Voice of the Raven & the Rainbow - 5-month trajectory
Voice of the Raven & the Rainbow
A 5-month voice trajectory to unlock the potential and magic of your voice as a bridge.
Are you ready to dive deep into the magic of your voice and unlock your creative potential? To create space for you to sound you, and leave behind the old versions of feeling blocked, stuck and held back.
Join us for "Voice of the Raven & the Rainbow," a transformative 5-month voice trajectory designed to awaken the playful flow of your nature and the essence of your voice.
This journey offers: Monthly weekend sessions to connect with your voice and body Techniques to unlock your authentic voice and co-create with others A playful, intuitive, and embodied approach to creative expression Insights from nature and the seasons to inspire your journey
For Whom:
Creators of all kinds who are ready to explore deeper connections to their voice, intuitive nature, and creative expression.
How:
Engage in a warm, empowering atmosphere with: Voice techniques and improvisation Physical somatic exercises and guided journeys Tools to awaken your senses and imagination
Dates:
• September 21/22, 2024
• October 27, 2024
• November 10, 2024
• November 30 - December 1, 2024
• January 19, 2025
Special Features:
• An individual session of 1.15 hours included
• Between-session check-ins and small invitations to work with your voice
• One or more sessions held in nature
Price:
Sliding scale €900 / €1,000 / €1,110
(€900 for students/low income)
Lunch and travel costs not included. Payment plans available. Reach our for info.
Sign Up/Questions:
Email Leela at leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com for more information or to schedule a call to see if this journey resonates with you.
What Others Say:
"Leela is crystal clear, honest, speaks from the heart. Encouraging and loving in opening up our own true voices. Radiant, shining, glowing soul." -Pleun
“The workshop was truly a voyage of discovery. Step by step we discovered our voice and what it is capable of, and how obstacles could be released.With great attention to everyone's experience.”- Nicole
“Being able to playfully explore my voice with a group in the environment of non-judgmental nature helped me rediscover the playfulness of sounds. That it doesn't have to be perfect. That there is so much more than ‘beautiful’ singing. The safe space Leela created allowed me to land deeper within myself by using my voice and daring to allow imperfect creation.” - Phillipp
Join the journey to unlock your voice and connect with your creative essence!
Voice of the Deer - 6-month trajectory
Voice of the Deer - empowering the inner healer
A 5-month voice trajectory to unlock inner connection & creative flow - by opening your voice to become a bridge between head and your nature.
Are you feeling stuck in your self- expression? Are you looking for ways to connect to your own creative flow and playfulness? To lead from a strong grounded sense of freedom of authentic presence and sensitivity.
Join the 5 -month journey "Voice of the Deer," to deepen the connection to your own intuitive nature and freedom to express.
With monthly sessions and inbetween check-in’s, you are inviting in a transformation. To release the old struggles and concepts that hold you back. You will find a new more natural balance between your inside and outside.
A journey to let you connect to the deeper layers of your self, while inviting a playful flow of creativity to expand your trust and courage to be, create and lead from inside out.
This journey offers: Monthly weekend sessions to connect with your voice, body and creativity. Techniques and tools to connect to yourself and to the group - to unlock your authentic voice and co-creation powers. A playful, intuitive, and embodied approach to creative expression Insights from nature and the seasons to inspire your journey
For Whom:
Creatives, entrepreneurs, artists, teachers, who are ready to connect and explore a deeper connection to their voice, intuitive nature, sensitivity and creative expression.
How:
Engage in a warm, empowering atmosphere with: Voice techniques and improvisation Physical somatic exercises and guided journeys Tools to awaken your senses and imagination
Dates:
• February 8, 2025
• March 15, 2025
• April 12, 2025
• May 10, 2025
• June 14, 2025 & July 5, 2025
The sessions are from 10.30- 17hrs (in Amsterdam)
Special Features:
• An individual session of 1.15 hours included
• Tailor fit inbetween-session check-ins and small invitations to work with your voice.
• One sessions held in nature
Price:
Sliding scale €900 / €1,000 / €1,110
(€900 for students/low income)
Excl. 21 % VAT
Lunch and travel costs not included. Monthly payment plans available. Reach our for info.
Sign Up/Questions:
Send an email to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com for more information or to schedule a call to see if this journey resonates with you.
What Others Say:
"Leela is crystal clear, honest, speaks from the heart. Encouraging and loving in opening up our own true voices. Radiant, shining, glowing soul." - Pleun
“The workshop was truly a voyage of discovery. Step by step we discovered our voice and what it is capable of, and how obstacles could be released.With great attention to everyone's experience.”- Nicole
“Being able to playfully explore my voice with a group in the environment of non-judgmental nature helped me rediscover the playfulness of sounds. That it doesn't have to be perfect. That there is so much more than ‘beautiful’ singing. The safe space Leela created allowed me to land deeper within myself by using my voice and daring to allow imperfect creation.” - Phillipp
Join the journey to unlock your voice and connect with your creative essence!
Singing the Light
Singing the Light -
An evening of connection and singing during the holy nights.
What life force in you longs to be born and find voice?
From silence and emptiness, we will allow voice and sound to be born, to sing into life and light.
By connecting the voice with the body, sensations and the moment, you get space to sing freely and not have to be concerned with exactly how it sounds. It is precisely in the attunement that an authentic vibrancy emerges that recharges us from within, refreshes us and connects us to ourselves at a deep layer.
We sing to life, celebrating Being. To lay to rest the seed of our heart's desire in the darkness of Mother Earth and her nature.
At the end of the evening, I will take you on a guided journey with my drumming and singing, deep into your own intuitive source, to allow these seeds to germinate.
In short, an evening of connection, alignment and joyful playfulness singing the light from within.
No singing experience needed!
I will guide the voice to dare to share, connect and sing in ‘the light’.
When?
Sunday 29 December
From 19.30-21.30hrs
Where?
Dharma School, Herenweg 2, De Bilt
Winter Solstice ceremony
Winter Solstice ceremony (online)
During the darkest point of Winter, we gather to connect and warm ourselves by the heart of the Season's transition, which invites us to let stillness hold us.
To turn inwards and connect to what has been, what is, what wants to be released and what is ready to be invited in - in a new season. We plant our soul's seed into the soil of Winter's heart. She holds them while we hold ourselves. And something will germinate and grow in the Spring.
But first, we must dare darken, fall still and let go.
We need to trust nature and give space for life to move, take, give, and rebalance.
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A ceremony guided and held to let you connect deeper and womb new life into being. A guided journey will inspire you for the next Season and the year you dream into being.
When? On Saturday, 21 December 2024
From 19.30-21.30hrs
Where? On Zoom. (link will be sent after sign-up)
Payment? Donation based.
The guided journey will be recorded.
Sign up
Send an email to join (or to receive the guided journey)
Voice as a Bridge - for men
Voice as a Bridge - for men
Empowering the masculine healer through voice and creative flow.
Are you longing to get more out of your head and back into a natural flow of creativity and authentic expression?
It is easy to get caught up in our rational minds and the roles we play. Our daily lives can disconnect us from the playful inner source of creative solutions and flow.
This is a four-hour workshop specially designed for men and masculine-identifying souls who long for a more authentic connection to themselves, their voice, and their creative flow.
How? Through simple yet effective and clear guided tools and exercises, we continuously create a path between our rational mind and comfort zone—with the more sensing and intuitive side of our being. We awaken the playful flow of creativity by allowing ourselves to connect with the moment and the spontaneous realm.
With more than 17 years of professional teaching, coaching, creating, and performing experience, Leela (she/ her) has developed a unique style that combines grounded spirituality, a balance between rational and intuitive, and the freedom to explore and connect playfully.
She creates a safe-held, clear, guided space where her strong crafts(wo)manship and intuitive nature create a space where everyone feels invited, equal and encouraged to connect, explore and express from an authentic source of creativity.
