Songs of Anxiety
The ‘Songs of Anxiety’ package includes:
A pre-recorded lesson about anxiety (relevant to adults and children)
A melodic mantra video series of songs that sing to, and about, anxiety for you to use.
A one hour online song circle where we practice those songs.
As you likely already know we sing to our anxiety all the time. We choose music that ‘feels right’ in the moment, we soothe our children and ourselves with specific tones of voice and sway, sing gently.
One of the things we don’t tend to do as easily is sing to the truth of our pain, to the core of our anxiety, naming it, accepting it. Often in my work when someone shares a song about a perceived negative emotion they’ll pre-empt their song with “sorry, I”m about to bring the mood down!” or sometimes even “I’m not sure if I should sing this one cause it’s a bit negative”.
We’ve been taught that singing/speaking/reading/thinking in the affirmative is best. That’s how we shift our state of mind.
But I truly believe that naming our current state is paramount. Recognising it. Naming it. Not being ashamed of it.
When we sing to the truth of our anxiety we take a little control back, because singing of it means we understand it and to the brain understanding anything means safety. And so a safe brain talks to the nervous system and together they relax a little and all of a sudden anxiety is not as bold.
Date: Thursday, 12th December (9 - 10am AEDT)
Registration: $40 AUD
**All content will remain permanently available to all registrants.
(Free participation to all members of A Gathering of Voices.) You’re welcome to join AGOV for $24 AUD and receive free access to this event. And even more welcome to stick around AGOV and practice your own MM with a community of people from all around the world doing the same!
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What the pre-recorded lesson will cover:
*Neuroscience of anxiety vs the physiology of anxiety
*The regulatory benefits of repetitive melody and rhythm
*How to avoid anxiety anxiety
*How to sing for nervous system soothing
*Differences between childhood and adult anxiety
You’ll also receive:
* A series of videos each containing a melodic mantra that pertains to anxiety
*A live onilne song circle where I will teach you each song and we can practice them together, (including harmonies and extra parts)
This resource will be permanently available for all registrants, no need to attend live.
Songs of Anxiety includes a series of melodic mantras that will speak to themes such as:
Feeling uncertain about our safety
Shame for not being able to shake anxiety
Tips for soothing anxiety
Love songs to anxiety
Reminders of what it is to be human
Managing overwhelm
Acceptance of anxiety
(Some songs may include swearing but these are easily excluded for use with young children if you feel swearing is inappropriate in those cases.)
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This resource is specifically created for
Educators
Teachers
Teachers aides
Parents
Carers
Music facilitators
Songs can be used in these settings:
Schools and early childhood education settings
Homeschools of all kinds
In clinical and community settings
In song circles
At home
Hi, I'm Alli.
Allison Davies (she/her) lives and works on Tommeginne country, Lutruwita (Tasmania), Australia. She creates online resources for parents and teachers seeking guidance around using music therapeutically in their own lives, and to reclaim their inherent musicality along the way.
Working within a neurodiversity framework that favours regulation over intervention, and sharing her lived experience of AuDHD, Allison empowers others to use music as a tool for neuro-regulation at home and in the classroom.
Her programs, workshops and speaking events have received international acclaim for their ability to enthral an audience, deliver lightbulb moments and shift paradigms away from behavioural management and towards brain care.