Confidence using your voice
Freedom from anxiety and stress
Feel heard
“And also to say how much I enjoyed the Therapeutic Voicework.. I found it very calming and very freeing, and although I can’t put my finger on what specifically has changed and at times I still feel stressed out, I’m finding that I can bring myself back to a calmer, quieter state with the breathing exercises and the chanting. I don’t get so het up as I used to about things I haven’t done yet, and I am more gentle with other people… I find that I listen to silence now, and I no longer ‘hear’ the command that I should do more, achieve more, be more. That in itself is very freeing for me“. ES
The BAST method of Holistic Voice Therapy is a one to one treatment consisting of Passive Voice Therapy treatment and dynamic breathing, vocalisation, visualisation and movements (depending on need and relevance) called Vocal Processing Techniques (VPTs). You may have a passive treatment, an active treatment or a combination.
A passive treatment is very much like a personal voice bath. After a sharing and exploration of what you are bringing to the session and would like to work on, you are invited to lie comfortably on the couch while I create a series of vocal tones and overtones, designed as a treatment personal to you. People usually find this a very enjoyable, relaxing experience and may enter into a very deep state similar to that of meditation or just before falling asleep and may experience feeling warm, seeing colours, having imagery, a distortion in time or personal insight as you enter an altered state of consciousness.
At the end of the treatment you will hear a series of grounding percussion instruments to gently bring you back from your relaxed state and afterwards you will be invited to share how that was for you including any new awarenesses or insights you might have gained. If we are doing a partly active treatment I can then offer some exercises (VPTs) for you to do in the session and / or as homework between sessions, depending what I feel will be of most benefit to you.
A purely active treatment involves a similar sharing and exploration of the issues brought to the session (emotional, physical, behavioural etc almost any issue can be treated) and then you will be offered exercises (VPTs) for you to do using your breath, voice, visualisations and movements depending on what I feel will be most helpful to explore, express and transform. Working in this dynamic way with your own voice really can be truly powerful work.
You can book a treatment with me at Shakti Den, Whitstable; Manor Barn, Canterbury; online on Skype or Zoom or if you live locally- in your own home. You can email me here or call me on 01227 741802. You can also come to the HolistiCentre, near Canterbury various days by appointment. Please get in touch for further information.
“My first encounter with Naomi was as a nervous singer who desperately wanted to join a choir, but did not have the courage to do so approx. 3/4 years ago. I have since joined three choirs and it has been an on-going hobby that has helped my health and confidence“
“The treatments were extremely relaxing, resonated with my emotional states of imbalance, helped to deepen my sense of self connection and the energetically blocked areas of my body and encouraged therapeutic release. This assisted in reducing my anxiety and move towards a greater sense of internal peace.”
“My experience has been remarkable, it took me into places in my, 50 years young, body I didn’t even know existed and into some very dark times in my life, in a really safe way, which with Naomy’s guidance I was quickly able to work through, in a significant beneficial way. I felt I could do this because of the type of person Naomy is and the immediate trust I had of her and her work (amazing as trust has been a difficult concept for me).”