Throughout the ages the voice has been utilized for healing, self expression, tribal ritual, connection with the Divine and much more. Song is used during work, birth and death to engender connection as well as letting go. Some research even suggests that our own voice carries all the healing vibration we each need to come into complete balance. Anyone who can speak can sing. It is not about perfection it is about expression.

Breakthrough Performance Workshops use the voice as a tool for transformation and healing as well as celebration. In all formats from the day-long to the 10 week advanced course people of all ages and singing ability come together to express the essence of the soul and to support each other through the process. An environment is carefully designed that encourages each person’s authentic and unique voice to emerge naturally. Through group participation and the willingness to “take the ride” you have the opportunity to see yourself and the world in a new way.

Self confidence and creativity are natural by-products of this process as is the ability to be more present in everyday life. “Breakthrough gets you from the inside out” as one of the thousands of graduates so beautifully put it. When the voice is used for the purpose of healing it automatically brings us more present in the body. By just showing up, allowing the music to heal, the voice to open and the spirit to return to the body we become more of who we are.

Whether your intention is simply to deepen your connection to self and others or to fulfill the dream of singing with a live professional band on stage - Breakthrough supports your transformation starting right where you are. And you can have a lot of fun while you do it!

Breakthrough regularly offers many levels of workshops - including our 8 and 10 week courses which culminate in an exhilarating full stage production performance with exceptionally supportive musicians and audience. We also create specialized programs for corporations, small businesses, families or any group interested in a
collaborative, creative, inspiring, team-building experience.

No prior singing experience required.

"I want to sing like birds sing. Not worrying who hears or what they think."
Rumi

The Eye Of The Hurricane
Mick Pulver, Breakthrough Founder

From an early age, it had been my life passion to be creatively expressed through music. In my thirty-five years as a performer, musician and singer, I learned to experience what is often referred to as “being in the eye of the hurricane.” The hurricane is among the most powerful weather phenomena and one of the most destructive forces in nature. However its center, the eye of the hurricane, is completely calm. If you were to remain in the eye you would experience stillness, no matter how chaotic or destructive the storm that rages around you. Being human in many ways mirrors this paradoxical situation. The chaotic nature of our world often distracts us from ourselves and seduces us out of the eye of the hurricane – our center.

Onstage, I experienced moments of grace when the audience, the music and the musicians became one and time seemed to stand still. Being in the midst of the loud music, the roar of the crowd and the adrenaline rush from this wild, chaotic energy was the most profound experience of my life. I became fascinated with this energy and found I could let it take me, yet stay very grounded in a state of intense presence. For decades to follow and countless performances, the study of this phenomenon became my life’s work.

On this journey, I discovered the connection among performing, presence and singing. I found that the voice, particularly singing, is innately one of the most liberating forms of release and expression. Whenever feelings are repressed, they become energy blocks in the body. Singing in a state of present awareness, directed at these energy blocks, takes us to a state of grace, centered in our own being.

All of this created a burning desire in me to support others in having this experience. In the past seven years of leading Breakthrough Performance I’ve had the opportunity to guide people in reclaiming this state of wholeness and giving themselves more permission to embrace their aliveness. As I shared this, I also discovered the incredible healing that occurs from being seen in authentic expression.

I believe being in the body, fully occupying the moment and allowing our true self to shine is our birthright. I have found the most profound doorway to joy and health is through deeply expressed singing. Centered in the eye of the hurricane, life is a joyous, rich, full and passionate experience.