325 thoughts on “Exploring, and Singing with, my True Voice”

1. It feels amazing to make a sound and feel it resonate through the whole body. It’s super powerful and is an expression of the true us. This shows us what is possible on an every day basis with our speaking voice, how powerful we can be in conversation! Can we accept this, or do we back away from it, play it down and become smaller? Our voices are huge. We can claim ourselves and our fullness through our voice.

2. I love to observe my own voice when I speak and pick up on my choices in quality, there used to be judgment, lots of it, but I have come to accept myself all of it. I observe the voice I sing in, all I hear is the vibration again the quality, it touches me, and my singing voice is more real than my speaking voice/manner and from that I have a marker to remind myself.

3. I hold back with the expectations that my expression has to come out a certain way eg. clear and deep. I have learned to have a relationship with my expression and therefore it is a getting to know me more. Its appreciating me that I am who I am imperfections and all. I know my physical body is not perfect but my expression is from my body so it is perfect whether is honouring me or not. So, it begins in honouring me so my expression is true.

4. Doug, thank you for sharing and revealing the secret is to stop trying, go figure! When I give up the trying, there is a different quality, thus there is a truer sound that leaves my mouth.

5. This is an awesome blog Leike, because it is my feeling most of us do not use our true voice when speaking, and more commonly most do not like their voice as a result… I put my hand up here, as I have always disliked my voice and how it sounded and I held the belief that I could not sing….This belief is not true, never has been, and slowly I am re-imprinting with; I can sing, I have a beautiful voice – which is very healing because I am clearing those old voices of the past.

6. After attending a workshop with Chris James, I discovered that my true and natural voice comes from my deep inside me and resonates throughout my whole body when I sing in connection to who I am. My voice is powerful, delicate and clear, and there is not one ounce of forcefulness or push in it when I sing in this way. It is beautiful to feel, and as you say Leike, when we learn to sing like this, it supports us to not only speak differently, but to express this quality in every aspect of our lives as well.

7. Thank you Lieke, it was delightful to feel your joy in discovering your true voice, and it has inspired me to be more aware of my voice as well when I sing.

8. Lieke you share so precisely what it is to sing with true power. For a powerful voice is not one that is loud but rather one that is connected to the quality of essence that represents the vibration of our Soul. This is why everyone has a naturally beautiful voice, and when we simply allow this expression to be freely voiced, we sing in celebration of all we are. And what is beautiful is, that singing with this quality supports our expression in every aspect in our lives.

   1. Thank you Carola for the description you have provided here about singing from the quality of our essence, it brings a true equality and unity to singing.

9. I find one of the most empowering things is to speak from your body and not from your mind. We are conditioned to speak from our minds and this makes us small, contracted and opens the door to expressing things that our not our truth. When we speak from our body and this from our heart we naturally are very warm, open and truthful in our expression.

10. So gorgeously shared Lieke. I go through stages where I feel ashamed of my singing voice and stages where I love the way I sound when I sing. When I’m down on myself it’s often because I’ve compared myself to another. I love the way I sound when I’m in love with being me.

11. Interesting blog Lieke, I have to start experimenting with my own voice as although I have been singing for years I still haven’t found my true voice,or I have at times but it like me is not consistent.

12. When I feel really connected with myself I just love the sound that comes out of me, whether that is with speak or with singing. The more we are connected with our body the more beautiful the sound that is produced.

13. I love singing to the songs of GM Records too, knowing and feeling the depth of love in them and the configuration of the lyrics. Every new album from them feels like a deeper level of truth and fullness that asks us to claim both in our voice and in life.

14. Lieke it is inspiring to read discovering your singing voice from a different perspective – I’d like to experiment this with my own voice. I would love to sing and I know my voice sounds rough and my it affects my ear drums – I had never considered singing from my heart and body before – thank you.

15. “Singing with my real and true voice is a bit scary because it really shows all of me; it says here I am!” I have kept my voice soft throughout my life so as not to be noticed, since I have been exploring my singing voice lately I am noticing the difference when I sing from my throat or from my body, most of my past singing has been from my throat with the checking it as to whether it is right or not. I know I have a true voice which comes out at times and it sounds beautiful, just as it is, without any judgment.

    1. Thank you for what you have shared here Jill and the term “true voice”.

16. When we make a choice to no longer ‘hold back the volume’, we may be a little surprised at the depth of the beauty that comes through us that has been waiting a very long time to do so! We live in an ocean of energy and how we choose to occupy space, be that in our fullness or in contraction to this, will determine the note we sound out that will affect all others who share this space with us.

17. There’s so many different tones and differentiation in the way we talk, and I find my voice (speaking not singing – that’s brave!) tells me a lot about how I’m feeling and if I’m feeling strong or not, or if I’ve been acting like a child rather than a woman, or if I’ve been expressing the truth, all these factors influence my voice making it a great indicator of how I’ve been living and what I may need to work a little more.

18. When we sing and speak from our whole body and let go of how we ‘think’ anyone else will react we can express through every movement and sound who we truly are.

19. If we only listen to the sound of our voice we can easily be fooled into thinking it is either a ‘good’ voice or a ‘bad’ voice, too hard, too soft, out of tune, or pitch perfect. Either way we are completely missing the truth that our voice disconnected from our whole body ie. coming just from our throat/head, is harming and can be nothing but harming, whereas our voice coming from connection to our body, ie. from the whole of our body so we feel all of us as we express, is healing and absolutely always beautiful whatever our judgemental head might think.

20. I love how friends will say when my speaking voice goes a bit off when I’m not fully connected with me. Everything about our voice communicates so much – how much we are controlling of ourselves or how free we are being.

21. The less I hold back expressing myself in life the less hesitation and hiding is in my voice when I speak.

22. Why is it through singing we discover more our true expression? Is it simple because when we sing there is a natural way we want to be with it? We want to sing. We should take this into all our expressions.

23. So many of us don’t express in our true voice because we are not in connection with ourselves, learning to speak and sing from our bodies is a totally different experience and we get to feel how truly healing this can be for ourselves and others.

24. What you touch on here Lieke is a massive subject and one that affects us all every single day. We all express through word of mouth in one way or another and basically if we are expressing through contraction we are harming our body just as you noticed in your singing. Singing and expressing from ALL of you is great medicine!

25. I find that when I am totally with myself and in full authority I have a very different voice, it is stronger and comes from a deeper place in my body. This is something i am still mastering as most of the time I don’t speak fully in command of my voice, and this is also reflected in my singing….

26. I notice the stronger I feel in myself, the stronger and deeper my voice gets. It’s definitely true that when we contract or make ourselves small or even project false confidence our voices do not represent the truth of who we are.

27. ‘Singing with my real and true voice is a bit scary because it really shows all of me; it says here I am!’ I have been working on my vocal expression for quite a while and this, of course, involves singing. I used to be one of those people who would come out in a cold sweat if asked to sing in public (i would just mime at school so as to not get into trouble) and would never sing at home, even by myself. This suppression of expression came from inhibitions and hurts rather than for the fact that I couldn’t sing, (I felt I couldn’t hold a tune and the sound I made was not good – no wonder with that much holding back!) , but the not being able to sing was simply a contraction around my being seen. My singing voice will never be one of the strongest in the world but I am realising that when my body feels clear the sound that can come out is beautifully pure.

    1. Yes Michelle, when we are fully connected to our bodies, the differnece in the quality in our voice, whether it is speaking or singing, is quite amazing.

28. Gorgeous blog about claiming back your true voice, and how to speak and talk with the world from that exact place.. Supporting yourself by picking up that which you notice about that true voice of yours, give it full credit and claim it as yours back again – by living it. Thank you Lieke. Appreciation is a forever living way.

29. Great blog Lieke, it is true, we have really just one true voice that is apparent through any vocal expression. I can tell where I am at no matter whether I am speaking to one, to a hundred or whether l’m singing just through the quality of sound I am making when I speak or sing.

30. It’s funny how we have a talking voice and then a “a special voice reserved for singing”, its great that you are discovering the difference and finding a true voice that comes from all of you. I find that depending on what I am singing, my voice can change, some songs just don’t let you sing with your true voice, Glorious Music songs all seem to support peoples true voice to come out of hiding.

31. I hadn’t paid much attention to this but true – sometimes my voice feels hollow and my throat feels too tight for anything to flow with no effort, and I may even be talking faster than I want. This is very inspiring, Lieke. I would like to explore a bit more.

32. I love the resonance and depth felt when you hear someone sing from the connection to their bodies. it is a beautiful quality we all hold and one that when shared is super inspiring to behold. Thank you Lieke.

33. Thank you Lieke, how wonderful you are claiming more truth through your voice and feeling the different. Everything about us and everything we do offers opportunity to re-connect more deeply to what is true and within this healing happens. The voice can be very revealing especially when we hear children’s voices change depending on what they want. Is it possible that we all still have elements in our voice that reflect where we are at also? As we deep our quality so to does our voice.

34. Great to hear you coming back to you and the truth of who you are through your voice.

35. “I never liked the sound of my true voice and because of that, I had invented a special voice to sing with.” This doesn’t surprise me as I feel this is the case for most singers.

36. When you mention artificial voices I’m reminded of the whiny voices I hear from children when they want to have something and are told no. I’m wondering what happens that, as we grow up, we take on voices that aren’t our true expression – often to get what we want in an obtuse way or to voice objection to something but without being in our knowingness. Our voices are so naturally powerful and resonate when we do express. It’s a joy feeling my voice express from my body as opposed to the one that feels confined to my voice box. Rather than shy away from this power, I’m appreciating what it brings more than any reactions to it. Indeed, what I’m observing is people stop and listen. So the whiny voices I made as a child and adopted as an adult? Did I choose to forgo being in my power for the comfort of being a helpless recipient of life? Yes.

