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Testimonials
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Voice
Dolli Melaine really helped me to find my very own special sound of my voice and taught me how I can increase and optimize it.
She showed me how I can get into my power and make it better and better.
I never knew that i have that big range and power in my voice before.
Dolli Melaine combines perfectly her knowledge and experiences from her singing career, her coachings and her work as a yoga teacher which definitely brings you so much forward in every step you take.
For me Dolli is the best voice coach I ever met in my life, because she gave me more than just voice teaching and training, what I got is belief and trust in myself too and that is something you need pretty much in this business.
Thanks from heart...
Cataleya Fay, singer/songwriter (Bavaria, Germany) www.cataleyafay.com
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Voice
“To me it is amazing the work that you do, and still I find it a little mysterious.
But it is so real, so genuine, unique and simple at the same time.
It feels like I am unfolding the petals of a hidden flower, hiding somewhere between my throat and my truest deepest being.
And you, Dolli, happen to know how to access it, and how to transmit that inner knowing to me.
My voice is becoming more free, more innocent, more velvety, and I am singing with greater and greater ease.
Not to mention the compliments I am getting recently, which only tell me more of how genuine your work is.” —Flor
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Voice
“Dolli has helped me go from being a struggling singer to finding something deep inside that
just flies out of me. Words can't express my gratitude for her unique, powerful techniques and deep
spiritual & artistic knowledge.
Dolli is a true jewel of a woman, artist and teacher!” — Elena Rayo, California
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Voice
Dolli is a gifted and inspiring teacher who demands her students connect with the authentic self and sing from that place. Her methods engage the entire physical body as the vocal instrument, and focus the breath, sound vibration, and visualization to expand the instrument to its greatest capacity. I have applied the gifts and insights I received from her to both my singing
and dancing and have found them profoundly helpful. Like all great teachers, Dolli addresses more than scales and exercises, she provides a path for self explorations.
Alison Clancy singer/songwriter & dancer extraordinaire (New York) www.alisonclancy.com
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Voice & Performance Workshop
A girl I got to know through a friend of mine recommended Dolli to me. When I heard her sing, her voice was so divine ~ it went straight to my heart. Since that very day I was determined to give this unique voice opening technique a try. I have always loved to sing but I didn’t feel like my voice was at its full strength. Reading through the homepage of Dolli’s website, the whole voice opening technique just sounded so intuitively right. “Dolli has an easy way about her and I enjoyed the time with her a lot. The lessons always started with some yoga-like exercises to help the body and soul to “flow like a river again”. There is no other way to describe this. Doing the breathing and imagination exercises felt good and helped me focus on my body and to learn how to use it as an instrument. I was amazed to hear sounds come out of me I have never heard before. The singing was never awkward. The real practicing started when Dolli offered me the chance to perform on stage with a group of her students. A truly horizon broadening experience! “I am so glad to have met Dolli and I know that the exercises and life experiences she shared with me have changed my life. Imagining to breathe in blue healing light into all my body parts and exhaling a golden waterfall has helped me many times to calm down and feel good.” —Lisi, (Vienna, Austria)
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Voice
Dolli Melaine showed me how to use my voice in a very challenging but playful way. She was the perfect guide for an amazing physical and mental trip through my whole body, with the destination to locate my voice and to experiment and play with it in a new and unique way. It gives me a lot of confidence to have the privilege to know how to use this voice opening technique. It is a really valuable secret now open to all who really want to bring their highest vocal potential out in an effective way.”
Eugene Ziegler, Singer, Artist (Vienna, Austria)
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Voice Speaking & Yoga
“I am thankful for the wonderful and inspiring time with Dolli Melaine. She has been assisting me in my inner development for four years and her “Yoga for the Voice” has put my voice back in its place, giving me the confidence and strength for my public speaking, in addition to
uplifting my body and soul. As a native English speaker, she also supervised and coached me in the speech recordings on the CD that accompanies my book “Homeopathic Healing…Self Responsibility Replacing Fear.”
Christine Laschkolnig M.D. (Vienna) Homeopathic Doctor, Author, Explorer and Speaker www.laschkolnig.com
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Voice, Speaking & Singing
Dolli is a completely unique voice coach and singing teacher. She teaches both how to speak and sing better and how to come from a much deeper place within yourself. With her help I have been surprised to reach whole new levels of intensity, clarity and ability with both my professional speaking and singing.
