"What I receive from Mia is how to embody my voice; her deep knowledge & experience of movement and anatomy, her deep knowledge of singing technique, and development of the voice through her background and lifetime of experience. Mia is present for EACH student all day every day ... I am amazed and filled with deep gratitude that I have achieved my main intention, which was to rediscover and reclaim trust in my voice. " ~ Heidi Mattern Singer /Songwriter, Life Coach
2025 Private Coaching Sessions
Private Sessions in person (Port Townsend, WA) and on line Zoom Sessions
available now for new and returning students!
Private Sessions in person (Port Townsend, WA) and on line Zoom Sessions
available now for new and returning students!
Let's work together! Students come with a variety of intentions such as to...
- Develop the ability and confidence to sing
- Improve strength, range, agility, tone, pitch, and breath in singing
- Improve strength, range, agility, tone, pitch, and breath in singing
- Learn songs fully and prepare for performance
- Experience healing & liberation from wounds around the voice
- Develop an authentic and powerful speaking voice for poets, public speakers, activists
- Recover & heal with foundations of good technique for experienced singers
- Learn to use the voice for healing self and others
- Develop songwriting skills
- Come for one or more of these intentions, or your own unique sense of why!
WHY SOUL SONG VOCAL COACHING?
It's Human Nature
Singing is as ancient as humanity itself - some anthropologists believe song preceded spoken word. This makes sense: we are responsive beings living among nature's symphony - the songs of birds, the rhythm of wings, the whisper of winds, and the beating of hooves. When we make our own voice small, we diminish ourselves in the fullness of our experience and contribution. The world sings with aliveness, and we each are naturally part of this chorus.
Holistic & Embodied
To sing soulfully is to draw deeply from our senses and body, where our voice's resonance lives and expands. Embodiment means allowing our consciousness to inhabit the present moment through sensation - to FEEL and awaken our sense of aliveness and connection with everything within and around us.
When we sing from an embodied place, we sing from a soulful place.
Elevated Expression
As Pythagoras said, "The highest goal of music is to connect one to their divine nature." To sing is to open ourselves, carrying feeling into space on the fullness of breath. We become a channel, a flow, in union within ourselves, with others, and with the greater force of life. Not a performance, but an offering of soul.
My Mission as Your Vocal Coach
Drawing from 30 years of professional singing and vocal training, I mentor both beginners and experienced singers who feel called to deepen their vocal expression. Together we'll build technical skill and understanding while nurturing trust in your unique voice. I invest in the whole person - honoring both your greater vision and the small steps that build confidence and authenticity. My work helps you discover your voice's natural power, ease, and unique medicine.
Please read on to learn more details about the SoulSong approach to singing, and working with me...
It's Human Nature
Singing is as ancient as humanity itself - some anthropologists believe song preceded spoken word. This makes sense: we are responsive beings living among nature's symphony - the songs of birds, the rhythm of wings, the whisper of winds, and the beating of hooves. When we make our own voice small, we diminish ourselves in the fullness of our experience and contribution. The world sings with aliveness, and we each are naturally part of this chorus.
Holistic & Embodied
To sing soulfully is to draw deeply from our senses and body, where our voice's resonance lives and expands. Embodiment means allowing our consciousness to inhabit the present moment through sensation - to FEEL and awaken our sense of aliveness and connection with everything within and around us.
When we sing from an embodied place, we sing from a soulful place.
Elevated Expression
As Pythagoras said, "The highest goal of music is to connect one to their divine nature." To sing is to open ourselves, carrying feeling into space on the fullness of breath. We become a channel, a flow, in union within ourselves, with others, and with the greater force of life. Not a performance, but an offering of soul.
My Mission as Your Vocal Coach
Drawing from 30 years of professional singing and vocal training, I mentor both beginners and experienced singers who feel called to deepen their vocal expression. Together we'll build technical skill and understanding while nurturing trust in your unique voice. I invest in the whole person - honoring both your greater vision and the small steps that build confidence and authenticity. My work helps you discover your voice's natural power, ease, and unique medicine.
Please read on to learn more details about the SoulSong approach to singing, and working with me...
What Students Are Saying:
" I am very emotional composing this email because you have changed my life in such a short time... My weekly sessions with you these last 3 months have exceeded my greatest expectations.
As a medicine woman, who sings for 5 hours a night, 4 times a week, in order to heal people, what you have given me has deeply touched the lives of so many others. Now, I can fully give myself to the guest who receives my song; now, I am fully present in the healing I am giving. Many of our guests return over and over again, and they have remarked that they cannot believe how beautiful my songs are now, how much my voice has opened and changed, and how confident and present I am during a healing. And all of this I learned because of your tutelage. I am so deeply grateful for your wisdom and guidance. Thank you for sharing your medicine with me, so I can heal and, in return, share my medicine with others.
