Seeking a Somatic Training Program? Carol’s individual consulting sessions are focused on listening for each individual’s curiosity and inspiration. Often people interested in somatics have an idea of how they want to use this work in relationship to what they are already passionate about, but do not know exactly what somatics is or where to…
Each individual voice is unique. Each person’s relationship to his or her voice is very individual. Understanding and supporting each individual voice and learning about the intrinsic connections between the physiology and emotional life of the voice is the first step. From this place of support (and fun), and depending on what is needed, a…
These sessions are designed for the person who would like to deeply relax and experience a sense of ease and connection to themselves. Carol uses an integration of Swedish Massage techniques with her expertise in the Alexander Technique to create long hands-on strokes, which activate an organic lengthening of muscles without any painful triggers. Please…
The Alexander Technique aims to promote an improvement in the functionality of our bodies. Another way of thinking about this is that through the Alexander Technique we learn to re-educate ourselves proprioceptively and re-pattern our alignment pathways for more efficient movement. The learning centers around identifying movement patterns that produce pressure and imbalance on your…
In private practice since 1991, Carol is a graduate of the Hakomi Institute of California, certified by the Process Work Institute of Portland and trained in the 70’s in Re-evaluation Counseling. Additionally, her work in Social Somatics brings an awareness of the larger social issues that can often be in the background, invisible without an…
Voice explorations contact energy sources in the body which inform us of the many authentic qualities, characters, pitches and tones expressing each unique individual. Whether sounding, speaking or singing, the body’s freedoms and tensions are revealed through the voice. Embracing improvisational exercises and somatic principles and practices from Contact Improvisation, Alexander Technique, Laban/Bartenieff, Body-Mind Centering,…
Voice explorations contact energy sources in the body which inform us of the many authentic qualities, characters, pitches and tones expressing each unique individual. Whether sounding, speaking or singing, the body’s freedoms and tensions are revealed through the voice. Embracing improvisational exercises and somatic principles and practices from Contact Improvisation, Alexander Technique, Laban/Bartenieff, Body-Mind Centering,…
This course presents games and songs to use for community building and the skillful shifting of group energy. These are games and songs that have been culled from many different contexts and parts of the world. They are taught in the spirit of play within the context of community building. This play is effective in…
Singing together has been the “Voice” to unify, encourage, uplift and communicate the human spirit in many social movements throughout history. The Voice expresses the truth of the soul. In this workshop, we will physically warm up the body and voice through improvisational scores, bringing us more deeply into an experience of the “embodied voice”. …