CIARA'S PHILOSOPHY AND APPROACH AS A VOICE TEACHER
Singing and the voice has been an enormous part of Ciara’s life since childhood. She has been a lifelong student of voice and this has translated into a professional career as a singer and actor, art’s educator, and voice teacher spanning over 20 years.
As human beings we are ALL natural sound makers and our voices form an essential part of our self expression. In her voice studio, Ciara encourages her students to connect to themselves. Each lesson begins with a guided meditation connecting to the energy body, then naturally flowing into foundation breathe work that calms the autonomic nervous system while activating the vagus nerve bringing the student into a state of rest and digest, releasing anxiety and allowing a deeper connection to themselves and their voice.
The voice is gently explored, with very little pressure to perform. Ciara carefully and skillfully takes each student on a journey of rediscovery enfolding mindfulness into her approach, allowing the students to know their instrument from within, and thus allowing them to transform their relationship to it. So many of us are recovering from severe feedback or shaming that occurred at a young age around our voices, and for many others the pressure to be perfect creates many limiting beliefs around our voices. It is Ciara's mission to free people from these restrictive and unnecessary boundaries.
Ciara has dedicated much of her career as a voice practitioner to creating a safe space for people to truly connect to their authentic voice. The vocal technique that she shares is founded in an embodied approach that reveals ones true voice and teaches the students to KNOW THEIR VOICE form within, so that they shift their entire approach to making sound and singing. Suddenly the voice can truly reveal itself, tensions dissipate, connection to pitch improves, all while building a deeper understanding of the balance between light and dark when making sound.
We are all natural sound makers and Ciara's technique builds on our already available human capabilities. Singing is for everyone and Ciara loves to work with all kinds of people, those simply interested in exploring their voices, those who find the notion is singing terrifying, and those who identify as professional singers are all welcome at The UNITY studio. This work is universal. Ciara has worked with young adults, men, women, musical theatre performers, classical singers, actors, voice over artists, flamenco singers, and those who simply want to extend and expand their relationship with their voice and to have fun.
Singing is JOYFUL, when we sing we "self tune" and reset our frequency. Ciara is so thrilled to be bringing her knowledge and experience to The Unity Studio as an expansion of her life's work, creating a new home for her voice studio. As The Unity Studio grows, Ciara will be offering even more ways to study.
Book a private voice lesson with Ciara today, and watch this space for her upcoming MASTER CLASS SERIES, VOCAL TONING CLASS and SONG STUDY SERIES in 2024.