With your guidance, singing became about connecting to the deepest part of me and celebrating its presence in the world. To sing became a beautiful experience of self-discovery. I can now say I love the deepest part of myself, and for this cherished gift, these words will never suffice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Mia."
~ Ashley Green, Ceremonialist
As a medicine woman, who sings for 5 hours a night, 4 times a week, in order to heal people, what you have given me has deeply touched the lives of so many others. Now, I can fully give myself to the guest who receives my song; now, I am fully present in the healing I am giving. Many of our guests return over and over again, and they have remarked that they cannot believe how beautiful my songs are now, how much my voice has opened and changed, and how confident and present I am during a healing. And all of this I learned because of your tutelage. I am so deeply grateful for your wisdom and guidance. Thank you for sharing your medicine with me, so I can heal and, in return, share my medicine with others.
With your guidance, singing became about connecting to the deepest part of me and celebrating its presence in the world. To sing became a beautiful experience of self-discovery. I can now say I love the deepest part of myself, and for this cherished gift, these words will never suffice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Mia."
~ Ashley Green, Ceremonialist
"I began looking for a voice coach in January 2022. One year into a worldwide pandemic and a personal crisis all my own the need to find joy and play became urgent. What, or rather who, I found was Mia Kelly.
The journey she would take me on was not what I expected from a singing coach. Mia was ever so much more than that…she was to become my teacher, guide and healer, showing me through practice, body movement, breath, and an abundance of patience a love for singing that I had always had. My voice, it had always been there - imagine that! Mine. Like a fingerprint.
Mia’s unique approach to helping one find one’s voice is so personal, so individual. With years of training and experience Mia uses her knowledge, skill, true understanding to demonstrate to another how to give life to one's voice.
For nearly three years now I have been a student of Mia’s, there is so much to learn! Still, frequently, during an exercise that has been practiced over the years I feel the lesson touch me, “Oh! This is why we do this!!”
It is a gentle practice, not an effortless one.
Singing… it’s one of my most treasured gifts and it was locked up inside myself. Now I sing in a band, and use my singing voice in my work as well! I don’t think I ever would have found it without Mia."
~ Sandy Hathon Port Townsend, WA
The journey she would take me on was not what I expected from a singing coach. Mia was ever so much more than that…she was to become my teacher, guide and healer, showing me through practice, body movement, breath, and an abundance of patience a love for singing that I had always had. My voice, it had always been there - imagine that! Mine. Like a fingerprint.
Mia’s unique approach to helping one find one’s voice is so personal, so individual. With years of training and experience Mia uses her knowledge, skill, true understanding to demonstrate to another how to give life to one's voice.
For nearly three years now I have been a student of Mia’s, there is so much to learn! Still, frequently, during an exercise that has been practiced over the years I feel the lesson touch me, “Oh! This is why we do this!!”
It is a gentle practice, not an effortless one.
Singing… it’s one of my most treasured gifts and it was locked up inside myself. Now I sing in a band, and use my singing voice in my work as well! I don’t think I ever would have found it without Mia."
~ Sandy Hathon Port Townsend, WA
"Nurturing, warm, loving, compassionate...held in Grace. Much different than I anticipated - so much more to feed the Soul! I loved the freedom to explore. This journey has me connecting more deeply to myself, and spirit. Technically, I am able to bridge gaps between my registers much better, and I have increased comfort singing for others in an intimate setting! I am finally able to allow "the authentic one" to come out of hiding.
You have such a loving spirit and kind approach to teaching. Your somatic technique is brilliant. How wonderful you are! Thank you so very much. It was incredible." ~ Donna Bruer
Retired Teacher, Singer
You have such a loving spirit and kind approach to teaching. Your somatic technique is brilliant. How wonderful you are! Thank you so very much. It was incredible." ~ Donna Bruer
Retired Teacher, Singer
Schedule Your Complimentary Discovery Session
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(if you don't find a time that works, please contact me at movinggrace@gmail.com)
PRIVATE SESSIONS
Individual 60 minute sessions in person or on zoom $145
Pre-paid Coaching Packages:
2 sessions per month $250
4 sessions per month $485
Package of 6 sessions to be used over three months $725
I offer occasional scholarship rates to committed students. Please reach out to me if the cost of sessions would be prohibitive.
Click here to contact Mia today and schedule your session
calendly.com/movinggracearts/30min
(if you don't find a time that works, please contact me at movinggrace@gmail.com)
PRIVATE SESSIONS
Individual 60 minute sessions in person or on zoom $145
Pre-paid Coaching Packages:
2 sessions per month $250
4 sessions per month $485
Package of 6 sessions to be used over three months $725
I offer occasional scholarship rates to committed students. Please reach out to me if the cost of sessions would be prohibitive.
