Journal

Stories from the practice.

How the work began, and where it keeps leading — a few honest notes.

Jacob leaping beside a mountain river at golden hour, arms flung wide.

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The story wasn't over

What came after the Authentic Singing Journey — losing the thread, finding it again, and the two journeys that followed. At the heart of the movement journey: the way Upala moved.

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Upala sounding, barefoot on a rock by a mountain river.

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The part I've never told

The chapter about Upala I've kept mostly to myself — her longing for something freer, the loss, and the Grief Course that grew from meeting grief in the body, through sound.

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Jacob with his hands on his heart, sounding at golden hour.

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The birth of somatic sounding

The last chapter — grieving out loud after Upala, and the practice that grew from it: making the sound of what the body holds. How Somatic Vocal Healing was born.

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