05/02/2026
Jim & Valerie's February Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/7c09168a5af4/courses-mournings-celebrations-18254215
We offer courses and coaching, listening and empathy skills, supported conversations and mediation.
05/02/2026
Jim & Valerie's February Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/7c09168a5af4/courses-mournings-celebrations-18254215
23/01/2026
Valerie & Jim's New 2026 Offerings - Come to Cherish & Parakiore https://mailchi.mp/88a8da8574f2/courses-mournings-celebrations-18253907
08/12/2025
Recommending Tuesday 7 pm. Film "Seen" - Register to view and meet with Sally and Jorinde for Reflection to follow- https://mailchi.mp/926d10d37f3d/courses-mournings-celebrations-18252957
09/10/2025
October 2025 Valerie & Jim's Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/5235c439d7ca/courses-mournings-celebrations-18251400
23/08/2025
August 2025 Valerie & Jim's Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/0c9cfc52aaf1/courses-mournings-celebrations-18250211 Register now for "Listening & Speaking with Heart"
17/07/2025
Valerie's teaching a voice series coming up with movement - trasformative - Thursday mornings in CHCH. Why not register today :)
If you’d love more from your voice, Singing with Your Whole Self is designed to build vocal confidence, health, and renewed pleasure in singing.
Explore gentle, practical ways your body awareness can support healthy, sustainable voicing.
Sing with more freedom, clarity, and connection.
Join our supportive group sessions to discover how your singing voice can be more resilient, expressive, and reliable!
Discover how to
Sustain breath more effectively, replenish easily
Avoid vocal fatigue with movement strategies for clearer tone
Use effective and efficient warm ups
Improve your audibility at any volume
Transition more easily between lower and higher ranges
This course draws on Valerie Wycoff's many years as a singing teacher and practitioner of the Feldenkrais approach
For more information and bookings see: themuse.org.nz/singing-with-your-whole-self/
7 Thursdays, 10.15 – 11.30am
August 7, 14, 21, 28 and September 4, 11, 18
C.M.C.C., 455 Hagley Ave.
Christchurch
Cost: $140.00 – concessions available
24/06/2025
June 2025 Jim and Valerie's Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/34fa57a123b1/courses-mournings-celebrations-18248908 UNFREEZING - "Listening and Speaking with Heart" Early bird closes this week.
10/06/2025
outgrowing old choices . . . Valerie's writing . . .
Uncovering a new option . . . Uncovering a new option . . . 2 June 2025 By Valerie Wycoff One of the things I learned as a girl child was to smile and nod when I was being spoken to. That to interrupt was to risk being disliked. While I had a pretty strong “bullsh*t detector” and could disagree with adults in authority such ...
07/05/2025
New Courses in person and Online in Jim and Valerie's May Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/f9f3db477d89/courses-mournings-celebrations-18247727
29/04/2025
What happened just before the man went to the doctor? Your best guess . . .
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