Between Head and Heart

Ekaterina knows what works and she can really sense what you need. I didn't expect much initially, and I was greatly surprised how simple and on-the-spot advice and tricks make great effect. I am a simultaneous interpreter, and I was quite confident with my voice, but Ekaterina helped me discover there's much more, so now I can do what I did without getting tired and hoarse. I've been recommending her course to my colleagues!

I am an accent coach working with interpreters and I asked Ekaterina Farrington to create a special two-day workshop on voice and delivery for Russian-speaking interpreters. The workshop was spot on and the participants still write to me asking for more exposure to Ekaterina's magic. However, what I found the most amazing about this experience was how comfortable it was working with her. Ekaterina is absolutely wonderful at recognising the needs of her audience, incorporating the information on what they already know, and fine-tuning her workshop as it moves along. All in all, it was a joy and a pleasure working with her and I highly recommend collaborating with Ekaterina to anyone who values kindness, tact, and co-creation.

Yawning, stretching, breathing, and humming until your breath becomes deep and effortless and your voice fills your entire body with vibrations.
Learning how to speak without tiring your voice is a matter of survival for any interpreter, but it also changes the way you feel and gives so much relaxation and joy.
I found the Voice for Interpreters course by Ekaterina Valeeva-Farrington incredibly useful. Despite the fact that many exercises were familiar to me, I gained a real 3D understanding of my voice and how different exercises work. I also learnt how to integrate this knowledge in everyday life and discovered what can be done to release and preserve my voice while interpreting.

Dr Valeeva-Farrington delivered an excellent workshop on voice development and anti stress techniques to London Metropolitan interpreters. Best voice coaching group session ever!

Thank you very much Ekaterina Valeeva-Farrington, it was a great workshop with lots of useful tools that you generously equipped interpreters with. Great as always!

Dear Ekaterina thank you again for your advices about breathing and voice .They are really help me to be more present with my energy!! I practice the exercices as much as possibile !

Thank you so much for the workshop, I am so happy you came and all our members thoroughly enjoyed it!! It definitely helped us learn new methods to take care of ourselves and of our most important tool, our voice. Thank you!! ❤

I enjoyed both theoretical and practical part equally, thank you.

I have actually had a breakthrough in understanding my neck tension and am successfully applying the technique

This workshop was far more interesting than I anticipated! It was delivered in a manner that I have not seen before and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Dr Valeeva-Farrington has this excellent way of approaching people and she was never once tempted to patronise or insult anyone's intelligence and that was so refreshing! Material was excellent and I loved the practical part of it, even if it made me giggle in places! I will certainly be doing some reading to follow up what I heard. I think we really underestimate how stress impacts our body and mind. Best workshop with Cambridge police I have attended.

The session was excellent. This has been the most useful and fun CPD I've ever attended. Thank you.

The session provided useful info and exercises helping to look after our voices which are so important in this line of work.

J’ai apprécié plusieurs conseils d’Ekaterina et j’ai réussi à appliquer la méthode d’amélioration de la voix : il s’agit notamment de la respiration avec le ventre. J’arrive à moduler actuellement ma voix, à parler de manière plus grave et à ne plus me voir redemandé des choses car j’ai parlé, par exemple, trop bas.

Free and Empower your Voice

This experience will definitely increase your awareness of your body, and your voice.I felt that I was more aware the resonance in your body. Resonance in our cell made the change.This is very mechanic, anatomic work but in the same time very subtle and using our sensibility. After Simple, easy effective exercise, I noticed the quality of my muscle of throat has changed a lot. I should not forget to mention about Joyful aspect of this workshop. I enjoyed soooo much to shout like child and played with my voice freely.also quite curious that what happen if I take this lesson regularly.....

Following a course of Ekaterina on the vast dimension of knowledge around the application of sound I discovered many useful information and exercises as well related to healthy breath and stretch for preparing one’s voice for also professional fields. The knowledge offered is beneficial for the casual seeker to discover and find awareness and healing around one’s voice and imagine as well for practitioners in the medical and healing professions. Her caring humorous and attentive attitude makes one feel relaxed and save together. 

The full awareness that the voice is an extension of the body, that the whole body actively participates in the vocal emission, masterfully applied by Dr. Ekaterina Farrington in her practice with the actors, translates into an almost immediate increase in the actors' own awareness of the power and quality of their body-vocal emission on stage. Thanks Dra. Ekaterina for being working together during our 5th LINFA. Thank you very much!”

I had the fortune and pleasure of working with Dr Ekaterina Valeeva in a theater workshop where her support was of great help both for the use of the voice and on a psychological level. She is a very talented professional who gave a decisive qualitative turn to the actors' performance in fact without her we would certainly not have achieved the good result obtained in such a short time.

I had the privilege of working with Ekaterina on our theater project, where her professionalism and humanity shone through in every session. She taught us to understand the voice as an essential tool for expressing our emotions, fostering a greater awareness of its importance in communication. Her attention and dedication made this process not only educational but also deeply enriching and transformative.

Thank you so much