For who? Men and masculine-identifying people of all ages who are curious to connect to their voice, creative flow, and authentic selves. Through her years of teaching & coaching experience Leela has observed that we all learn in different ways. She has long wanted to create something to answer a gap she felt was missing, for men/ masculine identifying to connect to their own creative power of healing.
The workshop will be led in Dutch/ English.
When? Sunday 15 December 2024, from 13-17hrs
Where? Mime Fabriek, Burgemeester de Vlugtlaan 125, Amsterdam
Bring? Clothes you can move freely in, your curiosity and self.
Price? Sliding scale €75 -€95 excl vat. The lower price is for low incomes.
Students €65
Tea/ coffee/ cookies will be offered.
Sign up (and questions) with an email to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com.
Who is Leela? (she/her, DK, 1979) is an independent physical & visual performance artist, who came to Amsterdam to study modern dance and later physical theatre at the Academy of Theatre and Dance. In 2005, she graduated from the Mime School as a performer and theatremaker. She has created numourous independent work internationally. Since 2013, she has taught voice improvisation at the Mime School (Academy for Theatre & Dance Amsterdam)., which has become her specialisation.
In 2018, she launched her first ‘Voice as a Bridge’ workshop, a place that shares the tools and expertise for connecting people outside the art academies to their authentic voice and playful, creative flow. This initiative has sparked a series of workshops, trajectories, individual coaching, co-created creative journeys, and ceremonies, all designed to deepen our connection to our intuitive nature.
What others say of Leela/ Voice as a Bridge:
"The place and flow you create in the group is great and special. It is a place where creativity, self-development and spirituality come together. And you can decide for yourself to what extent and where the focus lies in this." Charly, voice trajectory Voice of the Eagles and the Whales
"You filled the space with your wisdom and guided us into our voices and being! Such a life-changing workshop!" Silvia, Voice as a Bridge, Reykjavik, Iceland.
"What a wonderful day this was. What I learned will stay with me forever." Steinunn
"Thank you so much for everything. That was healing, deep and multidimensional." Anna
www.leelamaystokholm.org
Wom(b)an Songs (of Empowerment) - voice workshop
Wom(b)an songs (of empowerment)
Are you ready to embark on a journey of empowerment, creativity, and connection with fellow women creatives?
Join Elke Smit and Leela May Stokholm for a day of inspiration, exploration, and celebration as we come together to honour our voices, dreams, and feminine power.
In this unique workshop, we invite you to a safe and nurturing space—a place of holding where vulnerability is welcomed and authenticity is celebrated. Here, we will embrace the beauty of being creators, standing boldly in our truths, and weaving our voices, dreams, and beings together.
Through a series of interactive exercises, discussions, and creative activities, we will:
Explore the power of our voices as bridges to playful flow and deep connection.
Embrace the intimacy of life and the beauty of our naked selves, finding liberation and empowerment in our vulnerability.
Connect with our infinite creative source and tap into the courage to express ourselves authentically and boldly.
Share our dreams, passions, and stories in a supportive and encouraging environment where every voice is heard and honoured.
Leela will guide us in unlocking the effortless playful flow of our voices, while Elke will lead us in seeing the beauty and intimacy of life through the lens of our naked skin. Together, we will create a space where feminine principles of connection, intimacy, and freedom thrive.
Join us for a day of profound connection—with ourselves, each other, and the creative essence that flows through us all. Let's come together to weave our voices into a symphony of empowerment and celebration.
Date: Saturday 8th of June 2024
Time: 13-16.30 hrs
Location: Gallery TripleV on Weesperstraat 69, Amsterdam
Price: Sliding scale €55-75 (lower end for students and low incomers)
Tea, coffee and cookies will be offered. Bring yourself, your body, and your voice, and wear clothes you feel free to move in.
Reserve your ticket via link.
Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today and step into the transformative power of wom(b)anhood!
Let’s liberate our gifts together.
Stem van de Aarde - in Zutphen
Stem van de Aarde/ Voice of the Earth
Workshop & ceremony in Zutphen
Are you curious about the deep connection between your being and the Earth? Do you long to let your voice resonate with the nature around you and deepen your connection to the Earth?
This workshop is an invitation to let your voice resonate with the Earth, to share in her rhythms, and to honour her stories with sound. We walk on her; she carries us. She gives us everything we need to live. We are made of the same material and part of the same essence—the Earth, our native soil.
Through the use of simple tools and the power of imagination and our bodies, our voices become a conduit for connection - with ourselves, with each other, and with the Earth. Together, we will create a symphony of sound and intention.
The first part of the workshop, led by Leela, is designed to help you open your voice and allow it to flow in a playful and intuitive manner.The second part, a collaboration between Shakti and Leela, is a ceremony dedicated to the Earth, a testament to our unity and readiness to honour her song lines and life with our voices.
Shakti and Leela know each other through the shamanic teachings of grand sachem Dancing Thunder.
Do you feel the call of the Earth within you?
Great voice experience is unnecessary, just the desire and curiosity for what sound-weaving in connection with our nature(s) might be.
Time: Sunday, June 2, 2024 from 13:00-17:00 hrs
Location: Ruimte voor Verwondering, Paulus Potterstraat 12d in Zutphen
Price: € 75
Please note: This workshop will be held in Dutch.
Octopus sessions @ Gallery Triple V
Octopus sessions @ Gallery Triple V / Amsterdam Art Week 2024
'Octopus Sessions' - is a musical journey in poetry, song, looping layers, landscapes and beats by Leela May Stokholm (she/ her) and Marik de Koning (they/ them).
Diving through the waters of our collective consciousness – Octopus Sessions is an ode to water that connects, touches, comes and goes. A co-created fluidity of weaving the moment into an ark. To hold us before the dykes break.
Leela (DK/GB, born in India) is an independent performance artist, writer, singer, mother and visual artist. Her work combines her love for nature with life as a journey through inner emotional landscapes. She teaches Voice improvisation at the Mime School in Amsterdam.
Marik is a multifaceted musician and artist. They can be found playing jazz standards in big bands, to electronically producing activist songs. They are fascinated by the magic of improvisation and how awfully hard it can be to let go.
When? Wednesday 29th of May 2024 (during Amsterdam Art Week)
Doors open? At 19.30hrs. Concert starts at 20.00 hrs.
Where? Gallery Triple V, Weesperstraat 69, Amsterdam
Tickets? Soon for sale here!
“What an amazing, special, crazy journey deep into the underwater world. Through poetry, stories, song, sounds and music I was taken on an arc that travels through water and time. Sometimes it was philosophical: 'Everything has happened before, and yet this moment, exactly this moment, is unique.' Sometimes it was moving: when they sang about tears and the water in my eyes remembered that it is not separate from all water, because all water - all life - is one. With humor, fun and spontaneous playfulness, Leela May and Marik pay tribute to water in all its forms. They make playful, crazy sounds together with sung sounds that come straight from the heart and transcend the individual.” Kitty Munnichs
"Your lyrics (Leela) are very open and poetic, and remain nuanced despite its heavy theme. Because of that, it feels very true and touches enormously. Your lyrics have the power to touch us precisely and make us reflect. And to connect us with those things that are ‘going on’ in the world.
I liked that you were improvising and that it was live. It was very fun and exciting to experience. And that different things can happen and that you solve that with humour and grace. And precisely because of that it remains incredibly fun and real.
You are both warm personalities on stage. Being part of the magical world you create for us is very nice. We are totally included in that and allowed to float, dive, and sail with you for a while.
I grant that to everyone to come along on this journey and to be touched. And to feel connected to others, but also to the world and the world around us. It is very important in these times to connect ourselves with what is happening and what is there. Thank you for that wonderful experience!" Kickan Schippers
Voice of the Dragon - Weekly online
Voice of the Dragon -
Online journey - lightning the lighthouses
Are you ready to ignite your creative flame and connect deeper with the infinite well of Nature's intuitive resourcefulness within you?
