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surrender by veronique van pelt

If you're reading this, you might have a strong sense of curiosity, or hypervigilance - either way, I relate. 

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It's a little sensitive to put fully on blast - starting to still feels weird - but here's my favorite humble brag: my therapist once told me, maybe I survived what I survived because I breathe the way I do, from all the vocal training since I was 3 years old.  I can't promise you I can teach you how to do the same, any more than I could say I'm a mental health professional (I'm not, I'd like to be someday, but I'm definitely not, and you should definitely still seek out therapy if you need therapy, it's great).

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What I can do is point out the obvious: breathing is regulating.  In fact, one could argue that breathing is kinda, what regulation is all about.  And the heart of trauma especially chronic trauma is conditioning to disregulation.  I can point out that breathing is really really really good for your health, in exactly the opposite way that chronic stress chips away at your wellbeing.  I can parrot readily available current pop culture thinking such as, so much of the battle in recovering from trauma is simply finding little moments of breathing room, of just being ok, and being ok with being ok. 

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I liken my trauma informed vocal coaching practice to looking at stars.  Sometimes if you try to stare them down directly, they disappear.  You have to look slightly to the side to see them shine.  We'll still be training according to the pop vocal regimen I generally coach.  The main difference is leaving space to point out the obvious and, critically, room to feel, process, and heal.

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If nothing else, I hope to give you a solid set of vocal pipes, and an improved tool for self-regulation and internal resilience. 

trauma informed vocal coaching
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