There are so many people who "think" than can't sing! It boggles my mind! Sure, most people are not "performance ready" but everyone, without exception unless they are mute due to some medical condition or birth defect, can sing. There are all sorts of excuses, "I can't sing on key." to "My mother told me to keep shut up every time I sang." to "My husband will leave me if I utter a sound." Seriously, really? Where did all this shame come from? I believe this deep shame around being heard singing is most prevelent in our great USA. With our adulation of the music celebrities, it is no wonder we feel "less than" in every way on a daily basis. I have my own struggles with sounding "good enough", yet logically I KNOW I have a good voice and am a very good performer even.
My mission on this planet during my lifetime this time around is to help as many people as possible, one person at a time, find their confidence in singing. Singing is our birthright - every one of us was given the apparatus to sing. And singing is one of the most healing activities in which we can engage. Our own, personal vibration is the most healing for our own physical system. It is right here, in our own body! I have been using my own in many special ways for my own healing - physical, mental and emotional for more than 20 years. I have literally "found myself", "remembered who I really am" and "gotten my s... together" by singing, alone, in the moment, with sheer abandon. Whether using a favorite record (singing along with Barbra Streisand is especially healing!) or just singing whatever comes out in the moment (with or without words), my singing has changed me to my core.
Just breathe, and sing! Let it come out!
