Free Your Natural Voice online workshop has been specifically designed for busy, time poor people and for those who don't have a huge budget to invest in private one on one singing tuition.
We start at the very beginning....a very good place to start ; )... discovering how the voice actually works.
I then present you with a comprehensive, step by step foundation to singing and voice production with clear, concise explanations and short, digestible lessons packed with all of the juicy content that you need to uncover the enormous potential of your voice.
The course is designed for you to do at your own pace. There are 26 lessons. You can do one a day, one every few days or one a week - to deepen the experience. There is no wrong way to do this, it is your course, so your own pace is perfect.
Why sign up for this course?
Experience what it’s like to speak and sing with your natural voice. Learn how to have more ease, flexibility, stability, strength and confidence in your voice and how to sing and speak from a more open, expressive and comfortable space.
This workshop focusses on helping people, through awareness, find the full potential of their natural voice.
As well as students, teachers, lecturers, celebrants, auctioneers, parents, people who hold seminars or presentations or anybody who performs any kind of public talking, singers, actors and those who generally want to improve their confidence and communication skills this workshop has proven to be of benefit to anyone who simply wants to reconnect and discover the power of their natural voice.
What other say:
“Helpful on a practical level… Free Your Natural Voice is clearly the result of understanding and experience. It is both challenging and achievable therefore profoundly enjoyable.” William, USA
"Michaela’s many years of experience in performing has enabled her to achieve a high level of mastery in singing. As a teacher she brings a wealth of wisdom. With precise guidance she is able to bring out your best with simple and very effective techniques to improve immediately." Souzi Wilson, Adelaide
"Working with Michaela has been a revelation for me. I am beginning to understand where my voice is coming from. How I can practice looking after my throat and my larynx, and breathe so that my voice is reverberating with energy." Larry Marshall, Melbourne
“I felt really great and more confident! The workshop gave me a chance to get to know my own voice and helped me to improve it a lot better.” Casie Chalmers, Adelaide
“The workshop really makes a difference to the way your voice works. Better than any workshop I have ever done.” Elysia Boyd, Adelaide
“This workshop is very helpful! It was amazing to find after a few simple exercises that I can use my voice more efficiently and even breath easier! I’m also finding the exercises useful to improve the clarity in my speech. Thanks Michaela” Megan Avery, France
“Michaela has not only given me more confidence but given me new goals to strive for. Her teaching methods make such a noticeable difference.” Kristina Adanichkin
“Michaela is not only a very warm person but also a very experienced professional. Her method is based on maintaining a good relationship with your voice and letting you reveal your true capacities."Aija Rozentala
FREE YOUR NATURAL VOICE CONTENT
There are 26 lessons. You can complete them in whichever way suits your lifestyle.
In the lessons you will cover the following:
MODULE 1: Creating A Stable Foundation
Lesson 1
Overview. Introduction. How the voice works
Lesson 2
How the breath creates the sound of the voice. Bernoulli effect demonstration.
Lesson 3
Four things that are needed in order for the voice to work: Larynx, Air, Space, Articulators
MODULE 2: Let's Get Down to Business
Lesson 4
Where to start? Breathing exercises, how to drop in the breath.
Lesson 5
Space Part 1 - How to access the benefits of the body in relation to the voice.
Lesson 6
Space Part 2 - body support, how to activate it!
Lesson 7
Space Part 3 - how the support muscles are connected to the breath and the body
Lesson 8
The Larynx [the voice box] - How do we get pitch? Let’s connect the larynx, breath and support.
Lesson 9
Articulators - anything that shapes the sound - let us warm them up together!! With a speedy 1 minute exercise at the end of the lesson.
MODULE 3: Now We're Ready to Sing
Lesson 10
Let’s start singing! Vocal awareness and warming up the voice.
Lesson 11
Introducing straw technique. A great technique for warming up, cooling down, voice damage and releasing vocal tension.
Lesson 12
How to sing high: part 1 - the power of the mind! How to deal with fear and anxiety when singing.
Lesson 13
How to sing high: part 2 - what’s happening in my body when I sing high?
Lesson 14
How to sing high: part 3 - exercises in imagination. Going ‘through’ the scale rather than ‘reaching up’ the scale.
Lesson 15
How to sing high: part 4 - twang, let’s get ugly!
Lesson 16
Speak-singing: finding your authentic voice, easy access to your natural voice.
Lesson 17
Speak-singing: an example for you
Lesson 18
My voice feels disjointed or not quite ‘in the flow’, what shall I do?
Lesson 19
The Voice Break: What to do with that part of your voice that feels like it’s breaking when you go up a scale. How to smooth out the seemingly ‘separate’ parts of your voice.
Lesson 20
How to sing LOUD! The moment your neighbours have NOT been waiting for.
MODULE 4: The Hear of Performance
Lesson 21
How to bring meaning, story and connection into song: part 1
Lesson 22
How to bring meaning, story and connection into song: part 2
Lesson 23
How to bring meaning, story and connection into song: part 3
Lesson 24
What do I do with nerves?
Lesson 25
How to bring heart into a song. How to keep spontaneous while performing.
MODULE 5: Wrapping it All Up!
Lesson 26
Wrapping it all up! Upload before singing clips and after singing clips.