Tatianah Thunberg, LMSW
Space is limited to
27 participants.
Register to reserve your spot !
held At Michigan
Friends Center
In Chelsea
YOU're Invited!
​Belonging is one of our most essential human needs—when we feel welcomed our capacity to listen expands—listening to ourselves, each other, the land, our lineages, and the songs that carry and connect us.
Join us for a full-day immersive community retreat where deep listening and embodied presence form the foundation for a joyful, soulful exploration of vocal improvisation. In a welcoming circle of fellow explorers, we’ll cross the threshold into the Vocal Wilds—where voice, movement, and creative risk become powerful gateways to connection, freedom and joy.
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​Come as you are. Bring your whole self — shy, bold, and everything in between. Let’s sing what has never been sung before.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This full day retreat is dedicated to the voice — your voice, and our collective voice. Set in the peaceful forest sanctuary of the Michigan Friends Center, we’ll move through guided practices that awaken the body, open the breath, and invite the voice to emerge in fresh, unexpected ways.
No prior singing experience is required—just curiosity, a willingness to listen deeply, and the courage to take creative risks within your limits.
Whether you’re an experienced vocalist or a curious beginner, you’ll leave feeling more connected to your voice—and to your innate capacity to create, express, and play.
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Together, We Will:
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Cultivate a space of deep listening, presence, and belonging
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Witness live demonstrations of vocal improvisation
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Build confidence in vocal play, melody, and harmony
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Explore interlocking rhythms and melodic patterns
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Sing from a grounded, embodied stance
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Collaborate in small groups and full-circle formats
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Choose breakout topics like: embodied expression, bold bass lines, and wild solos
THE FLOW
9:00: Arrive & Settle In
9:30-1:00: Morning Session
1:00-2:30: Lunch & Open Time
2:30-5:30: Afternoon Session
5:30-7:00: Dinner & Open Time
7:00-8:30: Community Improv Jam (optional)
8:30-9:00: Closing Circle
9:00-9:30: Restore The Space
Our Day Includes:
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Morning: Foundational skill-building in solo, small group, and large group ensembles
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Afternoon: Choose-your-own-adventure breakout sessions
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Evening: An optional community jam and closing circle
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Self-care encouraged. There are ample breaks for meals, strolls, socializing with new/old friends, or just solo quiet time. Take breaks, walk in the woods, sit by the lake, or relax in our dedicated art and meditation space as needed.
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Michigan Friends Center: We’ll gather at a tranquil retreat space nestled within 80 acres of forest and lakefront in Chelsea, MI. With its treehouse-like atmosphere, abundant natural light, and expansive windows that peer out to the surrounding woods, it offers a restorative setting for deep listening, vocal exploration, and connection with the natural world. The building is accessible by walker or wheelchair.
YOUR HOSTS
Tatianah
Thunberg
TatiAnah Thunberg, LMSW (she/hers) is a seasoned retreat leader, teacher, somatic therapist, vocalist and expressive artist with over 30 years of experience designing and facilitating transformative group experiences. Her work invites participants into embodied presence through co-creative play, community singing, contemplative movement and vocal improvisation—fostering aliveness, creative freedom, and belonging.
Her creative life is inseparable from her healing arts practice at Spirit Moves LLC. As a devoted community weaver, she believes in the power of gathering in these fractured times. When we come together, we witness one another’s beauty, open to our shared vulnerability, and co-create a field where relational and artistic resonance blossoms. ​
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Grounded in her training as a yoga teacher, Thai bodyworker, and clinical social worker, TatiAnah brings a trauma-informed, neurodivergent-aware lens to all her offerings. Her facilitation style is attuned, collaborative, and joyfully improvisational—supporting participants in softening protective patterns and accessing their voice and authentic presence.
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As a collaborator and co-leader, she values working with a diverse teaching team of artists to offer multidimensional experiences, and is skilled at weaving play, risk and depth into accessible formats that meet people where they are.
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Whether guiding vocal play, somatic inquiry, dance or community singing, TatiAnah creates brave, playful spaces where people feel welcomed, inspired, and empowered to show up as their whole selves.
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Let’s gather and co-create a space where breath becomes music, feeling becomes melody, movement becomes meaning, and community becomes a return to the unscripted moment- where the individual voice finds their place within the collective song.
https://www.spiritmoves.us/about-tatianah-artist
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Dory
Mead
Dory Mead (she/her) is a dynamic vocalist, improviser, and educator whose work bridges the worlds of classical training, theatrical expression, and spontaneous creation. With a BMA in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan School of Music, she trained with luminaries George Shirley and Stephen Smith and went on to perform with companies including the Aspen Music Festival Opera Program, Metro City Lyric Opera, and the Austin Shakespeare Company. A featured artist opening for Jessye Norman and a performer at the Victor Café in South Philadelphia, Dory’s eclectic repertoire spans opera, jazz, musical theater, Shakespeare and experimental works. She is currently director and head voice teacher for her program of 15 years, Mead Performing Arts.
