Anny Eastwood, MFT Offering sessions for individuals and couples; couples classes and couples support groups. For more information, call: 805-682-7006 or visit her website at www.annyeastwood.com/ About Anny     Biography    Finding Your Voice    New Patients / Clients    Finding Your Voice Ihave come to believe that our natural voice is truly a gift, and to use it is our birthright. Our voice gives us the ability to make all kinds of sounds: to sing, speak, and literally create frequency. With this instrument we are able to express our creativity, touch the power that can come through us, to call for what we need, and soothe ourselves just as a mother instinctively coos to her baby. Non-verbal tones are a universal language that allows us to communicate with all life forms. Nature loves to sing! Many people have spoken to me of a nagging sense that their voice is not expressed in its fullness. For example, one woman came to a seminar of mine complaining that she had had numerous experiences where the caller on the other end of the phone asked to speak to her mother. Even though her body had continued to mature into womanhood, it was as though her voice had become frozen at a certain age and no longer grew with the rest of her. Sometimes the lack of full vocal expression is an awareness of holding back spontaneous urges to say what one wants to say or as a sense that one’s spoken word does not “land” or seem to impact others. Too often I have been sadly told of a longing to sing but never feeling permission from one’s self or others to do so. . With rare exception, children who have been laughed at and told that they can’t carry a tune shut down their voices. They stop playing. It’s not safe. Finding Your Voice is an experiential process. It is improvisational by nature, gentle in approach, and is directed by the wisdom of the body. Together we co-create an environment where it is safe to open up, let go and explore. Making sounds and tones expands our ability to receive, moves stuck emotions, releases holding and pain in the physical body, frees passion and creativity, and energizes our bodies to a cellular level. If you want to find out more or wish to experience this work, contact : Anny Eastwood at 805-682-7006. Offering individual sessions, classes, and one-day seminars Anny Eastwood, MA, MFT has a private practice for twelve years; Masters in Clinical Psychology, Antioch University; four years of post graduate study, Gestalt Institute, Los Angeles, California; three years Relational Gestalt Training; level 1 and 2, Norri Institute of Energy Medicine; graduate of the School of Expressive Arts at Sonoma State University; studied BioAcoustics with Sharry Edwards; completed Don Campbell's Power of Sound School focusing on the transformational and therapeutic applications of music and sound; completed Eliot’s Cowan’s one year course in Plant Spirit Medicine which synthesizes shamanic tradition with oriental medicine. Anny’s work has always included attention to the healing powers of creative process and self-expression. Her background includes fifteen years experience in the performing arts as a singer, songwriter, and vocal teacher. She has led numerous seminars synthesizing self-expression, creativity, healing, and spirituality through voice, movement, art, creative writing, and performance.