer/songwriter Anna Beaumont discusses this misalignment. She explains how she uses singing, the body’s energy system, psychology and spirituality to help singers and non-singers heal and uncover their natural voice - all in a safe space.
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In episode 257 of the weekly podcast series Calm, Clear & Helpful, Anna Beaumont - voice teacher, embodied healing guide, singer/songwriter and founder of The Natural Voice - touches on
the voice as the sound of feeling, a reflection of our inner world, and the way we access the body
Anna’s work, including guiding individuals to heal “the rejected and abandoned parts of us”
how she guides others to discover where the disconnect - the split - between the voice and body lies
what to do when the body is not aligning with the voice in the way that it needs to, and exercises to create a sense of alignment
working with non-singers
why singing may scare people
performing on stage
anxiety, fear and shame: “The anxiety is the felt sense of the fear that is being hidden away, and ashamed of itself”
feeling, talking to and allowing shame
the qualities of the voice that exist in each of the chakras: meaning, clarity, resonance, depth, passion, emotional energy, and groundedness - coming together in The Natural Voice.
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In this episode, Anna mentions:
The Returning, her singing journey through the chakras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teHa0tn-GYQ
The recording of Anna and Mary Wilson, singing Natural Woman and Do Right Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhZPUhoKmTE
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More about Anna
Anna Beaumont is a voice teacher, embodied healing guide, singer/songwriter and founder of The Natural Voice from Edmonton, Canada. Her career combines professional music performance with voice-based personal development and healing work.
As a musician, Anna has toured internationally and performed alongside or opened for figures including Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Tommy Banks, and Mary Wilson. She has written commissioned songs for organizations such as the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, and has released several albums.
Her second major focus is The Natural Voice, the approach she has developed over more than 20 years. Rather than teaching singing technique alone, she combines vocal training, breath work, body awareness, psychology, nervous system regulation and spiritual concepts, includin the chakra energy system. Anna works with casual as well as professional singers, and in person as well as online.
Website: www.annabeaumont.com
Anna’s classes, workshops and retreats: https://www.annabeaumont.com/events
YouTube: @beaumontanna
Instagram: beaumontanna
LinkedIn: Anna Beaumont (search for Anna Beaumont The Natural Voice)
About the host: Mariette Snyman is an award-winning South African journalist and host of the Calm, Clear & Helpful podcast. Learn more: https://www.mariettesnyman.co.za/llm
Original music by Mart-Marie Snyman
Thumbnail image: Pexels - model used
Photographs of Anna Beaumont: supplied