CHARLOTTE BOYD 

I live in the Scottish Highlands with my family. I am a Song Leader, Sound Practitioner, Movement Facilitator, Vocalist, Songwriter and Producer. You can explore my music here. Alongside my wider practice, I am a trained Singing Mamas Leader, offering women’s singing circles in support of maternal wellbeing.

I offer group and one to one work in vocal sound therapy, therapeutic singing, embodiment practices and voice work. With over a decade of experience in these areas, I bring a grounded, compassionate and empowering approach to my work. I am a qualified, insured and trauma-informed practitioner.

My work is informed by many years of study and practice in sound, movement and embodied awareness. Between 2009 and 2015, I undertook training in Macrobiotic Health Nutrition, Five Element Theory and Traditional Chinese Medicine, which continues to influence my holistic, body-based approach.

In 2015, I trained with the School of Ecstatic Movement, completing a professional facilitator certification in embodied leadership through dance-based practice. Bringing together my trainings and experience, I later founded Firm Feet®, a practice supporting mental wellbeing through embodied movement, gentle dialogue and sound. Through this work, I curated the popular Dance in the Dark® movement meditation sessions in London and retreats in Portugal and Women’s workshops in Ireland. 

Between 2018 and 2020, I was part of an East London social prescribing initiative, working in collaboration with the NHS, Waltham Forest Council and CREST. Through this programme, I delivered funded community focused dance movement meditation sessions and facilitated a meditative support group, Share, supporting people experiencing disordered eating and body image difficulties. I also facilitated gentle movement meditation sessions for adults with Alzheimer’s disease and vulnerable people and disadvantaged communities in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. 

While building my practice, I curated and managed community music groups, events and workshops supporting disadvantaged communities in Waltham Forest, London. This included work at the Hornbeam Café in Walthamstow, and contributing to the buddy gardening and cooking schemes with OrganicLea Community Food Growers in Chingford, supporting shared learning around growing, cooking and food sovereignty, while fostering connection, skill-sharing and access to nourishing food.

Alongside this, as a singer and sound artist, I deepened my study of sound and completed a year-long training with the The College of Sound Healing to qualify as a Vocal Sound Practitioner and began delivering vocal sound baths and one to one Sound Therapy in London, and then Edinburgh and online. Over time, my practice naturally evolved to be held under my own name, reflecting the relational and community-centred way of working.

I have facilitated workshops, retreats and mental health programmes both in person and online, internationally. My professional experience includes developing and delivering movement, sound and meditation based programmes for the NHS Trust, City & Hackney Recovery College, and the Time to Change campaign, supporting efforts to reduce mental health discrimination. Since 2019, I have been teaching Body and Voice Connection for the Oak and Willow Yoga and Irish Spirituality Teacher Training Course with Sarah Fox.

If you feel drawn to work with me, I’d love to hear from you to discuss your intentions and how I can best support you.

Warmly,
Charlie