Actors, I need you to be alive, alert, responsive.   I want you to be dynamic and more like Bruce Lee. Like water, it's a martial art. I see this as the aikido of acting. Your ability to move with, take in the energy, and respond to what you're given.  

~ Helena Walsh on voice...

What does it mean to listen in scene and what to do if you are struggling with reflection.

~ Helena Walsh on voice and acting

Helena’s teachings are inspired by Organic Intelligence ® @getoi, Fitzmaurice Voicework ® @fitzmauricevoicework & NeuroSystemics™ ...

What is the ideal environment for actors to thrive and how do you get the best out of your actors?

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If the voice is seen only technically, it's problematic because fundamentally the voice is the most intimate part of your acting and it is the thing that takes the longest to really sit in.

And it's probably the final thing that comes to you as the actor when you're creating the story.

It's the...

Creativity thrives on boredom.

Creative ideas come when you’re doing ordinary things, because you’re below threshold, you’re enjoying the moment, you’’re doing something very ordinary.

Be bored, get bored.

Slow down, do less, be more.

That’s your job as an...

The only way to the present moment is through the senses.

You can’t get into the present through thinking.

It’s not possible because then you’re thinking about what that is.

Coming into here and now is through the senses of what I see, what I hear, what I touch, what I taste, what...

Actors, you are inspired creatively individually, ancestrally and collectively which is why it makes no sense to take anything personally.

When you believe in the co-creative process, you are believing for the ancestors before you, the collective around you and the celebration of your individual...

‘By noticing more of your own complex nature, the more alive your response will be.’ - Helena Walsh

Trust & The Subconscious

There is a whisper that lies amidst the more subtle and nuanced part of your being, it emerges gently from the silence and guides you deeply to the safer...

“The path is one to be walked, to be felt, and keep embodying
Let go of the past, let go of the future, let go of the present, and keep going!"

~ Boaz Feldman @bfsimple

What does it mean to be affected? If you are in fight, flight or freeze, it is challenging to be affected. You shut down,...

Between jobs, one of the most profound and nurturing places the actor can develop a relationship with is the natural world.

Why? For many reasons It is the greatest mirror we have.It is constantly transforming, constantly changing. In Ireland, we have four seasons.

So how I structure my life as...

Actors, look to the natural world. In many ways, the greatest artist we have is the natural world. 

When actors work with me, I spend a lot of time asking them to work with something called "orientation" to find in the world around them what feels pleasurable, easy, good and this becomes...

Actors there is a difference between chemistry, sensuality and sexuality.

For our industry, so much of casting revolves around chemistry, this kind of energy field, which is kind of an inexplicable quality that exists between two actors. It is a kind of playful,energetic exchange between two...

What it means to have an authentic voice?

With the voice, the voice is a physical action.

The voice has a physiological dialect.It has an invisible form of expression through micro movements. So the voice is physical and that means we’re going to really come into our bodies and we’re...

The nervous system and neuroception

We're moving out of intensity into complexity so that we can allow our voices to mirror all the different ranges of expression that are needed for any given moment.

With over over 25 years training and coaching actors for stage and screen as well as leaders,...

I am delighted to be joining this team as a mentor on the NeuroSystemics™ CARE Training @neurosystemics_care ! It feels inspiring, invigorating, evolutionary and deeply hopeful to be part of this team. A group of people who are working towards a world for sustainable communities of...

Resiliency is not about you being able to cope beyond your capacity!

Resiliency is fundamentally about self-care!

Resiliency is built in the small moments in your day!

If you want to work on your resiliency and empowerment, our Empowerment and Resiliency Circles are a wonderful way to empower...

If the body is feeling overwhelmed then the only way through that, like the bear hunt, is with the body. The mind is not going to get you out of that rabbit hole.

So the first thing is, you want to be able to breathe more easily.

How do you breathe more easily? You need to feel safe and secure

How...

How to calm down the nervous system for a performance?

First of all, where do I find stability for my voice? - in the environment?

Secondly, how do I find it? - through the language of my neuroception, which is through the senses?

You just practice that it would change how your body breathes in...

What is this process and practice of a truly integrated actor. This is the Da Vinci Code of Acting and when you do this, your breath changes. The body automatically shifts, because now it's complex.It's not intense. It's complex so that each time you go into the story, you're moving into the...