Welcome,

My name is Annie - and I am a singer, devoted listener to life’s song, and a vocal guide and mentor committed to the unique expression of your voice and truth.

I believe that EVERYONE can sing, and have contact with their evolving truth and speak it with clarity and grace - and to show up in humility when we miss the mark and try again! I believe that when we are able to feel connected and resourced within ourselves, the heart and the voice blossom effortlessly.

Yet let’s face it, we live in a system that often has us confused about what our own needs, desires, feelings, and true voice stands for. Not to mention, a system that prides productivity and performance over authentic expression.

Singing for the sacred connection to our heart’s is a birthright, and it is something I believe we have the opportunity to reclaim in a nourishing, safe, and inspiring environment.

We each have a unique song in our heart, which is like a thumbprint - and the expression of that uniqueness is a gift and a medicine - for both the singer and for those receiving.

And many of us are here to USE that gift of healing with our voice - be it in singing to our children, while we are gardening, or singing on a stage. The use of our voice, in its essence and truth, both in song and in speech - is vital to our thriving whole self.

Singing is a birthright unto us all - an access point to the realm of the Heart and of creation - of pure magic and possibility.

My Journey with My Voice

My voice has become one of my greatest friends and allies, yet it was not always that way.

As a child, I am told that I sang all the time, mostly in nature and to animals - like we often see so many children doing.

I also loved to belt tunes from musicals like “Annie.” I remember singing “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” from the top of my lungs and loving it.

Yet at some moment, I began to receive feedback about my voice, as so many of us have. Often time the feedback we receive is negative, and it can create a sort of lasting shame in our expression of ourselves. And sometimes, that feedback can be positive, and it can still have some kind of paralyzing effect on our natural expression. That was the case for me. I received the message that I had a “good” voice. And that message did fuel me to continue to sing, yet I now began to sing for “others,” awaiting the applause and the validation. The ever-longing confirmation that I am “good enough". I was assuming that if I was told that I had a “good” voice, I was a “good girl.” And so, my voice became something for the other. It no longer had the joy and creative life in it, rather it became one more measure of my worthiness. And as you can bet, like Brené Brown eloquently says, “when perfectionism is driving us, shame is always riding shotgun, and fear is the backseat driver.”

Like so many of us, I hadn’t even realized what I had given up - my connection, my playfulness, my lightness, and mostly my connection with my inner teacher - my voice.

In my years recovering from perfectionism and finding healthy boundaries in relationship, I began to discover my true voice, like an old friend that was patiently waiting for me with the most incredible gift basket in hand. It was an astounding joy. And my voice continues to be one of my wisest teachers.

The Voice and Heart Connection

In my mid-twenties, after ending some relationships that were not serving my wholeness and heart, I finally spent time by myself, often visiting the redwoods near my home. And something magical occurred in those months of being with myself and in nature - I began to feel my voice in a different way - unobstructed, free, and shifting things in my body and my sense of perception. I began to feel an incredible feeling of connection, of peace, of knowing that everything has a place and a vibration, and my voice is not only a part of that connection, it influences the space within me and around me.

In the years that followed I began to sing all the time, and connected to the joy and beauty in simple songs and melodies that opened my heart to deeper love, presence, creativity, and self trust.

That is when I began inviting others into the world of song, to work with feelings of stuck-ness or helplessness as well as beginning to find that innate capacity to be playful and creative with their voice and unearth songs that wanted to be sung from the heart - in celebration, in reverence, in silliness, in grief - in the full spectrum of color.

The journey of coming home to my voice was and is a journey of coming home to myself. Each time that I sing from the heart and with honesty, I am brought new awareness about the simplicity and beauty of life. Especially when I am in a place of fear, overwhelm, and distraction - the capacity to sing myself home, is often quite literal. It is like a GPS system for what lives beyond the mind - the ever-present witness of the heart.

In recent years I have enjoyed discovering the nuances of the voice as an instrument to tune and refine and create healing inside the body. The harmonizing effect the voice has on our own biology as well as the life around us is incredible.

Feeling Safe in Your Voice

Each voice is a unique expression of our heart - with its unique song.

Many of us have experienced a trauma in the area of expressing ourselves authentically -whether being silenced, told we “shouldn’t sing,” or “don’t have a good voice.” Even seemingly “innocent” remarks made about the voice can cut deeply and be with us in a way that prevents our song to flow freely.

It takes trust, safety, and a sense of play to rewrite some of the old narratives around singing and our voice as well as a healthy dose of devotion and willingness to embrace the journey of befriending our own voices and ultimately our hearts.

I would be honored to support the discovery and cultivation of your voice. So that it may open and express the unique sound, message, and beauty from within.

An Invitation From My Heart To Yours

I invite you to imagine for a moment your most liberated joyful, expression of your voice. How would it feel to reconnect with that childlike essence of you? And to discover the many songs that live in your heart? And then to share them? To be witnessed and received?

Maybe this is easy for you to imagine, and maybe it feels nearly impossible. However, I would like to share my rooted belief that each one of us is a singer and a song carrier. Each one of us possesses the beautiful gift and capacity to create sound and song that brings more harmony in our bodies and in the world through the channel of our voice. And each one of us is a creative being connected to this capacity to open to the healing power of singing.

It is my highest joy and commitment to assist you in accessing this creative and deeply connected place through song and sound.

let’s connect!