Biography
Music & Voice Studio
Samara holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from Carleton University and a Master of Music from the University of Ottawa, where she trained in classical voice (e.g.: art song, chamber music, and opera). She has studied under renowned teachers including Christiane Riel and Dominique Labelle, and was the recipient of the 2019 Harry Brown Senior Scholarship at the Kiwanis Music Festival (Capital Region).
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With over 12 years of experience teaching voice in her private studio, Samara combines her classical training with a compassionate and somatic approach informed by nervous system awareness. Her teaching style supports healthy vocal development, confidence, and authentic expression.
Mind-Body & Somatic Practice
Inspired by her personal experiences with performance anxiety, chronic pain, and the connection between the voice and the nervous system, Samara pursued additional studies in psychology, somatic approaches, and naturotherapy at McGill and Concordia universities, and Shanti Holistic College.
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Additionally, Samara is an Advanced Accredited EFT International Practitioner and has trained with energy therapist Susan Bushell as well as psychotherapist and music therapist Dr. Shelley Snow, a pioneering researcher in vocal toning interventions. Samara holds a certificate in Sound Healing and Sound Therapy from the Dorian Centre for the Healing Arts in Montreal. In 2024, Samara succeeded Dr. Snow in facilitating the “Healing Power of Sound” vocal toning series. Samara has also trained in Vipassana (Insight) Meditation and is certified in Mindfulness-Based Inner Repatterning (MBIR) and Reiki Level 3 (Master).
If you are feeling unsure about therapy, Samara is the right person to work with, as she creates a safe and non-judgmental space that allows clients to feel confident in opening up, at their own pace.
Samara’s passion for her work is evident in the way she leads sessions. Energy therapy has helped me manage both physical and emotional pain, and has also allowed me to learn more about myself. I leave sessions feeling energized and optimistic, as opposed to the ‘emotionally drained’ feeling I have often experienced with other forms of therapy.
- Julie, Energy Therapy Client
Poetry & Storytelling
Samara is a poet and multidisciplinary storyteller whose work explores the inner human experience through symbolism, fables, and Jungian analytical psychology. Her debut chapbook, Dual Realms, was published by Cactus Press in 2022, and her poetry has appeared in various online and print journals. Her poem “The She-Raven” was nominated for the 2024 Best of the Net Awards.
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She has been a featured performer at events including Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, The Words and Music Show for the Quebec Writers’ Federation, and The Argo Bookshop Reading Series. She has also facilitated for McGill University’s Poetry Matters series, adjudicated Carleton University’s Poetry & Songwriting Competition, and served as host and co-coordinator of SpeakUp: The Montreal Interactive Poetry Exchange.
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Today, Samara integrates her symbolic approach to writing into her “Soul’s Journey” sound baths, weaving complementary therapies, guided imagery, music, and storytelling into immersive soundscapes and experiences.
"Samara’s poetry is a latticework of light and dark. Its tough cords wrench and tug, bear weight. Its bright filaments slice in and out, precious metals in the weave. In Dual Realms, the worldly and the otherworldly are (naturally) inseparable. Memory and dream, medical and mythical, cold hard truth and metafiction are unravelled and re-spun."
—Frances Pope, author of The Brazen Forecast and Quarters
Credentials
Samara modeled for Canadian hyperrealist painter Sheryl Luxenburg, and is prominent in her In the Shower and In The Shower Part Two series. The painting “Immoral” has been on display in the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain.
“Samara is absolutely wonderful! After taking a break from singing lessons for many years, I had a lot of vocal strain, which used to give me lots of anxiety. Samara was able to identify the very problems that led to my strain in the first place and has been an amazing help in restoring my voice over the last 3 years.
With an extensive background as a vocal instructor, being incredibly knowledgeable in the field of psychology and as a professional EFT practitioner, Samara has been an absolute godsend in helping pinpoint the very stressors that have a direct influence on tension in the body through a combination of holistic healing techniques.
Samara customizes her lessons to each student through the use of amazing voice techniques, EFT, and vocal toning (a sound therapy technique) to help reduce tension in parts of the body, regulate breathing and emotions, and ease anxiety. I’ve seen major improvements from working with Samara and so can you!
To anyone considering an EFT session with Samara, do it—you won’t regret it!”
- Mackenzie