Join me for an empowering journey as we explore the Voice of the Dragon and light the lighthouses of our souls.
Finding Inspiration: Together, we'll embark on a quest to discover inspiration in (our) Nature and its infinite re(source)fulness. We'll bring our voices of creative expression and authentic truth into the world feeling empowered, connected, and intuitively guided.
Becoming Flowing Lighthouses: It's time to nourish ourselves, recharge, and let our voices be the bridges they are - creating and sharing magic, truth, and beauty from inside out. The ancient wisdom of the dragons - holding earth, air, water, fire, light, crystal, and primal elemental wisdom ground us in our ancestor’s knowledge. That all is connected and playfully weaving.
Weekly Gatherings: Every Wednesday evening from 19.30 to 21.30hrs, we'll meet on Zoom to share our flow and connect to a new theme or element. We'll find inspiration and guidance through guided journeys to manifest our intuitive dreams into reality.
I am: Leela May Stokholm - a mother, artist, voice coach, teacher, nature lover, shamanic practitioner, and water woman. I create, guide, and hold collective creative fields of co-creation.
You are: One of the many creative women ready to let yourself feel supported, connected, and held in your path of being an innovative soul. You are ready to honour the ancient gift of resilience and creative renewal of our life force, which gave our ancestors the strength to bring us to where we are today.
The Dragons are powerful allies here to remind us of our ancient heritage, expand our awareness to see the magical fluidity of reality, and give us tools to manifest our dreams into reality. They have fully awoken and call us to know our powers and honour them. With them at our side, we create a grid where we connect and share our creative flow with playful ease, warm connection, and authenticity.
As we allow ourselves to authentically connect, share, create and flow in playful ease we become beacons of inspiration for those we care for.
Our gatherings:
19:30hrs: Welcome, Introduction to the Theme of the Week + small exercise
(Short Break)
Guided Journey, Sharing circle + Singing Field of planting dream seeds/ intentions
21.30hrs Closing Circle
Join us as we embark on intuitive self-discovery, creativity, and empowerment. Let your voice be a bridge connecting inside and outside, heart, head, body, Nature, intuition, dream, and reality.
I feel wonderful right now / So good!/ Thank you wise women! Such an honour to sit in circle with you / I feel nourished - (reactions after first Voice of the Dragon session.)
Practicalities:
When? Seven weekly Wednesday evenings from 8 May until 3 July -19.30 – 21.30 hrs CET. (Please note! No session on 29 May & 19 June)
How? Sessions are held through Zoom, offering you the flexibility to join single sessions or all seven. Each session uses another element as an inspirational starting point, empowering you to shape your learning journey.
Price? € 45 per session, € 150 for four sessions, or € 245 for the entire program, all to be paid in advance. Rest assured, this is an investment in your personal growth and creative empowerment.
How to join? After payment (Payment link) email me, and you will receive the Zoom link on the evening of our session.
Any questions? Please send an email to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com.
Please note: I cannot refund once you have paid. However, if you cannot join a session, you will receive the session recording along with the created exercises and guided journey within 24 hours of the session's end.
I am looking forward to see the magic and warmth of connection through co-created flow in creativity ignite!
Infinate Love and Light, Leela & the Dragons
“Thank you for your magical session again! These circles and your way of working bring me so much good. I really experienced Voice as Bridge; to let go, feel, embrace, discover, create/create, fun, power (making contact with these things in myself), make contact with the void, with my womb, my fire, the others.” - Charly de Bois
Beltane Seed Blessing Ceremony @Ruigoord
Seed blessing ceremony at Beltane @Ruigoord
In Celtic celebration, Beltane announces Summer. Beltane also means "Bel-fire," derived from the God Bel, the Celtic sun god, God of light, fire and healing. Beltane is the fertility festival of the year.
I am happy to invite you to the Seed Blessing ceremony I will be leading during the Beltane celebration @ Ruigoord.
Our ancestors in the North offered to the Gods - Freya en Frey - asking them for fertile grounds for growth.
A tradition asking the soil to receive the seeds and take them in, allowing life to grow in healthy, strong, and abundant juiciness into a rich harvest. To ask the seeds to feel empowered to break open and become what they hold in potency.
Not only will the seeds outside us be celebrated, for we are the Earth, too.
We call for inner and outer joyful fertility and new life. To blossom in our inner growth, and find nourishment for life here on Earth to evolve.
During this ritual, we shall bless, sing, call, shake, dance, and drum awake the juiciness of life- in us all and our nature - to flow in playful joy.
Bring your own seeds - or help us bless the bee and insect-friendly seeds we offer you.
I will guide us to activate our voices and own fertile ground to sing our intentions for the seeds playfully. We will then plant the sung seeds around the church at Ruigoord.
Or keep for your own garden and neigbourhood.
From 14-16 hrs.
Link to Facebook Event and all the other workshops and happenings during this day of Sun.
Wom(b)an Songs (of Empowerment) - voice workshop
Wom(b)an songs (of empowerment)
Are you ready to embark on a journey of empowerment, creativity, and connection with fellow women creatives?
Join Elke Smit and Leela May Stokholm for a day of inspiration, exploration, and celebration as we come together to honour our voices, dreams, and feminine power.
In this unique workshop, we invite you to a safe and nurturing space—a place of holding where vulnerability is welcomed and authenticity is celebrated. Here, we will embrace the beauty of being creators, standing boldly in our truths, and weaving our voices, dreams, and beings together.
Through a series of interactive exercises, discussions, and creative activities, we will:
Explore the power of our voices as bridges to playful flow and deep connection.
Embrace the intimacy of life and the beauty of our naked selves, finding liberation and empowerment in our vulnerability.
Connect with our infinite creative source and tap into the courage to express ourselves authentically and boldly.
Share our dreams, passions, and stories in a supportive and encouraging environment where every voice is heard and honoured.
Leela will guide us in unlocking the effortless playful flow of our voices, while Elke will lead us in seeing the beauty and intimacy of life through the lens of our naked skin. Together, we will create a space where feminine principles of connection, intimacy, and freedom thrive.
Join us for a day of profound connection—with ourselves, each other, and the creative essence that flows through us all. Let's come together to weave our voices into a symphony of empowerment and celebration.
Date: Saturday 20th of April 2024
Time: 13-16.00 hrs
Location: Gallery TripleV on Weesperstraat 69, Amsterdam
Price: Sliding scale €45-65 (lower end for students and low incomers)
Tea, coffee and cookies will be offered. Bring yourself, your body, and your voice, and wear clothes you feel free to move in.
Reserve your ticket via link.
Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today and step into the transformative power of wom(b)anhood!
Let’s liberate our gifts together.
Octopus sessions @ HotStuff/ De Sering
Octopus sessions @ Hot Stuff/ De Sering
'Octopus Sessions' - is a musical journey in poetry, song, looping layers, landscapes and beats by Leela May Stokholm (she/ her) and Marik de Koning (they/ them).
Diving through the waters of our collective consciousness – Octopus Sessions is an ode to water that connects, touches, comes and goes. A co-created fluidity of weaving the moment into an ark. To hold us before the dykes break.
Leela (DK/GB, born in India) is an independent performance artist, writer, singer, mother and visual artist. Her work combines her love for nature with life as a journey through inner emotional landscapes. She teaches Voice improvisation at the Mime School in Amsterdam.
Marik is a multifaceted musician and artist. They can be found playing jazz standards in big bands, to electronically producing activist songs. They are fascinated by the magic of improvisation and how awfully hard it can be to let go.
