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Origin: San Francisco
Genre: Soul
Years Active: 2012 - Present
Label: Wix Records
Official Websites: wix.com
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MARIA PAYNE VLAHOGIANNIS
LOVE & HAPPINESS IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL.
LOVE YOURSELF & YOUR VOICE AND YOU WILL FIND OUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
Embodied Voice Sessions with Maria
It is a joy to help people reconnect with how to sing from the right place, to connect with their breath and soul voice. I do not train people to sing like someone else. I simply pass on the tools I have gained over 21 years of singing professionally, combined with 14 years of bio energy transformational energy training with a master in Bali. I love to share the tools which will enhance another person’s song, happiness, connection and life force. You will gain not only a stronger empowering authentic voice, but your own source of resonance healing through sound led by Prana/breath of life.
You will start connecting the dots and really feel how to connect to your body and the journey which produces the sound within you. I currently offer in person 1.hr vocal sessions on selected days from Hatsings/St Leonards OR online. If you feel called to this, I invite you to get in touch via email or a quick conversation.
love, Maria 🙏🏼🌺
MY SERVICES
Payments & Invoicing
Payments are currently made via bank transfer after invoicing:
Miss M Payne Vlahogiannis
Nationwide Bank
Sort code: 070246
Account no: 47348032
IBAN: GB96NAIA0702 4647348032
BIC: NAIAGB21
WHAT MARIA OFFERS:
CONCERTS,
1:1 VOICE WORK,
GROUP VOICE WORK,
BIO ACTIVE MEDITATION,
STUDIO SESSION SINGER,
MUSIC MARKETING,
& CREATIVE DIGITAL MARKETING.
Promotional Weblink:
https://linktr.ee/mariapaynecreativesource
Main Contact Email:
Finn Richardson
"What a joy it has been connecting with Maria. My one to one sessions have been amazing and liberating.
She has the knowledge and skills to help you bring out the voice within you and has such a creative safe space for you to let go and find your inner voice. Such a wonderful teacher! Highly recommended."
Hannah Jewel
“Maria brings an awesome grace and power to the work she facilitates. On both spiritual and practical levels, Maria's knowledge and commitment shine through. Under her guidance, I felt safe and supported. My voice has opened in ways I never thought possible! I recommended all that she offers from the bottom of my heart."
Lucy Lloyd
“Working with Maria has been brilliant. She creates a safe space for me to build my singing strength and confidence
whilst also making it fun and friendly! I recommend!"
Sara Loiperdinger
"I found my 1-2-1 sessions with Maria extremely impactful. She has such a kind yet powerful presence, and really embodies what she teaches. She is deeply passionate about helping you connect to your own voice and has a variety of tools and such wisdom in how to achieve this. She meets you where you're at, and being someone who has had my own struggles with my voice, I felt very held in the process of opening up - even though it's only the beginning. Thank you for all your guidance, and I look forward to working together again when I'm back!"
Amy Ellis
"I worked with Maria over the period of 4 sessions as I was struggling to find the courage to share my voice, in private, let alone in public. I kept getting a sore throat whenever I would sing and wanted to work through the energetic blocks that were keeping my throat chakra out of balance. Maria was very encouraging and gave me lots of “technical” techniques which helped me learn how to warm up my voice, how to breathe properly and help me sing from my stomach rather than my throat.
During our time together, I moved through a lot of emotional blocks around worthiness and validation to “sound good”.
Maria helped me gain confidence by exploring the range of notes that my voice could reach,
and picking ones that were most comfortable for me.
I had a lot of fun during our sessions and I really hope to take up some more in the future! Working with Maria
before going travelling helped me to unlock a new level to my voice and expression,
which has rippled through all areas of my life.
Thank you Maria."
