Workshops

Trauma and the Singing Body
Upcoming Workshops

Trauma and The Singing Body Workshop Series

PRICE: $99 for Live Sessions
Live and Replay access available for Aligned and Aware Members.
Registration closes at noon on Sept 24th.

Book Chat with Emily Jaworski Koriath, editor Trauma and the Voice.

September 26, 2025 12-1:30pm Eastern Time.

Join us for a discussion with book editor Emily Jaworski Koriath, hearing about her decision to write the book, her background in Somatic Experiencing, and a discussion focusing on Fundamentals of Trauma, Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Theory and current research. All registrants will receive a reading guide for Trauma and the Voice.

Breathing and Trauma & Developing Co-Regulation Skills

October 31, 2025 12-1:30pm Eastern Time.

In this session we will take an in depth look at what happens to the breathing system when we have a trauma response and explore when the breath might be a helpful tool and when it might be a hinderance to shifting the nervous system. Additionally we will explore tools to help us become better co-regulators in the studio.

Resourcing Ourselves & Creating a Safe Studio Space

November 21, 2025 12-1:30pm Eastern Time.

In this session we’ll explore the professional ethics of addressing trauma in the studio space, crafting our own statement of ethics. We will also continue our exploration of activities and ways of making the studio space a place where singing is an act of healing and every body is treated with dignity.

What’s included in your registration:

  • Access to live sessions (for replay access, please join Aligned and Aware membership).
  • Reading Guide for Trauma and the Voice. 
  • Slide shows and handouts for sessions.
  • Each session will include time for Q & A and discussion.

**Workshop participants will need to dress in clothing they can move well in. Please have on hand a notebook to write in and studio tools like yoga tune up/tennis balls, straps, large exercise balls, hoberman spheres etc.

Registration is $99 for live sessions
Registration closes at Noon Eastern on September 24, 2025.
For live and replay access, please join Aligned and Aware Membership.

What people are saying about workshops

with Sarah Whitten…

“This work is the missing piece for me when it comes to my body, my breath and my singing.” M.A.

“Thank you so much for the Core Workshop, I got so much out of it. My mind is blown!!" S.T.

“Through the Core Workshop I finally figured out how to inhale AND prep my vocal tract without recruiting accessory muscles!!!" B.C.

To schedule a workshop for your studio or organization, please click the button below to book a special call to discuss!

Past presentations

  • February 16, 2022 – Seeing in the Studio and Understanding Alignment. Opera Programs of Berlin
  • December 3, 2021, Pelvic Floor for Singers Workshop
  • November 16, 2021 Breath and the Pelvic Floor. Private workshop for Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy Training Program
  • October 14, 202-Nov 4, Breathe With Me Series
  • August 18, 2021 – What The Foot
  • April 16-18, 2021 – Yoga For Midlife Singers, Celebrate Singing: For Women in Midlife and Beyond Conference
  • April 12 -13, 2021 – Seeing in the Studio and Understanding Alignment. Opera Programs of Berlin
  • March 14, 2021 – Alignment and the Singer’s Body & Alignment in Motion, Vocology in Practice Online Conference
  • February 24, 25, 2021 – Breathing, The Body, And Yoga, Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy Certification Program
  • August 2-3, 2020 – Seeing in the Studio and Understanding Alignment. Opera Programs of Berlin
  • May 2020: Introduction to Body Awareness for Teens
  • May 2020: The Whole Instrument with Opera Programs Berlin
  • April 2020: Introduction to Body Awareness and Breathing for young singers with Handel and Haydn Youth Chorale
  • April 2020: Unwinding the Upper Body with movement and breath with Harvard University’s Radcliffe Choral Society
  • April 2020: Alignment in Motion with Lewis and Clarke Choral Programs

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