Welcome! I love helping people find comfort and freedom with their voices.
"Working with Fehlya in the Full Voice Method is uniquely healing and gently transformative. Fehlya is an intuitive and playful teacher. She met me in my comfort zone and helped me explore parts of my voice I had never encountered before. Fehlya’s teaching and techniques helped shift my singing experience in a positive way and have expanded my sense of joy in singing."
— Emily Skeers, Classical Soprano & Voice Teacher
“The first time I sang with Fehlya felt like an ancient homecoming. All people used to sing and I felt that connection in my bones.”
-Carrie Schmitt, Artist and Author
"Singing with Fehlya is a highlight of my week! Her instruction is thoughtful, inventive, informed, and encouraging. I highly recommend her as a vocal coach."
— Jennifer, Fabric Artist & Activist
Every voice can create healing vibrations.
We Sing with the Earth
Earth Choir is about connecting to each other and to the living earth, through song. We focus on joy and harmony - all experience levels are welcome.
Let’s celebrate this moment in this beautiful place together!
Middle part of 'Jewels' by Barbara McAfee from Fehlya leading at the ONE Center
Everyone can sing and I can help you find your full voice…
“Fehlya is a wise and skilled voice coach with a penchant for keen questions, deep listening, and a diverse array of vocal tools and techniques. She brings a rich variety of experience to her work including song leading, songwriting, performance, and education. If you want to find your voice, Fehlya is a wonderful ally to invite on the adventure!”
— Barbara McAfee, Author of Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence
Are you in Olympia? Come sing with us…
“If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing” - Zimbabwean Proverb
Connection is Key
Pregnancy and Infancy Attunement classes are about growing self, baby, family, and community connections that support early childhood. We invite laughter and incorporate song, journaling, and discussion.
Let’s celebrate this moment and joyfully prepare for the future!
Penny Simkin, 'Mother of the Doula Movement', describes her passion for perinatal singing.
Individual Voice Sessions
I love inspiring vocal comfort and connection. Many of us have heard or felt negativity about our voices and yet we still feel a deep desire to enjoy song, harmony, poetry, or more authentic speech. Our voices are an integral part of our identity, both inner and outer. We can gain awareness that allows more flexibility in singing and/or communicating our intent.
Voice sessions provide a practical and transformational path to uncovering your vocal abilities and to understanding yourself and others in a fresh way. For those living with stress, anxiety, and/or depression, mindful and embodied vocal sessions can generate coping resources.
Fehlya is a certified Full Voice coach, singer, songwriter, and songleader. Her singing background is in classical voice studies, including competition singing and professional choirs. She is currently inspired by singing for pleasure and helping others find comfort in their voices.
Cost: $120 per 50min session - includes follow up notes and resources.
Special Offer: Buy a package of four sessions to save $80!
Why Full Voice?
Fehlya: “I was drawn to this method because it is so fun and also because I quickly felt my voice expanding. I was trained as a high/head voice singer but within a year of playing with the Full Voice method, I gained five new low notes I hadn’t imagined were there. This practical gift was amazing, and then it rippled into my psyche. I saw my conflict avoidance in a new light and felt the earth voice grounding me in easier, deeper honesty. I love the layers that keep unfolding.”
Olympia Sisters in Harmony
In our women’s community singing group we focus on uplifting each other through harmony and listening. We reconnect with ourselves and to the living earth through peaceful and seasonal wisdom songs.
Songs are taught by ear. No experience is needed and singing is always optional. Self care is welcome throughout. See song examples in the video and feel free to reach out with questions.
Email or text (360) 485-2439 to get details. We sing year round at my home on the west side of Olympia. Your first class is FREE! After that, drop ins are $30 or you can become a member.
When you join, you also have access to a playlist of our songs to listen to between sessions, a community chat group, and other resources. The membership structure makes it possible to support the role of song leader in our society and lends itself to a deeper experience of the music. Everyone who identifies with this offering and who would feel supported by it is welcome. Come try it out at no cost!
