This episode aired live on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. It is unedited and uncensored. View the original episode on YouTube here.
About Our Guest
Dr. Kiernan "Kiki" Steiner, D.M.A. (she/they/siya) is a Ilokano-Filipinx voice alchemist, full-spectrum birth justice doula, and somatic-spiritual practitioner who is passionate about the intersection of vocal liberation and reproductive justice. Dr. Kiki was born, transracially adopted, and raised on Ho-Chunk Nation lands in the rolling hills of Southwestern Wisconsin, which set the stage for her personal journey to find community and healing through music. Her ancestors are from the Ilocos and Central Luzon region in the Philippines, Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, and Switzerland. In 2021, Dr. Kiki received their doctorate in choral conducting and music education from Arizona State University where they began to develop a decolonized approach to vocal and choral teaching practices. Through all of their offerings, Dr. Kiki intuits ancestral wisdom and blends somatic-spiritual practices with scientific knowledge of the voice, which they have coined “our soul's unique frequency,” to regulate the nervous system, strengthen the voice/inner voice, and to activate creativity through releasing shame around the voice.
Learn more: decolonizingkikillc.com
Follow: instagram.com/decolonizing_kiki
Substack: decolonizingkiki.substack.com
About Soft Power
We're Midori and Siobhan and the two of us have known each other for nearly a decade but it wasn’t until we started speaking up about our magical, radical realities that we found friendship and divine collaboration with one another.
On this weekly show, we will share our stories, perspectives, and visions for the future as well as insights for other creative entrepreneurs divesting from the current paradigm.
It’s fun, heartfelt, and emergent. We’ll definitely laugh, probably cry, and channel messages for the collective with hopes of bringing comfort and guidance for these wild times.
We’re here for the artists, the healers, the folks of the diaspora reconnecting to their roots & committing to living lives of integrity: because once you’re tapped in, you can’t tap out
💫 Catch us LIVE on YouTube every Wednesday at 1:11pm PT.
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