Creative Freedom Singing

Cancelled

sharyncunneen — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:32:01 -0400

We have discontinued running public classes.

Thank you for your support in the past year.

We now move on to new things….

Love and Smiles from Sharyn and Niall

Sat. morning 9th Feb.

sharyncunneen — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:35:23 -0500

We are really enjoying the Sat. morning classes. They have been going for a month now. It really is a great way to start the weekend. I sometimes feel tired and lazy on a sat morning before the class, but it is so inspiring to sing together and listen to each other that I quickly forget that thought.

This week we did a walking note change warmup, singing and listening to thank you and hello which are phrases that are often sung, guide me home song game, some more singing and listening and a mini 3D song. It was an inspiring and motivating hour to share.

The cake cafe is a local cafe where we go afterwards if they have room for us and before our class if we are early enough to have time. Their tea comes in fancy teapots, and their cake is all homemade and their food is all high quality and full of love. And all the staff are super friendly!

New weekly classes

sharyncunneen — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:54:33 -0500

So we have started weekly classes. We had the 1st one on Sat. It went really well. We had 2 singers willing and open to free their singing voices. They were both great. Admittedly, they had some fear of singing in public which is one of the reasons we are running this class, but they both did it. Singing through fear is just so powerful. Actions speak louder than words. All those thoughts about not being able to sing etc. will not just disappear over night, but choosing instead to listen to something else is a powerful statement that demonstrates you will not listen to that fear anymore. We thought it would be a nice idea for us all to sing a song together at the end of each class too. So if you are coming along you are welcome to bring a suggestion of a song for us to sing together.

"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those..."

sharyncunneen — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:19:11 -0400

“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

- Henry Van Dyke

Thank You

sharyncunneen — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:50:27 -0400

It is very encouraging for us that so many people send us messages thanking us for our work and show interest in what we are doing. We get messages from all around the world! Pretty amazing. We really love Singing Day! La la la la la - (That is my little burst of song) Mostly we are doing this with groups of people in schools and businesses. Soon we will be starting a 6 week course in Dublin that anyone can join, which we are very excited about. At the moment we are looking for a suitable venue and then we will be ready to sing.

Also since we have started this work, we have noticed other groups popping up offering non-judgmental singing classes. It is great to see that the idea is catching on.

Yessss!!!! I love this work.

niallage-deactivated20121205 — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:23:00 -0400

The inspirational and abundantly talented Sharyn Cunneen and I presented two Singing Day workshops at the D-Rhythms sleepover in Slí na Bandé, Co. Wicklow on the weekend. All involved helped to make it a rewarding and deeply satisfying journey of self-discovery and rapid learning.

On behalf of Sharyn and me, thank you, all you amazing people for adding so much to what Singing Day is all about- true expression, honesty and connection.

Niall.

A Quick Post-Workshop Post

niallage-deactivated20121205 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:20:00 -0400

I feel truly honoured and privileged to be in a position to bring the Singing Day project to the world. Last night’s session with the lovely people of the Attic Studio in Dublin has shown me all over again how valuable this work is and how versatile and applicable it is to every area of life. I really feel it’s something everyone can benefit from. I know that I continue to get more and more out of the exercises involved.

Thanks and love to you all you Attic goers, and thank you everyone who takes part in Singing Day

Shar-Shar and Niallie :^D

Workshop Day

sharyncunneen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:37:11 -0400

YaY! We are going to a meeting tonight called “The Attic” It is a group for actors. We are going to do our Singing Day mini Workshop with them. We are looking forward to sharing it and seeing how it will all unfold. Hopefully we will meet some people interested in doing our singing weekend too…. We’ll see how it goes. Lalalala doodoodoodoodooooooo :) (That’s my attempt at typed singing to myself)

Successful Night

sharyncunneen — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:28:58 -0400

Our talk and mini workshop at The Buddha Bag on Thurs. went really well. We really enjoyed presenting and talking about what we do. We are really grateful to everyone for fueling it with their enthusiasm and positivity and also of course their willingness to try something new. We already have 2 people signed up for our weekend in May after only less than a week of putting it out there. It really seems like its gonna be a very rewarding weekend for everyone. I am really so very grateful to be doing this. We are reaping the benefits of course too for ourselves. It has been said that people teach what they also need to learn. And what better way to learn than to teach at the same time!