“What an amazing, special, crazy journey deep into the underwater world. Through poetry, stories, song, sounds and music I was taken on an arc that travels through water and time. Sometimes it was philosophical: 'Everything has happened before, and yet this moment, exactly this moment, is unique.' Sometimes it was moving: when they sang about tears and the water in my eyes remembered that it is not separate from all water, because all water - all life - is one. With humor, fun and spontaneous playfulness, Leela May and Marik pay tribute to water in all its forms. They make playful, crazy sounds together with sung sounds that come straight from the heart and transcend the individual.” Kitty Munnichs
"Your lyrics (Leela) are very open and poetic, and remain nuanced despite its heavy theme. Because of that, it feels very true and touches enormously. Your lyrics have the power to touch us precisely and make us reflect. And to connect us with those things that are ‘going on’ in the world.
I liked that you were improvising and that it was live. It was very fun and exciting to experience. And that different things can happen and that you solve that with humour and grace. And precisely because of that it remains incredibly fun and real.
You are both warm personalities on stage. Being part of the magical world you create for us is very nice. We are totally included in that and allowed to float, dive, and sail with you for a while.
I grant that to everyone to come along on this journey and to be touched. And to feel connected to others, but also to the world and the world around us. It is very important in these times to connect ourselves with what is happening and what is there. Thank you for that wonderful experience!" Kickan Schippers
Re-pair and re-care cafe
Re-pair and re-care cafe
Friday 15 March, open door from 14-18hrs at Mime Fabriek, Hendrik van Wijnstraat 10, Urban Resorts, Amsterdam.
Welcome to the launch of the first edition of ‘Re-pair and Re-care cafe’.
We all have that idea/ poem/ story laying around. Unfinished. Unshared. A drawing, short movie, photo series, song or what ever. Just not quite done. Put on hold. Or thrown in the garbage bin.
It is time to take it out of the drawer, bin, closet. And give it a repair, recare, relook and reframe.
Maybe you need to turn something around. Add or remove a layer. Give it another title, stort, angle.
We are here to see what questions come in and help to best ability to let you walk away feeling reinspired, and with something ready to take the next step with.
How?
We serve coffee, tea, cookies and share our presence and creative input. Bring your ‘broken’, unfinished creative ideas, and let us find its next step.
You are free to donate in what way you feel you can or wish. Plants, bike repair, spring cleaning, great tip, cakes, money, massage - all is welcome!
Voice of the Whale - individual voice/ coaching - Live/Online
Voice of the Whale ~
What? An individual voice coaching trajectory
Why? You long to feel more connected to yourselves and experience a less blocked sense around your voice and creative expression/ creativity. To communicate from inside out from a free and resonating place of flow and playfulness.
How? Through inviting, holding space, listening and guidance through clear tools and images, we create space for your voice to find back its natural sound, power and range without limiting, blocking and judging ideas. The intuitive nature guides us, and the intellect is made still and curious by being surprised about what suddenly sounds and feels so easy and free.
We let you connect to your resonating voice of flow and let the voice become a bridge.
Your voice bridges the inside and outside, the head, heart, and creative source. An inner 'ocean' of creativity, intuitive wisdom, inspiration, endless space, freedom and possibilities are available. And with the voice, we will unlock it to become part of your life.
It is diving deeper into your own wisdom and resourcefulness.
How do we do this?
The journey contains :
Three 75 min (live) or 60 min (online) 1:1 sessions - in your own timing, pace and choice of space.
In the studio, in nature, online or in your home. (Or a combination of these.)
In between the sessions, we continue the process and flow through check-ins and small assignments - to let you integrate the findings, freedom and playfulness into your daily life.
For who? Anyone longing to let their voice be a tool for connection and inner freedom of space, flow and resonance.
When? You can start your journey at any moment. Depending on our availability, you can book your sessions close to each other or spread them over a more extended period of 3-4 months.
How? Send me a mail to book a free 30 min call to look at what your voice and creative flow need and create a tailor-suited journey.
Price? Sliding scale €500 / €444 / €390 (excl. tax.) Pay according to what you can.
*Please note - travel costs for other locations than Amsterdam is added to price.
or send an email to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
For more, visit Voice of the Whale.
Winter Solstice Ceremony
- Winter Solstice Ceremony -
A season change is on the horizon. We are moving from Autumn’s colourful voice inviting us to harvest, integrate and release. And now - Winter’s voice of stillness is calling. To allow the space we have created to be filled with our dreams. In this inner dark ground of our existence and year, we plant the new year of all the new life we wish to experience. All seems dead, dark and cold. But inside, we connect and hold a warm celebration of the cycle of life and Nature. All comes into being to be rereleased, creating space for growth and the new. Playfully, we dance in this web, singing, weaving and holding the principles of connection, courage and life in flow.
I invite you to join me on Thursday, 21st of December 2023, to celebrate the turning point and axis of the Winter Solstice.
NB! After several years of holding them in our consciousness, this is the last Season ceremony. Join me in celebrating this round of co-creation!
Buy your ticket(s) here
We will connect to the portal and plant our new seeds of intentions. In co-creation with Nature and her turning of Season, we will, with our joined voices, bodies, and drums, create a playful field in which we invite the Winter to be one of inner freedom, to rest, dream and connect to our ground of existence.
I look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful old sailor church in Durgerdam (just outside Amsterdam) with runes on the floor (which awakens my Danish Viking roots). A space that invites our voices to sound free and resonate.
How? I will open the evening with my voice and drum and, after, invite you to join in. During the ceremony, I will create a guided journey to find inspiration for which seeds want to be planted.
When? Thursday, 21st of December 2023, from 19.30-21.30/22hrs.
What to bring? Bring your voice, body, drum, or flute (or what feels like it wants to join in)—a blanket and cushion/ something to sit on. Also, bring stones, flowers or other things for the altar we will create and some small offerings to share (like fruit/ nuts/ chocolate).
Price? I ask for a contribution of € 25-50 to share the church rental. (€200) Buy your ticket(s).
Location: Durgerdammerdijk 76, 1026 CB Amsterdam. Free parking behind the church. You can bike the beautiful route from Central Station or take the bus. There will also be people who come in the car. We can coordinate to bring you.
Let me know if you will join with an mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
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Voice of the One Sound (3-day workshop)
-Voice of the one Sound -
An intensive three-day workshop from Fri 1 till Sun 3 December 2023. At Shamanic teaching space Zennergi, Purmerend.
Are you looking for more freedom in your voice? Do you feel held back, blocked and restricted from accessing your full range and freedom to express, sound and sing? Are you looking for tools to connect your voice with your body, intuition and creative and playful flow?
To be able to connect to yourself and express authentically?
During this three-day workshop, I invite you to open your voice to its full potential by working from different physical starting points and visual images. We will also apply elements from Shamanism to let the Nature that we are find even more ground, space and freedom.
In the One Sound, all sounds are present. In all sounds is the One Sound.
What?
You will learn how to listen, connect and improvise with the moment, allowing what is potent to find a voice. Through the tools offered, you will refind freedom in your voice to become a comfortable and sound tool in your healing work, creative journey and life. The voice is a bridge. When we walk it, we open ourselves to the space inside us, where all possibilities of the non-material exist.
In these three days, we will connect and open the voice, body, senses, and mind to allow an intuitive, effortless, playful flow to unfold.
On the last day, we will create a ceremonial space for singing in the light frequencies of the new world.
How?
We will work with physical somatic exercises to open the senses. In playful duet work, we will help each other see and find new possibilities through connecting our voices to different body parts and organs. Working with toning and opening the full range of the voice, we liberate space to create harmonies and playful flow together. In group improvisation, we learn to listen and connect, co-creating a field of holding and letting ourselves follow our intuitive flow.
In a guided journey and ceremony, we will invite the voice of the One Sound to be accessible to us. To connect to our potential of being the bridges to sing in the frequencies, voices and harmonies this world so profoundly longs to hear again.
