Learn techniques to open your voice, root your work, and bring more depth into your emotional life and character work.
Pamela will lead you through a series of dynamic exercises that incorporate elements of Fitzmaurice Voicework©, Laughter Yoga, Prana Yoga, as well as from her work in Poland and Japan.

You will leave with day exhausted, refreshed, and inspired by YOUR potential and with tools that you can use to live and create more deeply and fully!

Pamela will send you a few lines of text to learn for the workshop! Get ready to break free and fly!

For All Levels
Taught by Pamela Prather
Saturday December 3rd, 9:30 -5:30
Jefferson Towers Community Room
Tuition: $140 ($115 discounted rate for trems, union, students)

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Contact: Pamela Prather
917-868-0211
coach@pamelaprather.com

Where: Jefferson Towers Community Room
700 Columbus Avenue
(Between 94th and 95th Streets)
NYC, NY 10025

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