Click here to contact Mia today and schedule your session
GROUP SOUND CEREMONY Returns in Fall 2024...
HELD MONTHLY ON SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 28
OCTOBER 12
NOVEMBER 9
DECEMBER 14
SEPTEMBER 28
OCTOBER 12
NOVEMBER 9
DECEMBER 14
You've been asking for group sessions, and this is what emerged from my heart...to share my morning practices, and experience with you what I cannot on my own.
A progression of joyful movement, breath, and sound practices that alchemize ancient teachings for raising vibration & opening and strengthening the voice, body, and heart. Time for receiving sound medicine, as well as a healing singing circle & improvisation toward the end.
Better done together, yet over time you will embody these practices and be able to incorporate them into your own creative & soul care routine. Come experience a wholistic practice that will definitely change the course of your day...and just maybe your life!
A progression of joyful movement, breath, and sound practices that alchemize ancient teachings for raising vibration & opening and strengthening the voice, body, and heart. Time for receiving sound medicine, as well as a healing singing circle & improvisation toward the end.
Better done together, yet over time you will embody these practices and be able to incorporate them into your own creative & soul care routine. Come experience a wholistic practice that will definitely change the course of your day...and just maybe your life!
Space is limited...
Sign up at least one day in advance $30-20
or all 4 sessions for $108 by sending your payment via
Paypal: movinggrace@gmail.com (F&F)
Venmo: @mia-movinggrace
(Please note "morning practice" in the notes)
Please arrive at least 5 minutes early so we can begin together on time!
Sign up at least one day in advance $30-20
or all 4 sessions for $108 by sending your payment via
Paypal: movinggrace@gmail.com (F&F)
Venmo: @mia-movinggrace
(Please note "morning practice" in the notes)
Please arrive at least 5 minutes early so we can begin together on time!
Soul Song Vocal Empowerment Method
A system that weaves spirit, heart, and body wisdom
to cultivate the full potential of your singing voice.
A system that weaves spirit, heart, and body wisdom
to cultivate the full potential of your singing voice.
It is my sincere belief that every voice is needed to serve and uplift the world.
If you’re already doing that, thank you.
If you’re just beginning, or ready to do that in a new way…
Welcome, you’re in the right place.
"The voice is the muscle of the soul."
~ ALFRED WOLFSOHN Singer, Pioneering Vocal Coach and Pedagogist |
For those of you who are being called to live into the fullness of your voice, I know the courage it takes to engage that calling seriously, and face the fears that come with being seen and heard. I trust you would not feel such a call unless your medicine, your purpose, is intricately woven with the full opening of your voice.
You are here to serve and uplift the world
through the song of your soul... There are many ways this can happen...not everyone is destined to perform on stage, yet so many of us long to be ready and willing to use our voice and speak or sing from our hearts when the opportunities come. One of the greatest gifts of life is the gift of singing - be it on your own, or being able to bring your voice into the weaving of a community of voices lifted in song.
As your mentor, I am devoted to catalyzing your creative and vocal potential, your embodied empowerment. Together we create a safe, brave, and inspiring place of exploration and learning, elevating your expression to align with the song you came here to sing. I would be honored to support your journey, ~ Aimée "Mia" Kelley |
"I went to Mia out of a desire to be comfortable with my voice. I am not a singer, but I do have a desire to use my voice to share a body of work I am passionate about. Speaking often leaves me exhausted. I grew up with the message - ‘be quiet and do not use your voice to express yourself’. With Mia’s astute guidance I learned practices and methods to relax into my voice, how to breath in a way that best supports my vocal presence, how to release tension and how to ground both my energy and voice so I no longer speak from my throat, but from my soul. I ended my coaching sessions so impressed with the knowledge and wisdom Aimee has so carefully cultivated to support self-empowerment through fully accessing voice.”
~Suzy Carroll, Life Coach and Artist
A Vocal Empowerment Coach knows the best technical exercises for your unique voice and will also help you achieve self-empowerment
through awareness and mastery of the physical,
psychological, and emotional aspects of your voice.
Soul Song Vocal Empowerment Method is a revolutionary approach to Opening, Cultivating, and Actualizing your Unique Vocal Expression in the World. You receive my undivided tending and guidance through a personalized system that not only transforms your voice, but transforms the quality of your life! Training is grounded in vocal technique, but goes way beyond traditional approaches with an array of modalities to enhance your experience.
