About me
About me
Alexandra Rigazzi-Tarling BMus. MMus. MCoSH
Alexandra is a professionally trained Opera Singer with over 25 years international performance and teaching experience. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Zurich Opera Studio studying the workings of the human voice and its affect on the body and mind.
On her return from living and in Italy for five years, Alexandra trained with Simon Heather and has been a qualified Sound Therapist and Healer since 2010 and a Tutor for the College of Sound Healing since 2014 and offers Sound Therapy and Healing as a complementary therapy, as well as teaching courses and workshops on the subject, specialising in using the Voice as a healing tool for personal development.
Alexandra holds an Honours Degree in Music and a Masters Degree in Music Performance, and a Practitioner and Tutor's Diploma in Sound Healing with the College of Sound Healing. She is a certified Reiki Master Teacher and Assemblage Point Alignment Practitioner and has worked in the field of Meditation particularly with the use of Sound for well over a decade. Alexandra began offering Sound Baths in her local area back in 2010 when the concept was virtually unheard of in the UK.
Alexandra has taught singing and a system she calls Singing Therapy and Voice Reconnection®, throughout Europe as a workshop leader, working to promote the many benefits of singing for stress relief and other conditions such as Dystonia, Asperger's, and Dementia.
Alexandra has given workshops for the Dystonia Society in the UK, developing ways to ease symptoms of muscle spasms through using breath control and the voice, and also for the College of Sound Healing annual conferences, entitled, "Voice Your Sound" and "Voice Reconnection®".
In 2018/19 Alexandra completed levels 1-4, as well as the first year of the Estill Certified Master Teacher training and continues to advocate the need to understand the human voice and how it actually works based on scientific research. Much of this research to date was undertaken by Jo Estill whose philosophy was that, "everyone has a beautiful voice, they just have to know how to use it."
Alexandra has recently developed her knowledge of Vocal Anatomy and the Nervous System by undertaking dedicated training in the function of the Vagus Nerve. She was keen to formalise her knowledge and first hand experience of performance induced stress and her understanding of the voice as a tool for relaxation and Vagal Tone.
As a teacher of both young and mature students, as well as professional voice users in educational (including SEN), wellness and corporate settings, Alexandra is keen to keep up to date with a range of therapeutic interventions for healing and wellbeing. In 2022 she began studying (part-time) for a Master's in Psychology, specialising in Mental Heath and Wellbeing with the idea of using this to pave the way for future research in the field of voice and sound for wellbeing.
Alongside training Sound Healing Practitioners, Alexandra continues her work in education as a visiting vocal coach two days a week, as well as her private voice coaching practice and enjoys maintaining this link with formal music including opera, musical theatre and popular styles. The pandemic saw a shift to online singing lessons, and Alexandra has continued with this, enjoying being able to connect and work with clients around the world as well as with SEN schools within the UK.
Alexandra is passionate about assisting people in unlocking their voice, and loves to dive into the physical and technical restrictions that people are often unaware of. Once the physical is unlocked, and self-judgement superseded (although this can take time!), a new understanding of self and vocal sound begins to emerge, and life begins here....with the Sound of You.
To follow Alexandra on Instagram, please see the link icons at the bottom of the page.
For further info about Alexandra's former performance career including demos, please visit www.alexandrarigazzi-tarling.com
Alexandra is a professionally trained Opera Singer with over 25 years international performance and teaching experience. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Zurich Opera Studio studying the workings of the human voice and its affect on the body and mind.
On her return from living and in Italy for five years, Alexandra trained with Simon Heather and has been a qualified Sound Therapist and Healer since 2010 and a Tutor for the College of Sound Healing since 2014 and offers Sound Therapy and Healing as a complementary therapy, as well as teaching courses and workshops on the subject, specialising in using the Voice as a healing tool for personal development.
Alexandra holds an Honours Degree in Music and a Masters Degree in Music Performance, and a Practitioner and Tutor's Diploma in Sound Healing with the College of Sound Healing. She is a certified Reiki Master Teacher and Assemblage Point Alignment Practitioner and has worked in the field of Meditation particularly with the use of Sound for well over a decade. Alexandra began offering Sound Baths in her local area back in 2010 when the concept was virtually unheard of in the UK.
Alexandra has taught singing and a system she calls Singing Therapy and Voice Reconnection®, throughout Europe as a workshop leader, working to promote the many benefits of singing for stress relief and other conditions such as Dystonia, Asperger's, and Dementia.
Alexandra has given workshops for the Dystonia Society in the UK, developing ways to ease symptoms of muscle spasms through using breath control and the voice, and also for the College of Sound Healing annual conferences, entitled, "Voice Your Sound" and "Voice Reconnection®".
In 2018/19 Alexandra completed levels 1-4, as well as the first year of the Estill Certified Master Teacher training and continues to advocate the need to understand the human voice and how it actually works based on scientific research. Much of this research to date was undertaken by Jo Estill whose philosophy was that, "everyone has a beautiful voice, they just have to know how to use it."
Alexandra has recently developed her knowledge of Vocal Anatomy and the Nervous System by undertaking dedicated training in the function of the Vagus Nerve. She was keen to formalise her knowledge and first hand experience of performance induced stress and her understanding of the voice as a tool for relaxation and Vagal Tone.
As a teacher of both young and mature students, as well as professional voice users in educational (including SEN), wellness and corporate settings, Alexandra is keen to keep up to date with a range of therapeutic interventions for healing and wellbeing. In 2022 she began studying (part-time) for a Master's in Psychology, specialising in Mental Heath and Wellbeing with the idea of using this to pave the way for future research in the field of voice and sound for wellbeing.
Alongside training Sound Healing Practitioners, Alexandra continues her work in education as a visiting vocal coach two days a week, as well as her private voice coaching practice and enjoys maintaining this link with formal music including opera, musical theatre and popular styles. The pandemic saw a shift to online singing lessons, and Alexandra has continued with this, enjoying being able to connect and work with clients around the world as well as with SEN schools within the UK.
Alexandra is passionate about assisting people in unlocking their voice, and loves to dive into the physical and technical restrictions that people are often unaware of. Once the physical is unlocked, and self-judgement superseded (although this can take time!), a new understanding of self and vocal sound begins to emerge, and life begins here....with the Sound of You.
To follow Alexandra on Instagram, please see the link icons at the bottom of the page.
For further info about Alexandra's former performance career including demos, please visit www.alexandrarigazzi-tarling.com