30 minute practiceFree Your Voice & Life!

Play your body instrument

Sing, sound & speak your truth with confidence! Free Your Voice & Drum & Body Stories

Sing, Drum, and Play in Community!

DEC

4 & 11

SONGS OF LOVE & RESISTANCE

protest & freedom songs, sound healing, vocal improv, resilience practices
Dec 4 & 11, 6262 Highland Ave. Richmond $45 single class

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DEC

21

SF FREE YOUR VOICE 2 HR WORKSHOP

vocal technique, chakra sound healing, harmony, vocal improv, play
3-5pm, The Center SF, 548 Fillmore St., SF $45

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DEC

7

BERKELEY 2 HOUR FYV WORKSHOP

vocal technique, chakra sound healing, harmony, vocal improv, play
2-4pm, Green Yogi, 2807 Telegraph Ave. Berkeley $45

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JAN

22

FREE YOUR VOICE 10 week class

vocal technique, chakra sound healing, harmony, vocal improv, play
Jan 22-Mar 26, 6-730pm, Green Yogi Telegraph $425

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JAN

25

DRUM & VOICE 10 week class

8 rhythms + 8 songs, trance drumming, polyrhythms, jamming
Jan 25-Mar 29, 1130-1pm, 6262 Highland Ave. Richmond $425

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Free Your Voice and Body Stories Training with Phoenix Song Sept 30, 2024-June 2, 2025:

9-month transformational training program: What do you want to birth?

Do you want deeper embodiment, a community of belonging and love, vocal confidence; more joy and play; creativity, empowerment, and a rewriting of your life narratives? This program centers QTBIPOC, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA folks and consists of vocal practices to help you sing, sound & speak your truth and somatic expressive arts practices to help you release and rewrite your body’s stories.

We will start from the root (feet, legs, and base of the spine) and go up the body and energy centers to arrive at the crown/top of the head. Each month we will focus on a different body part/chakra and express its stories through movement, drawing, writing, theater, and sound and give voice to its songs.

Classes will be held in Berkeley on 2 Mondays/month from 630-930pm at Green Yogi Telegraph near Ashby and on 1 Sunday/month from 10am to 5pm at Cal Shakes in Orinda (retreat like setting in nature with lots of outdoor spaces to play).

September: Introduction to the Body/Process Mon Sept 30, 2024

October: Roots/Ancestral Support/Grounding/Roots (Legs/Feet/Perineum: 1st chakra) Mon Oct 7, Sundays Oct 13 and 27

November: Creativity/Sexuality (Pelvis: 2nd chakra) Mon Nov 4; Sun Nov 10; Mon Nov 18

December: Power/Intuition (Solar Plexus, Belly: 3rd chakra) Mon Dec 2; Sun Dec 8; Mon Dec 16

January: Love/Protection (Heart/Chest: 4th chakra) Sun Jan 12; Mon Jan 20

Feb: Connection (Arms/Hands) Mon Feb 3; Sun Feb 9; Mon Feb 17

March: Communication/Truth (Throat/Neck: 5th chakra) Mon Mar 3; Sun Mar 9; Mon Mar 17, Sun Mar 30

April: Visioning (Head/Face/3rd Eye: 6th and 7th chakra) Mon April 7; Sun April 13; Mon April 21

May: Performance Rituals/Ritual Performances and Integration Sun May 4; Mon May 12; Mon May 19, Mon June 2

Do you want to

Sing from your whole body, not just your throat?
Discover and express stories of different body parts/chakras?
Release chronic muscular tension and holding patterns in the body?
Create beautiful improvisational music in community?
Give and receive sound healings?
Play, have fun, and free your inner child?
Create a performance ritual/ritual performance to help release what no longer serves you and birth you into the next chapter of your life?

You will benefit from this course if one or some of the following apply:

You are an artist, facilitator, healer, therapist, or change agent and want to fill your own well and come away with more tools for your own clients
You crave spaces of connection & belonging and want community
You are a singer, actor, or performer and want to come from an authentic, internal foundation and connect to your body
You want to transform a stuck area and free your voice and life

Influences include Fitzmaurice Voicework, Sharing Your Life Story from Page to Stage with Ann Randolph, Drama therapy and Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance with Armand Volkas, Tamalpa Institute–Body Part Mythology, Vocal Improvisation with Rhiannon, Circle singing with Bobby McFerrin, Mindfulness and loving kindness practices for the body.

Bio: Phoenix Song is a queer, nonbinary Korean American adoptee facilitator, musician, writer, and healer featured in SF Magazine’s Best of the Bay. They delight in helping people sing, sound and speak their truths with confidence. Phoenix is a somatic voicework teacher and Tamalpa associate teacher of expressive arts. They teach the Art of Solidarity training and offer ancestral healing courses, sound baths, grief rituals, and private and group classes to help you free your voice and life. phoenixsongmusic.com

The cost is $3240 for 108 hours over 9 months ($360/month or $30/hour). Payment plans are available. Sliding scale, scholarships and work trade are available for folks in financial need. To apply for the program, please fill out this application. Visit phoenixsongmusic.com for more info. Admissions are on a rolling basis. This course prioritizes QTBIPOC, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA folks.

