My practice for returning to sound
Who told you to be quiet?
Where did that land in the body?
What happens when sound is allowed again?
Silence can be installed by school, family, profession, gender, marriage, grief, culture, institutions, music training, politeness, or fear. It is not always dramatic. Sometimes it is simply years of becoming smaller, quieter, more functional, until the body forgets there was another setting.
Our work is not to become loud.
The opposite of silence is not noise.
The opposite of silence is permission.
My practice is voice work without forced technique.
Music without performance pressure.
Nature without decoration.
Grief without turning it into therapy.
Re-entry without self-help language.
It stems from:
- a body that remembers
- years of adaptation
- teaching
- singing
- walking
- listening to the land
- grief
- local interactions
- memorials
- Thursday evenings
- lavender watering
- Drama walks
- a lifelong love of books and learning
Notice where silence may have settled in your own practice and gently explore another possibility. Begin at a level that suits you best.
