Song, Sound & Sacred Space-Holding
For anyone ready to deepen their relationship with their own voice, come into their fullest expression, and share song and sound as medicine in safe and sacred ways.
Your voice is the most powerful sound healing instrument there is, and you already carry it. These five days teach you how to use it fully, and how to hold that experience for other people.
This training blends vocal activation, trauma-informed facilitation, song transmission, and group leadership skills, so you can hold vocal and sound work in your own rooms with real skill and reverence. Five days at The Yoga Barn in Ubud. Some people come already holding rooms and wanting to hold them better. Some come for their own voice first, and leave with the skill to hold a room when they are ready. You are welcome either way.
A short glimpse of the songs, sound, and shared presence at the heart of this training.
For many people on the spiritual path, growth has meant collecting peak experiences: ceremonies, retreats, trainings. But the real medicine lives somewhere older and simpler, in the ancient technology of circle and communal singing, and in the voice itself, the most powerful sound healing instrument there is. This training uses that technology to bridge heart and mind, to choose authenticity over attachment, and to heal the wound of not feeling worthy to be seen and heard.
Yogis, teachers, creatives, and space-holders: if you already hold space for others, this is where you learn to hold sound too.
Not sure you’re ready for the full five-day training yet? Start by leading one circle. The free Vocal Flow Circle Blueprint gives you a complete 60-minute structure, two warm-ups, a heart song, and the essentials for holding sacred space.
Get the free Circle Blueprint →This training is not a technique or a script. It’s five interwoven skill sets that let you facilitate vocal and somatic work with real competence, real care, and real depth.
Vocal care, projection, range, resonance, and harmony. Building the physical foundation and confidence to use your voice fully, and to guide others in using theirs.
Teaching songs clearly, leading call-and-response, and holding rhythm and pitch for a group. The practical craft of passing a song from your voice into a room.
Trauma-informed presence, group dynamics, attunement, and ritual. How to read a room, hold what surfaces, and create a container people can trust.
Movement, nervous system tools, and emotional regulation. Working with the body first, so your facilitation is grounded in real physiology, not just intuition.
Improvisation, play, storytelling, and authentic presence. Trusting your own voice enough to lead from it, unscripted.
As part of this pillar, you’ll explore ten sacred archetypes from the bhakti and kirtan devotional tradition, and how to weave their energy and stories into your teaching, from kirtan to creative expression work.
Three short teachings from a vocal activation retreat training, so you can feel how this work actually moves before you give it five days.
Each of the five days follows a similar rhythm, held loosely enough to breathe and adjust as the group needs. This is the shape the days are built around.
Vocal Flow and embodied movement, opening the body and voice for the day ahead.
Time to integrate and settle in before the group work continues.
Group practice in leading songs, call-and-response, rhythm, and pitch.
A real break, built into every day.
Holding space, storytelling, and group dynamics in practice.
Closing the day’s work through ceremony, circle, or creative expression.
Evenings are left unstructured and optional, open for rest, connection, or an informal song circle for those who want to keep singing.
Everything you need to hold vocal and somatic work in your own rooms, with real understanding underneath it.
Real vocal skill: care, projection, range, and resonance, so you lead from a strong instrument, not strain.
A practical toolkit for teaching songs, leading call-and-response, and holding rhythm and pitch for a group.
Direct practice holding real moments in the room, through teach-backs and guided scenarios, not just theory.
A grounding in bhakti and kirtan lineage and nervous system tools, so your facilitation carries both skill and reverence.
40 contact hours from the five in-person days, plus 10 hours of self-study. A completion certificate, YACEP-eligible for Yoga Alliance continuing education, and a clear next step as a facilitator.
The HeartSongs Vocal Activation Songbook, plus lifetime access to the Vocal Flow Practice Library, a growing collection of 60-minute recorded classes, so you stay inspired and connected to the work long after the training ends.
Francie teaches weekly at The Yoga Barn, one of Ubud’s most established yoga centers. This training happens in that same lineage of teaching, on the same island, in the same devotional current.
Reserve Your PlaceVisa on Arrival is available at the airport for most nationalities, or you can apply online in advance through Indonesian immigration. Your passport should be valid for at least 6 months beyond your stay, and travel insurance is recommended.
The Yoga Barn sits centrally in Ubud, with guesthouses and hotels nearby for every budget. This training is non-residential, so we recommend booking your own accommodation somewhere within walking or scooter distance of the shala.
We’ll welcome guest experts from fields including bhakti and kirtan, creative expression, and shamanic alchemy throughout the training. The specific lineup is still being finalised.
Devotional call-and-response chanting and live musicianship, woven into the group’s practice.
Play, storytelling, and improvisation, supporting the confidence and authentic presence pillar.
Ritual and energetic practices drawn from shamanic tradition, offered as part of the container.
Francie is a voice healer, somatic guide, bhakti musician, yoga teacher, and retreat leader with 15+ years of experience creating spaces where real transformation happens, for herself and for the people she trains.
