🌿 Weekly Reflection – Healing Voice Method (Week 2)

✨Biggest Takeaways / Insights: This week has truly been an interesting and expansive experience for me — I don’t think I’ve ever had so many different and unexpected sounds come out of my mouth before!

I continued integrating last week’s practices with this week’s focus, especially humming, vocal toning, and the physical warm-ups, including facial, neck, and throat massage. Through this combination, I began to notice my voice opening up more. While toning, there was a slight scratchiness — almost like listening to an old record — but I trust that with continued use, my voice will smooth out over time.

🌿One of my biggest realizations this week is simple but powerful: You have to use your voice.

If you don’t use it, you begin to lose access to it. I’ve always identified more as a listener than someone who expresses vocally, and I can see now how that has limited my range and comfort. This practice is gently shifting that for me.

🌿What I Noticed in My Body / Experience: This week really reinforced how much the voice is connected to the entire body. I especially noticed this during the “bubble” practice — I finally figured out how to do it! It required engaging my abdominal muscles, which made me realize how essential proper body engagement is for breath, sound, and vocal expression.

I also experienced how releasing tension — particularly in the jaw, neck, and facial muscles — created more space and ease in my voice. The self-massage and stretching exercises made a noticeable difference in how freely sound could move.

💛Practices I Enjoyed Most: I really enjoyed the heart-centered toning practice, especially the hugging component. It felt deeply nurturing — one of those experiences you don’t want to end.

I also explored toning with the vowel sounds (AH, OH, OO, EH, EE), but instead of isolating them, I intuitively blended them together into one continuous tone within a single breath. The sound became more monotone, but I found it incredibly meditative and grounding.

Another highlight was toning alongside my crystal singing bowls. I used three of my 3rd octave bowls (E, A, and B), and this felt like a very comfortable and supportive range for my voice.

🌿What Helped Me Most: Being able to revisit the class recordings while practicing was incredibly helpful. I also really appreciate the new course layout with separate sections for each concept — it makes it much easier to return to specific practices.

🌿Challenges / Realizations: One challenge I noticed is simply building familiarity and comfort with using my voice more consistently. There is a sense of “waking it up” after not fully using it in this way for a long time. I found myself really wanting to sing this week.

✨What I’d Like to Explore More / Suggestions: I would love to have a structured practice guide or chart that includes both Week 1 and Week 2 exercises — something that serves as a visual reference and helps guide daily practice.

It might also be helpful to have suggested practice groupings (for example, certain exercises on certain days), as it can feel like a lot to incorporate everything every day.

✨My Intention Moving Forward: My intention is to continue using my voice more consistently — to move beyond being primarily a listener and into a more expressive space. I want to allow my voice to open naturally, without force or judgment, and to continue exploring it as both a personal and therapeutic tool.

I am also focused on integrating these practices into daily habits, trusting that with consistency, my voice will continue to strengthen, expand, and become more fluid.

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