Jonathon Robinson, Author of numerous bestselling books and a professional speaker
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Speaking & Healing (Extreme voice challenge. Could not speak for 30 years.)
“Previously it was unthinkable for me to ask for something in a shop, so I always had to write what I wanted on a sheet of paper. Afterwards, I felt unhappy and weak. Now I do not have this problem anymore, as it has faded away. I am much more confident and enjoy talking. I have trained and learned that it is easy to use my speaking voice! Dolli Melaine’s voice opening method has helped me so that my severe problems with stuttering have disappeared and now I am much happier and more carefree in my life! Thank you very much Dolli!”
Gunter (Vienna)
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Voice & Yoga
Dolli's the most natural healer I've ever met. She works thru the voice (along w yoga and more) but it's a lot more than voice coaching. it's for anyone that would like to know—to experience—that they're a lot more than they think they are. Dolli helps you discover parts of yourself, in your voice, that you didn't know existed. all I can say is that you will not regret the few hours you put into this. extraordinary. sign up!
Douglass Truth, artist, performer, writer www.douglasstruth.com/
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Voice Workshop
I had such a great time at the last workshop. It jogged my memory and I'm using the tools! I can feel the difference in the amount of effort I don't have to make. When you're there it's not just easy, it's natural! Thanks Dolli!
Alyssa (Oakland, California)
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Voice
I gifted this series of classes to myself as a last min, "do something new, and out of my comfort zone," adventure. I had no idea what to expect. My whole life, since childhood, I had scripted negativity in my mind and actual insulting dialogue around my singing. I truly believed I was just not "musically inclined," and learned to accept that as fact. However, some kind of blessed phenomenon occurred, a beautiful friend of mine told me about her voice coach/ teacher, and thought I would be interested. Our bodies are instruments needing to be used, exercised and expressed. The healing I received thru Dolli's guidance, and very applicable method, has expanded my appreciation for my voice instrument, as well as my whole body. Dolli teaches that your body is the instrument. Tuning into proper alignment, taking in and expressing breath properly, and visualizing the cathedral within, to cultivate an authentic sound, is healing. I would recommend her class to the most experienced singers, surely you would gain a new awareness of where to focus your breath and empower your already blessed voice, and to those like me, who maybe think singing is just something you're horrible at. We have voices, it's an essential part of health to utilize them. Dolli is amazing! I look forward to practicing with her in the future. My life is enriched forever by this class.
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Voice, Online Lessons
I have been taking voice lessons with Dolli for 3 years now. For the last year, she has been in Europe and I live in California, so we have been doing Skype lessons. I feel the lessons work just as well if not better in this fashion. I can truly say Dolli hears EVERYTHING, where you come from inside yourself, how genuine your voice is, what space you are projecting into, Skype does not in any way interfere with that. I feel I do have the full quality of a lesson with her when on Skype, and in addition, it's in the comfort of my home on a schedule that suits me and allow me to have lessons when I am rested and not caught in my usual overfilled schedule. There are occasional technical difficulties, but they are not significant. I highly recommend this as an avenue for making progress with your voice.
Angela Ingendaay, Grass Valley, California
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Voice & Breath
ALL THE BREATH WORK HAS REALLY HELPED ME THIS WEEK, Even sung last night :) I am singing more and more, and feeling more secure in my power as well, it has been absolutely wonderful. And yeah, that is what is beautiful about this world, the diversity, and with respect, we still see harmony within its diversity. You are great!
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Voice
Music aside, today was one of the most outstanding experiences i have had in a while.
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Voice
love my voice body as an instrument so sexy!!
i got to tell my erotic gals about u. :) thanks love, so in love w my voice and this energy
that moves so naturally and beautifully of its own.
Colleen, (california)
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Voice Workshop
I absolutely loved this class!!! You're a great teacher...WOWZER!!! I felt completely comfortable, I come from a long line of singers but was always ridiculed for not having a singing voice and was never shown or taught how to do ANY of what you showed us, it really clicked and awoke something I've always wanted to do but to embarrassed....so for all these years I've quietly sang only to myself I had no problem with the shame of being bad (was even told by my old boss I had a horrible speaking voice) now I know as I've gotten older these people should have NEVER treated me that way, shame on them!