    1. Beautiful sharing and revelation Karin. Our voices are great measures of what we are choosing in life, be it to get what we want over what is true for us or if it is to make ourselves small. In both instances we choose less than we are over the power we have when we express in full. A learning process for me too.

37. Why do we fear expressing in our truth? Be it with our voice or any movement from our body. Do we fear the reactions of others when we are in our truth? And if we indulge in the reactions of others, is it not true that we can delay some more in being who we are truly? So ultimately, are we not just trying in every way possible to not appreciate and live the multidimensionality and grandness that we naturally are?

    1. This, I believe, is sadly the truth for many of us.

38. Similar to when we are talking. We can either talk with the head where is can feel rushed, detached from us and disconnected or we can speak from our body. I have noticed when I do this (speaking from my body) I am expressing how i truly feel to another and my whole body confirms this. There is a joy a warmth a present and steadiness. When I talk from my head it feels empty, rushed and meaningless.

39. I absolutely love a whole body sing – it literally feels like it is clearing the cobwebs from those parts of ourselves that we are hiding and are hibernating behind.

40. I just attended a Chris James Expression workshop on the weekend, and was blown away by how effortless it is to express from a place of not thinking about what I would say. The less I tried to think, but rather dropped back into my body and let IT go, my voice responded instantly by deepening in resonance and I felt at ease with knowing what it was I had to say next. Singing was just the same… such a pleasure and joy in using our voices when we are connected to ourselves deeply.

41. Singing can be so joyful when we sing from our hearts and our true voice naturally flows out without trying or wanting to sound a certain way but just letting it flow. I too love to sing and learning to find my true voice.

42. When we talk from our own connection without the need of another to hear every word we say, because it comes from our essence there is nothing that is unheard, and the same when we sing without forcing the sound then the pitch floats on the ears of those that listen.

43. It’s amazing how powerful our true voice is. It has a beauty that is undeniable and yet I’ve tried to diminish and hold mine back because I thought it did not fit into a version of beautiful that I thought it should. Perhaps it didn’t sound like someone else’s voice that I liked. But we all have a unique quality to bring and so it’s about accepting what I have and appreciate the magnificence I am here to express from every cell of my body.

44. Lieke, this is really interesting to read, ‘my ‘talking voice’ singing.’ I was told I was tone deaf and couldn’t sing as a child and so I would sing really quietly not wanting anyone to hear. I recently attended a Chris James workshop and got to feel the power of my voice when I sing in full with no holding back and it felt powerful and beautiful.

45. How beautiful Leike for you to experiment and come to the conclusions you have concerning your voice, its truth and beauty.

46. I agree Lieke, our true voice sounds much fuller and carries more of a gentle flow than a push, beautiful to feel and to hear.

47. I notice how much I hold back what is there to express through singing when people other than my family are in earshot, just in case something is said negatively about it. I love listening and feeling the vibration of my true voice when I allow it out. It is very clear when I’m not.

48. We can be our own worst enemy when we have an ideal about how we think we should look or sound! Reading this reminds me to be more aware of how it feels when I’m talking or singing and whether it feels like it truly comes from me or from trying to fit into something that isn’t true.

49. It’s funny how images and beliefs of what we think we should be can take us away from our naturally beautiful qualities that rest within us. Our natural voices are truly powerful and when we share them from the depths of our heart, those movements can share their honesty and truth effortlessly.

50. Lieke, I really like what you have shared here. I too have found that there is a singing voice that is far more delicate than my talking voice. But then again, I must say that I have also found myself talking with that same voice too and this feels so beautiful. I am still practicing using this more natural voice and find that it is particularly useful in helping to settle another, or diffuse a situation that may have gotten really heated – some people who are upset and are taking it out on you will respond beautifully to a voice that is more holding and more steady and really delicate in all its power. It is actually amazing to watch people’s anger get totally diffused and to then settle and have a much more respectful and caring conversation. The power of our body when working with the soul is endless.

51. I’ve experienced too how my real and true voice comes from my whole body and how different that feels to the times when I’ve been speaking or singing just from my throat – trying to make the sound something I thought it should be rather than what I truly felt from my whole body. The resonance of my true voice feels lovely in my body whereas when I’m holding it back it feels tight and like I’m making myself small. I know which one I prefer!

52. This is a powerful sharing Lieke and one that many can feel supported and inspired by. It is interesting how we feel we cannot sing or we adapt our voice to sound like someone else when in truth we all have a unique and true voice that is waiting for us to express in full.

53. Being aware of how we are speaking is super important and can also be super revealing. If we are holding back our truth for example in a situation before us our voice may go quite and soft and be more reserved and submissive. All our behaviours are revealed in how we use our voice.

54. It’s such an interesting notion that we have a true voice, and a voice moulded by our experiences and society around us. I haven’t experimented so much in singing but I have with talking, and I definitely agree, my voice can be strong and claimed and I know it’s me, or it can be weak and childish and then it sounds like it doesn’t come from me – the difference is literally night and day.

55. Thank you Lieke, I really loved and related to what you have shared. I have sung from my throat most of my life and my voice has been very soft. I was all the time in my head checking out my voice to hear if it sounded right, but lately I have noticed when I get out of my head connect to myself and allow my body to sing it feels effortless and very beautiful .

56. When we re-discover our true voices it is like having a clear strong and true foundation within , upon which one can build a a deep inner connection to that which we truly are.

57. This is an absolute joy to read Lieke. You are so spot on and you expose the trap that many of us fall for when we first try to sing, that we try to sing like someone else which leaves us feeling like we cannot sing as we don’t sound like that which we are trying to imitate or emulate. With this we completely miss singing with the power of our own true voice. Power not meaning loud but rather connected to ourselves as sweetness and tenderness are also very powerful qualities. For when we embrace and deeply connect to the quality of our spoken voice when expressed from our hearts, feel the vibration through our bodies we then can begin to explore the true joy of singing, which is a simply a resounding unique expression of our Divinity.

    1. Beautifully said Carola. It sounds a bit like everything in life, isn’t it? We want to be like others yet all we have to do and are able to do is be ourselves.

58. Michael Benhayons music is eons ahead in terms of musical integrity, and an absolute JOY to listen to.

59. I love these sorts of blogs that are curious in exploring our true expression. It peels back the cover and suggests – what if we are not living as who we truly are? What if our voice is not our voice? And how beautiful is it to have music that allows us to explore such. I feel inspired to give it a try as well, thank you Lieke.

60. It never ceases to amaze me how much I keep learning each and every time I read these simple yet amazing blogs. Thank you Lieke for giving me some fun talking/singing homework to play with.

61. This is a profound observation Lieke. Our bodies are attuned to a universal rhythm that never strikes a note of discord unless we choose to move in a way that constricts this. Re-discovering our true voice is re-discovering truth and the sheer beauty that comes from expressing this in full.

62. Awesome Lieke, that sounds very healing for the whole system and it sounds like we can actually heal ourselves just by the way we speak.

63. Thank you Lieke, it’s interesting that we avoid expressing using our true voice when this is clearly as natural as can be. I find it uncomfortable to hear a recording of my voice when I am not using my true voice … I hadn’t considered that there has actually been a higher level of discomfort in hearing my voice expressing in full but this makes absolute sense as it explains why I avoid expressing me in full.

64. The feeling in the body when we sing from our body and not our throat is exquisite. And the sound matches 🙂

65. This is a great observation Leike, one that I will be experimenting with also! . . . Very inspiring . . . reminding me of the utter importance of all the little details that can be picked up if we take that step back and observe.

66. Using my voice to express with the love that comes from my inner-most is still very much a work in progress. So thanks you Leike I feel inspired to put in some practice time.

67. Gosh that was the most fun blog I have read in ages – I was so inspired I started singing your blog aloud in my talking voice (instead of my singing voice) as I was reading it, and YES it is a completely different experience (especially as I have an idea that I can’t sing but I do talk a lot at times). I held back a little because I was in an office, but I am going to have another go soon and experiment more.

68. I love exploring my voice to music and in the way I express to different people. There is still much for me to reacquaint myself with when it comes to any type of expression. I also enjoy listening to those who have some mastery over their expression.

69. I love singing too Leike and I loved reading about you singing with your true voice, coming from your heart. The rhythm and flow, of love and light, one feels when truly singing is indeed such a divine blessing.

70. It’s amazing how exposing it is when we begin to connect within and gain an insight into how much we convey by the way we use our voices. I know that when I’m feeling small and anxious I go into my little girl voice and when I am feeling connected and powerful my voice feels claimed. When we step back from all our ‘doing’ we can see our ‘being-ness’.

71. Singing with my body and my heart feels – and sounds – so different from singing from my voicebox alone. I so appreciate the workshops with Chris James who supports everyone at them to sing with their heart. It feels glorious. These workshops have enabled me to explore and express more and more – no end point in sight…..

72. Thanks to Chris James I am now aware that when I sing or speak from a connection to my heart, my whole body vibrates. Its an awesome marker, or reference point to deepen this within myself.

73. Last week I went to a singing event presented by Chris James. It was only one and a half hours long but in that time my whole body came more alive and some beautiful harmonies emerged in the group although none of us were professional singers or had been instructed to harmonise. It was as if we all found our natural voices and allowed ourselves to express these openly through sound and the songs we sang.

74. I love singing. I have done a few workshops with Chris James and my favourite part is once we eventually let go of sounding a particular way, which can take a day or 2, the sound that is produced is so exquisitely beautiful, it brings me to tears. At that point there is no completion, no aiming for perfection just singing together with our own voices. The beauty in the very natural harmonies and the flow in the sound is seamless and effortless. What I have always taken away from this is that it’s not about the singing, but how we express and how we are with each other and that no matter what the context we can work together in harmony.

75. I am not one to sing, nor have I a desire to sing, but I too have experienced the difference in my voice when it is spoken with my whole body. It holds conviction, truth and love. I have also noticed that what is there to say is different, there is a tenderness in what I speak, even though it holds strength.

