Somatics — bridging science and spirituality
Rather than competing, science and spirituality go beautifully hand-in-hand. During my psychology studies, the neuroscientific explanations of the effects of trauma, combined with the spiritual aspects which flowered during my research of psychedelics, helped me bridge the scientific and spiritual worlds. This helped inform my understanding of somatics to materialize into what it is today.
Spiritual language
Blocked energy
Stored trauma in body
Energy release
Flow restored
Scientific equivalent
Dysregulated nervous system activation
Implicit memory + physiological patterning
Autonomic discharge / completion of stress response
Improved self-regulation & vagal tone
How it looks/feels
Stiffness, numbness, deadness
Depression, anxiety, burnout
Crying, deep exhales, shaking
Regulated heart rate, calm, presence
What is Somatic Singing?
Singing is full implementation of the instrument you were born with.
In my view, all healthy singing is inherently somatic—a whole-body experience rooted in sensation, breath, and presence.
Somatic singing offers immediately applicable, practical tools that support mind-body coherence and nervous system regulation. Rather than striving to perform, the practice invites people to feel truly at home in their bodies. For many, this becomes a catalyst for self-connection, emotional integration, and long-term healing.
After singing and teaching voice professionally for over a decade, I witnessed again and again the profound link between vocal expression and personal empowerment.
As a singer-turned-psychologist, I came to understand somatic voice work as a direct gateway to the subconscious—allowing emotional patterns to surface, release, and reorganize with greater resilience and self-trust.
Much like modalities such as EMDR or kinesiology, somatic voice work facilitates change primarily through subconscious and physiological processes rather than cognitive effort. By engaging the voice experientially, participants often experience emotional and physiological shifts both immediately and over time—without needing to “analyze” or verbalize their experience.
About
Hello! My name is Christie Dixon. As early as I can remember, I have asked myself why people think and act the way they do. How is it that two people respond so vastly differently to the same stimulus? I grew up in a very musical and diverse family and community, which provided a rich—albeit at times challenging—playground for discovery in my early years.
After my formal training in choral music education and vocal performance, I sang professionally and taught internationally in San Francisco, Paris, and Zürich.
I later completed a Master’s degree in Psychology and worked in clinical and research settings including the University of Zurich, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, and University Hospital Zurich. My work has contributed to psychedelic research involving psilocybin, ayahuasca, and LSD, where I have supported participants through altered states of consciousness with psychological and somatic integration.
After spending some intense time in the worlds of psychology and academia, I saw how somatic modalities like psychedelics were helping remedy the immense lack of holistic and preventative measures in the fields of healthcare and psychotherapy. Simultaneously, my (part time) singing/choir students increasingly expressed the psychological and physiological benefits they were experiencing from singing. I also hungered for more profound spirituality and artistic expression. I learned over time that these worlds combine harmoniously into one.
One of my greatest passions is supporting individuals and groups in regulating their inner worlds, accessing deeper states of awareness, and reconnecting with their innate capacity for healing.
Next Steps
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