For who?
Teachers, creatives, healers, and curious souls. You do not have to be a (trained) singer. Bring your curiosity to let your voice show you what it holds in potential. And how it wants to help you sound yourself free and whole.
Investment
For the three days of deepening and opening the connection with your voice, body and self in a safe-held group of playfulness and space to expand
450 euro - incl tea/ cookies. Bring your own lunch.
If you are a student, reach out with a mail! Discounts are possible.
For more info and sign up, please go to
Autumn Equinox Ceremony
- Autumn Equinox Ceremony -
A season change is on the horizon. We are moving from days of Summer's bright abundance into the season of harvest. Autumn's voice of integration is calling us. Let us celebrate and ground into a time of maturing and knowing who we are, midst all the storms that pulls our leaves.
I invite you to join me on Monday, 25th of September 2023, to celebrate this turning point and axis of the Autumn Equinox.
We will connect to the gate and plant our new seeds of intentions. In co-creation with Nature and her turning of Season, we will, with our joined voices, bodies, and drums, create a playful field in which we invite the Summer to be one of joy, freedom and new life of connection.
I look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful old sailor church in Durgerdam (just outside Amsterdam) with runes on the floor (which awakens my Danish Viking roots). A space that invites our voices to sound free and resonate.
How? I will open the evening with my voice and drum and after invite you to join in. During the ceremony, I will create a guided journey to find inspiration for which seeds want to be planted.
When? Monday 25th of September 2023, from 19.30-21.30/22hrs.
What to bring? Bring your voice, body, drum, or flute (or what feels like it wants to join in)—a blanket and cushion/ something to sit on. Also, bring stones, flowers or other things for the altar we will create and some small offerings to share (like fruit/ nuts/ chocolate).
Price? I ask a contribution of € 25-50 to share the rental of the church. (€200) Buy your ticket(s).
Location: Durgerdammerdijk 76, 1026 CB Amsterdam. Free parking behind the church. You can bike the beautiful route from Central Station or take the bus. There will also be people who come in the car. We can coordinate to bring you.
Let me know if you will join with a mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
Summer Solstice ceremony
- Summer Solstice Ceremony -
A season change is on the horizon. We are moving from days of growth and unfolding into the burst of light. Summer’s sweetness is coming. Let us invite her and release the Spring with all its fullness to make space for our most beautiful and abundant Summer dreams.
I invite you to join me on Wednesday, 21st of June 2023, to celebrate this turning point and axis of Summer Solstice.
We will connect to the gate and plant our new seeds of intentions. In co-creation with Nature and her turning of Season, we will, with our joined voices, bodies, and drums, create a playful field in which we invite the Summer to be one of joy, freedom and new life of connection.
I look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful old sailor church in Durgerdam (just outside Amsterdam) with runes on the floor (which awakens my Danish Viking roots). A space that invites our voices to sound free and resonate.
How? I will open the evening with my voice and drum and after invite you to join in. During the ceremony, I will create a guided journey to find inspiration for which seeds want to be planted.
When? Wednesday 21st of June 2023, from 19.30-21.30/22hrs.
What to bring? Bring your voice, body, drum, or flute (or what feels like it wants to join in)—a blanket and cushion/ something to sit on. Also, bring stones, flowers or other things for the altar we will create and some small offerings to share (like fruit/ nuts/ chocolate).
Price? I ask a contribution of € 25-50 to share the rental of the church. (€200) Buy your ticket(s).
Location: Durgerdammerdijk 76, 1026 CB Amsterdam. Free parking behind the church. You can bike the beautiful route from Central Station or take the bus. There will also be people who come in the car. We can coordinate to bring you.
Let me know if you will join with a mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
Flames - first showing of new work
Flames - new work(-in-progress)
I will start a two-week work residency in the studio of the Mime Fabriek, on Monday, the 22nd of May.
In 2020 I worked on the theme ‘water’, which resulted in the performance ‘Ocean in me’, the book of short poems ‘Waves’ and the music album ‘Arms of Golden Light’.
After two years of collecting, writing, and preparing, I dive into the studio to let my whole instrument - body, voice, space, imagination, flow, and playfulness join forces to revolve around fire, flames, light and more. And create new work.
I am very excited and have invited different voices to co-create with me during the process. As in the water - research, I will dive into the collective creation process and let the interactions, connections, moments and inspiration co-create what will be birthed into life and form.
Open sharing
On Friday, 2nd of June, I will hold a first open showing of the work so far.
When & where?
At 19.30hrs at the Mime Fabriek, Hendrik van Wijnstraat 10, Amsterdam. Studio Urban Resorts.
Let me know if you would like to come with a mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
Do you want to donate and support me in creating new work?
I would be deeply grateful. I will use it to cover expenses of materials, paper, etc. You can donate an amount of your own choosing either through PayPal or Tikkie.
Looking forward to Flame! <3
Spring equinox ceremony
Spring Equinox Ceremony
A season change is on the horizon. We are moving from days of turning inwards, dreaming and planting the seeds in our inner soil into sharing them with the light and the heart. A time to voice our dreams and give them the strength to grow into reality.
I invite you to join me on Monday, 20th of March 2023, to celebrate this turning point and axis of the Spring Equinox. Here in this still point of the year wheel’s turn between Winter and Spring, I invite us to connect to the feminine principles of Nature and the fertile dark soil of our wombs space. There where new life sparks, by the passion and fire of our hearts in life’s power to grow.
Get your ticket here!
We will connect to share our seeds of intentions for new life spun of our Winter’s dreaming. In co-creation with Nature and her turning of Season, we will, with our joined voices, bodies, and drums, create a playful field in which we invite the Spring to be one of joy, love’s courage, and new life.
I look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful old sailor church in Durgerdam (just outside Amsterdam) with runes on the floor (which awakens my Danish Viking roots). A space that invites our voices to sound free and resonate.
How? I will open the evening with my voice and drum and after invite you to join in. During the ceremony, I will create a guided journey to find inspiration for which seeds want to be planted.
When? Monday 20th of March 2023, from 19.30-22hrs.
What to bring? Bring your voice, body, drum, or flute (or what feels like it wants to join in)—a blanket and cushion/ something to sit on. Also, bring stones, flowers or other things for the altar we will create and some small offerings to share (like fruit/ nuts/ chocolate).
Price? I ask a contribution between 25-45 euro for holding, guiding and opening the voice and womb space of creation. (Bring in an envelope what you can offer/ or contribute by Tikkie after the ceremony.)
Location: Durgerdammerdijk 76, 1026 CB Amsterdam. Free parking behind the church. You can bike the beautiful route from Central Station or take the bus. There will also be people who come in the car. We can coordinate to bring you.
Joining?: Get your ticket here!
Questions? Mail leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com with Spring Equinox in subject box
Voice of the Horse - in Nature
Voice of the Horse - the authentic voice in Nature
Sunday 19th of March from 10.30-17.00 hrs in the forest of Leuvenumse Bos, Hoge Veluwe.
Do you long for more connection to your intuitive and playful Nature?
Do you feel your head controls you too much with its critical and judgemental voice and does not leave you space to voice yourself confidently, freely and authentically?
I invite you for a day of opening and connecting to your voice, body, senses, and intuition in Nature, letting you refind trust in your intuitive Nature, playfulness, and creative flow. To sound yourself free and authentically from the inside out.
Nature gives us the space and playground to let go of outgrown ideas of how we are and should be. A natural grounding and freedom open. One in which the one that is, is perfect in all its uniqueness.
Like we all are.
No singing skills are needed. Only curiosity to connect to your body, voice and Nature in a new and playfully inviting way to let the whole of you sound in your own intuitive and authentic Nature.
