Julia Francis
Instructor - Winter Sessions
My Story
Julia Francis is a sound healing practitioner, singer-songwriter, and teaching artist. Her passion is sharing her voice to help others heal themselves with their own voices. A life-long disciple of the vocal arts, Julia has often looked to her Celtic heritage and studied with shamanic practitioners and sound healers across the globe to understand the power of the unseen. Julia facilitates sound encounters that create space for relaxation, inspiration and deep healing.
In her 30-year career as a performing artist, Julia has toured and produced 4 albums of her original songs featuring many world-class musicians, starred in numerous critically-acclaimed theater productions and studied with a broad array of expressive arts masters.
Julia’s journey of awakening has always been guided by her voice. Her current work is focused on singing with crystal singing bowls, drum, flute, gongs, guitar and more. Julia’s popular sound baths and private healing sessions are restorative, meditative experiences that invite people to recline and listen to resonant, rejuvenating sounds that penetrate and impact their bodies at the cellular level. Many of her clients experience stress reduction, assistance in processing emotions, and alignment of the energetic centers of the body.
As a vocal attunement coach, Julia provides safe and sacred space for individuals and groups to play, open and achieve profound release. Her students range from those seeking confidence to speak their truth, to seasoned performers and singers desiring a more compassionate and somatic approach to their work. Convinced that our voices are already perfect, and we have everything we need inside us to bring ourselves into a state of balance, Julia passionately shares heart-centered techniques to support authentic and empowered expression.
Dedicated to ongoing pilgrimages abroad to work with ancient sacred sites, Julia has been initiated into the ancient tradition of collaborating with the ancestors through song, which she shares through transformative grief retreats and workshops.
In her own words: “Our breath is sacred, our vibrations are medicine. We heal each other by sharing our songs. I am honored to call this my life’s work: supporting the exquisite uniqueness of each voice. Working with these willing clients gives me the courage to sing about the brilliant light that shines from within and connects us all.”
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