Course dates are Sundays, April 12, 19, 26; May 3, 17, 24, 31; and June 7, 2026. (No class May 10 because of Mother’s Day in the US.) This 8-week mindfulness course is specifically designed for people with voice disorders. It is modeled after the evidence-based Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) curriculum. It is taught by mindfulness and voice teacher Catherine K. Brown. (Read more about her story as a singer who used mindfulness to overcome muscle tension dysphonia.)

NEW THIS YEAR! For those who experience throat pain, I will incorporating insights and exercises from Pain Reprocessing Therapy, a modality that helps people recover from chronic pain and muscle tension.

All classes take place live on Zoom and are also recorded for asynchronous viewing. Participants will receive:

• lifetime access to six (6) mindfulness meditations for home practice

• lifetime access to five (5) yoga videos for home practice

• weekly emails with home practice assignments over the eight (8) weeks of the course

• a curated list of extensive mindfulness and voice resources to explore after the course is complete

• access to a private Facebook group for all current and past course participants

• a Q&A session with a voice specialist speech-language pathologist

Mindfulness can help people with voice disorders reduce and manage stress, physical tension and pain or discomfort, social and emotional isolation, and feelings of loss. Practicing mindfulness in a group with a trained instructor has been shown to produce better outcomes than practicing alone.

This curriculum has been tested in a research study of mindfulness in people with voice disorders. Articles about the research have been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Voice and in Dysphonia International’s newsletter.

Mindfulness may not be appropriate for participants who: 1) have an active addiction, 2) are suicidal, or 3) have untreated psychosis, PTSD, depression, or anxiety that would interfere with their ability to complete the course. If you have questions about whether mindfulness is appropriate for you, please contact Catherine.