    1. This difference is gorgeous and easy to feel in the words that you type Leigh. Just recently I have been noticing in others and me, the beautiful resonance that is there when we express with appreciation, as you do. It doesn’t have to be a kind word or compliment but is more a vibration that sings out in a way, that we are great, deeply beautiful beings, part of a grandness that goes way beyond our physical limitations. When we see through the play of what our life seems, what we say is naturally vital, profound and alive.

76. Singing is something I would still not wish to do in public but I can feel how it can be very soothing for the body to let go and just sing, and starting with talking the words takes away the strain. To sing from the heart and open up our bodies is definitely something that can support our ability in other ways to convey more easily all we want to say.

77. I agree Lieke, I have joined many workshops with Chris James and it is very liberating to let go of ‘how we think we should sound when singing’ to just singing from our body and allowing our singing to voice to be an expression of who we naturally are.

78. I agree Lieke, when we sing with our true voice it can definitely be felt in our chest area as an openness and expansiveness that has no boundaries.

79. This was a big aha moment for me “It was like I was being cautious so that if it came out wrong nobody would hear it.” I just realised I’ve also sung in a certain way because of this. When I’m by myself I have experimented with letting my voice rip more… as in not held back… but if it hasn’t sounded perfect I’ve judged it as wrong and not something I could not openly bring out in front of others, so then I go back to the cautious/sounding better voice. Interesting to experiment with this further. Thanks Lieke for sharing your experience.

80. How we are with our voices highlights to us more than just how comfortable we are with how and what we say. It signifies on a greater level how we are in life because after all if we are feeling uncomfortable about voicing our truth, that uncomfortablility comes out through all our actions, movements and expressions.

81. Chris’s workshops develop a level of awareness in us that is quite extraordinary. It is very rare to be taught how to be deeply grounded within our body, connect to our heart and allow our true sound to be expressed. It is gorgeous that you have discovered this and can now embrace it whether singing or not.

82. Wow Lieke thank you for you honest sharing. It is very inspiring and I asked myself what would happen if all of us would sing and talk with a true voice . . . perhaps we also would be inspired to say and sing more truthful things.

83. How beautiful Lieke that you have found your true voice again. I to am inspired by the music of Michael Benhayon and Glorious Music. Let our true voices continue to ring out the Way of the Livingness.

84. What a grand symphony we are, all with our own resonate expression. So much can be felt and communicated in the quality of our voices.

85. It is beautiful to feel the fullness in our voice when it comes from the body.

86. Our voice is so amazing as it can reveal or hide so much of us. Being more aware of this, as you are, is a revelation for us all Lieke.

87. “My real and true singing voice comes not only from my throat but also from my heart and whole body.” l have felt this experience when singing with Chris James workshops.

88. “I then felt such love for myself and that my true voice was amazing just the way it was.” This is a revelation for you Lieke as you are unfolding more of you. How glorious for humanity.

89. This is an amazing marker to have Lieke. We often think that our voice (and way of living in general) is our truth, that is just how we speak and/or live. But what if we have just got so used to living not who we truly are, that by its repeated movements we continuously think that is who we are and there is no other way, when in fact there is, we simply have not been expressing it?

90. Thank you for sharing your ongoing re-discovery of your true voice Lieke, shaking off the impositions of ideals and beliefs about how we should sound leaves us free to explore the beauty of our true voice and share that with others. I love the feeling of resonance throughout my body when I am truly expressing by singing or speaking having held back for way too many years.

91. Lieke, thankyou for sharing the difference of singing with your true voice. I often singing through the day, so I look forward to experimenting with my ‘talking voice’ and focusing on singing from my body.

92. In my experience Lieke, we only have to feel the joy of someone expressing from their heart to feel how expansive and warm and holding such an expression is for us all. There is no self in it at all even though it is the most amazing feeling we could ever ask for.

93. Very gorgeous indeed Lieke, I can feel the joy and divinity as you express with your beautiful singing whilst cruising down the highway of life.

94. Thanks Lieke. I hadn’t really given a lot of consideration before about the quality of my voice, although I do recognise that sometimes I change the way I am speaking according to who I am speaking with. This blog now has me reflecting on why this happens. I plan on doing some experimentation to find out what affects the quality of my vocal expression so that there is a more consistent and true reflection of me whether I’m singing, talking, laughing or whatever.

95. Dear Lieke, you reflect by your blog the strength and beauty of hearing and listening to our voices. Our voice reveals us so much. It can sound hard, soft or pale. I used to judge myself for it once I had heard it, but now I am allowing myself more to feel what it is I am feeling in my voice- what it reflects to me. It can be times that I have lived quiet dense and hard towards myself and so my voice had sound more hard and sharp. So beautiful how our own body is our marker of truth, right? I love it and I am appreciating my body every day more.

96. Beautiful Samantha, that have must be an amazing truly gorgeous feeling. Can you imagine if we life that way?

97. Lieke, it feels like the true expression you are discovering is opening you up more to life on every level. This will lead to a greater and more glorious YOU in full expression. How magnificent! This shows me that there’s more to those simple songs that inspire and tranform our lives so deeply, if we allow the love in, as you are.

98. Its great to hear your voice here Lieke. We can tell so much from the way and quality someone speaks. In a way its like the words are not important at all, but their vibration and energy is what says it all. Your experience Lieke is inspiring me to cherish my true voice also and not let any impostor get in the way.

99. Thank you Lieke for sharing, I have been doing exercises for my speaking voice and notice how much power and fullness comes when I speak, I have always had a soft voice, so as to not draw attention to myself, and when I sing from this voice there is no power and it comes from my throat, feeling very restricted. This is something I explore as I sing along to Glorious music.

100. I never ventured into singing prior to Universal Medicine and since doing so I have come to realise how healing singing can be, it definitely has helped in unlocking my true expression

     1. Me too Joe. Singing was never something I was comfortable doing in the past but every now and then I feel like putting on one of the CD from Glorious Music or by Chris James and I’m finding myself starting to experiment with singing along. It feels light in my body and I’m definitely not caught up in an emotional reaction. It’s early days, but this is definitely a completely different scenario than previously and something I plan to continue to experiment with.

101. There’s definitely something in what you say about not speaking – as well as singing – in our true voice. We’re so bombarded with ideals and beliefs about what cool, sexy, female, femme fatale, gentle, confident sounds like, that we’re unconsciously trying to simulate rather than ‘just be’ when we speak. And that’s before we’ve even begun to explore the stereotyping we’re under from any pronounced accent we might be harbouring and trying to hide.

102. I know Lieke, playing with our voices and how it feels in our bodies is quite profound – so much so that I am reminded that my body literally feels like it’s a whole body microphone that amplifies outwardly all that I am feeling.

103. Beautiful Lieke. The quality of how we express ourselves is something that we can easily take for granted as we get caught up in the hustle and bustle our everyday lives but I have gradually been becoming more aware that this natural voice you speak of Lieke just loves to be expressed in full and this is something I am learning to do more and more with every passing day.

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105. Yes I agree, the messages given out by much of the current music is very abusive and harming. The obvious ones which sing about abuse or sexualising women etc. (you just have to look at some music video’s) but also the less obvious ones that do not tell the truth about love. The very emotional love songs are very harming as that is not what true love is, true love is non emotional.

     1. Here here Lieke, one day in the future it will be clear to everyone how deeply harming emotional music is.

106. ‘Singing with my real and true voice is a bit scary because it really shows all of me; it says here I am!’ There is so much power in singing and talking with our true voice, we can give everybody a healing with our natural voice, the voice of all of who we are, pure love.

     1. I love that Annelies – our voice can be very healing if it is true.

107. We all have a voice with which to sing should we choose to.

108. ‘I had from a very young age an idea of what a perfect female voice should sound like.’ What then follows in this blog is a great example of the effects of the views and beliefs we adopt at an early age and let run our lives, taking over what is often our default naturally in pursuit of what we believe is ‘good’, ‘normal’ or ‘right’ – but never true.

109. There is such a feeling of power and grace when we sing without any holding back – it brings such a warmth and yumminess to the whole body. To discover your true voice Leike is a confirmation of the power and love that emanates from the amazing Glorious Music albums.

110. Thank you for sharing Lieke. Since i’ve been listening to the Glorious Music albums and also those of Chris James who’s voices are true and unimposing when I listen to other cd’s in my car that I used to love i’ve now found that I can’t listen to them anymore because I find them jarring in my body – when I listened to these old cd’s of mine I wonder how I ever could have enjoyed them because they really are empty and I can feel the lack of true voice and expression in them.

111. What I love about Chris James expression workshops is that he starts with the premise that we were all born with a beautiful voice. He teaches you to connect with your whole body, from your inner heart to speak and to sing. You feel so much more expanded in your chest and lighter in your body. It’s so much fun and joyous when you sing from your inner heart.

112. When I am out in the world I noticed how many people speak with voices that do not sound true. They are soft and whispery or high pitch and girly. I then realised that I was doing the same thing and realised how unconscious it is. Our voice changes because we are not showing the world the true person, we are softening ourselves or being less than we can be. When I discovered this I made an effort to remember to speak as me, not holding back, not trying to fit in. It is so great to sing along to Glorious Music. It doesn’t push me to sound like anyone else but me.

113. “My real and true singing voice comes not only from my throat but also from my heart and whole body” So true Lieke and my true speaking voice comes from my heart and my whole body and not from my head.

114. I always had the idea that I couldn’t sing, this was before I ever gave myself the opportunity to try it. As a kid I always wanted to sing but just believed it was something I couldn’t do. Listening to Glorious Music’s albums has allowed me to bust out of this and give myself permission to have a go and I love it. I love singing away in my car, I notice it always shifts how I was feeling.

