Creating at any age or stage: the secret is connection

Inner Freedom & Outer Expression comes from connecting with your self, soul and spirit and is independent of the creative pathway or artistic medium that you choose. It's independent of your life story, upbringing and conditioning because it was always there in you, even before you were born.

Your journey is yours, and yours uniquely. Inner freedom and outer expression are deeply intertwined - you can't have one without the other, they work together to reinforce and strengthen each other. You strengthen. Working with me in Quintessence Studio, how we start is how your soul wishes to begin, we start where you are - in a safe, joyful and peaceful environment. Can you imagine being free of fear, inhibition, stuckness and the anxiety that comes from self-criticism, so you can make the music you want to make? Are you willing to be surprised at how much you are capable of?

Piano and music lessons here are like no standard lessons you've heard of or experienced before. Even if you have arthritis or AD(h)D, doesn't matter, I had a learning disability when it comes to reading sheet music that terrified me every lesson I took in Royal Conservatory. Everything can be done differently, you just have to want to do it differently! Vocal training sessions here are grounded in central nervous system activation back to ventral state (joy, peace, ease and naturalness). We get your body out of fear, choke and clench mode, then we teach your body to stay out of those modes. All is adaptable, no matter what you've read or been told. If you're a young adult, you probably need training plus cheer and guidance. If you're a mid-age adult, you might be looking to grow in a way you can't quite put your finger on but you don't want constriction...and if you're an older adult, you've got perspective I need that would make our like-spirited community-based growth journey way more enticing than just skill set.

Solo or small group sessions for Healing Transformation Through Music are based on getting re-connected with your self, soul and spirit, so you can feel honestly and truly what's within you that's been aching to come out. It could be the sound of your soul through voice, a melody line or lyrics to a song.

Connecting with yourself means developing

1. Self-Awareness: Recognizing conditioned thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and how they've held you back.

2. Self-acceptance: Discovering who you really are and what your soul needs to express, as well as embracing who you are with delight and excitement instead of judgment.

3. Mindfulness: Being at ease and engaged in the moment, curious and connected to something higher in you, you realize this connection is far more powerful than anything external you've tried to identify with. Discover and grow what's in you and get that out to the world. Identify what you need to create!

Connecting with your soul means

1. Actively aligning to your inner truth.

2. Identifying what truly matters to you.

3. Choosing means of expression that resonate with your soul.

4. Creating, exploring, discovering and engaging in your unique growth process.

5. Adapting on the fly as you learn to rely on your intuition.

Connecting with Your Spirit means

1. Building a solid, constant connected relationship with your higher awareness that gets you into healthy relationship with yourself.

2. Rising to your own higher potential and expression.

3. Knowing and living your passion and purpose through spiritual connection energizes, fulfills and restores you.

4. Allowing healing transformation to take place, naturally and automatically. No forcing or manipulating, no hustle or strain, no bargaining or efforting like the old way of being. Make the shift to efficacy.

This is about a new way of being. Sometimes developing discipline means allowing routine, repetition, structure. But we don't harp on those things like traditional lessons, and we don't stop there either. At Quintessence Studio, lessons and sessions encourage a different kind of self-discipline, one where you learn to champion yourself to be firmly and consistently aligned on your own side first from a place of truth, healthy self-remembrance and deep motivation to discover joyful and unexpected outcomes. There is no perfect final destination to arrive at - the journey itself is your perfect expression of being fully alive and creative! Let's have fun!