Singing as Sanctuary Free Intro Class (Online Only)

Welcoming women, and non-binary folks who naturally sing in a higher vocal range and feel resonance with women-centered relational spaces.

We’ll be singing in higher vocal ranges (often called soprano/alto and some tenor)

This page is for the INTRO class to the 7-week singing journey.

Link to the 7-Week Series is HERE

Please join us for a soulful 7-week singing journey where singing becomes sanctuary, and your voice is a channel for healing, connection, and transformation. This is a space to feel nourished, uplifted, and deeply connected to your voice, your creativity, and a circle of kindred spirits. Through shared inquiry and song, we’ll contemplate how our voices can become safe harbors in uncertain times, powerful tools for liberation, and beacons of collective healing in the world.

Each week, Heather will lead you through movement, breath-work, a nourishing vocal warm-up, and ear training by exploring different scales and modes. You'll learn new songs and chants as she offers subtle cues in vocal exploration and fundamentals. She'll offer readings, inquiries and journal prompts with spacious time for you to open to your own creative channel and vocal flow. We'll explore singing as spiritual practice - turning your prayers in to mantras, your mantras into melodies, and melodies into your own healing songs.

Let's amplify our prayers through the power of singing!

All participants are on mute, offering lots of privacy for your vocal exploration pleasure!

***Not to worry if you are unable to make all of the live zoom classes.

Heather will put the Zoom replay in the course portal.***

"I am so grateful to have had the chance to take Heather’s Singing As Sanctuary class. It truly was a sanctuary; a safe and welcoming place for my voice and for opening my creative channel to the musical muses. Heather is so skillful at simultaneously providing structure and freedom which creates space for each individual’s creative expression to flourish. It was during this course that I tapped into the songs that were yearning to come though me and that has been a truly life changing and soul enriching gift. I cannot recommend it enough!" - Julianna Zarzycki

Free Intro Class:

October 7th, 1:30 - 3:00 pm PT

7-Week Series:

Wednesdays from 1:30 - 3:00 pm PT

October 14, 21, 28,

November 4, 11,

December 2 & 9

Recommended but not required:

One or more of Heather's courses in The Art of Mindful Singing. It is also possible to purchase one of the pr-recoreded 9-week series. Just email Heather. heather@heatherhoustonmusic.com

No on turned away for lack of funds. Trade and partial scholarship opportunities available. Please email Heather: heather@heatherhoustonmusic.com

The Details:

• Weekly 90-minute group class on Zoom (Replays available)
• Course Portal with Replays, Playlist of chants, Playlist of Vocal exercises, & Breathwork videos
• Q & A time
• Journaling
• Powerful poems and readings and prompts that stir your heart and get the creative juices flowing
• Breakout groups with prompts (every other week or so)
• A SoundCloud playlist of the vocal exercises and songs we are singing
• A lyric sheet
• Homework practices

Fall in love with your voice from the inside out and feel more confident in your expression!

More Areas of Study:

Singing Mechanics and Vocal Sustainability, Breathing Practices, Vocal Meditation, Cultivating Mindfulness, Practicing Presence, Inviting Intimacy with Our Voices, Focused Intention, Abiding in the Center of the Song, Fully Embodied Singing, The Heart of Improvisation, Summoning Your Unique Soul Songs, Witnessing our Womanhood, Song as Offering, Song as Renewal, Song as Surrender, Connecting with the Soul of the Song, Singing as Prayer, Awakening Inner Wisdom, Singing the Spirit of the Land, Song and Silence, Honoring Our Ancestors, Full Bodied Singing, Your Own Vibration as Sound Healing, Scales and Modes Practice

About Heather:

Heather Houston is a beloved song leader, choral director, recording artist, and women’s vocal empowerment coach born and raised in Santa Cruz County, California. With over 30 years of experience writing, producing, and teaching and leading music, Heather is passionate about uplifting hearts, freeing voices, and building strong, loving communities through the power of singing.

She is best known as the founding director of the Yala Lati Women’s Choir, and as a collaborator in transformational singing experiences at venues such as Sivananda Bahamas, Soulshine Bali, The Esalen Institute, 1440 Multiversity, LA SongFest, Vox Mundi Santa Cruz, Threshold Choir events, and Community Singing Camps.

Since 2021, Heather has hosted her own Sisters in Harmony Retreats at the Green Mountain Retreat Center in the Santa Cruz Mountains, welcoming over 100 participants each year.

During the pandemic, she brought together thousands of singers and song leaders from around the globe for Sisters in Harmony Global Zoom Sings—a virtual sanctuary of healing and connection that later evolved into the Global Harmony Summit: five days of online singing with 40 international song leaders and over 400 participants. The next summit is set for Winter 2027.

Heather continues to offer a wide range of online programs, including The Art of Mindful Singing, Singing as Sanctuary,Harmony Singing, and Sisters in Harmony Song Leader Trainings.

Her original music, infused with themes of unity, healing, communion with the natural world, and spiritual connection, is sung in communities across the world. Her songs can be found in her online song library and on all major streaming platforms.