115. Singing with our true voice amplifies the the love we hold ourselves in, for the whole world to enjoy. So the first prerequisite to be a true singer is not to train our voices, but to start loving ourselves.

116. We cannot hide with our voice, everything is magnified and we see/hear ourselves naked, it is awesome! When we sing to pretend to be bigger or smaller than ourselves, ultimately it is not the true us—and singing this way is harmful to us! Even though when we first use our true voices, it may sound unfamiliar, throaty or croaky even, it doesn’t matter, the acceptance and willingness to express back from where we have held back truth is powerful.

117. The true power of expression is to simply go for it—whole body style!

     1. That feels true Adele

118. Singing with our true voices is an amazing healing Lieke thank you for sharing your experiences, it is an acceptance of ourselves no matter where we are at and it is so truly beautiful. What is beautiful as you have shared also, is not how this voice sounds, but that we are willing to go there, to reveal the truth, to be imperfect, to be real, to be human, to feel the power and stay with it, to be true.

     1. I can relate to this too Adele, that to allow to go to there and to let my true voice speak is so freeing for my body and is appreciating the grandness that lives in me has to be expressed in full.

119. The feeling of when you sing from your body is amazing, you feel light as feather. Those other times Ive had a couple it’s like lock jaw, you might sound ok but not sure how impressed your jaw will be!

120. Being free to sing in our true voices is crucial for our empowerment, and deepening of our relationships with ourselves. We have been taught so much about what singing should look or sound like, we are missing out on what our full and amazing voices actually bring. Glorious Music are such a beautiful support in re-connecting to my true voice and expression with music. Thank you so much to Michael and Miranda – your work is thoroughly appreciated!

     1. I find when I sing to Glorious Music is support me to sing from my body, there is no fight to match or mimic the sounds but to sing with them. Thank you Michael, Miranda and Emmalee.

121. When a group of people come together and sing from their whole body it is very powerful and to be part of such a group is very special. Chris James and Glorious Music bring a strength, tenderness and beauty to singing from the heart that can be felt equally by those singing and anyone hearing the singing.

     1. Yes Mary I love how in Chris James’s workshops there is no room for individuality, the music is all about brotherhood – no one better or worse – when the music comes from this quality it is exquisite and no music no matter how pitch perfect will ever match music that comes from a true oneness.

122. Thank you for sharing Lieke, I had a similar experience the other day singing along with Rachel Kane’s ‘Girl to Woman Song’. What I discovered was that as my voice is a lot deeper than Rachel’s I could not comfortably sing at the note she sings it, when I experimented singing from my ‘talking voice’ what opened up was so much more of me! It felt awesome, I could really let go and let out the beauty I connect with with that song. It confirmed for me that in allowing all of me to be nothing need be held back.

     1. Or worse still, if we don’t sound exactly as it is being sung when we sing along we condem ourselves to be awful singers or not being able to sing – hogwash! We all have a voice with which to sing should we choose to.

     2. Great point Lieke… It’s interesting to observe the expectations and pressure we put on ourselves to ‘perform’ or measure up to some kind of picture or ideal, and how this requires us to leave our bodies (in the sense of either avoiding or not listening to our own bodies and how we really feel). I’m discovering that true expression – in whatever we are doing – can only come when we connect and express by connecting to our body first. The difference I feel when I do this is one of much more joy, ease and flow and does not have the same heaviness and drive that comes when I disconnect from or ignore my body doing the same activity.

     3. Yes Angela that is a great point and I agree, connection is the key to feeling amazing.

     4. So true Lieke, l find when l sing along to Miranda the most exquisite harmonies follow and the song feels like a healing balm in my body. lf only the world could hear our secret, beautiful harmonies as l cruise down the highway of life, singing at the top of my lungs and from the bottom of my heart, in my cruise mobile. Sooo much joy expressed! No wonder it is called Glorious Music-it delivers!

123. I have always believed that “I can’t sing’ and so have only sung when I have music on or with others, quietly. What you have shared Lieke, has me reflecting on how old beliefs affect us and to open to experiencing singing differently, exposes the old self imposed belief. Singing expresses so much joy and that can be felt in your blog. This blog has brought the opportunity to open to something new around singing – thank you.

     1. Yes it is amazing to see how old beliefs affect us even though they may not be true at all. I have in many instances thought I was not good enough for that certain thing that I liked. Realising that we all have our own expression in this has been huge for me. It is a joy to hear you are seeing this too.

124. I love singing as well, it is such a powerful way of using your voice and to truly express all of you. I have learned through the workshops by Chris James to fully open my mouth and this felt a bit strange at the beginning but in doing so, more and more, it actually supports me in bringing more of my voice out and therefor, sing with all of Mariette.

125. “That my special singing voice was only coming from my throat and not from my whole body” This is spot on Lieke and exactly what I have found as a huge marker in my expression, on occasion I hear my voice and I can feel that there is something not true with my voice, sometimes almost as if my voice box has completely changed! But what I often come back to is the way that it doesn’t sound as though my whole body is involved in the speech, this often exposes the disconnection I am in with the whole body or lack of effort and commitment I am putting into life, when I speak through my whole my body I far more enjoy the sound of my own voice and it doesn’t sound so foreign or feel uncomfortable to express.

126. Wow Lieke – and these beautiful insights come after just 20 minutes singing with the music of Michael and Miranda Benhayon. How powerful is music with us then? I always loved to hear people sing and share not with perfect pitch or intonation but with their heart and with their soul. Something real that I can feel. What you say makes me consider – does the music I listen to cherish this true voice too? and am I speaking and sharing with my simple natural sound? or am I still trying to fit into some kind of perfect picture’? Hmmm – great sharing.

     1. On the note how powerful is music I realized recently I move differently on the music of Glorious Music or Chris James. To bring more fun and freedom in my body and in my life I got ‘homework’ from a practitioner a year ago: to sing along and move or dance on music of Michael Benhayon (and specifically on his music). When I did that I could feel how freeing it was to sing along and let my body move to the music. I had a lot of fun experimenting with it (as did my grown-up children, witnessing me doing this :-)) When I tried the same to a recent top 10 hit, it felt completely different: I found it more difficult to sing from my body and also my movement didn’t feel free but limited and without the lovely feeling of flow in my body. The music we listen to either offers us a foundation to be who we are or it allows us to be only a certain way. Thank you Michael and Miranda Benhayon for offering your music to everybody.

127. Thank you for sharing Lieke, I can feel how different it is to talk with my throat than with the voice I use, to not stir anyone up or actually be truly seen for who I am. It is a great hiding tool, to not truly express what you feel in the power that we all have within.

128. It is fascinating how music from our soul, as is Glorious Music, which unfolded simply out of the joy and love of expressing music from our bodies with no emotion what so ever, has been as powerful as it has been for you Lieke to support you reclaiming your true expression. Everything from Soul and our body is a true offering of a healing for All.

129. “I have realised what a difference it makes to sing with MY TRUE VOICE – and where I feel this in my body, especially in my chest area. My chest feels more expanded and warm.” Thank you Lieke, your blog has given me the impetus to explore my own True Voice.

130. Its great to re-read your article Lieke, this is very interesting, ‘It was like I was being cautious so that if it came out wrong nobody would hear it.’ It makes me aware that I do not sing with my true voice, that I do the same, I use a small voice in case it comes out wrong. I have also noticed that I do this when I’m talking, if I’m unsure of what I’m saying or how it will be received I use a small voice so as not to offend anyone. Recently I have been using my true voice more and this feels so much more powerful and simple, it feels like there is no agenda, I’m just expressing what I feel to without manipulating my voice.

131. Since attending many of Chris James expression workshops I have found singing from my whole body such a liberating and joyous experience. With every word sung I can feel a beautiful warm pulse run through my body, and my chest area expand, reminding me of the loving connection to my essence.

132. I remember going to a Chris James expression workshop and experiencing what it was like to sing from my true voice and feel the vibration in my body when I did, it is truly a remarkable feeling. It is then a great marker of where I am at – for if I can’t feel the vibration in the palms of my hands or chest when I speak or sing then I know I am not connected to my body and am coming from my head and not my heart.

133. I just came home from the Glorious Music concert release of there latest album ‘Heaven’s Stairway’ It was heavenly to say the least. The singers all sing from connection and are not confined by the constraints of a trained and or controlled singing voice. The result of this is a rich sound that encompasses every ounce of vibrancy lived by the performer – stunning.

134. Isn’t it beautiful to be so connected to different parts of our body and learn so much about ourselves from these parts, in this case your voice, the sound from your throat, your eyes, chest etc. The sound of my voice tells me when it is coming from a deep connection with my body or a connection with just my head. The sound and quality is totally different. From my body there is a beautiful richness and loving open sound, something to share with all, and from my head there is a sharper, harder sound that resonates in a way that it is only for me and nobody else. When I speak from my body and not from my head it seems people all want to listen and there is a deeper connection with them.

135. This is a good distinction you make here, Lieke between the ‘special singing voice’ and the’ true voice’. As a child I would sing with joy and love of life but then I was selected from a choir to have private training as an opera singer. I was being groomed to be a soprano and there was some investment in my talent. But I hated the sound of that voice and later spent years trying to undo it by singing pop songs that again made me force my voice to sound a certain way. All these years I rarely sang just for the joy of it. It wasn’t until I met Chris James that I was able to let go of that false way of using my voice and come back to the natural way of singing so now I find myself singing once again with my true voice.

136. Beautiful singing Lieke, I have never thought about a singing or speaking voice before. So I will have an eye on this. What I can share is that if I am really connected with me – my voice is “fuller” – it resonates much more in my whole body and that is an awesome feeling very strong and powerful.

137. Lieke I love to sing also and found your blog a joy to read. I especially like what you said about it being a whole body experience – it just goes to show that everything has a vibration and that the quality of that vibration really has a huge impact on our bodies and our environment.

