CALLING ALL ACTORS, ARTISTS & CREATIVE SOULS
Freeing Your Voice
An 8-session course to help you find freedom through your voice
This course in the Linklater Voice Method has been created for actors, artists and creative souls who are seeking to strengthen and develop their voice.
Taught through weekly live classes (online or in-person), and a dedicated online course portal full of self-guided learning, this course will help you discover true freedom of expression, allowing you to use your voice effortlessly and expressively.
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It's time to stretch into the fullness of your artistry and personal expression
This program is for creative souls who want to feel confident, knowing they can use their voice courageously, in a way that is heartfelt, passionate, persuasive and spontaneous.
Perfect for professional performers and creatives of all stripes, this program's core teachings will take you on a personal journey to a better understanding of your unique voice and authentic self.
Are you ready?
TL;DR
During this course, you’ll learn how to:
Identify the specific vocal channel tensions that block your voice
Release tension in your jaw and tongue with strategies and exercises to create more ease of expression
Deepen your body / breath / voice connection to unleash the power of your authentic self
Learn how to amplify your voice using the natural resonators in your body
Strengthen your soft palate, blending your vocal resonators for a pleasing, rich sound
Upskill your new-found vocal ability through practice with a supportive group of peers
Discover the potency of an unrestrained voice, articulating your thoughts, feelings and creative artistry with more passion
Receive weekly coaching feedback specific to your voice, so you never have to wonder where to go next
Are you a fit? Book a free call to discuss.
DEVELOP A STRONGER CONNECTION TO YOUR VOICE
Learn to love your voice
All too often, we struggle to connect with our voice.
Perhaps you don't like the way you sound, or you've been criticized for being too nasal, too quiet, or imperfect. Maybe you've suffered from a scratchy throat, experienced vocal fatigue, or loss of voice all together. Or you could simply feel like you don’t have enough breath to get your thoughts out, or that your voice somehow doesn't sound like you.
The Freeing Your Voice program retrains the relationship we have with our voice, so we needn't ever cringe again when we hear ourselves speak.
During this transformative course, you'll learn how your voice works and how to use it powerfully, so it can be there for you when you need it most.
You’ll learn how to free your breathing, release tension and develop a stronger connection to your voice so it feels 100% yours, allowing you to express yourself confidently and completely.
“Christine is a gift. She’s like the last gift under the tree at Christmas, where your parents hid the best one – a gift that makes all the other gifts make sense. Like the time I got CDs for Christmas, but I was like, “Mom I don’t have a CD player!” But then the last gift under the tree was a CD player in a box. Christine is the CD player. She makes all the CDs play.”
Melissa
Actor
What’s Included
This course provides foundational knowledge, as well as advanced strategies to support both novice and advanced orators.
Content is delivered across 8 weeks through live, online (or in-person) coaching sessions, with plenty of resources and regular touch-points to help you learn to love and appreciate the voice you have.
Book a call to discuss in-person and online options.
“Christine helped me to discover the potential for change and growth in a voice that was locked up from habitual tension and lacked support. Christine is an understanding and patient instructor who truly cares about the progress and well-being of her students. She is very in-tune with who she is working with. Every time I travel home from a session with Christine I feel proud about how much I discovered that day.”
Nolan Molfetta
Actor
Where the magic happens
This program is built on the principles of the Linklater Voice method, developed to bring out the very best expressive potential of the human voice. Its experiential learning breaks down the tensions, defenses and inhibitions that affect the natural voice, created by the stress of day-to-day life.
Everyone possesses a voice capable of expressing a 2–4 octave natural pitch range and it should feel effortless to let your authentic self – the person behind the voice – be heard.
Are you ready to fall in love with your voice?
Looky Looky...Sneak Peek Preview
Here's a quick summary of course the course portal, designed to support the weekly live classes.
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Video: Welcome Video!
