1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Episode 197 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:03 Episode Preview 0:01:08 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions:&amp;nbsp; Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. &amp;nbsp;Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. &amp;nbsp;If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe Ad-Free episodes are now available of Toward A Better Life through&amp;nbsp;Patreon. &amp;nbsp;As a paid subscriber you can enjoy episodes without advertisements. &amp;nbsp;All you need to do is visit Patreon, search for Toward A Better Life Podcast. AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 6:21 Chat with Heather Schmid Heather spent twenty-five years learning to make beautiful sound. She is now far more interested in useful sound.&amp;nbsp; Her question is a simple one: we already know that changing the breath changes how we feel. What changes when you add your own voice to the exhale?&amp;nbsp; Vibrational Voice is her practice — breath, humming, sustained tone. No singing ability, no equipment, and sounding good is not the point. Here is the distinction that makes it hers: in a sound bath, someone else strikes the bowl and you receive it. In Vibrational Voice, the person making the sound is also the person receiving the vibration. Source and receiver, the same body.&amp;nbsp; A classically trained opera singer, international recording artist, and GRAMMY voting member, Heather has performed across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America.&amp;nbsp; The practice grew alongside Voice of the Earth, her feature documentary on sound, vibration, and our relationship with the living world — which she now screens and follows with a live guided practice, so a room feels the thing rather than only watching it.&amp;nbsp; She can hold the physiology without claiming more than the evidence supports, go all the way into the sacred with audiences who want to go there, and then set the theory down entirely.&amp;nbsp; After twenty-five years of being listened to, her most provocative conclusion is that the human voice may matter most when nobody is listening. 0:56:20 VIbrational Voice Experience 1:16:38 Closing Thoughts Connections: Heather Schmid: Website: https://www.heatherschmid.com/ Vibrational Journeys Website: https://www.vibrationaljourneys.com/&amp;nbsp; Contact: https://www.vibrationaljourneys.com/contact-3 Toward A Better Life: Website:&amp;nbsp;https://towardabetterlife.com/ Patreon:&amp;nbsp;https://www.patreon.com/cw/KevinPennell Kevin Pennell:&amp;nbsp;https://towardabetterlife.com/contact/ Toward A Better Life Podcast http://www.towardabetterlife.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/43517554/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/208197584