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The Voice Body Connection Community

Our fun, interactive online studio, where we gather for voice & movement warm-ups, workshops, and sing-alongs.

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Do you want to have a healthier, more confident voice?

Welcome to the Voice Body Connection Community! Our community is a fun, interactive online studio, where we get to do our voice and movement practices together. Each month we have a core workshop, plus drop-in warm-ups multiple times per week.

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Why join the Voice Body Connection Community?

  • A regular vocal practice allows you to "clear the pipes." Vocalizing moves energy, emotion, and experience through your system, so you feel less blocked. 🗣
  • Combining voice with movement encourages you to breathe deeply and get your blood flowing. Our warm-ups will get your heart rate up! 🫀
  • Making sound and singing with others is good for your brain. Scientific studies suggest that music can mitigate the impacts of aging by increasing cognitive reserve.* 🧠
  • If you're having trouble finding the time to do your vocal practice, you'll have the accountability to show up and practice with all of us. This is especially valuable for folks dealing with vocal fatigue or muscle tension dysphonia. 👯‍♂️
  • Using your voice is a joyful experience! Our monthly themes and workshops are designed to promote self-expression, liberation, and fun. Fair warning: sometimes things get goofy around here! 🤪
People who have a regular practice of moving & making sound report feeling clearer, more energized, and more authentically connected to others in their day-to-day lives.

This Month's Schedule

 

What's Included:  

  • Voice & movement warm-ups. These happen live on Zoom, led by Elissa, Christion, or Natalie. They are not recorded, and that's on purpose! We want you to feel comfortable moving and making sound (and maybe even making silly faces!) without worrying that someone's going to be watching you later. Come as you are: you are welcome to have your camera on or off, and at most times everyone except the instructor will be on mute. Each warm-up begins and ends with our somatic check-in called the Voice Body Connection Process™. You are not expected to attend every warm-up - we offer them multiple times a week at two different times of day so you can drop in as your schedule allows. 
  • A workshop based on the theme of the month. Our workshops are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 12pm Eastern Time, and they are recorded. As a member, you have access to all of our workshop recordings from over the years. Workshops are led by Elissa, Christion, and Natalie, and we also invite in guest instructors with various expertise on voice & movement. 
  • A monthly sing-along. These are led by Elissa, and are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 12pm Eastern Time. They are recorded and available to watch in your online portal. Everyone is welcome at the sing-alongs... singers and 'non-singers' alike. Singing is simply the sustaining of sound, and it's our birthright to use our voice. So especially if someone told you "you’re not a good singer," "you're tone deaf," or "keep your mouth shut," please join us for some healing. You'll be invited to sing with your camera on or off, and at most times everyone except Elissa will be on mute.
  • The Voice Body Connection Process™ core training. This pre-recorded online course will be in your portal from the moment you join. It covers the seven steps of the Voice Body Connection Process™, the framework that we use for somatic check ins. Elissa developed this process to have a concrete method for answering the question "How am I feeling right now?" We tune into our sensations, our thoughts, our emotions, and our desires in order to understand our truth and share it with others.
  • An invitation to our WhatsApp VBC Community text thread (optional). We've found this is the easiest, best way for our global community to stay in touch and share with each other. 

Voice & Movement Warm-Ups, a workshop on Embodied Singing, and a Community Sing-Along

 
Our theme for April 2025 is Embodied Singing, and we'll have a full calendar of live, online sessions. Check out the graphic above, or refer to this list for our schedule:

 

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October's theme is: Wholeness 

This month's workshop info:

"You are already whole"

Led by Elissa

Tuesday October 14th from 12-1pm Eastern Time

(If you can't attend live, the workshop will be recorded)

We'll be exploring the ways in which we (and our voices) are not lacking or broken. We are already always whole, all the time.

Watch this space for announcements about upcoming monthly themes and guest teachers. 

The Instructors

Elissa Maas Weinzimmer

Founder

Elissa (she/her) is a singer, vocal health educator, presence coach, and the founder of Voice Body Connection. After suddenly losing her voice at age 21 due to a vocal hemorrhage, severe onset of acid reflux, and muscle tension dysphonia, Elissa began studying the mechanics of the human voice. Over time she developed a unique, concrete approach that empowers performers, leaders, and speakers to optimize their voices and share them more authentically. In addition to clients that include Broadway stars, television personalities, politicians, and CEOs, Elissa has led workshops for WeWork, Equinox, Microsoft, eBay, Instacart, and more. Elissa earned her MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy from the University of Alberta and is certified in Body-Mind Centering®, Hatha yoga, and Fitzmaurice Voicework®. Elissa also runs Vibrant Voice Technique, alongside David Ley. Her music is available on all platforms by searching Elissa Maas. She is based in the Hudson Valley of New York, where she leads a community singing collective and offers in-person workshops.

Christion Ty Edwards

Community Manager

Christion (he/him) is an actor, director, singer, physical theatre artist, mask and clown performer, and teaching artist. In addition to Voice Body Connection, Christion is a candidate for certification in the VanBoxtel Method of teaching singers, SSN Transform, Yoga and Meditation teacher training, and constantly strives to better his artistry with training in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, as well as Consent-Based and Trauma-Informed creative practices. Christion is an alum of James Madison University's School Of Theatre And Dance. In 2023, Christion debuted his one-man show, The Sad Life Of A Happy Man, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles, which earned him a Producer's Encore Award as well as a nomination for Best Dance Production of 2023 by BroadwayWorld LA. Christion resides in the DC metro area, and is a Voice Body Connection Instructor-in-Training.

Natalie Andrews

Natalie (she/her) is a voice coach, musician, teaching artist, and creative, currently living and making in Phoenix, Arizona. Natalie grew up in Louisville, Kentucky where she was very involved in the performing arts community. She earned her BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Oklahoma and has continued her voice studies through the British nonprofit Vocal Health Education. She is a 500-hr certified yoga teacher and a certified corporate voice trainer with Vocal Authority. Natalie started her own voice studio in 2014 and is on a mission to help people find more joy, curiosity, and agency in their self-expression and communication. As an actress and producer, she regularly contributes to The Bridge Initiative and is currently a Core Company Member of Southwest Shakespeare Company. Natalie is a singer/songwriter and is currently writing her first album.

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