- Holistic Vocal Coaching for healthy, skilled singing
- Precise and personalized physical training to tone and strengthen your instrument
- Performance Skill Building
- Master-level Bodywork and Vibrational Medicine to release voice inhibiting tension
- Qi Gong and other energy attunement practices
- Healing sessions addressing trauma around singing (as needed)
Schedule Your Discovery Call Today
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Find Your Voice and Change Your Life!
What does Holistic Vocal Coaching mean?
I offer a unique blend of training and skills to create truly holistic vocal transformation. This is not only about your voice – this is about all of YOU…
o Body – A skilled singer is a vocal athlete. Over time, with practice, you will actualize your optimal vocal function through moderate physical training and basic holistic lifestyle upgrading all tailored to YOU, as well as professional bodywork & assessment.
o Mind – The mind is 90% of how singing works – athletes use the mind to condition their best performance, and so do we! Compassionate and insightful coaching transforms the mental & emotional aspects of your singing experience. You create a healthy relationship with your voice, a voice you BELIEVE in!
o Soul – All our work together is grounded in the understanding that inspiration to create sound and song are a healing gift to self and others. We approach singing as an expression and service that comes through us from a greater source, however we individually conceive that to be so. We create space inside us to be moved to sing by a divine mystery!
You will receive integrated teaching & coaching based on decades of my own research and studying the best vocal training in the world. From sacred sound lineages from around the world, to science driven vocal pedagogy, to healing practices, and performance development, the Soul Song Vocal Empowerment Method uplifts YOU as a powerful creative force on a path, offering the world the gifts you incarnated on Earth to give.
Do you want to live your life with an empowered voice? To you have dreams that require your vocal potential realized? Do you know there's a powerful singer inside you that just needs real support to emerge? Do you want more than anything to see your voice expressed in the world?
I work with a very limited number of students so I can give EACH ONE of you the BEST of what I have to offer. You arrive ready to engage in a system that is proven to create deep and profound change. Creating results with you is my definition of success!
I offer a unique blend of training and skills to create truly holistic vocal transformation. This is not only about your voice – this is about all of YOU…
o Body – A skilled singer is a vocal athlete. Over time, with practice, you will actualize your optimal vocal function through moderate physical training and basic holistic lifestyle upgrading all tailored to YOU, as well as professional bodywork & assessment.
o Mind – The mind is 90% of how singing works – athletes use the mind to condition their best performance, and so do we! Compassionate and insightful coaching transforms the mental & emotional aspects of your singing experience. You create a healthy relationship with your voice, a voice you BELIEVE in!
o Soul – All our work together is grounded in the understanding that inspiration to create sound and song are a healing gift to self and others. We approach singing as an expression and service that comes through us from a greater source, however we individually conceive that to be so. We create space inside us to be moved to sing by a divine mystery!
You will receive integrated teaching & coaching based on decades of my own research and studying the best vocal training in the world. From sacred sound lineages from around the world, to science driven vocal pedagogy, to healing practices, and performance development, the Soul Song Vocal Empowerment Method uplifts YOU as a powerful creative force on a path, offering the world the gifts you incarnated on Earth to give.
Do you want to live your life with an empowered voice? To you have dreams that require your vocal potential realized? Do you know there's a powerful singer inside you that just needs real support to emerge? Do you want more than anything to see your voice expressed in the world?
I work with a very limited number of students so I can give EACH ONE of you the BEST of what I have to offer. You arrive ready to engage in a system that is proven to create deep and profound change. Creating results with you is my definition of success!
"Four years ago, when I started working with Mia, I was working too hard, and not able to develop the voice that many have told me I have. I was nearing retirement, and had set my heart on spending significant time on photography once I did. Little did I know that a retirement full of music, singing and joy awaited me. All thanks to Aimée.
I started lessons with her really just to see where I could go with my voice. I had sung in pubs and clubs in England before, but felt that I was capable of more. I really had a secret dream to sing as well as Luke Kelly and Tommy Makem. Kind of a lofty goal, but…
I committed to weekly lessons with Mia for over two years, enjoying every minute of every lesson. She gave me the knowledge and the tools I needed to reach my potential, and now I am singing in a very popular local folk band (cutting our first CD), and have two other singing duos in development. In addition, I am finding many opportunities to sing solo. I love it! Mia inspired me, and gave me the confidence to project myself confidently in front of an audience. I could not have done this without her."
~ Chris Gilbert, Singer and Storyteller
SCHEDULE A FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION
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When we decide to work together, we'll set up a personalized schedule including some
in-person and some online sessions, depending on your location.
QUALITY GUARANTEE: It is my mission and commitment to offer the best of what I have to all my students. I ensure the highest quality training for you because I only accept students that I see I can work with powerfully to achieve their desired results. I am devoted to your success, and can be because I only take up to 8 private students at any given time.