This journey has opened an even bigger space for creativity and spontaneity for me—a space that does not come from my head but from my body and the Earth. Amber Rijken, after the Voice of the Wolf journey
When? Sunday 19th of March 2023 from 10.30-17.00 hrs.
Where? Leuvenumse Bos, Hierderweg 19, Hulshorst. We meet on the parking lot and walk into the forest to where we work from there.
How? Grounding and opening our senses, voices and playful Nature to our intuitive and creative source. With clear tools and outlined exercises, you will be offered a way to let your voice, body, imagination and senses connect. Listening is a way to connect to what is, and Nature will inspire us to sense our authentic essence of playfulness.
Please note - we work respecting the surroundings and Nature we work in. We will be outdoors all day, whatever the weather. Please wear clothes and shoes to be flexible and move.
Bring?
- Own lunch and water
- Something to sit on
Why? We often feel a deep longing for belonging. Of feeling connected to the life we are and our own Nature. We are opening this deep connection through the presence and awareness of our own sensitivity and Nature.
Price? Sliding scale €80/ €104 / €123
If you need a discount as a student, reach out. Possible to pay in rates.
Are you interested but have questions? Mail leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
I connect from a safe space and find new ways of expression and freedom in my voice. I feel safe to really let go of the outcome and surrender to the process. Justina Abdella, Voice of the Panther journey
“You have the gift of transforming a bunch of separate people into a close, warm, connected group. Because you have so much ‘knowledge of human nature’, you manage to really see the individual person deeply. The calmness you radiate is lovely, and your loving character makes it complete. Thank you so much. “ Cora Hoogstrate, Buitenkunst
The Voice of the Horse
VOICE OF THE HORSE
Do you long to find more inner freedom and confidence in expressing and sounding yourself?
Voice of the Horse is a one-day workshop to open, empower and let you connect to your authentic voice. Connect the body, mind, and voice to your creative source and let Nature inspire you to find new inspiration and inner space.
On Sunday the 5th of March 2023 from 10.30 - 17hrs, in Amsterdam
Our voice is a bridge between our inside and outside. Between our heads and heart. Between spirit and this reality.
The Horse is a totem animal representing freedom - not just freedom of running free and wild in the meadows from all sorrows, but connecting to our authentic and emotional intelligence. Of knowing we are always free. To choose. To be stuck or find a better way.
The Horse guides us to a space of playful movement, inside and outside. And our voices open in an intuitive and free flow of our true Nature as creative and unique souls.
Join me in unlocking your inner freedom and voice to express from the inside out - in a resonating, authentic playful ease.
"I find it admirable how strong and sensitive you are at the same time. The dynamic and trust between each other in the group are fantastic, and this comes from the vulnerability and power through which you coach us and the trust that you (and we, you) give." Heleen Franssen
What?
A workshop to open, activate, and connect our voices to our bodies, hearts and the Nature that we are. The physical organ and specific anatomy will inspire us to open to new spaces in our voice and connect and communicate more dynamically and direct.
The imagination, body, senses, and voice are invited to open and connect through simple, straightforward exercises and playful yet safely held space and guidance. We work individually, in a duo, and as a group, tapping into our full potential through physical exercises, improvisation, guided journeys, and finding new space and inspiration to reconnect to our full potential.
"You have the gift of transforming a bunch of separate people into a close, warm, connected group. You manage to see the individual person deeply because you have so much 'knowledge of human Nature. I find that special. The calmness you radiate is lovely, and your loving character makes it complete. Thank you so much." Cora Hoogstrate
Why?
We often feel something is missing—a deep longing to feel connected. To ourselves, our creativity, Nature, intuition, and others are on a deeper layer. We long to express ourselves freely and powerfully from our truth while connecting with each other.
We let Nature inspire us to a connected flow between the body, mind, and energy. Finding our way back to our source of creativity, we find endless resourcefulness. The voice becomes a bridge to express yourself clearly from a playful, intuitive, and grounded sense of freedom to be yourself.
Living in a time of significant changes, we are called to acknowledge that we are all pathmakers and leaders. The more we allow ourselves to connect to our deeper selves, the more we inspire others to connect to their authentic core. And from there, the space emerges to co-create from a place of playfulness and ease.
Who?
Creative souls, artists, teachers, leaders, parents, sensitive's earth keepers, and nature lovers long to express themselves authentically, freely, and playfully with confidence.
No singing or performance skills are needed! Curiosity and openness expand your world of possibility and freedom to playfully and authentically sound yourself.
Max amount of participants: 8
How?
By creating a safe space to explore, connect and play, individually and as a group, we open the freedom of letting our voices play, weave, experiment and sound free. Through clear tools and assignments, we awaken the somatic and sensitive Nature of our bodies and voice. We connect to our intuitive inner knowing and imagination through images and guided journeys, creating space beyond our limited thinking.
Leela uses her strong intuitive, playful Nature with her craftsmanship and long experience as a performer, artist and teacher in physical acting, modern dance, improvisation, music, kung fu, Lichtenberger singing technique, and shamanic training and healing methods. Since 2013 she has been a voice improvisation teacher and coach of individual creative processes at the Mime School in Amsterdam.
"I really felt seen by you and find your positivity contagious. I have joyfully moved and played!" Elsbeth Booy
When?
Sunday the 5th of March 2023 From 10.30- 17 hrs.
Where?
De Mime Fabriek, Hendrik van Wijstraat 10, Urban resorts building, Amsterdam.
Bring?
Your self, curiosity, openness, body, and voice. Clothes you can move in. A notebook. Own lunch. Tea, coffee and small snacks will be offered.
Price?
Sliding scale 80 euro/ 104 euro/ 128 euro.
NB! Bring a friend/ partner/ brother/ sister and receive a discount!
Possible to pay in parts. (NB If you are interested but but don’t have the financial means, please get in touch with me.)
Interested or all ready to sign up?
Mail your questions to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com with VOICE OF THE HORSE in the subject box.
"I was confronted by how my body struggled to slow down and listened to my voice as it was on overdrive. As I settled in the forest, her drum reminding us of our gentle and powerful heartbeats, I could vocalise again. Very grateful that Leela offered this opportunity." Ruth Borg, after Forest Voice workshop
Winter Solstice ceremony
Winter Solstice Ceremony
A season change is on the horizon. We are moving from days of harvest, releasing and integration into the dark cold season. A time to hold our roots firm and deep, and to connect to what holds our hearts warm.
I invite you to join me on Tuesday, 20th of December 2022, to celebrate this turning point and axis of Winter Solstice. Here in this darkest moment of the year wheel’s turn, I invite us to connect to the feminine principles of Nature and the darkness of our wombs space. There where the endless void holds all potential. All life. The material waiting to be born through our intentions and hearts fire.
We will connect to the gate and plant our new seeds of intentions. In co-creation with Nature and her turning of Season, we will, with our joined voices, bodies, and drums, create a playful field in which we invite the Winter to be one of connection, intimacy, growth and healing.
I look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful old sailor church in Durgerdam (just outside Amsterdam) with runes on the floor (which awakens my Danish Viking roots). A space that invites our voices to sound free and resonate.
How? I will open the evening with my voice and drum and after invite you to join in. During the ceremony, I will create a guided journey to find inspiration for which seeds want to be planted.
When? Tuesday 20th of December 2022, from 19.30-21.30/22hrs.
What to bring? Bring your voice, body, drum, or flute (or what feels like it wants to join in)—a blanket and cushion/ something to sit on. Also, bring stones, flowers or other things for the altar we will create and some small offerings to share (like fruit/ nuts/ chocolate).
Price? I ask a contribution between 25-40 euro for holding, guiding and opening the voice and womb space. (Bring in an envelope what you can offer/ or contribute by Tikkie after the ceremony.)
Location: Durgerdammerdijk 76, 1026 CB Amsterdam. Free parking behind the church. You can bike the beautiful route from Central Station or take the bus. There will also be people who come in the car. We can coordinate to bring you.