A day with a difference

sharyncunneen — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:46:32 -0400

Me and Niall havn’t spoken to each other all day! And we’ve been awake for hours. Whats goin’ on?? We are Singing to each other all day! :) We are singing instead of talking. And doing a few singing “exercises”. We have just sang to each other for 15 mins each and listened to each other for 15 mins each. It can be a bit challenging, but well worth it. Lightens the load as they say….

Singing Day - weekend workshop

sharyncunneen — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:28:14 -0400

Singing Day - weekend workshop:

This is an intensive yet fun weekend designed to remember how good it feels to sing.

Singing is the medium we are using that has lots of benefits for our mind even when not singing.

Feeling free to Sing can help us Speaking to groups of people in social situations, presenting classes or in public speaking.

It can help us to release fears and feel comfortable even if you think you are out of your comfort zone.

Singing connects you to a deep part of yourself that can lead to a sense of confidence and calm.

This is a residential weekend, at Slí na Bande, Co. Wicklow.

We use laughter yoga to induce relaxation and a sense of openness and fun.

By the end of the weekend you will feel empowered when you experience yourself as the relaxed and confident person you are.

Amazing new website

sharyncunneen — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:35:38 -0500

Amazing new website

Check out our new Singing Day website

sharyncunneen — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:23:45 -0500

Our new and improved Singing Day website has now been posted! :) Niall spent lots of time being the genius that he is and putting it all together when I (Sharyn) chilled out in the background. It is a pretty cool website even if I do say so myself. It is a baby so it will grow, and any ideas are always most welcome. Please check it out and if you feel like giving us any feedback we will be very grateful to read it <3 www.singing-day.com

"A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

sharyncunneen — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:03:52 -0500

““A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.””

- We all have a song inside us too …

Amazing down syndrome man singing ….

sharyncunneen — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:04:25 -0500

Amazing down syndrome man singing ….

21 day course begins

sharyncunneen — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:11:53 -0500

We are on Day 2 today of a 21 day programme called “freeing the natural voice”. We will share everything that we learn from this experience through our Singing Day Programmes. We are doing it with our good actor friend Conor Marren. It feels great to make a commitment to do something that we expect positive change from. Whatever happens along the way, it feels like a good decision….

Sharyn and Niall

sharyncunneen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:58:16 -0500

Sharyn and Niall

The Beginning

sharyncunneen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Singing Day began when Niall and I (Sharyn) decided to sing to each other all day, for the whole day! So we woke up in the morning and instead of talking we sang all our words. It was fun at first…. We went to the shops to get some breakfast and we sang to the people in the shop. It was really funny. The woman in the coffee shop spoke back to us as if it was an everyday occurence that she was used to. Hahaha :) Then we went into a sweet shop, and we were really enjoying singing so we decided to sing the names of all the sweets printed on the sweet jars. This time the girl working in the shop looked like she wanted somewhere to hide away from us. We sang our explanation for our madness to her and then left the shop laughing. It was very entertaining.

It was quite easy for us to sing to strangers because we had each other as back up. If we were alone it might not have been so easy.

Throughout the day it became more difficult to continue to sing instead of talk as we started to judge our singing voices and get irritated with ourselves that the tune “wasn’t good enough”. We kept going anyway, and sang about our discomforts to each other.

When it came to the time to return to talking, it felt a bit strange, as we can adapt quite easily to new things.

We learned so much from this day and became extra aware of how many judgments our society has about singing and using our singing voice. But, even from this one day of singing, we could already feel benefits. We could notice that even in other areas of our lives we were more willing to not listen to our judgmental and criticising mind, helping us to be even nicer and more loving to people in our lives. We also felt more creative ideas come to us. We felt strong and filled with self-confidence.

And that was just after one day. This day gave us the idea of Singing Day as it is now. We wanted to share our experience with others. That was a few months ago now. It is continuing to grow and evolve through us. We are happy and interested to see where it will go…. :)

Our First Tumblr Blog

niallage-deactivated20121205 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:01:10 -0500

Yay! We’re on Tumblr now! We would like to invite all of our Facebook and Twitter friends to join us on Tumblr.com. By the way if you don’t have a Tumblr account, it’s really easy to set one up and Tumblr is easily one the best networking services on the internet.