Awakening the Voice with Sonia Kreitzer and the Healing Power of Sound

Send us Fan MailThis week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a deeply human conversation as we sit down with Sonia Kreitzer, singer, songwriter, sound healer, and the creative force behind Doe Paoro. With over 40 million global streams, tours with artists like the Gypsy Kings and KT Tunstall, and music featured across film, TV, and international radio, Sonia brings artistry and profound devotion to healing, earth connection, and the reclamation of the human voice.Sonia’s work is rooted in decades of study with indigenous music and medicine carriers from the Shipibo-Conibo of Peru to the Noke Koi of Brazil to her training in Tibetan opera. She teaches that music is a technology of harmony and that sound is one of our most powerful tools for repair, reconnection, and awakening consciousness.This episode offers an intimate look at how our voices, individually and collectively, can support us through a time of collapse, leadership transition, cultural change, and spiritual reorientation. In This Episode:Why Sonia teaches that your truest voice begins in the body, not the mindHow empowered environments transform teams, communities, and the stories we tell about ourselvesExploring the grief, gratitude, and potency of remembering where we come fromA journey into sensing, feeling, and expressing from the truth beneath imitationCreating spaces where every voice is honored and where leadership becomes a shared practiceHow understanding ancestry dissolves generational silence and awakens authentic expressionSimple practices, like humming and singing, that ground the body, open the heart, and reawaken vitalityUsing music to grieve what’s ending while birthing what’s possible in challenging timesFinding aliveness in the dance between endings, renewals, and the spaces in betweenHow “sonic acupuncture” dissolves emotional blockages and sparks transformationGrounding techniques that build resilience, presence, and community strengthUpcoming Experience: Activating the Voice RetreatCosta Rica • December 27 – January 3A transformative week-long immersion (limited spots). Register here.About Sonia:Sonia Kreitzer is a singer, songwriter, and sound healer who released music as “Doe Paoro.” Her music has over 40 million streams worldwide and has been featured in film, television and radio internationally. She has toured with artists like The Gipsy Kings and KT Tunstall, and her work is informed by her deep care for the earth and her belief that music can support healing and awaken consciousness. She sees music as technology of harmony and her perspective is shaped by her decades-long studies with indigenous music and medicine carriers, specifically the Shipibo-Conibo people of Peru, the Noke Koi of Brazil and studying Tibetan opera singing. She is the creator of Activating the Voice, an online course and in-person retreat series that seeks to support groups in expressing what has been historically silenced through the joy of singing.Website: www.doepaoro.comwww.uplevelproductions.comhttps://www.instagram.com/uplevelproductions/https://www.linkedin.com/company/uplevelproductionscompanyhttps://www.facebook.com/uplevelproductionscompany