Friday 15 May 2020

Singing together when we’re alone - how Giving Voice is different from a choir



Photo of a group of green birds perched together on branches in the sunshine
By Rachel Healey


In this article I look at aspects of how Giving Voice differs from singing in a choir, even a virtual choir. Giving Voice is a personal resource for exploring our relationship with song and with ourselves, developing inner harmony and connectedness, as well as offering an experience of taking part in something universal and eternal, whenever and wherever we do it.

Wednesday 6 May 2020

Using Giving Voice to address feelings of fear and anxiety

Anxious sky


By Rachel Healey


In this time of the global pandemic, there is a lot of fear and anxiousness around. Fear for ourselves and our loved ones. Fear of the unknown. Fear about whether we’ll be able to cope, and how long for. Understandably, there’s a lot of anger and despair too. This particular article is about feelings of fear and anxiety, and how Giving Voice could help.

Friday 1 May 2020

What does our Giving Voice approach offer at this time?

 – over and above the exhilaration, the joy, the beauty, that can be experienced though singing?


Here Jill Rakusen, founder of Giving Voice, reveals aspects of what this approach offers, including in daily life, and particularly when isolated. She gives some examples, and summarises ways in which we at the Foundation are offering distance learning opportunities – so people can develop skill in using it, regardless of health status or perceived singing capacity.