Joining?: Let me know with a mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
Winter Voice - a season transition
Autumn asked us to integrate, release, and harvest what Summer had brought us. To learn our lessons, to celebrate what is, and to do the work of committing to what matters to us.
What matters most to your heart?
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A new season is calling. A new voice. A Winter Voice.
Join to connect, flow and find yours.
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Our inner landscapes move with Nature's changing. How can we align and connect to what is moving and changing?
By letting our voice bridge inside and outside, I invite you to express creatively from an authentic flow. To travel from Autumn’s releasing and integrating into Winters call to root down and stay firm in our hearts warmth.
What?
We will mark the season transition by creating a 7-day online journey (18th - 24th of December 2022).
The three days before and three days after the Winter Solstice (on 21st of December), I invite you to join me in a safe-held online group where we let our voice flow to connect in creative play and weaving. To digest, celebrate, and shed the old, so we are ready to invite in the new.
Why?
We are always in-between. Constantly growing, learning, leaving something behind, outgrowing, inviting, birthing. Aligning with the seasons, the movement of the Sun, and the Earth connects us to a sense of grounding. Here we are now - in our fast-moving and changing lives.
During this Winter Voice Journey, you are encouraged to voice the life that is moving within you. In an authentic expression, whichever way you chose - writing, drawing, voice improvisations, singing. The invitation is to relate to the season transition in your personal way. To reclaim our voice of Nature.
How?
- Through daily emails, you will receive questions, inspirations, and suggestions to guide the journey.
- In a closed group (Telegram), you will be stimulated and invited to share, voice, and connect with like-minded individuals on this individual journey through the Season transition.
- Do not worry about 'being an artist/ creative / a singer. This journey is about connecting to what is and voicing from within, so there is no need for experience. (Only the tiny courage to connect and express yourself)
Cost?
For the holding of the seven days full of connected, safe space, inspiration, and guidance, to let you connect to your voice, authentic creative expression, and your inner alignment with Nature and her seasons, I ask 25 euro.
Ps. If you are interested in joining all seasonal journeys, I invite you to become a 'Drip' member for 5 euro per month on Patreon.
Sign up
Join the beauty! Write a mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
What are the Seasonal Transitions of Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter voices?
Once per Season, I create a close and safe community where we celebrate the Season's changing creatively.
This is the 3rd year I am hosting a Seasonal transition journey and the previous Season's voices were all so warm and inspiring! A blazing blast and joy to feel how intimate and inspiring a connection can be made even on this online stage.
Inviting our creative flow to activate our poetic brains, imagination, and dreams become more lucid and colourful. Our connections become more profound on all levels by sharing how life moves in and around us.
The Voice of the PANTHER (9-month Trajectory)
VOICE OF THE PANTHER - a 9-month journey of empowering the authentic Voice.
The Panther along with the other felines (the Tiger, Lynx and Lion) will guide and inspire this journey with our voices, mind, imagination, intuitive wisdom, and body with all its sensitivity and sensuality letting us connect to our deep creative and fearless Nature.
Independently resting in our own Nature, yet able to connect and co-create with others.
From the 24th of September 2022 till the 20th of May 2023
This journey opened me to a greater space for creativity and spontaneity. One that does not come from my head but from my body and the earth. Next to the creativity, we were invited to let arise entirely, the respectful listening (is something I take with me). Listening to your surroundings and the inner compass.
And … I am fearless and scared of nothing now! Amber Rijcken after the Voice of the Wolf 8-month trajectory 2021/2022.
What?
Deepening a connection with your own Voice, body, sensitive Nature and creative forces. Opening and healing your instrument to create from a pure source of intentions and vision inspired by the creative and sensuous playfulness of Nature and life.
3 outdoor nature sessions, 4 studio sessions, 2 x 2-day sessions, 1 individual session, and personal guidance. (Optional sweat lodge weekend.)
A 9-month intensive program to open and empower your Voice. To let you connect to your personal power and express yourself authentically in a safe held and connected group.
We let Nature inspire us to a connected flow between the body, mind, and energy. Finding our way back to our source of creativity, we find endless resourcefulness. The Voice becomes a bridge to express yourself clearly from a playful, intuitive, fearless and grounded sense of freedom to be yourself.
Through your way of working, an enormous feeling of safety emerges in the group through which beautiful things can be born.
There were things that came out I had not thought possible. Until now. Thank you for extending my horizon. Eileen McEwan
Why?
We often feel something is missing. A deep longing to feel connected. To ourselves, our creativity, intuition, and others on a deeper layer. We long to express ourselves freely and powerfully from our truth while connecting with each other.
Living in a time of great changes, we are called to acknowledge that we are all path makers. The more we allow ourselves to connect to our deeper layer of self, the more we inspire others to connect to their own authentic core. And from there, the space emerges to co-create from a place of playfulness, ease, and individual authenticity.
Who?
Creative souls, artists, teachers, leaders, parents, sensitive's, earth keepers, and nature lovers longing to express authentically, free, and playfully with confidence. And to learn how to co-create from a place of connection, intuition, and personal truth.
No singing or performance skills are needed.
When?
The Panther guides the whole journey. But in each block we will additional connect to other felines to deepen and open our full potential.
Block I Sept - Nov 2022 Autumn. Harvest, healing, growth and releasing. Connecting to body, senses and sensuality. Tiger
· Saturday 24 September
· Saturday & Sunday 22+23th of October
· Saturday 26 November,
Block 2 December - Feb 2022/2023 Winter. Pulling in and connecting to silence, the void to dream and inner wisdom. Lynx.
· Saturday 10 December
· Saturday 14 January 2023
· Saturday 11 February
Block 3 March - May 2023 Spring. Planting seeds, dreams and growth. Inner leadership, courage and co-creation. Lion
· Saturday & Sunday 11+12th of March
· Saturday 1 April
· Saturday 20 May Forest Session
Each session is from 10.30-16.30/17hrs.
Where?
Studio sessions in Amsterdam. Forest sessions Leuvenumse Bos, Hoge Veluwe, a.o.
Bring?
Your unique self, curiosity, openness, and Voice. We will improvise, process, reflect, play, train and open our minds to the endless possibilities found in the power of our imagination and the inspiration Nature gives us.
Price?
Sliding scale 1.475 euro/ 1.646 euro / 1.700 euro (please note; travel costs, food, and possible sleeping cost are not included but will be kept as low as possible.)
Possible to pay in parts. (NB If you are interested but need a discount, don't hesitate to contact me.)
Interested or all ready to sign up? Take contact, and I will gladly send you more information and plan a call. It is also possible to book an individual session with me to let you feel and experience if my intuitive way of working resonates with you.
Mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
"You have the gift of transforming a bunch of separate people into a close, warm, connected group. Because you have so much 'knowledge of human Nature', you manage to really see the individual person deeply. I find that special.
The calmness you radiate is lovely, and your loving character makes it complete. Thank you so much. "Cora Hoogstrate
"I really felt seen by you and find your positivity contagious. I have joyfully moved and played!" Elsbeth Booy
"I find it admirable how strong and sensitive you are at the same time. The dynamic and the trust between each other in the group is fantastic, and this comes from the vulnerability and power through which you coach us and the trust that you (and we you) give." Heleen Franssen
Autumn Equinox Ceremony
Autumn Equinox Ceremony - live!
A season change is on the horizon. We are moving from days of warmth and light into the season of harvest and inner growth. Autumn is coming. Let us invite her and to celebrate and release the Summer with all its beauty to make space for our most abundant Autumn harvest.
I invite you to join me on Friday, 23rd of September 2022, to celebrate this turning point and axis of the Autumn Equinox. We will connect to the gate and plant our new seeds of intentions. In co-creation with Nature and her turning of Season, we will, with our joined voices, bodies, and drums, create a playful field in which we invite the Summer to be one of joy, freedom and new life of connection.
