Toning the Tissues: A voice-opening exploration of the body with singing bowls
with Ashley Smith Steele and Julia Francis Wednesday, July 22nd 6:30-8:30pm at Maha Rose in Brooklyn, New York
In this nurturing 2-hour workshop we will explore some typical holding patterns in the body and use crystal alchemy singing bowls to help soften the fascial matrix and reduce density through resonance. We will experiment with simple, powerful vocal techniques, inviting the body to reclaim a tone that sustains clarity, balance, and quiet power.
This class is for anyone desiring to reclaim their true voice and feel more connected to their body, and requires no experience. By practicing embodied awareness in a group container, we are free to express with more ease, regulate the nervous system at-will, and cultivate more joy.
Through playful group exercises co-led by movement expert Ashley Smith Steele and sound therapist Julia Francis, we will:
Expand appreciation of our instrument through compassionate inquiry
Explore the chakras through voice, visualization and movement
Deepen awareness of tension held in the body and how to release it through sound
Better understand how the breath and sound relate to one another
Release energetic blocks and welcome more pleasure into your body
Ashley Steele is a movement specialist with a focus on neuro-muscular repatterning. Ashley‘s prime modality is equipment based Pilates private sessions with an integration of somatic studies. Ashley’s education includes a certification from Kelly Kane Core Integration, studies in Body Mind Centering, Neuro-kinetic therapy, Anatomy Trains, Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique. Ashley performed as a modern dancer and a performance artist in the early 90s through 2019 in New York City. She also taught Pilates and performed in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ashley’s passion is helping people connect with their bodies and find more joy in the clarity and freedom of their movement.
Julia Francis is a Seattle-based sound therapy practitioner, vocal embodiment coach and singer-songwriter whose vibrations and teachings offer soul-level catharsis. Julia offers transformational sound encounters in settings ranging from healthcare and corporate wellness programs to restorative retreats and private healing sessions. As a lifelong disciple of the vocal arts, Julia also offers private vocal embodiment coaching and group workshops that help people create space in the body for emotions to move and transform. Julia believes our breath is sacred, our vibrations are medicine, and we heal each other by sharing our songs.