MARIA'S JOURNEY
Maria Payne Vlahogiannis is a Celtic/Grecian singer-songwriter, embodied vocal singing coach (1:1 & groups), harmonium player and drummer. She has been singing professionally for over 20 years playing throughout the UK and Europe. Projects include theatre productions to choirs and band projects in the UK, Germany and Poland. Maria’s influences are from a huge cultural melting pot across many eras and styles.
She began in musical theatre and worked in theatre for a few more years after completing her BTEC Diploma in the Performing Arts, with the Chicken Shed Theatre company. There she learned to work with people of varying abilities. Here she discovered everyone has something to bring when it comes to creativity and communication, everyone has a voice. After that learning phase, she entered the music scene and toured and worked with many producers and bands from the UK to Poland.
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Although Maria's healing journey began with the performing arts at an early age of her childhood going from a child that was almost mute to a singer with quite the volume! There was still much trauma to be shifted within, the next level of her energy healing journey really began at the end of her last major European tour in 2009. The energy work led her to an ashram in Bali, to discover strong energy practices including: flower blessing/offering ceremony, various meditation tools, pranic deep breathing, mudras, active bio energy kundalini movement practice and sacred Sanskrit mantras to heal, cleanse, protect and uplift the heart. 14 years of energy work with the Balinese and senior westerners transformed her voice, healed her womb, heart and restored her energy field to the high joyful energy levels people experience through her presence and voice today.
Maria now shares her experience and tools through her voice and sessions infused with her deep life changing kundalini meditation practice. For the last 7 years her main vocal work has been as part of the loved acoustic duo Scott & Maria, and as a holistic 1:1 vocal coach, working on vocal blockages, deep diaphragm breathing, use of the lips/tongue/mouth, body awareness whilst singing, Indian influenced scales, vocal play and holding space for what comes up during sessions for the individual.
In 2022 Maria began to spread her vocal 1:1 work to larger group workshops; including delivering:
- an embodied mixed gender group voice workshop at the Ecstatic Dance Festival Summer 2022 & Autumn residential retreat (part of Urubu School of Transformational Arts community) at Osho Leela to over 70 people - view Link.
- an embodied vocal healing session for women's gatherings at the Enchanted Glade Wild Spa - view link.
- women's Weaving Voices collaborative voice workshop retreat in Brighton - view link.
- regular Brighton holistic dance events vocal sound journeys, guiding mixed gender groups to explore their voices at the end of ecstatic dance sessions with western heart songs and Hindu Sanskrit mantras - view link.
People often ask me to teach them to sing and how do I sing the way I do... a lot of it is down to deep breathing, filling my diaphragm and then the overflow through to the lungs. In through the nose and out through the mouth. Conscious breathing elevates, centres, lightens and empowers me. Doing vocal yoga and long sustained notes. Alot of singing with my yoga practice regularly. (Deep listening too.)
The deeper the in breath,
the more oxygen and prana fills my body,
Activates my kundalini & chakra points,
the longer the out breath,
the more I can let go and heal,
the higher my capacity for flowing through life's challenges, and sustaining long notes when I sing.
The breath works a lot on the heart too when singing.
Sometimes people are not aware they are breathing very shallow, that lack of air flow effects all organs and your mood.
Doing activities like yoga, trauma release, playing music, sports, dancing, long walks in nature, high intensity training, etc.. increases the oxygen flow and chi energy in the body becoming an instant medicine and cleanser for the stomach, the brain, the lungs, the heart, etc.
You raise your stamina with every increased step and breath you take that challenges you.
Make time for deep breathing, deep self care and cardio my friends, because loving, respecting & caring for your body
is your first priority.
Thank you for this lovely sharing Sofia Dagg:
*** AIR MEDICINE ***
" Breathing it in,
Letting it out.
Sometimes there is a fear that we will go without.
Trust in the timing,
Your ideas are growing.
Soon you will see the signs showing. "
Art by Vondove - https://www.vondove.com/
You can buy a colour print of this stunning piece of art.
Click here to check out Maria's
Creative Digital Services Website
(Maria will share and guide you with your music release journey too.)