VOICE + MOVEMENT FUSION
Fusing together voice & movement as a strategy to maintain physical, emotional & mental wellbeing.
Welcome to SoundBody Studio
SoundBody is a somatic practice that invites you to connect and step into the body (and into yourself). Centre yourself using self-awareness, self-massage, and energetic sensing to foster connection and explore movement, as it relates to physical and emotional tension. SoundBody awareness exercises prompt muscles and bones to realign, the nervous system to reset, and then breathe and energy can flow. This unobstructed energy is the root of expression for all the different SoundBody practices.
“Step into yourself and your body, your movement, then allow your breath to have voice, your voice to have emotion, and your emotion to compose itself through improvisational music.”
Sensing Anatomy: Flesh, Bones & Space. Learn to better sense your anatomy through interactive, hands-on self-care and movement workshops. Relieve the aches and pains that come with engaging your body in repetitive patterns.
VocalBody Arts offerings transform the stresses of daily living into song and the seeds of performance art. Improve your mental health & get creative, all while exploring your sense of self through connection with others and free vocal expression.
Through the integration of voice, movement, music and multi-media visuals and effects Bisia Belina has been creating co-operative and independent performance pieces since 1976.
Learn more about Bisia’s future, current and past performance art.
2025 WORKSHOPS
Beginners Vocal Improv Series on Thursdays with Kim Goodliffe
Over 7 weeks we explore vocal improv basics: personal language, rhythm, harmony, voice as different instruments, as well as song forms, stories and movement. No musical experience required.
Location: Helga Beer Yoga Studio, 1600 Shakespeare Street, Unit 202
Time: 7PM-8:30PM
Dates: Thursday, September 25—Thursday, November 6
Cost: $140
Maximum number of students: 8
Contact for questions and register with payment by email transfer at goodliffekim@gmail.com.
Kim Goodliffe is passionate about movement and voice to connect and play–with self, others and beyond. As a singer, poet and practitioner of 5Rhythms dance, she honours the ever-moving path of creativity. She trained with Bisia Belina and Margot Johnston at the SoundBody Studio and is a certified VoiceWorks instructor.
Future Workshops
SoundBody Studio custom designs all workshops to the differing needs of those participating. Bisia loves to work with individual organizations and groups to develop a self-care training routine for mental health and well being. Workshops may include short one-time sessions, or longer ongoing weekly sessions.
Contact Bisia directly at bisia@soundbodystudio.ca to discuss workshop offerings that would be a fit for your organization or personal needs.
*Header image photo credit: Gregg Eligh.