25/03/2025
This is a share from my beautiful student and friend Jen McCrea❤️It's precious teaching moments like this that light me up and make me love what I do so so much🥰
WOW!! I unexpectedly burst into tears in my singing class today 🥹😭 When I arrived at my lesson, I was feeling happy, grounded and full of gratitude, so why on earth did I cry?
Firstly, why I am choosing to share this vulnerable moment is a simple reminder of the powerful HEALING that music brings. This was my 6th singing lesson ever, and I hadn’t actually sang a song as part of my lesson yet - up until today I was choosing to only focus on different sounds, scales, mantras and vocal toning - specifically for my upcoming soundbaths… I certainly have never considered myself a singer or ever had much confidence with singing 🎶
Although I’m experienced in facilitating workshops and delivering university lectures to hundreds of people, I have always thought that “I don’t have a good voice and I certainly don’t have a strong or powerful singing voice.” 😳
Today, my intuitive teacher Mel was able to empower me to unlock something deep within me, and shift some old wounds and patterns about my limiting beliefs! We spoke about how past traumas can suppress our singing voices and how the body keeps the score!
Mel asked me at the end of today’s lesson if I was comfortable to sing with her - and if I would sing into a microphone. Now singing into a microphone without a lot of alcohol is a totally new concept for me - and singing side by side with a world-class singer, is certainly a daunting experience 🫣
Mel reassured me that I was in a safe space and I could stop at any time… for people who are used to singing or are already confident with their singing voice, you must be thinking “what’s the big deal, right?!”
As we were singing an Adele song “Someone like you” I felt confusion, then shock, joy and finally happy healing tears just flowed 😭❤️ I heard my true singing voice for the first time ever today and it gave me goosebumps - my true self-expressive voice felt empowering, liberating and exciting!
I buried my head into Melayne, as I cried beautifully happy, healing tears. She hugged me and shed some happy tears too, it was a truly special and transformative moment - THANK YOU Melayne Tennyson from the bottom of my heart 🙏💜
This profound experience today is so timely, as I’m starting to write a blog on how music shifts and moves emotions and pain in the body, from a scientific, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and soul level. Our brain waves literally change, from the vibration of sound frequencies! How freaking amazing is that?! ✨
I am really looking forward to launching my first ever blog soon and sharing my learnings about the beautiful healing modality of music as medicine 🎶🎻💜
