Seminars

Seminars, Special Training, and Events

These seminars can be taught in any combination depending upon the needs of your organization or the individual.

Contact us for specific information and pricing.

Public Speaking / Business

Catch yourself snoring at the last business presentation you attended? Wondering if yours are just as boring? Gillian Kelly can help your words inspire and excite people so that you can sell your products or ideas with confidence and charisma. Gillian will help you look and feel like the expert you want to be. Gillian’s unique approach will turn your presentation into a conversation that truly reflects your individuality and enables you to make a memorable and effective presentation with powerful results. Gillian Kelly will teach you to:

  • Create a great first impression and instant rapport with your audience
  • Reduce nervousness
  • Take command of your audience, use gestures and voice to powerfully deliver your message
  • Use humor correctly to enhance your presentation
  • Use your visual aids effectively
  • Understand your audience and think on your feet
  • Develop and execute a presentation for any occasion
  • Release your own charisma and free your individual voice
  • Hourly In-house courses or private coaching available.

Vocal Health For Teachers

Unfortunately teachers have more voice problems than any other professionals. Fortunately the knowledge of a few important techniques can prevent these common vocal issues. No matter what grade or subject you teach, this training can bring awareness of factors directly related to vocal health, such as inadequate volume, hoarseness, and voice loss. Gillian Kelly will explore the behavioral, environmental and psychological factors that influence the vocal health of teachers. Through a series of physical, vocal, and awareness exercises, Gillian will easily guide you to a better understanding of your voice and how to use it and care for it properly.

In-House seminars or private coaching are available.

Bodywork 4 Singers

Developed by Gillian Kelly, Bodywork 4 Singers (B4S) is a method of self-massage based on several disciplines including rolfing, feldenkrais yoga, zen healing arts, and others. B4S is based on Structural Integration taught by Everett Ogawa and Ximena Prudencio.

Fascia is the organ of posture. Nobody ever says this; all the talk is about muscles. Yet this is a very important concept…especially the anatomy of fascia. The body is a web of fascia. A spider web is in a plane; our body’s web is in a sphere. We can trace the lines of that web to get an understanding of how what we see in a body works. -Dr. Ida P. Rolf

The fascia (connective tissue) provides structural support for the skeleton as well as muscles, tendons, and organs. Gillian will teach you a method of massage and stretching which will elongate the tissue and affect the entire structural system.

B4S will:

  • Improve posture and alignment
  • Increase breath capacity
  • Increase mobility and flexibility
  • Increase awareness and freedom
  • Relieve chronic tension in neck and shoulders
  • Every singer or actor would benefit greatly from this work!
Jon Fairman Tenor, St. Vincent de Paul Chamber Chorale, Chicago”]I have sung in church choirs for close to 35 years. In all that time, I was never comfortable singing (nor did I think I was able to sing) anything higher than an F. Through a variety of breathing, body (structural alignment) and vocal exercises, not only was I made aware of how important it is to think of my entire body as a support system for my singing voice, but I was also able to sing above an F comfortably and with confidence. And all of this was accomplished through a bodywork seminar Gillian conducted with my choir on a Friday evening and Saturday. Gillian is amazing!