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Part of The Surrender Series About the Series The Surrender Series is a series of somatic workshops, webinars, events and more designed to support nervous system regulation, embodied self-awareness, and authentic connection. These sessions create a safe and respectful space for women to gently explore the body as a source of presence, balance, and inner safety. This is a space to reconnect with yourself, release what no longer serves you, and remember your body as a place of wisdom and belonging. Important information All the surrender offerings can be booked for teams, companies, organisations and small groups. Please contact me for an informal connection call to discuss costs and details. Monthly Voice and Somatic Practice Workshops for Women (current community offering) Trauma Informed | Body Led | Voice Centred Location: The Salisbury Centre, Edinburgh • Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm • Duration: 2 hours • Cost: Discounts available when booking for 2 people or multiple workshops. 1 community space per workshop. • Community: Supportive community space held in every workshop • Group size: Maximum of 12 participants • Booking: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1837514377969?aff=oddtdtcreator A Space to Reclaim, Reconnect and Remember In a world where women’s voices are often silenced or shaped to fit, there is a quiet and powerful call to return to the truth that lives in the body. Finding your voice is not about performance. It is not about being louder. It is about coming home to your breath, your body, and your lived experience. Through gentle, body-led practices, we explore the voice as a path to deeper connection — to ourselves, to our boundaries, and to our sense of belonging. This is a space to feel, to soften, to sound, and to be heard — at your own pace, in your own time. You are not too much. You are not too emotional, too quiet, too loud, or too sensitive. You are whole, and your voice matters. Workshop Overview Find Your Voice is a trauma-informed monthly workshop for women exploring voice through the body. Each session combines somatic movement, breathwork, and vocal exploration to support: Nervous system regulation Embodied self-awareness A more free, grounded, and expressive voice These workshops are consent-based, accessible, and require no previous vocal experience. They are open to all women, inclusive of all identities and lived experiences. Why Voice and the Nervous System? Your voice is deeply connected to your breath, your emotions, and your sense of safety. When the nervous system is under stress, the voice can tighten, shake, or become silent. The vagus nerve plays a central role in this system — influencing breath, digestion, heart rate, and emotional tone. Practices such as humming, chanting, breathwork, and grounding support vagal tone, and in doing so: Help regulate anxiety, overwhelm, and freeze states Create a felt sense of inner safety Allow for clearer, more authentic self-expression By combining voice with body-led awareness, these sessions create a space to explore sound not as performance, but as presence. Workshop Dates and Themes All sessions take place from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm First Block – January to May 15 January – Grounding the Voice: Breath, Body and Sound Establish safety and connection in the body through grounding and compassionate based practices. Explore how we can embody the window of tolerance as a resouce. Experience humming and vocal exercises as a resource and practice for vagus nerve stimulation. Connect with your inner light and power somatically. 5 February – Voice and the Felt Sense: Listening from Within Discover how sound can guide you inward. Develop attunement to sensation and emotion through somatic voice work.This workshop is inspired by Peter Levine;s work including the concepts of interoception and the felt sense. Experience the power of live drumming with Cori, a sound therapist, supporting emotional release and subtle nervous system shifts. Explore how your voice can heard, witnessed and validated. 9 April – Compassionate Sound Drawing on Paul Gilbert’s compassionate mind work, explore how sound can cultivate self compassion and soften the inner critic. Experience the power of cultivating a compassionate other. 7 May – Expression, Strong Emotions and Boundaries: The Somatic Throat Work with the throat as a centre of expression, truth and healthy boundary setting. Explore what inhibits your voice and how anger and strong emotions can be safely expressed. Explore how choice and boundaries, inspired by Dr Scott Lyons, support your vocal expression. Use breath and sound to reconnect with your body as the foundation for authentic voice. The session closes with a fire ritual for release and integration. Second Block – September to December 17 September (Studio) – Reconnecting with the Voice: Regulate and Restore Ease back into voice and body after summer. Use grounding practices and somatic awareness to regulate your nervous system. Focus on choice and self direction in how you express and restore your voice. Embody your authentic voice, embrace her sound, connect with the heart chakra for energy. 15 October (Studio) – Vibration and Vitality: Voice as Energy in Motion Engage the body through vocal vibration and dynamic movement. Explore voice as a source of vitality, energy flow, joy and emotional expression, supporting both release and renewal. Experience the power of joyful dance and somatic expression. Find your voice from a place of joy. 19 November (Studio) – Voice and Presence: Finding Stillness in Sound Discover the balance between voice and silence. Cultivate presence, deep listening and embodied compassion, integrating the inner and outer expression of sound. Connect with the soma deeply, feel the connection to you voice. Embody presence and resilience. 17 December (Studio) – Resting the Voice: Integration and Inner Listening A gentle, restorative close to the year. Focus on soft sound, reflection and meditative practices to support integration, nervous system regulation and a sense of inner safety. Be held in yoga nidra and live sound. What to Expect Each two-hour session includes: Vocal practices to support nervous system regulation and voice awareness Somatic movement and grounding techniques to connect with the body Explorations of the throat and breath as pathways to self-expression Reflection and integration practices including meditation, sound, and stillness These workshops are trauma-informed, body-led, and grounded in choice. You are invited to move at your own pace and honour your own process. Find Your Voice This is more than a somatic, vocal workshop. It is a collective journey of coming home to yourself, one breath, one sound, one sensation at a time. 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