PDF: A Letter From Me to You
PDF: Class Outline & Schedule
PDF: Take Action - Your Checklist for Getting Started
Lesson: On Practice
Survey: Establishing a Baseline
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How-To Video: The Difference Between Tension & Relaxation
How-To Video: Dropping Down & Uncurling Up
Assignment: Weekly Voice Journal: Senses Walk
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How-To Video: Pool, Waterfall, Fountain
Audio: For Your Listening Pleasure: A BBC Radio 4 Documentary
Assignment: Weekly Voice Journal: Breath
Assignment: Poetry
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How To Video: Freeing Vibrations Intro
How To Video: Freeing Vibrations Lips, Head, Body
Assignment: Voice Journal: Vibrations
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How to Video: The Diagonal Stretch
Assignment: Voice Journal: Floor Work
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How To Video: External Jaw Massage
How To Video: Internal Jaw Massage
Assignment: Voice Journal: Listening
Assignment: Learning By Heart (Text)
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Video Workthrough: Floor Work & Tongue
PDF: Jaw and Tongue Loosening
Assignment: Voice Journal: Taking Care
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PDF: Developing Chest Resonance
Assignment: Voice Journal: Resonance
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Assignment: Voice Journal: Reflective Practice/ What is your next task?
“Christine’s course opened me up to an entirely new way of thinking about my voice, and the power and freedom that I have as an individual to change preconceived notions I have about myself and my abilities vocally. Over the weeks, for the first time in my life, I learned to appreciate and even genuinely like my voice! I also learned how to speak within a larger register that more accurately reflects the person I am at this more mature stage in my life. Christine is a master of the material, a super one-on-one constantly supportive coach, and just a stellar person to hang out with once a week. I would recommend this course to anyone: Just as effective for the everyday person not usually conscious of voice, as for the professional actor. Fabulous course!”
Kathryn Sussman
Founder, Be Still Yoga
Are you ready?
If you’re ready to embark on a transformative experience of self-discovery, creativity and a deep appreciation for the voice within you, then this is the sign you’ve been waiting for.
“In moments of conflict or stress, my voice locked up, became choked and crackled, and I had to look for a solution for a long time. This program created the mind body connection and the ability to FEEL my voice and improved my ability to be heard with clarity and conviction. Christine is warm, engaging, and offers expertise in a fun and unintimidating environment. Highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to shake off any vocal demons.”
M.J.R
Burning Questions
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You can expect much more flexibility, and ease in your voice. It will sound richer, and you'll have much more choice re: what resonating area you choose to lean into. Your confidence and authenticity in speaking will be much greater, and you may find yourself more willing to call on your courage, and share your voice publicly.
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By week five you'll have a some strong technique going, and the work in that class will build up to some energetic and strong voice use. I expect you to start to hear yourself in a new way around this point.
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Our live sessions will be 90 minutes each week. If you miss one, I'd highly recommend catching the replay as the work is cumulative. Outside the class, I recommend you spend a minimum of 1 additional hour, broken into 3 x 20 minute chunks.
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Just things you likely already have. Comfortable clothing. Enough space to move around a bit, and lay down on the floor. A yoga mat or blanket to make it more comfortable. A laptop or desktop to tune in from (tablets and phones don't seem to work as well). A bit of privacy when you’re doing the class.
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For me, this is a YES AND kind of question. However - if you find that you don'y know how to emotionally 'get there' in your work, and you feel like you're faking it, this work will help 100%. This is the work that allows you to explore the depth and breadth of yourself, so that you're able to pour it into your acting. This is the work you do so that you can do what your director or acting coach is asking of you.
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YES!!! I've worked with so many non-actors over the years. From CFO's of huge corporations to creative design teams and strategists. This work is human work. It builds your ability to be in connection with yourself and other people at the same time. Truly, it'll transform your relationships, personally and professionally.
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The short answer to this is YES. I encourage you to ask questions in the FB group, where I'll be posting daily, in the live Q&A's which will happen every week in the FB group, AND over email and by phone.
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Ideally, you'd come to all of them - but I know that life happens. Especially these days. The classes will be uploaded in the course portal after the fact, so you can view and do in your own time.
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It's capped at 12 - 14 people. To preserve the integrity of this work, there needs to be ample time for each person to be seen and heard, and to be coached in front of the group. I find it's best if the class size stays small.
Freedom in 5
A 5 day mini course to free your voice in 5 minutes a day
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