138. I was recently watching a kids singing contest and I noticed how the kids changed their voices to try and be more like the singer whose song they were doing a cover of. It was liked the kids were robbed of the opportunity to just have fun and find how they liked to sing.

139. Thank you Lieke, I have also enjoyed singing along or with these musicians/singers. They are true inspiration for me to explore my true voice.

140. I can relate to so many things what you are writing Lieke – thanks for your amazing blog.
     When I sing for example – I also realize immediately, how much I’m still holding back or am I truly allow myself to show all of ME.

141. I love singing to Lieke and am inspired by your expression to explore my true voice and what that means for me. I’m sure this will help me speak with more authority and from my true self; thank you.

142. This is a lovely blog Lieke. It inspires me to continue to sing when I feel like it and not be concerned what others think. Only with a loving connection to self will we all get in touch with, and share our divine inner voice.

143. I am exploring what does my true voice sound like, especially when singing as I find it can vary quite a lot depending on the song and how I am feeling. I am beginning to notice that my speaking voice when I sing has more strength than my school assembly singing voice so after reading your blog I will play around with this a little more. Thank you Lieke for sharing I will remember your blog the next time I am in my car singing to Miranda Emmalee and Michael Benhayon’s songs.

144. As Chris James says ‘we are born with a beautiful voice’. As we learn to fit in with those around us we can become more self conscious and it takes only a few words from a parent or teacher to shut us down from expressing, not only singing. It feels great to reconnect with my true voice, from my inner heart. Lovely to read how you’ve reconnected with your true voice Lieke.

145. I have had this experience, i really appreciate how you express it “I enjoyed the sound of my true voice, which was in fact simply my ‘talking voice’ singing.” Absolutely, I have also enjoyed singing along with Glorious Music’s songs and I feel as I sing my chest and whole body resonates, when I express my voice, it becomes great in volume without a pressure or strain. It is amazing to behold.

146. There is so much more to Glorious music than meets the ear, each song is a package that speaks to your soul and if you are open and willing to be inspired by the cords,the rhythms, lyrics and the pure clarity of the voices, then as Lieke has shared in 20 minutes you can heal lifetimes.

     1. Absolutely!

147. Thanks for sharing Lieke I know exactly what you mean about these different voices. I remember as a child always commenting on my mother’s telephone voice and how hard it became. It is like we have all these different voices and faces for different situations. It is so beautiful and yummy to discover our true voice and face and to live and express that.

148. Thanks Lieke for your blog. I too am exploring getting to know my true voice. I have always thought that when I speak with my true voice it can be harsh and a bit abrupt, however others tell me how powerful it is. So I am exploring talking (I haven’t tried singing with it yet) more with my true voice and cutting any thoughts that enter my mind telling me that it doesn’t sound good. I’m getting to know what is the true me and it feels lovely in my body.

     1. That is a great reflection Donna. I have found that sometimes I can be very familiar with being nice and shy but that I can be feeling very uncomfortable with my power. Sometimes what we are familiar (and comfortable) with is not who we truly are.

        1. ‘ feeling uncomfortable with my power’. Oh, I know that one Lieke, speaking quietly is a way I use to hide mine, but thats not comfortable any more now, it feels so much more me when I speak out.

149. ‘I have realised what a difference it makes to sing with MY TRUE VOICE – and where I feel this in my body, especially in my chest area. My chest feels more expanded and warm.’ So beautiful Lieke I am inspired by your blog and will go about my day now connecting with my true voice. JOy ❤️

150. “My real and true singing voice comes not only from my throat but also from my heart and whole body.” I love this Lieke. If I sing only from my throats alone it is a very strangled sound! Singing from my heart and my whole body produces something entirely different.

151. Lieke, this is pretty awesome, about half way though I started to sing with my normal talking voice to see what you meant by it- I’m guna play around with that one haha. Great blog.

152. Was lovely to read your account of discovering your true voice and I can relate to so much of what you share. I have noticed recently how my voice has changed, it has a softer, more tender tone, this sound I like very much as it is more in line with my true voice.

     1. Hi Jacqmcfadden I have noticed that my voice changes when I am really connected to my body. It’s almost like my gauge for where I am at in regards to feeling truly connected to the deepest part of me.

153. “…That my special singing voice was only coming from my throat and not from my whole body. It was like I was being cautious so that if it came out wrong nobody would hear it….” is how I have sung my whole life. And I was always considered a terrible singer! Of course I was – it was a lie. I have moments now when I cut loose, singing from all of me, all of my body and I feel I sound great! Then at that moment when I’m judging whether I sound good or not, I lose it and sound terrible again! Once the connection is severed, it becomes a lie again. So I completely understand what you are sharing here Lieke. I look forward to when I sing, and speak for that matter, from my body all the time, as I say to the world, ‘Here I Am”, What you see is what you get, which is phenomenal 🙂

154. Recently I did a weekend workshop with Chris James exploring the Power of Sound, and our expression through singing as a group and speaking in small groups.
     What I learnt was that “everyone is born with a beautiful voice” quoted by Chris.
     This is so true. When connected to our inner heart by first breathing gently, our voice can be felt as a pulsation throughout our body. We explored singing from our whole body, with no holding back- it felt spacious, freeing, empowering, expansive and warm. We all sounded as one harmonious, glorious and angelic group. So beautiful!

155. I can so relate to what you have shared here Lieke! I’ve recently started to sing more and really allow my voice to be felt – and heard. I’ve really noticed a difference in how my voice sounds when I start singing more timidly, or in self judgment to when I sing out of pure joy in a moment of expressing divine love. It’s so gorgeous to feel the warmth and expansion you speak of, and know I have a true marker of my own ‘true voice’ too.

156. Thank you Lieke, you have offered much here for me to ponder and experiment with. The power of expression that can be connected to through our voice I feel has a depth that I look forward to discovering further with the gifts of Glorious Music.

157. Lovely to hear your exploration with your voice Lieke and this makes so much sense, what you share in terms of singing from your body and not needing to ‘put on’ a singing voice.

158. It is amazing how different we sound when we tape ourselves talking, and singing would be the same. I have been surprised at the beautiful sound that can come from within us all in general, in one of Chris James presentations on using our voices.

159. In my experience I have the most fun with my voice when it is relaxed and natural. In that instant I absolutely love hearing my voice.
     As like you I did have a perception how my voice should sound and would always cringe when hearing my voice in a recording.
     What I was cringing at was I was using a abrupt voice that wasn’t my to begin with.
     But through having worth in myself this perception has naturally changed 🙂

     I love singing….

160. Lieke this is wonderful exploration that I too am exploring at the moment. In recent sessions with Chris James I got to feel where my voice truly comes from – and to feel it coming from my entire body felt incredible. I realised that each particle which made up all of me had something to contribute to my expression – so my true voice was not from listening to my mind and out through my mouth via my throat – it actually came from my body and I can feel it as a vibration as it is expressed. This is changing my life and supporting me to listen to my body.

161. I have never been much of a singer, never really been much of a talker either until recent times. Singing with Chris James has helped me jump a few hurdles in regards to expressing with my voice. The fact that our voice actually comes from our body and not just our throat was an eye opener for me, and to feel that come out of me or others is quite special, as most talking/singing is need based.

162. Wow reading your blog and some of the comments made me aware that I’m not singing very much lately, something to ponder on because I love singing. I have read your blog out loud and experimented with making some tones and I feel very inspired to sing and talk with all of me, such a joy to hear me!

163. Lieke it is great the way you describe speaking and singing with your true voice. This is not something I have paid particular consistant attention to in myself. I can be aware of obvious changes, but I can feel from what you’ve shared that there is a lot more to explore. Thank you.

164. It’s a good point you make here, as it has been my own observation that when I sing there always seems to be a country type of singing which comes out and I always thought it was because we listened to a lot of country type of music and that I used to enjoy listening to it as a child, but what if my own natural voice actually doesn’t sound country – something to explore here.

165. To me it is such a great thing to hear somebody sing and speak with their true voice. Without even talking to people about it you are a healing instrument and role model. So cool!

166. This is a beautiful blog Lieke and I certainly would like to hear your new found voice and I’m inspired now to go in search of mine.

167. Lieke I feel so inspired to try this myself as I often feel I too hold back from speaking in my true voice. What I have noticed when I do is my voice carries with it such a rich, deep, strong and solid quality that is so embodied, I feel I speak from the truth of my body. I feel singing with our true voice would be an amazing way to build our true expression, thankyou for sharing this awesome awareness.

168. Wow I would love to hear you sing Lieke! How beautiful it is to listen to someone when they come from there true voice. It is actually quite rare to have someone truly come from there true-selves and we have far too much music in society that is all about hooking another person in and trying to prove something. Singing from truth is truly exquisite to hear and totally inspiring.

169. I love how this blog feels, and I would love to hear your new found voice as it does sound like it does sound wonderful. A truly inspirational blog that makes me want to do a little experimenting of my own in the vocal area.

170. Thank you Lieke – this is just the right article for me to be reading now! It reminds me to not speak with ‘oozing niceness’ but to speak as the amazing woman that I am. To express not holding back – to unleash the power that lies within! Some may step back in awe, others may turn their backs, some may point the finger and shout ‘crazy’ and yet others will smile and know that I am home.

171. Lieke, it was so lovely to read this, as I’ve been giving myself more and more permission to sing of late, in the house when others are around — and this is huge! It’s just what you say — to sing with all of us and not downplay ourselves or our voice in any way is letting all of us be seen, in our vulnerability, our heart open. It can be a bit scary sometimes, but more and more I simply clock that and then connect back to my heart and let my body express in song, and it feels amazing.

172. Singing with your talking voice what a great discovery. There is no trying anymore just expressing how you normally express. Super easy and simple. Thank you Lieke for this simple and profound discovery.