Restorative Sing Along
Everyone is welcome to our first Sundays Restorative Sing Along at Traditions gathering space downtown and in our local Earth Choir. Check the Traditions calendar to see our 1-2:30p gathering in the Soul Cafe space.
$25, $15 low income - cash or Venmo @OlySongMama
Sign up below for updates and send me an email if you have any questions. We look forward to singing with you!
‘Pool of Peace’ by Elizabeth Crow, harmonies by Heather Houston at our Peace in the Park event.
Healing Song at the ONE Center, Aboriginal chant ‘Lingmarra’
“Fehlya is an incredible singer and song leader. Connecting with this group has been so supportive. It's lovely to have a place to drop in with friends every week and just sing.”
-Beth Kim, Educator
“Fehlya helped me find and appreciate my own unique singing voice. Now I enjoy singing all the time, especially the beautiful songs she chose for us to learn. I also enjoyed getting to know each of the other women. We became a tight knit group of friends that I can hardly wait to see again each week.”
— Anne, Handywoman
“I love Olympia Sisters in Harmony because I love to learn songs. It’s a pleasure to sing with other like-minded, community-minded individuals.”
— Madeline, Educator & Songwriter
Guided Community Singing
Fehlya leads group singing at private events including: baby & mother blessings, celebration of life services, first menses ceremonies, and other gatherings. Singing in a circle of community adds depth, beauty, and connection to meaningful events. If you would like to try out a song circle, Olympia Sisters in Harmony sing every Sunday at 1p and the first gathering is free. We also host an all community sing at Traditions on the first Sunday of each month.
$200/1hr private song circle ~ 6 songs
“Fehlya’s presence at our Winter Solstice event was lovely. She guided our group through the magical experience of creating connection with each other and with the more than human world, through simple songs to nourish the soul.”
— Brenda, Healing and Wellness Center Owner
“For my Baby Blessingway Ceremony I hired Fehlya to lead us in a song circle. She set a magical atmosphere, singing with us as a group. Everyone enjoyed it, especially me and baby in my womb as we were showered by the music and loved it. It brought such a unique energy to the whole gathering and it was exactly how I had envisioned it. Thank you Fehlya!”
— Manuela Egolf, Massage Therapist
Original Community Songs
and song zine recordings: Every Seed Has A Song
Words and music by Fehlya Ehrlander, unless otherwise noted.
These songs are approved for community use, including community choirs, song circles, etc.
Please contact Fehlya for permission if you are planning to record or perform the songs for money.
Donations are welcome.
My Feelings
Written as a calming reminder.
My feelings are healthy and normal
they will come and I will listen
they will go and change into other things
just like the beautiful sky
What is Good For Me
Written as a soothing reminder.
What is good for me won’t pass me by
and who is right for now won’t want to fly
I am here, with my future always unclear
but what I am drawn to will carry me through
I Will Ground
Inspired by a desire to perpetuate and internalize the ability to ground, many times each day.
I will ground in my body, when it all feels so strong
I will ground in the body, as the waves roll along
Grounding in now, grounding here now
Breathe out all the way, breathe out all of it
A Leaf
Born on a teary nature walk, this song touches on the theme of gifts we might experience through challenging times.
A leaf, dangling by a spider thread
Does a most beautiful dance
Sometimes, we dangle by a single thread
And do a most beautiful dance
Snowlight
Inspired by the glorious brightness of snowy covered nights.
Where would you go, by the light of the snow?
Where would you be lead by the snowlight?
On a breeze, through the trees
A star takes my hand and I kiss the moon
My beloved Grandma Barb with my young father.
Let’s Co-Create a Song for You!
Creating a song is a beautiful way to process and celebrate life. Your song could be for a loved one, living or in spirit, for your own milestone or a way to capture a precious moment. When I am stuck, writing and singing a simple mantra song helps me stay connected to the wisdom I need. What kind of song would support you right now?
After some pre-work, we meet online or in person for two, 50 min. sessions to create a song designed to support you and to be accessible to your voice. At the end of this time, you will have a short mantra style song recorded for you by Fehlya. See the My Songs page for examples of mantra style songs. If you are interested in creating a song with more than one part, let me know and we will try to add this in.
$280