I felt relaxed and accepted with you and your class members.
I can't wait to share the book with my son when he gets here tomorrow, he writes his own songs plays banjo, mandolin and guitar all from ear, never plays cover songs, only his own and I love that.........he hasn't yet opened his voice up but he has a deep voice that if awakened............look out!!!
Thank you again!
Linda (California)
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Voice Workshop
Everyone seemed really excited about the workshop! I got more positive feedback afterwards…..and have been wanting to share that with you!!
great job :::))))
elyse, (california)
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Voice
Thanks for the stellar afternoon. YOU are good medicine. Thanks for seeing into the songs – feels so good to find more of the truth and to be heard like that – super healing
Traci (California)
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Voice Workshop
I was pretty speechless after your class on Saturday - I think you could see that that was a challenge for me - but fortunately you are good at reading eyes and energy so I didn't have to speak much. I really got a lot out of the comments you gave to me specifically, very valuable places to start, thank you.
And as for the class as a whole - well, it was a large group, but it got really cohesive, you have excellent energy-weaving skills. When I went home and was finally able to lie down and take it all in, I realized I'd received a major healing, just where I needed it, along with the advice I needed to learn to continue it myself.
DS (Califoria)
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Voice Opening Book
Hi from nyc Dolli!
I read your book on the plane and its great! very very great! I wish you lots of success and look forward to seeing you in Vienna before you leave.
Eva (Vienna)
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Voice
I opened a book to see a picture of Dolli Melaine and I knew she was my teacher. From the moment I met Dolli she has continued to bring through the purest and most natural sound that I have ever heard come out of me. I love to sing. I love the sound I hear when I sing. The Techniques that she uses brought total body awareness and began to change and shape my entire being into its pure and natural state. She has a great sense of humor and a soft tone in which she speaks. Her ability to hear a sound in her head and make that same sound come out of her students is pure magic. God Bless you Dolli. I love the passion she has for this work and the love she freely gives. She has the ability to bring every one she touches into a higher place of living and singing. Thank you Dolli for inspiring me to sing and be the singer that I AM.
Maria Seno (California)
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Voice Workshop
Dolli, Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Your approach to voice and heart; healing and singing; was exactly right on time during my path toward healing.
Using the imagery you gave and watching , hearing and feeling the way in which you used your voice/air, helped me to imitate and use your techniques and tie it together. Singing feels simply joyful as it hums through the body.
Today was my first time to sing in the company of more than one person, an enormous hurdle, as i have always been shy of public speaking, let alone singing. I want to let my voice tell my hearts story, with nothing but the purity you speak of, and when i get there, i'm hoping it will be exhilaratingly liberating. Hopefully like and a bit like riding a bike as far as neural motor memory.
Your "way" is a joy to learn from! Again, thanks. I'd like to know when you may be offering future workshops. It's been my pleasure,
Rebecca (California)
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Voice/Healing
As an Art Therapist I have done alot with different medias (like painting, music, etc.) Dollis Voice Opening classes were not only voice training for me but much more. : I found a new body consciousness, a new attitude towards my breathing and the fun in singing. The professional way she teaches gave me so much trust that it became really fun to experiment with my voice
and my body. Dolli helped me not only in opening my voice but also in opening my body.and as a result of this, I also noticed a profound "inner development".
Elisabeth Pullman (Vienna) * Art Therapist and Theater Director
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Yoga & Voice
I was in one of the first Yoga-lessons Dolli Melaine held in Vienna and since then her teaching in Yoga-and then especially in voice-lessons has been a part of my development in general but especially for my voice. Her teaching is a special way that showed me where my voice actually is located in my body and how I can use it as a tool.
It is a skill that you can always use, once you have understood. Your body remembers everything and every time you attend another lesson you make a big step that you will not lose on the way.
So what I took with me each time when I came from a lesson was something I kept and still have.
What makes Dolli Melaine’s teaching very special is the way she is able to see what every individual needs, she makes her own experiences with Yoga and singing a very personal input for each student.
