When your voice just needs a good “ooga booga”

When your voice just needs a good “ooga booga”

Making strange sounds may be exactly what your body needs

I was recently working like crazy on a new program I’m creating.

If you’ve ever built something from scratch like that, you know how intense it can be. Hours of thinking, writing, designing pages, making decisions, tweaking tiny details.

I had been sitting on the couch most of the day working. My body was tired. I haven’t been exercising much lately because we’ve been moving houses and life has been full.

But inside my body… energy was surging.

Excitement.
Frustration.
Creative fire.
A little overwhelm.

It was one of those strange states where you feel everything at once.

At some point I just couldn’t sit there anymore.

Marvin was laying in bed resting, and I suddenly threw myself onto the bed next to him and started speaking in these completely ridiculous sounds.

Wild, nonsense sounds.

Bouncing around.
Making strange noises.
Basically behaving like a joyful cave woman who had lost all social conditioning.

And thankfully, I have a partner who knows how to ride the waves with me.

Instead of looking at me like I had lost my mind, he just started laughing and getting silly with me.

After a few minutes of that, I hopped into the shower.

And in the shower I started chanting this sort of “ooga booga” rhythm, letting my voice move in whatever way it wanted. Low sounds. High sounds. Strange sounds. Sounds with absolutely no meaning at all.

I wasn’t trying to make anything beautiful.

I was letting emotion move.

There was frustration in there.
Creative pressure.
Excitement about the program.
All kinds of energy that didn’t have words.

So I let it come out as sound.

By the time I got out of the shower, my whole body felt different.

Clearer.
Lighter.
Reset.

I’d also discovered some fun new sounds to make with my voice. 

And later that evening I was able to go back to working on the program and get a lot of really good work done.

This is something I wish more people understood about the voice.

Using your voice isn’t just about singing beautifully.

Sometimes your voice is simply the release valve for your nervous system.

Emotion moves through vibration.

And when we let that vibration come out of the body instead of trapping it inside… something shifts.

You don’t need to sound good, to find the “right” notes, or even to use words.

Sometimes you just need to let your voice be a little wild.

Sometimes you just need a good ooga booga moment.

Your body will thank you for it.

Keep singing, wild soul, for yourself and for the whole. 

BlesSINGS!