tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84669679142618800202024-03-13T04:18:15.961+00:00Unlocking the Power of SongFrom the National Foundation for <i>Giving Voice</i>Giving Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503333694088798511noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466967914261880020.post-16681647048001769132020-05-15T13:48:00.004+01:002020-05-20T15:00:30.291+01:00Singing together when we’re alone - how Giving Voice is different from a choir<br>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDTAr_NABsibkWbQ1Jof31S1PzDdW45Z2r5684cZHKTiNxo6ShwukvWCmjHC1IY-Dkid5GqFhxOXU6TEH1PgJA2SK-9qIUBu9mdpdPIFP3dezoxkcRk2M_LRnTf8OPATtfzeiXl0hrmO1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photo of a group of green birds perched together on branches in the sunshine" border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDTAr_NABsibkWbQ1Jof31S1PzDdW45Z2r5684cZHKTiNxo6ShwukvWCmjHC1IY-Dkid5GqFhxOXU6TEH1PgJA2SK-9qIUBu9mdpdPIFP3dezoxkcRk2M_LRnTf8OPATtfzeiXl0hrmO1/s320/parrakets.jpg" title="" width="320"></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><font size="4">By Rachel Healey <br> <br> <br> In this article I look at aspects of how <i>Giving Voice</i> differs from singing in a choir, even a virtual choir. <i>Giving Voice </i>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.</font></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">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 <i>Giving Voice</i> could help. <u><br></u></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> – over and above the exhilaration, the joy, the beauty, that can be experienced though singing?</span></h3>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvr7kFjpdvaLIHotur3B9JL4KMLYM0xO1TXRnt6CnApbD9zNbRhVcI9F_nWBzB_oFZnN6amRjUj6x-XqscGje2JnlMi4eu06N2tkuDyeUDMUcs4Rt8vd6oN6GjH5EyYDYX-tmJeaQ2jEQ/s1600/Jill2018crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1600" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvr7kFjpdvaLIHotur3B9JL4KMLYM0xO1TXRnt6CnApbD9zNbRhVcI9F_nWBzB_oFZnN6amRjUj6x-XqscGje2JnlMi4eu06N2tkuDyeUDMUcs4Rt8vd6oN6GjH5EyYDYX-tmJeaQ2jEQ/s320/Jill2018crop.jpg" width="320"></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here Jill Rakusen, founder of <i>Giving Voice</i>, 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.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My name is Rachel Healey. I teach <i>Giving Voice</i> and have been practising it in my own life since 1998. This is my first blog. In this article, I’ve written a bit about myself and about my relationship with <i>Giving Voice</i>, how I became a teacher, and how I use it in my own life. Finally, I’ve said something about how <i>Giving Voice</i> could be really useful for me and others at this particular time, during the global coronavirus crisis, to help us cope with, and even grow through, enforced isolation and lockdown.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">This blog post is about my experience with </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>A Song About Finding Peace</i></span><span style="font-style: normal;">, created by Jill Rakusen, founder of </span><i>Giving Voice</i>. I take you through my process, step by step, in a kind of poem. Then I’ve written a bit about the <i>Giving Voice </i>process, unlocking the power of song, and using it to help ourselves through this particular time of global crisis.</span></span><br>
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