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Dory is equally at home on the concert stage and in the wild, unscripted world of vocal improvisation. She has studied with master improviser Rhiannon and is an alumna of the OperaWorks training program. A member of several improv ensembles—including A2CT’s long-form troupe Dearly Beloved and Pointless Brewery’s musical improv group Forte Factory—Dory thrives in collaborative, playful environments where sound and story emerge in real time.
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As a teacher and facilitator, Dory brings warmth, humor, and a respect for each voice. She leads vocal improvisation workshops through Mead Performing Arts and Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, and has been a guest presenter in vocal improv at the University of Michigan SMTD and Residential College. Her years teaching outdoor adventure and directing retreats have honed her skill in holding brave, creative spaces for people to grow, take risks, and be surprised by their own brilliance.
Whether guiding a circle of singers through spontaneous song or helping a student find their voice, Dory invites presence, curiosity, and joy.
www.dorymead.com
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Irene
Soléa Antonellis
Irene Soléa Antonellis (she/her) is a music therapist, psychotherapist, life coach, vocalist, and recording artist with a lifelong career in the healing and expressive arts. She holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology and Music Therapy from Lesley University and has led contemplative music concerts, workshops and retreats throughout the U.S. and in South America, Europe, and Asia. Nine years ago, she planted roots in Ann Arbor, MI, where she now lives with her husband and two daughters.
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Irene draws musical inspiration from sacred sounds around the world and Latin folk music traditions. With a musical inheritance that includes Peruvian folk and huayno (her grandfather was Peruvian composer Manuel León), Irene blends musical traditions, the old and the new, and is known for her directness, equanimity, warmth, and humor.
Early in her career, she found a home in the vibrant a cappella communities of the Northeast, where she directed university and semi-professional vocal ensembles, toured with a cappella sextet 6Appeal, and quietly earned a few Best of Collegiate A Cappella (BOCA) nods while serving as adjunct faculty at Suffolk University. Her first solo LP, Beloved, was featured in Yoga Journal, Yoga Chicago, and on stages and studios from the Kripalu Center (MA) and Yoga Tree (CA) to the Prague Spirit Festival.
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Rooted in her bicultural heritage and a deep belief in the voice as medicine, Irene is devoted to embodied practices that connect us to beauty, wholeness, and aliveness. In her private practice, one of her specialties includes working with musicians and creatives to heal trauma, build and maintain deep emotional health and groundedness, experience expressive flow, and navigate the unique challenges of liberated, nontraditional career paths. Her approach blends talk therapy with somatic modalities including Music Therapy, Brainspotting, and Parts Work, offering a dynamic and deeply grounded path to healing and self-discovery.
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​Community Care & Self Care Agreements
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All voices welcome. Adults of all ages, genders, ethnic, cultural, racial, faith & sexual identities are welcome. We do not have childcare available on site.
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All levels welcome. Whether you’re a curious beginner or a seasoned vocalist, you belong here.
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Full-day commitment. This retreat is a co-created experience that will deepen throughout the day. Please plan to attend the entire day -taking a sacred pause from our full lives- to support our shared container. We support anyone who needs to head home after dinner. The evening jam is optional.
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Self-care encouraged. There are ample breaks for meals, strolls, socializing with new/old friends, or just solo quiet time. Take breaks, walk in the woods, sit by the lake, or relax in our dedicated art and meditation space as needed.
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Health policy. This is an indoor event with optional outdoor spaces. Come healthy. Masks and distancing are welcome based on personal comfort level. If a COVID exposure is reported directly following the event, we will notify all participants by email.
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Meals & Lodging
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Lunch: BYO lunch, snacks, and drinks.
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Dinner: Catered by our talented Bhakti brother, Ekanti Govinda Dasa of Sage Roots LLC, and included in your registration. Dinner is gluten, dairy, soy, garlic, and onion free.
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​​Lodging: Free camping available onsite. Nearby hotels, Airbnbs, and VRBOs are also options.
Cost & Registration
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Green Bottle Sliding Scale: $179–$249 (Includes full-day retreat and catered dinner. Max capacity: 28 singers)
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Scholarships: Two work exchange positions are available with a partial scholarship.
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Cancellation Policy
Tickets are non-refundable, but transferable. If you cannot attend, you may gift or sell your ticket to someone else who would like to attend. We maintain a waitlist once the day is sold out, and will help match tickets when possible, though we cannot guarantee it.
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Questions?
Contact Dory Mead at: dsmeadster@gmail.com
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​​​​Registration will open August 1!
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