She is the creator of the Vocal Flow Method, a synthesis of somatic trauma integration, yoga and bhakti philosophy, and flow psychology. She teaches weekly at The Yoga Barn in Ubud and has led over 200 retreats and trainings.
This is the first time she is training facilitators directly in how to hold this work, not just how to receive it.
This particular training is new, so these are people who trained with me in yoga teacher trainings and mentorships. The voice work at the heart of it is the same.
Most facilitators who do this work well started before they felt fully ready. What they had instead was a real foundation, a room to practice in, and someone further down the path holding them while they found their footing. That is what these five days are for.
If you already hold space for others and feel the pull toward this work, that pull is the only qualification you need to apply.
Receive a 50-Hour Vocal Flow Certificate, 40 contact hours across the five in-person days plus 10 hours of self-study, YACEP-eligible for Yoga Alliance continuing education.
November 23-27, 2026 at The Yoga Barn, Ubud, Bali. Space is intentionally kept small to protect the quality of the practicum, and pricing rises as the training gets closer, so early applicants are rewarded for committing sooner.
Every tier includes
* This is a non-residential training. Flights, meals, and travel are not included.
Reserve Your PlacePrefer to wait and think it over? Join the waitlist for reminders as each pricing window closes, plus any updates before November.
No formal prerequisites. This training is for yogis, teachers, creatives, and space-holders already walking some path of service, ready to commit fully to all five in-person days. This work goes deep, and the group depends on full presence.
After You Register
You’ll receive a welcome letter after registering.
Before the training, you’ll be added to a private WhatsApp circle with the group.
Before the training, a private 1:1 Compassionate Inquiry call will be scheduled with Francie.
Getting certified is the easy part. Running your first real circle, in front of real people, is where most facilitators quietly stall.
So for three months after the training I stay with you.
$597 · three months · optional, and only for people who actually want to run circles.
If November is not your window
Sometimes the pull is real and the timing simply is not. Leave your name and I will come to you first when the next training opens, before it goes out to anyone else.
Do I need to be a certified yoga teacher to apply?
No formal certification is required. Many people arrive already holding space in some capacity, as a yoga teacher, coach, healer, therapist, or voice worker, and the training builds on the facilitation experience they have. If you are coming mainly to deepen your own voice, you are welcome too, and you will leave with the skills ready for whenever you want them.
How is this different from Francie’s retreats or Rising Resonance?
Francie’s retreats and the Rising Resonance mentorship are built for your own transformation. This training is built to teach you how to hold that transformation for someone else. It’s practitioner-facing, skills-based, and focused on facilitation, not personal breakthrough.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. You’ll leave with a 50-Hour Vocal Flow Certificate: 40 contact hours earned during the five in-person days, plus 10 hours of self-study. It’s YACEP-eligible for Yoga Alliance continuing education, along with clear next steps for bringing this work into your own practice.
What if I’ve never facilitated vocal or sound work specifically?
That’s expected, and part of why this training exists. What matters is that you already hold space for others in some form. The vocal and sound-specific skills are exactly what these five days teach.
Is there a limit on group size?
Yes. This training is intentionally kept small so every participant gets real practice time and real feedback during the practicum.
What is the investment, and what does it include?
Pricing rises in three tiers as the training gets closer: Super Early Bird at $600 USD through September 1, 2026, Early Bird at $700 USD through October 15, 2026, and Regular Tuition at $800 USD from October 16 through the training dates. Every tier includes the full five days of training at The Yoga Barn, the complete five-pillar curriculum, guided practicum and teach-backs, and your 50-Hour Vocal Flow Certificate. Travel and accommodation in Ubud are arranged separately.
Do I need to play an instrument, or will I learn one?
No instrument is needed. This work is voice-led, and everything you learn to hold rests on the voice rather than on accompaniment. If you already play something like a harmonium, guitar, or drum, bring it and there will be space to use it. If you do not play anything, you will never be at a disadvantage in this room.
Do I need to be a good singer?
No, and this is the question I get most. This is not about performance or a beautiful voice. It is about resonance, presence, and being willing to make sound. Some of the most powerful facilitators I know came in convinced they could not sing.
What if I want this for myself and I am not sure I will ever teach it?
That is a completely valid reason to come. Learning to hold this work for other people is one of the fastest ways to deepen it in yourself, because you have to understand why it works, not just feel that it does. Come for your own voice, and take the facilitation skills with you either way.
Where do I stay, and are meals included?
Travel, accommodation, and meals are arranged separately, so you are free to choose what suits you. Ubud has options at every budget within walking or short-scooter distance of The Yoga Barn, and there is a real lunch break built into every day. Email me if you would like suggestions.
What if I can’t attend all five days?
This training is built as a single connected arc, each day builds on the last, so full attendance is expected. If your dates change before November, reach out and we’ll figure it out together.
You already hold space.
Now hold this.
Five days. Real skill. Real lineage. A room full of people ready to carry this work forward with you.
Questions? francie@pureflow.yoga