WHAT HAPPENED?
We gathered on the wood floors of Kinship, forming a circle and were welcomed by Mayumi, with introductions going around. Say your name and make a sound with a body movement, and we will all mimic it. We each came up a signature exclamation and move. Everyone followed suit.
We got up as Mayumi turned into a Japanese American shaman from Highland Park (L.A.), pulsing a horseskin drum she made by hand. We moved rhythmically, and I suddenly began to think, "Wow, I really am in L.A."
The group was about 99% women, all wanting to open their throat chakras and express themselves without shame, overcoming the shaming, belittling, and being told to quiet down we all experience. Childhood trauma was an underlying issue in the group.
We made sounds, drank tea, danced like Burning Man/Bhakti Fest hipsters, and made sounds, expressing our range of vocal ability.
I had been privileged to have a hands-on healing from Mayumi at the Collective a few days in advance. I thought there would be more of that, which is available in private sessions.
Event details
Explore the magic, wisdom, and infinite creative potential of the voice that's waiting to be unlocked, expressed, and liberated!
This is a supportive, healing space to:
- ✧ Explore the pure sound of the voice with curiosity, playfulness, and presence
- ✧ Clear physical and energetic blockages in throat chakra and free it from self-judgment, comparisons, and old stories of "not being good enough"
- ✧ Soothe the inner critic and cultivate deeper compassion, respect, and self-love
- ✧ Strengthen intuition, trust, ability to listen to the wisdom within
- ✧ Gain confidence in sharing the voice with others from a regulated place of peace, resilience, and wholeness
- ✧ Awaken the healing power of voice to create inner and outer harmony
- ✧ Connect with an inspiring, supportive community to feel seen, heard, honored, and celebrated
- ✧ Have fun and inJOY yourself!
As we do this practice to courageously open and liberate our voices, we send ripples of healing to our ancestors, loved ones, the world, and future generations ♡
I look forward to sharing this sacred space!
Register now as space is limited and will fill up.
Questions? Email Mayumi at shaktimayumi@gmail.com or DM on Instagram @shaktimayumi
~ Mayumi
- Voice Liberation Playshop
- Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, 3:00-5:00 pm
- Kinship Yoga Studios, 5612 North Figueroa St.
- Highland Park, Los Angeles, California 90042
- Fee: $33
- Kinship Studios (mindbodyonline.com)
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ABOUT: Mayumi B. is a Dragon Priestess, Ancestral Voice Liberation Guide, Community Leader, and Multidimensional Artist. She weaves voice liberation, ancestral wisdom, dragon embodiment, sacred prayer, inner child integration, community connection, and sound healing into her offerings to awaken the grace, brilliance, and infinite creative potential of our unique soul expression into the here and now.
As a 4th generation Japanese-American, born and raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles, Mayumi is honored to give back to her hometown community and share her lineage, culture, and ancestral roots. She is deeply passionate about supporting people to transmute shame, suppression, and self-doubt into liberated, authentic self-expression so they can feel confident, connected, and creatively empowered in their voice.
Mayumi shares the sonic medicine of her voice to bring healing, harmony, and love to humanity and Mother Earth. She has offered sound healings with diverse communities around the world, from large festivals to classrooms in inner-city schools. Both in her group gatherings and one-on-one sessions, she supports people to come back home to themselves, to cultivate self-trust, to love, and to remember who they truly are.