173. Lieke I feel what you have shared is something that many people do with their voice. I certainly have had different voices for different situations but am now more aware of singing and speaking with my true voice.

     1. It’s interesting what you say Sharon about how we express different voices for different situations and I realise that is true. It therefore makes total sense to me that speaking and singing consistently in our own true voice is far more loving and supportive for all.

174. It’s amazing how we can have special voices for different activities or different people. A friend was telling me yesterday that she was with a friend of hers when her friend met her boyfriend. Much to her surprise her friend started speaking in a completely different voice – possibly just reserved for her boyfriend.

175. Gosh Lieke, that’s beautiful! To me it is just the other way round. When I sing, my voice swings down to the bottom of my belly. But when I speak I find myself often contracted. My voice being mainly held in the throat, controlled by my mind. But my body know how to sing – even when my mind tries to sneak in – it can’t really. Because the singing voice comes from the body, this helped me explore my voice when speaking too. Thanks for your sharing!

176. It is truly joy-full to hear you share your new found discovery of your true voice from listening to Glorious Music and how naturally this came to you in such a short space in time. Amazing and very beautiful!

177. Wow Lieke this is fantastic and I have played whilst reading, my true voice and my not true voice – how right you are in this observation. Fascinating to feel how I like to create a voice that is ‘nice’ and will placate everyone.

     1. I agree, this is a great insight into what happens when we ‘try’ to do it right rather than just allow what is already there to be expressed.

178. I can totally feel what you are saying Linda and it feels beautiful. I can imagine it is so amazing to sing in a group, I haven’t done that for a long time but definitely will in the near future.

179. There is much to be explored with my voice from reading your blog Lieke. I can remember my friend and I recording ourselves when we were younger, I never liked listening when we played it back.

     1. I can relate to this Natalie, I never liked my voice being played back either. But I think it had to do with the fact that I did not liked myself very much in that period of my life. This has greatly changed so I am actually quite curious how I sound on tape!

180. So funny I read this today as I was just talking about voicemail messages and how we put on a voice to suit certain situations. Sounds like at times we have voice for every occasion, but is there one voice for all occasions?

     1. Love what you say Jaime – I would say there is one voice for all occasions, our true voice. One size fits all 🙂

181. Thank you Lieke van Haastrecht (oh I like your name:)
     You have hit the nail on the ideals we hold around singing (I can also relate), that Glorious Music is Amazing (I love singing to their songs), and the fact that I often hold back (in fear of producing not a good sound). I will definitely re-read this blog if I have difficultly expressing and singing from my whole body next time 😉
     Plus, what I have discovered, from observing and being inspired by Miranda and Emmalee is that it is not about what you sound like, it is about an energetic quality and integrity that we hold in our voices, when we sing a note, to hold an energy. It changes everything.

     1. Thank you ariannekasi and I love reading your comment. No holding back in this one! Very true what you say, it is the quality that we are living that comes out when we create a sound to sing or to speak, there is so much more than what meets the ear 😉

182. I sang your blog out loud with my whole body singing/talking voice. And you are right, it felt and sounded lovely to me.

     1. Haha Concetta, I might have to try this!!

        1. I always wanted to write a song… haha!

     2. That sounds like a great idea Concetta, definitely going to go back and do that

183. I was doing this just the other morning, practising going from each voice, soft sweet voice to then singing with my talking voice and when I started to do that I felt like a snale coming out of my shell, stepping out, and then I thought why not live like this? Walk, talk and sing out of my comfort zone and let the world see all that I have inside me. That is a risk to me at this point in time but definitely something I am going to put practise to.

     1. I know this feeling very well Ariel. It is like showing all of me when I am singing from my whole body and yes why not live like that everywhere? I am also a learning to be and express me more and more in life. Awesome you reminded me of this.

     2. Awesome Ariel and very inspiring – I will practice this too – all snails want to get that shell of their back I am sure. Ha ha.

184. I have had a very similar experience too Lieke. When I used to sing, it was almost uncomfortable in my body and I could never sing very loudly. I have been noticing lately that singing comes more naturally to me now and feels different in my body, After attending choir with Chris James at the weekend I have been exploring with singing more. It now feels amazing in my body. Your blog is so spot on as to what has been happening for me. I had never made some of the connections you make. My singing voice is now my natural voice and when I sing I’m amazed at how I sound.

185. Lieke I have had a really similar experience and know exactly what you mean – it’s like your whole body is singing and it feels and sounds wonderful to me, if a little exposing. I had previously been trying to sing high pitched and keep up with songs on the radio, when my voice is actually softer and deeper than that – trying to be something different and something ‘better’ than I actually am (measured against some kind of external ideal). I hadn’t tuned in to the enormity of this shift until I read your blog, thank you. Looking forward to seeing what more comes of this.

186. I love singing and am inspired to know my true voice! Thank you Lieke for your insightful blog.

187. Hello Lieke and this is a great blog. It’s funny that we seem to try and sing and our voice that is produced from there doesn’t sound that great. But when we are real and just sing without trying to impress, sound good etc that our voice is let go and sounds better or more natural. I have found what you are saying, that if I try and sing to what I have as a picture of a ‘good’ voice then it doesn’t work, but if I just let go and sing that my voice feels great. I’m not saying others won’t critique it but it feels great for me at the moment. Through singing with Chris James and singing along with Glorious Music my jaw has freed up hugely. So singing has supported me to speak as well. I love what you have spoken about here Lieke and it has been a big step for me. I am not saying we are all ‘great’ singers but we all can sing for it’s not about only the sound, it’s about how it feels equally to that. Thank you Lieke.

     1. Yes I love what you have expressed here Ray. This can be related to all aspects of life. If we try to do anything we are always in the stress of ‘trying’ whereas if we,as you say, ‘just let go’ and allow ourselves to be natural everything flows.

     2. Ray I have heard you sing and it was an absolute joy to feel your breathe in every word.

188. I know what you mean Lieke when you say you can feel your voice through your whole body and chest area when using your true voice. I love that feeling too, and when I am able to feel that when speaking too it is awesome. When I don’t have that connection my voice can often be a bit high and quick and very often I will feel a tightening in my throat telling me I am not being true.

     1. Yes Jeanette, I can totally relate to what you have expressed here. When I hear my voice go up a notch I know that I am out of myself as even my voice is out of itself!

189. Thank you for this blog – I absolutely love singing and would like to do it more often but I sometimes get concerned if I am going to be too loud so sing with my talking voice, and people may want me to keep it down. I actually know I have a great singing voice but it’s developing more of a confidence in that voice that I realise I need to do. Then being totally okay with people hearing all that I sing. I’m sure this would inspire others to also let our their expression through singing, if it’s what they like to do.

190. Yes finding that true voice is a matter of letting go quite a lot. I love the sound of my voice when it’s deep and resonate, it feels natural and soothing even to myself, versus if I’ve been trying or pushing and it raises several octaves and is strained.

191. Thank you Lieke ~ I am inspired by your article to explore using my true voice for singing. I feel a sing-a-long coming on now 🙂

192. This is a great sharing, Lieke – the difference between one’s singing voice, speaking voice and true voice. Like you I am beginning to find my true voice and it feels and sounds very different. When I express with the latter I experience more space/time and am more aware.

     1. Beautiful that you bring in the part of that expressing with your true voice gives more space, time and awareness. I find that too, expressing from all I am creates a space for who I truly am.

193. This is very powerful. You found your true expression and real voice, and your body beautifully confirmed this. I am discovering more and more, as Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine have presented, ‘expression is everything’. Thank you for sharing, it felt lovely to read.

194. This is awesome Lieke, you have inspired me to experiment with my true vioce too. I love to sing but I don’t do it often because I have the idea that I don’t sound great. I will try what you did with my true voice. Thank you.

195. Our voice whether it be singing or talking can say so much about us and our connection to ourselves. I have often noticed in myself and other people that when nervous and talking, the pitch of the voice goes up and the expression comes from the throat. Whereas when I am connected with me in the body the tone comes from my chest area and resonates throughout my whole body. It is quite a difference to hear and feel the two & a great marker of how I am in life. It is truly lovely to feel my voice reverberating throughout my body when I talk from a connected place within.

196. I have always wondered why some singers’ singing voice and speaking voice are so different. Thank you Lieke for writing this, it is very thought provoking to read.

197. I have never liked the sound of my voice when I’ve tried to sing. So I loved reading your experience of listening to you normal voice and using it to sing with, but more importantly, hearing and feeling your voice in your body. This has given me such inspiration to feel my voice, not only when i am talking but singing.

     1. That is beautiful reagankcairney, there is indeed so much more to our voice than just the sound.

198. Yes Lieke, it is so true! I too have experienced this. It feels completely different when you deliver a sound that resonates from your body instead of just coming from your throat. You can really feel the fullness of yourself and the aliveness, if I can use that word, of every cell in your body. It is like the cells are singing. And when I am talking from that deep place within I feel so connected and with myself that I notice immediately when I go back into speaking from the throat.

     1. Yes it is such a difference kathleenbaldwin. I remember when I learned to sing I would mimic the song on the radio and I made it only about how my voice sounded not how it felt it my body. It was only after I did a workshop with Chris James and heard Emmalee Benhayon from Glorious Music sing, that I started to understand that you can sing with, like you said, all the cells in your body. What a difference that is.

        1. And just to add to that Lieke, when we are singing in that absolute joy that has the cells in our body singing we are in fact igniting the cells in another to come to that very same joy. Our cells sing to all other cells around them all of the time; this is a scientifically accepted fact so there is a great responsibility here to consider what we are sending out . . .it is great to know that we can be sharing joy just from the tone in our voice!

199. I know exactly what you mean Lieke, I was singing in the car the other day and my voice had no volume, my throat felt hoarse and started to hurt and I had to stop but I can see now what was happening – I have a belief of what a singing voice should sound like and was not actually using my speaking voice but a version of what I thought I should sound like.

