Olivia Preye

Liv has been working with the voice as a tool for healing for 15 years in a diversity of settings from prisons to concert halls, psychiatric units to cathedrals, hospital beds to treehouses. Inspired by her studies of Hindustani singing and years spent in India, she weaves together her work as a jazz singer, creative practitioner, singing therapist and yoga teacher to create and facilitate a practice - Voice Yoga - that deeply nurtures spiritual and emotional wellbeing. About Voice YogaBhakti yoga is at the heart of the way Liv works and lives. She believes that the key to healing and living a full, undefended life lies in connection to the unique awareness which can be experienced when we sing with our authentic voices. For this reason, much of her work is in facilitating vocal exploration and expression to help people let go and free fall into the arms of grace though making vocal music both collaboratively and individually.Indian classical music provides the sonic context of Voice Yoga. Music in India is intrinsically linked to spirituality. Songs are not just songs; they are colours, moods, entire worlds! Most importantly they are a direct channel to the divine - what ever that may mean to you. Each individual's spiritual path is an intimate and sacred idea for which there is no need of external validation or justification.Traditional Indian music comes in the form of 'Ragas' and these ragas provide countless different paths on which the voice can dance along. Singing is steeped in a sense of connecting with the divine, with universal consciousness: all who have gone before us and all who will follow us. Practising Voice Yoga fully charges you with cosmic energy by helping you deeply integrate the vital energy or 'Prana' that is the source of life for all. Voice Yoga shows us how to breathe in this pranic energy as life giving air and release it back into the world as beautiful life enhancing music. ​Sessions begin with meditation and end with song. They include exercises that: explore the various places in which you can resonate in your body, teach you about the anatomy of the voice and help you discover your own unique voice. A warm, open and intimate atmosphere is nurtured in which we discuss any issues that may arise as a result of the feeling of letting go that is facilitated through connection to the breath and the singing voice. ​In order to improvise with your voice, you must leave the past and future behind and stand fully in the present. You must empty yourself and allow room for inspiration to enter you. This is where the magic happens and Liv's work is to support you in meeting this magic for yourself and build your own practice around this connection with your deepest presence.