The Therapeutic Singing Program

“Woman is the artist of the imagination and the child in the womb is the cavas whereon she painteth her pictures”
~ Paracelsus (1493-1541)

Therapeutic Singing

Therapeutic singing uses the human voice — tone, rhythm, listening and sensing — to:

  • Relax and support expectant mothers during pregnancy with issues that come up.
  • Deepen prenatal bonding between parents and baby.
  • Prepare consciously each trimester towards creating a beautiful space for stimulation, growth and empowerment for birth.
  • Creating a path towards a joyful birthing experience.

Singing during pregnancy helps mothers to bond with their babies, find their own rhythm, builds confidence, and brings comfort to the birthing process for both mother and baby. Singing guides toward a healing process that brings harmony to body, mind and spirit.

Doulas and midwives who work with Giselle learn how to incorporate therapeutic singing into their practice — not as performance, but as a deeply human, supportive presence.

The Healing Power of the Mother’s Voice

Singing is one of the most natural and potent forms of nourishment a mother can offer her baby—both before and after birth. The voice is an instrument of health and well-being that every human being is born with. It is always available, everywhere, and we need no special training to harness its life-affirming healing gift.

Research in cymatics, the study of visible sound vibration, continued and pioneered in the 21st Century by John Stuart Reid, has shown that the frequencies of the human voice—especially when singing and chanting—create  infrared light that affects all the cells of the body. When sound is made visible through cymatic imaging, we see mandala-like forms that keep vibrating as long as the tone is sounding. The internet offers many beautiful examples of this phenomenon. 

Dr. Stephen Porges, developer of the Polyvagal Theory, has also illuminated why singing is so deeply regulating for the nervous system. The vagus nerve—linking the brain to the heart, lungs, and most major organs—is closely connected to the ear and the larynx. When we sing, hum, or chant, we gently stimulate this nerve, activating the parasympathetic system and fostering calm, safety, and connection.

Dr. Michel Odent, the visionary French obstetrician who recently passed away, understood this intimately. At his maternity clinic in Pithiviers, France, he invited mothers, fathers, and families to sing together before and after birth. He believed that these shared vibrations created an atmosphere of trust and tenderness—conditions essential for natural, unhurried birth. He himself enjoyed singing with elan.

Today, preventive health is often spoken of yet rarely practiced in its most elemental form. As Dr. Odent warned in his last posts and books, we are at a turning point in human history: modern birthing practices and the widespread medicalization of pregnancy risk distancing us from the natural wisdom of the body. It has become very common for prenatal and perinatal trauma to adversely shape our lives; and it is time to remember a healthier way.

This work invites and supports the expectant mother and couple to bring children into the world who are consciously conceived, nurtured in the womb, and brought into the light of the earth with love, patience and compassion. By learning how to incorporate singing into their lives, parents can spare children they bring into the world the trauma and suffering commonly endured up to now and optimize their wellbeing instead. 

Singing is truly a gift to humanity, an instrument of healing available to all. It touches and benefits all aspects of who we are: our physicality, our feelings, our minds, and our very identity as spiritual beings.

Will you, mother-to-be, answer life’s call to sing a healthier new generation into existence?