Testimonials:

I healed and released SO much more than I could have imagined. Phoenix is an incredible facilitator, holding a tight container while keeping it real!–V. Pham, singer, musician and therapist
Phoenix Song’s “Free Your Voice and Body Stories” was truly a transformative, life-changing experience! I was gently guided to discover and play with all the different parts of myself longing to be expressed. At the end of the class, I feel a sense of joy and liberation and feel grateful to have been so lovingly witnessed by Phoenix and my classmates. I’m so glad I took a chance on this class and am rewarded with the love and embodiment of my authentic self <3–Christine D., nurse
This course has helped open my heart and body, increasing voice volume and clarity.–Bernard A., architect, web designer, visual artist
This is the best training I’ve ever taken, and I’ve taken many–Laurie M., therapist

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I took Phoenix Song’s “Free Your Voice” class this summer and was blown away by how much I got out of it. Phoenix teaches with the expert grace of a seasoned therapist and musician combined. In ten weeks I feel like I got ten years worth of talk therapy and musical training combined. And the community we formed is priceless.–Michael F.

Free Your Voice with Phoenix Song

Discover the secrets of freeing your voice and playing your body instrument in these playful, heartfelt classes. Learn healthy vocal techniques for singing, sounding, and speaking. Experience the healing and transformative effects of sound vibrations as we free our voices in this connective community workshop. You will leave with a solid understanding of both the technical/practical aspects of the voice as well as its emotional/energetic/psychological components.

Learn how to build and tune your body instrument with breath support, core engagement, proper posture, open throat, resonance, projection, and more. Next, play music on your instrument and sing songs from around the world. Connect with your intention and desire to express your heart/soul song. We will also come into alignment with our body instruments with chakra sound and movement meditations and powerful Sanskrit mantras. We will often end with an expressive arts activity, improvisational singing or sounding circle, or small group improv skits to release sounds and emotions; help you contact and express your truth; and learn to trust yourself and others in play and creation. You will leave sessions both relaxed and energized, feeling more connected to yourself and others and empowered to free your voice and free your life!

This workshop is for all people: total beginners, shy people, those with trauma around their voices, and experienced singers. Everyone will transform!

Free Your Voice while Drumming with Phoenix Song

Learn to drum and sing at the same time! This playful workshop is a total brain workout and incorporates world rhythms and songs for djembe, doumbek, and cajon; body percussion; improvisation; and jamming. You will be amazed at what you can accomplish in this class! All levels welcome including absolute beginners.

Amaze yourself and free your inner singer and drummer at the same time! This workshop will teach you how to play the fundamental drum strokes–bass, tone, slap, pop, and touch. Learn West African polyrhythms and Middle Eastern trance rhythms and songs from around the world. You will gain a deeper understanding of rhythm and learn how to feel the groove and improvise in a rhythm. I will also teach healthy voice technique (breath support, releasing throat tension, using your mask for projection, and a flexible larynx) and basic body percussion. We’ll get expressive on our drums (djembe, doumbek and cajon recommended), rock out, and sing! Drum therapy!

This workshop is for all people: total beginners, those with trauma around their voices, the rhythmically challenged, and experienced singers and drummers. Everyone will grow!

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Phoenix Song's Free Your Voice class was absolutely astounding. They are incredibly skilled at quietly creating a safe space and gently encouraging people to explore and find their truth, then openly express it. Whether you are a professional singer or have never sung a note in your life you will benefit from this workshop. Sign up NOW!!! You won't regret it.

Colleen B.

Phoenix's class is one of my favorite things I've done for myself as an adult. I learned how to be more honest, creative and vulnerable. But mostly it was just so much fun. If you're interested in music, expression, presenting or developing a new skill or community, you're going to love it.

Hanna J.

FREE YOUR VOICE & DRUM COURSES

2011

September 2011

Free Your Voice Initiation

In 2011, I decided to start the program to share tools such as sound meditations, chanting, singing, expressive arts, improv, and play that have helped me free my own voice. 14 people joined the inaugural group including beginners, shy people, shower singers, and performers

2014

February 2014

Harmony

After helping people free their voices for over 2 years, I developed the 2nd course in harmony to help people sing on pitch in a chorus of freedom and protest songs taught in the oral tradition. We also incorporate play, improv, expressive arts, drama, and more.

2015

January, 2015

Free Your Voice while Drumming

Do you want to experience a total brain workout and full body bliss? Learning to drum and sing at the same time feels sooo good. Middle Eastern trance rhythms and West African polyrhythms with world songs, improv, jamming, and expressive arts. Drum therapy! This class can be taken repeatedly because songs and rhythms change each class. You could take all 4 courses in a year for a deep dive.

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2016

January 2016

Chakra Sound Journey--Tuning your Body Instrument

People wanted more courses, so every year I started to create a new one. In 2016, I launched a course that helped people explore each chakra with song, expressive arts, movement with sounding, improv, and play as we tune our body instruments together.

2020

Jan 2020

Sing Your Story

This course will help you sing, sound and speak your story in improv exercises that utilize embodied storytelling, theater, singing, circle singing, and more. We will learn songs in harmony as well. Reclaim your life narrative in a creative, supportive, empowering environment and sing your story!