My 3-year- old sings and dance at her childcare and at home every day. I can see that she loves to naturally express her emotions and add all kind of imagination into her "performance". She is so happy and free when she does that. I prompted me to ask myself:

How often do we allow ourself to play, be goofy and be truly ourselves?

When was the last time you sing out loud even when we don't really know the lyrics or sure about the exact melody?

At what age we start to put that lid on ourselves, and no longer let ourselves to be free?

In my interview with Trish Watts, we talked about how singing is so freeing and nurturing for us. Especially when we have sadness or suffering stored as pain in our body. Not only it is healing, but it can also help us to connect and appreciate another human being. We also talked about InterPlay, an improvisation-based group play that uses storytelling, singing, dance, movement and stillness. I love how it helps people to open up and be free with themselves in the process.

Trish Watts is a singer, songwriter, and educator with extensive experience as a performing artist, voice movement therapy facilitator in Australia and overseas. Trish Co-Founded InterPlay® Australia, a community arts practice of almost years, and is a published songwriter and recording artist. She is co-created the startup of Cambodia Sings. She also partners with Empowering Youth Cambodia, the Music Arts School and Liger Learning Centre.

Episode Notes:

* Discover voice movement therapy as a way to express our emotions, explore our unconscious mind and our shadows in a safe and positive place.

* If you consider our mind is in our head and emotion is in our heart, voice is right in the middle. If one part says yes, the other says no, there is a constriction. Working with our voice can move it through and combine the two together.

* Emotional suffering can cause our body a lot of pain, singing can help to free up our body.

* Use breathing and soft singing to open up a dialogue to understand where the pain is stored in our body and to better understand what that pain is about. What aspect of human nature that represents?

* InterPlay has been established as a practice to unlock our body wisdom for about 30 years. It is an improvisational group play that involves storytelling, singing, dance, movement and stillness.

* It helps people to work on connection and "just takes the lid off". You can then actually appreciate the beauty of being human and the beauty of another human being in front of you and who they are.

* Why it is so nurturing when we allow ourself to play and be free from judgement.

* Cambodia Sings: A youth program to bring back the joy of singing and the love of singing for all of Cambodians.

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