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066: Uncage Your Voice with Kaitlin June

Sound is healing. And one particular sound is more healing than any other: the sound of your own voice.

In this revelatory and revolutionary conversation, Voice Doula Kaitlin June and I dive into the healing power of our voices and why it’s so darn scary to uncage them.

You’ll also get a first-ever listen to some of our behind the scenes secrets that we speak into existence before recording every single show.

Topics Covered with Kaitlin June

How Kaitlin’s work with the voice began
Why is her southern accent is non-existent according to her schoolmates
Singing out in the woods and talking with her guides or imaginary friends as a child
The moment that Kaitlin felt the spirit when she started singing in a gospel choir
How Kaitlin understood the roots of gospel music
How sound can be healing
The role of expectations on how we sound to others
What are some of the foundational practices that Kaitlin offers
How successful singers achieve their success by sounding horrible
Why vocal work has been crucial for Lola in the past year
How can emotion connect the singer to the listener
Why is it wrong to think that singing is only something for those anointed with it
What happens when Lola hums with the sound of the vacuum cleaner
How Lola learned that harmony in our bodies feels a certain way.
When two notes come together they create something bigger
How the impetus for change can be described in the note intervals
How are we going to resolve the White Supremacist Heteronormative Culture vibration and frequency within us
Doing your spiritual and activist work can go together
How’s Kaitlin experience in developing theater pieces at the Art Monastery Project in Vermont
Kaitlin sings Listen to the Tree
Who are the people Kaitlin’s music is for

Kaitlin’s Bio

Kaitlin June (she/they) is the queer, Gospel-loving, sassy Southern songcatcher here to help you sing your soul. It is their deep honor to support and empower public speakers, ceremonial facilitators and visionary musicians embody their voices and empower their audiences through sacred vocal work. As a 5X Scorpio, Kaitlin brings just the right mix of fun, focused play and deep, illuminating fire to their path as a voice doula and artivist. As a ceremonial theater creatrix and prayerformer they are committed to singing in an interconnected culture rooted in joy and justice.

Kaitlin’s Quotables

“Having fun doesn’t make you less of an activist.” — Kaitlin June
“Being in choirs can teach us how to stay in your lane, know your part so confidently, that you can hear what’s happening around you and not lose yourself.” — Kaitlin June
“The bigness in a choir of different voices, to me, is spirit and is God.” — Kaitlin June
“You have to have your own relationship with the spirit because that where runs and belting come from. That is from the pure devotion to what is greater than you.” — Kaitlin June
“Sometimes we go straight to action without coming to altar first and without really coming to listen.” — Kaitlin June

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