Welcome!
The Singing Heart Project creates community through song circles. We use our breath and our voices to explore what is possible by being present in a moment together.
Maybe you sang all the time as a kid but stopped somewhere along the way. Maybe you think you sound terrible (you don’t!). Maybe you still sing all the time with reckless abandon. Wherever singing fits in your life, you are welcome here.
What is a Song Circle?
A song circle is an opportunity to create together, simply for the joy of the moment. We stand or sit in a circle so the moment feels inclusive and welcoming. We sing accessible songs that are shared in the oral tradition (no sheet music or paper required).
These songs can then be carried out into the world and shared with our families and neighbours.
Song circles make space to:
– Let our spirit run free
– Be nourished and nourish others with our voices
– Play with sound because it feels good in our hearts and bodies
– Sing about earth, water, trees, skies, beginnings, endings and everything in between
– Let go and take safe leaps out of our comfort zones
– Release our worries, our grief, our sorrow through breath
– Cultivate joy, hope, connection and laughter
Meet Courtney
I founded The Singing Heart Project after a lifetime of loving the expressive arts as a means to let the inside out and feel the fullness of life. I create nurturing song circles for play, personal growth, healing and community building. Based in Etobicoke, Ontario, I am also the mama of three boys and trained as a singer, actor, dancer, lawyer and yoga teacher.
Why Song Circles?
We live in a performance-based society where the focus is often only on the final product. The process of getting there gets overshadowed.
A song circle is about dwelling in the richness of the process and letting go of the need to be “good” at singing. It is about the experience of being held in song and celebrating the diversity of our voices. It is about discovering that your own voice can be medicine for your soul and others. It is liberating.
Is This For You?
So many of us are conditioned to push and to push and to push. What happens if we just let go and sing? I hope you can join me along with other kindhearted individuals who are seeking the chance to create a more joyful, playful, musical earth through song.
We will hold each other up, we will celebrate, we will laugh, we may cry and we will go back out into the world feeling beautifully interconnected with each other, the earth beneath our feet and the great big sky above our heads.
Contact The Singing Heart Project
I would love to hear from you! If you would like me host a song circle in your community or want to learn more about my song offerings, please get in touch.