200. I read this article and knew exactly what Lieke is saying. For years I remember as a child, half humming, half singing, but dared not to actually sing – a compressed and contracted style of expression developed. This is slowly leaving and the real deal is starting by feeling the confidence and freedom to reverberate what’s there!

     1. So true Oliver, it is such a compressed and contracted form of expression when we hold back our true voice when singing. Well, when do doing anything, but it was always most noticeable in singing.

201. This s a beautiful distinction you have shared Lieke, the true voice can be felt resonating through the whole body, and from the body, the power of that vibration is exquisite to both feel and hear.

202. It is amazing how our singing voice exposes so much about our everyday expression. It is amazing to feel the difference when we talk or sing from the whole body, and not from one isolated part.

     1. Yes I am finding this too Adam. If I am not present in my body or afraid to express all of me in life, my voice is very soft and just not quite how I know it to be. Also the other way around, when I am with my body and feeling confident in myself, my voice is steady too. It is a beautiful way to reflect on what my choices have been to that moment.

203. Its amazing to hear when a person sings from their whole body, when they sing a song with no attachment of receiving recognition from another. People who do this inspire me greatly. They inspire me to sing from my true voice, which is non imposing, dose not seek recognition and comes from all of me.

     1. Yes Madeline, it is not only inspiring but a joy to hear; an incredible joy to sing from our true voice also.

     2. So often in the past I have not sung because I have wanted to be a “good singer”. It was so laced with recognition and not wanting to be seen as a bad singer. But as I grow more and more with my expression, singing is for me and I love how it feels in my body. I still have a few beliefs that come in come in to try and stop me, but as I let them in less and less, I am beginning to sing more and more, especially in front of others as I am no longer concerned with the recognition.

204. Lieke, what you share is truly amazing! Usually when people hear someone else singing they compare themselves to that voice but here you are listening to Glorious Music and finding your own true voice and are inspired to play with it more. Wow!

     1. Yes, it’s true, how glorious to be inspired to be the real you Lieke, and to connect to your true voice; instead of trying to emulate a singer, or to compare and ‘not feel good enough’ as is the case when you listen to most other popular music.
        There is something very special about Glorious Music that supports this connection with ourselves – to celebrate who we are – it draws more of the real you out. I love that you are embracing your real voice, and bringing out more of the real you in your expression. Gorgeous.

        1. Thank you Kylie. Beautifully said, Glorious Music is very special in letting us just be ourselves.

        2. I agree Kylie and Lieke, Glorious Music is very special. I don’t tend to analyse what I am feeling when listening to other music, but the feeling I get when I listen to Glorious Music is one of being safe. Not quite sure what that means but I just know that it feels lighter to me.

205. I had never really taken note of my speaking voice as opposed to my singing voice before reading this article. Now pondering on what you have said, I am realising it makes sense if I am singing with my true voice and not my head, then my voice will be more open and my expression in the way I speak will be more open as well. Thank-you Lieke for bringing this to my awareness.

206. It’s wonderful for you to have been reunited with your true voice – I am drawn to singing but I don’t know my true voice or have forgotten what it feels like for me. Something for me to reflect on thank you for sharing your experience Lieke.

207. We have so many outer ideas and beliefs of how our voices should sound like. As a man, for me it used to be about fitting in and sounding like everyone else. Being brought up in England this became interesting as the dialect changes dramatically if you travel a short distance! I became a very good at changing how I spoke to mimic who I was speaking to. It has been very healing for me to start to find my true voice and to speak with that. Oddly enough, as a result I feel more at ease with people and more accepted as I am, not trying to fit in or sound a certain way.
     Thank you Lieke for your writing.

208. There is a voice that comes right from deep inside ourselves. It is rich and powerful. There is nothing “put on” about it. It is not a ‘special’ voice that we gain from ‘special’ training. We find it just like you did, in exploring and letting it rip by singing and speaking without holding anything in reserve, without trying, just allowing our most natural expression to flow.
     What your blog reminds me of is the way we learn to deliver things according to what the world expects. We calculate, and we try to get it “right”, and of course we lose our gorgeous naturalness in the process.
     And then, if we let go, we discover we never lost it at all.
     Thank you Lieke for sharing your re-discovery.

209. Awesome discovery Lieke to feel the difference when singing or speaking, just from the throat area, to singing or expressing from the entire body ,which is how Chris James teaches you.
     When singing from the inner heart and body and keeping your breathe very gentle your true voice is expressed, and it definitely sounds more beautiful and gentle- no pushing is needed. I love to sing this way- joy fills my body every time as I claim me.

210. Lieke what a lovely blog. Our voice is so much part of our expression. I will pay more attention to mine and the way I use it to express in daily life.

211. I can also relate to your experience very much Lieke. There is a big difference between singing with your own talking voice and the voice we can try and put on to sound good.

212. I can also relate to your experience very much Lieke. There is a big difference between singing with your own talking voice and the sound we can try and put on the sound good.

213. There are so many ways we can either choose to express all of us or a made up version of ourselves. It is inspiring to hear about your 20 minute experiment.

214. Hi Lieke what a journey of true discovery you are making. It is amazing what we ‘think’ is an ideal ie singing voice and ‘invent one’ that sounds good to us but isn’t true. When in fact the true voice you have is pure and full of love what could be more beautiful than that. Thanks for an inspiring blog.

215. Dear Lieke, I love what you have discovered about you choosing a way of speaking and singing that is not all of who you are, that you felt how artificial it was. I absolutely love how it feels when I talk and can feel my voice resonating in all of my body. The love I feel for myself and others is so present when I make the choice to speak in this way. Singing is not something that I have ever had a desire to do, so have not been exploring what it may hold for me. I feel inspired by your writing to begin to sing along to Glorious Music and Sounds Wonderful tracks, maybe I too will love me true singing voice.

216. Thank you Lieke for sharing your beautiful story of finding your real voice. I like to sing along with the music of Michael, Emma-Lee and Miranda Benhayon also and I will keep in mind your blog and enjoy it even more.

217. Singing is really so simple – it’s just a matter of connection and gentleness. I have learned so much about my voice and the voice in general from Chris James and Victoria Carter, and it’s a great thing for all of us to pay attention to for it reveals exactly what is going on for us in any moment.

218. Beautiful Lieke, I know that sometimes when I am alone my singing voice can differ to when I am singing in front of other people. I am realising that this can be representative of the way that I am in life as well – not always letting out my true voice or my true self around others. I have found the Glorious Music songs to be a great way to feel my true voice as well, and the more I practise and connect with it, the more I take it into my everyday life.

219. A great sharing Lieke, I’m feeling inspired to pay more attention to my voice when I’m speaking and singing, and focusing on not holding back from sharing all of who I am. All of who I am is awesome, so why would I not want to resonate this quality from every cell in my body.

220. Having just experienced another singing evening with Chris James I can totally relate to what you are sharing here Lieke. Allowing our sound to come from our whole body, not from our throat creates a beautiful resonance that all who attended the group experienced to be healing and clearing for the body. This is our natural voice and our natural ability. It is so very joyful to connect to this way of expressing.

221. Thanks for sharing Lieke, this is a great description of discovering your true voice and provides some great observations others can be aware of in exploring their true voice.

222. Lieke, thank you for sharing. I was particularly taken by your awakening in regard to the difference in the voice coming from the throat and the voice coming from the whole of your heart & body. The expansion when expressing from the body whether in song or in speaking, feels like there is a deepening happening – an authentic finding of truth and feeling it in the body.

223. Love this Ariana – all the seriousness about having the right pitch and perfect sound go straight out of the window and let’s celebrate with our voice!.

224. In how many areas of our lives do we have a “singing voice”? Do we put on a facade that is not us? It can be exposing to look at all these areas and then liberating to realise that we don’t need these facades. Thank you for sharing your story Lieke. It has inspired me to look at the areas in my life where I have a “singing voice”.

     1. Great reflection Lee. It is not just with singing that we do this! I do have a ‘nice voice’ sometimes which is only a facade as you say, it is not me expressing in full!

225. Its so interesting what you write here because I also didn’t ‘think’ that I had a ‘good’ voice. I just wouldn’t sing. Isn’t it funny that you created a whole other separate voice to sing with to cover up your natural expression. I find that so amazing that we are able and capable to do that. I am learning that I do indeed have a lovely natural voice for singing and just have to put some time and energy into allowing it to open with my heart and from there the depth and exquisiteness of my voice blows me away.

     1. That is beautiful to read Natasha.

226. Lieke, It is quite amazing to discover your true singing voice. I always believed I couldn’t sing because when I was younger my Mum would practice with me endlessly to ensure I could sing in key for an exam. After doing some of Chris James’s singing workshops I discovered I do have a beautiful singing voice and all I needed to do was to connect to the real me. It is very natural and simple and doesn’t require any practice.

     1. Very True Anne, our voice is just there and does not need to be practised and if we open our mouth it will come out! I have had singing lessons when I was younger and when I reflect on it, it was always geared on making your voice strong, good, at the right pitch etc instead of just nurturing your natural voice and getting confident expressing with it.

227. What I have noticed with my voice is that I used to be very loud and used a strong, deep voice to command others whereas speaking in a manner that is gentle on my body feels so much more honouring and supportive for all. I am instantly aware of what may be going on for me when my vocal chords strain… a great warning sign to have.

     1. Yes our voice and how it feels and sounds is such a great reflection on how we are. I do not use this yet so much but it is something I am definately going to be more aware of after reading your comment.

228. I share your joy of singing Lieke. There is much joy in allowing our natural voice to come through by dropping the persona or ‘special voice’ that you talk about. I love the resonance in my chest when I connect to my heart and allow my voice to come directly from there. It’s a real exercise in letting the true me out.

