a singer comes for her lesson today
she wants to learn how to sing freely from her heart
I work with her, reminding her
of the truth of who she is
beauty, beauty, so beautiful… and FREE
she sings her songs, they are beautiful and free
she sings with her voice, and her voice is she
although not of her creation, the voice itself is free
her heart expresses the naked truth of who she is
even as she sings the words, “I am free”, long and high
the words crack and I see, in that moment, she doubts who she is
but her voice reflects the truth of who she is right now, so now she sees
how could she sing anything but the truth of this moment, here and now?
now she is free to see the truthfulness of her voice
free to be wrong, free to waver, free to doubt, free to fail
the voice does not lie; neither the sound, nor her heart
and in her awareness, she realizes the wholeness of who she is
the Truth sets her free
and she sings who she is
there is no other way to have a free voice
than to realize you are free
A few days after the above-described lesson, I received this from my student. With her permission, I quote her anonymously:
“You might be surprised at how the fact that I am singing the truth of the moment has freed me. My spiritual journey has mirrored this physical transformation, as well.
We, humans, can know things in our minds and intellects. We try to make the connection in order to know them in our hearts. The Alexander technique can give us the skills to know them in our bodies. Our bodies are a bridge from our minds to our hearts. It is beautiful to move thought this journey with intellect (mind), Faith (heart) and bodily awareness (Alexander Technique).”