How? I will open the evening with my voice and drum and after invite you to join in. During the ceremony, I will create a guided journey to find inspiration for which seeds want to be planted.
When? Friday 23rd of September 2022, from 19.30-21.30/22hrs.
What to bring? Bring your voice, body, drum, or flute (or what feels like it wants to join in)—a blanket and cushion/ something to sit on. Also, bring stones, flowers or other things for the altar we will create and some small offerings to share (like fruit/ nuts/ chocolate).
Price? I ask a donation around 20 euro. But if you can pay more of less still be welcome. (Please bring in an envelope what you can offer/ or contribute by Tikkie after the ceremony.)
Location: Mime Fabriek, Hendrik van Wijnstraat 10, (Urban resorts building), Amsterdam
Let me know if you will join with a mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
Autumn Voice - a Season Transition
Summer was one of connection and celebrating the warmth of the Sun and life in full blossom.
Autumn is asking us to go inwards and digest what we experienced and learned slowly.
It is time to harvest the fruit of our journey.
What is wanting to be embodied?
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A new season is calling. A new voice. An Autumn Voice.
Join to connect, flow and find yours.
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Our inner landscapes move with Nature's changing. How can we align and connect to what is moving and changing?
By letting our voice bridge inside and outside, I invite you to express creatively from an authentic flow. To travel from Summer's sweetness into Autumn's time of digesting and embodying.
What?
We will mark the season transition by creating a 7-day online journey (20th - 26th of September 2022). On the Autumn Equinox (23rd of September), we will hold a ceremony.
The three days before and three days after the Solstice, I invite you to join me in a safe-held online group where we let our voice flow to connect in creative play and weaving. To digest, celebrate, and shed the old, so we are ready to invite in the new.
Why?
We are always in-between. Constantly growing, learning, leaving something behind, outgrowing, inviting, birthing. Aligning with the seasons, the movement of the Sun, and the Earth connects us to a sense of grounding. Here we are now - in our fast-moving and changing lives.
During this Autumn Voice Journey, you are encouraged to voice the life that is moving within you. In an authentic expression, whichever way you chose - writing, drawing, voice improvisations, singing. The invitation is to relate to the season transition in your personal way. To reclaim our voice of Nature.
How?
- Through daily emails, you will receive questions, inspirations, and suggestions to guide the journey.
- In a closed group (Telegram), you will be stimulated and invited to share, voice, and connect with like-minded individuals on this individual journey through the Season transition.
- Do not worry about 'being an artist/ creative / a singer. This journey is about connecting to what is and voicing from within, so there is no need for experience. (Only the tiny courage to connect and express yourself)
Cost?
For the holding of the seven days full of connected, safe space, inspiration, and guidance, to let you connect to your voice, authentic creative expression, and your inner alignment with Nature and her seasons, I ask 25 euro.
Ps. If you are interested in joining all seasonal journeys, I invite you to become a 'Drip' member for 5 euro per month on Patreon.
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Join the beauty! Write a mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
What are the Seasonal Transitions of Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter voices?
Once per Season, I create a close and safe community where we celebrate the Season's changing creatively.
This is the 3rd year I am hosting a Seasonal transition journey and the previous Season's voices were all so warm and inspiring! A blazing blast and joy to feel how intimate and inspiring a connection can be made even on this online stage.
Inviting our creative flow to activate our poetic brains, imagination, and dreams become more lucid and colourful. Our connections become more profound on all levels by sharing how life moves in and around us.
Summer Solstice Ceremony
Come join me welcoming Spring and planting our seeds of intentions.
Forest Voice
Forest VoicE
A day in Nature to connect your voice, body and playful nature.
Sunday 15th of May 2022 in Leuvenumse Bos, Hoge Veluwe.
We can get caught in the idea that Nature is something outside ourselves. But we are Nature too. And everything is equally alive, resonating and connected. When we open ourselves and listen, the forest, plants and animals will start communicating with us.
Are you ready to open yourself up to the wonder of what you are truly part of and to let yourself have a voice too in this beautiful symphony of life?
It is time to activate, open and empower our voices, bodies and connection to our intuitive and creative source. And to not only know all is connected but to feel the web of life pulsing, moving, co-creating and communicating. To move to let ourselves be moved.
We open our voices by listening and letting Nature sound through us. Our voice is a bridge. And it might leave us wiser, calmer, more open and soft, as well as inspired with the endless creative resourcefulness Nature reminds us of having.
When?
Sunday 15th of May. From 10.30-17 hrs.
Where?
Leuvenumse Bos, Hoge Veluwe, The Netherlands.
For who?
Creative souls that long to connect deeper to their own creative and playful Nature, through opening the voice, body, mind and sensitive nature.
No singing or performance skills needed. Only curiosity.
What to bring?
Own lunch, and water.
Something for sitting on the ground (you have to be able to carry it, as we walk to the location of working.)
Clothes and shoes that lets you move with ease, as well as fitting the weather.
Price?
Sliding scale 75/ 95/ 110 euro
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The Voice of the Earth (Weekend Workshop)
Join me for a two day workshop to open and activate our voices and connection to Nature.
An invitation to playfully sound the life we are alive and whole, by letting our voices be a bridge.
Spring equinox Ceremony - live!
Come join me welcoming Spring and planting our seeds of intentions.
Spring Voice - A season transition 2022
Winter was of pulling inwards to listen to our inner voice and dreaming our new seeds.
Spring is for opening up and inviting in growth.
To let the green inspire us to move powerfully into our true nature. As the creator of our lives.
Which seeds are ready to blossom in you?
A new season is calling. A new voice. A Spring Voice. Join to connect, flow and find yours.
How to connect to your source of creative flow and resourcefulness? To your unique answers to your unique life.
What is the meaning of a ceremony? How can we create a collective ritual and gathering in both celebration and grief? What do you want to take with you, what are you ready to let go of?
What?
We will mark the season transition by creating a seven-day online journey (17th - 23rd of March 2022) around the Spring Equinox on the 20th of March.
The 3 days before and 3 days after the Equinox I invite you to join me in a safe-held online group where we flow together to connect in creative play and voice.
How?
We are always in-between. Always growing, learning, leaving something behind, outgrowing, inviting, birthing. During this Spring Voice Journey, we will voice the life that is moving within us. Through allowing flow in writing, drawing, voice improvisations - a small journey of intuitive creative expression. The opening up of our own and personal connection to the seasons and Nature.
Details
- A closed online group will be made where small assignments, inspirations, questions will be asked to guide the journey.
- This group of like-minded individuals will share, voice, and resonate, but above all encourage you on your journey.
- You do not have to worry about 'being’ an artist/ creative / a singer! This is about voicing from within, there is no need for experience. (Only the tiny courage to connect and express yourself)
Cost?
For the holding of the seven days full of connected safe space inspiration and guidance, to let you connect to your voice, authentic creative expression, and your inner alignment with nature and her seasons - as well as the evening of the ceremony & recording of a season transition journey I ask 25 euro
Ps. If you are interested to join all seasonal journeys. I invite you to become a ‘Drip’ member for 5 euro per month on Patreon.
Sign up
Join the beauty! Write a mail to leelamaystokholm1@gmail.com
What are the Seasonal Transitions of Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter voices?
Once per season, I will create a close and safe community where we will celebrate the changing of the season in an improvisational and creative way.
This is the 3rd year I am hosting a Seasonal transition journey and the previous Season's voices were all so warm and inspiring! A blazing blast and joy to feel how intimate and inspiring a connection is possible to be made even on this online stage.
Inviting our creative flow, our poetic brains our dreams become more lucid and colorful. Our connections deeper within and without by sharing how life moves in us, around us, together with Nature and her seasons.