The Tomatis Method had made a big difference to my life. I originally went to the Listening Centre to improve my voice and yet my listening and communication skills have also improved dramatically.

At first I couldn't deduce whether a tone was higher or lower from a certain key. Now when I listen carefully, I not only hear the various frequency notes but also I feel them, in a strange way, Tomatis makes you open up to the frequencies and you can feel whether the tone is going up or down. It becomes automatic.

In the very first week, I felt I had begun to create my own space and was in touch with my inner feelings at a more constant level, I became more sensitive to sound and enjoyed a lighter feeling in general. Gradually as I progressed in the programme, I became more confident in expressing my ideas and feeling and my anxieties of failing began to fade away. I have more energy and make sure I complete projects that I started. My faith in my own abilities has grown, and that gives me a wonderful empowering feeling.

Tomatis has given me the ability to listen to music and sing in pitch using a technique that works best for me. Singing in pitch depends on various factors but the main thing is that after doing Tomatis, I have the means to develop my singing correctly whereas before I couldn't even begin, as I couldn't hear the notes correctly.

The other night I began singing a note in a restaurant and a lady sitting with friends at the next table to me heard and said I had a great voice. When I told her I was doing lessons at the end she came up to me and said that I had an amazing voice as it sounded very clear. Her friend then said I should sing to make people happy! This has only happened thanks to Tomatis...!

SAB 2003

 

The methods used by the Listeneing Centre (London), known as Listening Therapy, are based on the published works of Alfred A.Tomatis and use only the original analogue form of sound.