229. This is super inspiring – thank you Lieke, I have a generally strong calming speaking voice but from what you have shared I can see that holding back my natural singing voice I have to be holding back my speaking voice too. Which is holding back me from everyone. I love how you feel, your eyes are more open and you are more open to people when you are speaking and singing with your natural voice. I can feel a song coming on !!!

230. Simply Gorgeous Lieke, I love singing along to the songs of Michael Benhayon et al, I also get to experience my true and powerful voice, its great fun!

231. I agree Rachel, Lieke’s sharing will find me having another sing in the shower! Expressing my self through singing is something I still hold back with but am like you, now inspired!

232. Thank you Lieke. Your true voice comes forth in your blog and you inspired me to experiment with my true voice and how amazing, there it was. I would not have believed that I could sing nor sing from my body. Wow!

233. Mmm, I will have to have a play with this myself to investigate if my voice is true when I sing or if I too hold any beliefs or ideals about how my voice should sound.

234. Thank you Lieke for sharing this experience. When you said you had created a special singing voice I realised I had developed this also. I am keen to experiment singing with my talking voice and discovering my true voice.

235. I love your point here Lieke – “My real and true singing voice comes not only from my throat but also from my heart and whole body and with that, if I open my mouth wide enough, I can create a lot of volume.” – this for me feels true in talking as well as singing. I know sometimes when I am talking, if I am afraid of how people will receive what I am saying – I tense up my body and speak only from my throat… but if I am connected to myself and know that I am speaking truth (and it doesn’t mater how people receive what I say), it is my whole body talking… and it feels gorgeous.

     1. I can totally relate Brooke. It is such a great marker, our voice, of how we are feeling about ourselves when we say something.

     2. That is beautiful Brooke. Speaking, singing, moving, walking, whatever expression it is, it is always stronger, more powerful, and is ‘heard’ when it comes from our whole body and heart, as opposed from just the throat, or just the arms, or the legs etc. To connect fully with body before expressing is the key here. Thanks Lieke for an exposing blog that has opened up much to be explored.

236. I love Chris’ workshops too for the opportunity they have given me to know my true voice.

237. Thanks Lieke , I also like to sing along in the car and its great to allow myself to sing with
     no fear or judgement, it feels beautiful in the body.

238. Singing is something I have wanted, and did explore (a little) every now and then, because I was very self-conscious and shied away from it, but not quite gotten over, so I just labeled it as not my thing. But I still recognised a desire in me to express fully and I was feeling like I was missing out on something. Your blog has inspired me to begin with exploring my true voice when talking, to let the whole of me participate in expression, and that feels less scary than singing. Thank you, Lieke.

239. Thank you Lieke, this is proof that Universal Medicine help us unfold in all areas of our lives.

240. Thank you Lieke. I have always had the belief I couldn’t sing especially on key but I discovered through attending Chris James workshops that I do have a beautiful voice and all I needed to do was to connect to my body not sing from my head..

241. Thanks Lieke. I too have played around with my singing and talking voice. I notice that when I feel very connected to myself that my talking voice feels and sounds so lovely to me when I am singing. When I am not so connected I favour my singing voice feeling it is more pleasant to the ear. The truth for me is that this reflects how I am with expressing in general. When I am connected I express fully from me and the truth that I know, and when I am not, I express from another place to not rock the boat so much.

     1. I too relate Penny to how my voice changes depending whether I am connected to me and expressing fully from my body or just speaking empty words to enjoin, placate or hide.

242. Thanks Lieke for your lovely honest sharing , I too have held back my voice having been told early on that I could not sing. Universal Medicine and Chris and Jenny James have enabled me to turn this around and I love to sing with my whole body, such a glorious joy full experience to sing to myself and with others.

243. Great sharing, Lieke. I feel inspired to play with the different voices in me, as I am very familiar with ‘ my nice side’ and love to discover and use my true voice.

244. That’s a great point, as it’s so easy in getting caught up in what you sound like, then actually trusting your voice. This has always been the case for me, but now I am just trusting the sounds.

245. Wonderful to hear how you discovered your true singing voice Lieke.
     Thanks to Chris James and his amazingly power-full workshops I have also found my true singing voice and it’s such a joy to now bring all of me when I sing and now speak.
     It has been very transformational for me. I am forever grateful for his teachings.

246. Wow, thanks Lieke for sharing your experience, it is indeed inspiring. I have never graduated from singing in the shower or car, but you’ve presented something awesome – and definitely something to explore.

247. Beautiful blog Lieke. I haven’t paid much attention to expressing in my true voice. I have notice when I use my voice in anger it is always from my throat and it hurts my throat so I can imagine it’s hurting me and everybody around me. To appreciate my true voice and learn to speak and sing from that would be amazing. Very inspiring, thank you.

248. Thanks Lieke, this is really fascinating – I have heard the different tones in my voice. It is time to develop a greater connection to what is behind them

249. Lieke what you say makes so much sense. You used to sing in a voice that was not yours and now it’s you that is singing you, beautiful.

250. Amazing ! To find our true voice is so vitalising and powerful and it brings back our natural strengh and beauty.

251. It is amazing how we can ‘think’ we are singing or talking with our ‘real’ voice but it is often a lesser, artificial version of how we could be expressing. I am exploring this too, feeling how restricted and tight my voice feels when it just comes from my throat as opposed to the gorgeous feeling in my chest and body when the resonance comes from all of me. Most of all, I love it when I can feel there is nothing in my body getting in the way of the resonance of divinity coming through.

252. I really enjoyed what you wrote, it feels so true that we hold back from expressing our true voice due to the ideals and beliefs we place on ourselves. Our voice is a powerful form of expression that when we express from our whole body speaks volumes.

253. Beautiful to read Shirley-Ann. It is true that singing a song really needs you to embody the words and what the song is about in your own life, to sing it in full. Just like you cannot teach anyone something before you have learned it yourself.

254. Yes Absolutely, I find hearing the differences in the voices of Emmalee and Miranda Benhayon, too very inspiring to hear the beauty in everyone’s voice, including my own.

255. Thank you Lieke beautiful to read your blog discovering your true voice!
     It revealed for me how much we are conditioned to try to be in a certain way and even with our voice the way we speak and sing, focusing on getting it right instead of allowing ourselves to express truly how we are. The workshop run by Chris James have supported me immensely to free my expression in all way speaking and singing.

256. I too have experienced profound things from Chris James’ workshops. They were unexpected things, realisations about how I express my truth or don’t, how I try to mould it to suit some perception I create about the person I am talking to’s needs or to impose my position on someone or convince them, or to soften the blow of what I want to say and so on and so on. It is remarkable how all this is reflected in our singing voices and how ‘singing from our bodies’ can help us to relax and more easily express truth – great blog!

     1. Absolutely Jeannette, I can totally relate to what you are saying. I was just singing along with some music from Michael Benhayon and I felt how it freed my chest and lungs, breathing more deeply. I just then had the realisation of how I not always am living that hugeness that I could feel is me because I do not express that openly always as I was just singing! – great reflection and learning.

257. Thank you Lieke for the revelation of what singing with your true voice can bring. I have always had the ‘belief’ that I could not sing and therefore gave up before even trying. Your blog inspires me to ‘fire up’ Micheal Benhayon’s music along with Chris Jame’s and sing from my body.

     1. Me too!

     2. That is such a joy to hear Andrew, letting go of the belief you can not sing feels amazing. We all can sing, that does not mean we all have to – but if you like it then fire up!

258. Awesome Lieke. It’s so empowering to claim our true voice in singing and in speaking in everyday life. As you have discovered, our true voice has a strength to it, it is full, full of us and there is no holding back.

259. That’s beautiful to hear. I have experience so many beautiful things attending the workshops of Chris James where he shares how we all have naturally beautiful voices and when sing from our hearts and not trying to impress. It sounds so heavenly a group of stranger singing when we let go and sing united. And so powerful it feels as well.

260. Gorgeous Lieke. I would definitely love to sing with you one day :-). When we truly sing from all of who we are it feels so amazing and expansive. Exposes how much things we take on in life get in the way of expressing our true voice. It has been an amazing process to feel how my voice has grown just by singing along to Michael Benhayon’s music.

261. Thank you for your post on singing. As an adult I have never been game enough to sing as I sound dreadful. It’s funny though because as a kid I sang constantly. Your post has encouraged me to consider singing again, this time in a different way.

262. I am a real novice when it comes to singing and I have never had much interest in music or singing so I have found a lot to ponder on after reading your blog Lieke. On reflection, neither my talking or singing voice is coming from my whole body so I now plan to start doing some ‘experiments’. Thank you!

263. Thank you Lieke for reminding me to connect with my body first before making a sound. I have felt the difference of my true voice when singing with Chris James and it feels amazing. The sound just feels as if it is coming through without me making any effort. I am the instrument for the sound. I am realizing more and more when I am speaking if I am using my true voice or not.

264. Thank You Lieke. Thank you for sharing your discovery of your true voice. It is amazing how the true voice resonates throughout the body. Beautiful.

265. Singing from our true voice deep inside is the greatest medicine. Underneath it all everyone loves to sing – maybe not all do it in public but definitely to themselves.

266. Thank you Lieke. It takes confidence to be open in the way that you have written here. I really admire this. Speaking and singing from who we are and our whole body is something that I have not explored fully yet and so am reminded by your blog that we all have a natural voice to connect to and communicate from. So often we are taught or adopt ‘nice’ voices so we don’t upset anyone or we sound pleasing, but I’ve found that putting on a nice and fake voice doesn’t really fool anyone.

267. I also had a singing voice, which I never felt was any good and was quite a bit higher than my voice. I had been singing along with this so called singing voice but found it was forced and I was trying to sound a certain way. When I let go of this and started singing along to Glorious Music I found I just sang without trying to be anything other than myself I found my true singing voice which was very different to what I had been trying to sound like. Thank you Lieke for reminding me of this as I had not stopped to appreciate it.

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