Professionally
After completing a Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music I worked for decades as a singer and a voice therapist who helped people ‘unlock’ or ‘find their voice’ – both literally and figuratively. Besides the deep-dive study of vocal technique, my initial training exposed me to two intriguing integrative, body-based approaches to optimal human functioning:  Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique. As I worked with even the little I knew back then, I observed how any powerful vocal shifts in a singer involved postural adjustments, reorganisation of breath and, at times, a deep emotional release if something new were to be found.   

This process - observed time and again - piqued my interest in the body-mind connection and reinforced to me the necessity to work holistically and experientially to address outdated scripts and limiting mindsets that dictate our experience. To this end, for the last 16 years, I have immersed myself in ongoing study to better understand what I saw.  But, given my love for learning, I suspect I will continue to study for the rest of my days.