Katharina Schwarz, Actress/Director in Vienna, Austria
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Voice & Yoga
hi dolli!
today i passed by your old studio - i still remember going there and how i felt then and what a change i went through - much of it due to you!!! thanx so much for all your smiles and massages and yoga classes and voice opening and talking and ..
i am waiting for your book!!!
Alice (Vienna)
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Voice, Performance Workshop
I met Dolli in Vienna (Austria) in 2004. I visited her voice opening classes and performance workshops for about two years with breaks. Dolli brought yoga to my world and with her I first experienced how fun it can be to play the instrument within my body, my voice. Her way of
teaching was totally new to me and had an addictive character. She is combining her experiences and knowledge of long time yoga practice and classical voice training and has developed her own unique exercises. All that is guided by a creative, imaginary and also very helpful expression in words. I learned a lot in her classes about how to work on my voice but also I learned a lot about myself. I still use these exercises she taught me to open my voice before singing. And I like to remember our great laughers in between sessions!
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Voice
Dolli's voice lessons have changed my life. The more lessons I took, the closer I have been getting to know my real voice and who I really am. I have learned to breathe, to keep a good posture (here am I!), to feel the voice in different parts of my body, to control its movements with my stomach and then again to let go of the control and enjoy the freedom that comes with letting go of it. Dolli is able to demonstrate remarkably well her teachings and she makes me always "feel" what she wants me to learn. This has made it possible for my body to remember how to be natural and relaxed again. For me Dolli's way of teaching is a combination of physicality, psychology and spirituality.
Sanna Jauk (Vienna)
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Voice & Yoga
"I took singing lessons from Dolli Melaine for 2 years and yoga lessons for about 5 years. As an absolute beginner I thought that I would not be able to be a good singer. Dolli showed me the opposite is true. Her singing technique allows a beginner to experience in such a short time, that there lives an amazing voice inside of you. It is all about opening and stretching the voice and knowing how to breathe and use the power correctly, and finding the freedom to play. Not about learning exact tones and notes from the beginning.
Her yoga lessons are both challenging and deeply quiet. After leaving Dolli's lessons, both singing and yoga, I was always very happy. Besides from being 2 cm taller than before starting with yoga, I have to say that Dolli's lessons changed me into a confident and happy person. This feeling has never left me since."
Renate, artist, environmental consultant, (Vienna)
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Voice
Dolli Melaine's teaching was more than just voice lessons for me. I had two voice coaches before her - they taught me alot of lines to sing and techniques for hitting several kinds of
notes. i won´t say that this way of teaching does not lead to the aim of singing better - sure it does.
Dolli's teaching was more useful for me, because she taught me how to feel myself - be in the moment and to be present. The practical part of her lessons, like breathing and closing off, finding the gate and
the voice yoga are very useful for preparing oneself, but the true essence of her lessons, is the feeling.
Florian Zack (Vienna) Singer/Songwriter
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Voice & Yoga
I took voice lessons for several years from Dolli Melaine. Her technique brought me closer to myself and my spirit. I explored possibilities I was not aware of. It helped me to find my own unique style and to overcome my fear of singing. I was singing when I was a child alot but things were changing in my life and something inside myself was blocked and I wasn't able to sing. Dolli helped me to free my voice and to let it come out responding to my moods. I have learned to understand my approach to music and songwriting better and the healing aspect of singing has been awakened. and the best of all; Singing is really fun!
I also took yoga lessons from Dolli Melaine. The first lessons were in 2001. They were private and very intense in both ways: physical and spiritual. With the help of her instructions I could practice Yoga alone too. She taught me that big changes can happen by constant little treatments. And it did! I could solve my lung problems I had since I was 8 years old. Yoga also helped me to find my way in life and to focus on what is real to me.
I recommend her as a teacher for both Voice Lessons and Yoga to everyone. Both bring a big life change!!
Mia Legenstein (Vienna)
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Voice
I am thrilled to have met you! your deeper understanding of the energetic movement of sound and vibration as a universal current and our opening abilities to allow it to move from the auric fields into sound without any effort on our part is incredible. Thank you. You are a master healer thank you for getting to know the breath voice connection in your body and teaching me I hope I can remember even just a handful of what you imparted to us.
Zonia (California)
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