Stellar Village

Beloved community choir director, recording artist, and women’s vocal empowerment coach, Heather Houston, is passionate about uplifting hearts, freeing voices, and building strong, loving communities through the power of singing.

She spreads her magic through her 30+years experience writing and producing music, and offering life transforming singing experiences at Sivananda Bahamas, Soulshine Bali, The Esalen Institute, 1440 Multiversity, LA SongFest, Vox Mundi Santa Cruz, Threshold Choir events and Community Singing camps.

Since 2021 she has been curating her own Sisters in Harmony Retreats with 100+ participants at Green Mountain Retreat Center in the Santa Cruz Mountains. During the pandemic Heather gathered countless song leaders and singing communities from around the world on Zoom to unite hearts and voices in healing and prayer on her Sisters in Harmony Global Zoom Sings. She continues to offer online courses in The Art of Mindful Singing, Singing as Sanctuary, SHE Sings, and Sisters in Harmony Song Leader Trainings.

Heather’s songs are sung by communities across the globe, and weave themes of communion with the natural world, personal and collective healing, prayer, unity and inspiration.

You can find her music on her website’s song library, and on all of the streaming platforms. Watch for the arrival of her new album, Shadows & Light, in the Fall of 2024.

Sheniqua is an activist, singer-songwriter, community leader, mother, and vocal empowerment coach based in Brooklyn, New York. She's also the host of online community singing with songleaders at Stellar Village.

Sheniqua’s sessions go beyond simply singing together; she creates a holistic journey of self-discovery and connection. Through intentional breath work, gentle stretching, and guided meditation, she helps participants release tension, center their minds, and open themselves up to the full potential of their voices.

Sheniqua creates sessions that culminate in the joyous expression of collective harmony, where seasoned vocalists and complete beginners alike come together in a non-judgmental space to share their voices and connect with others.

Whether you're seeking vocal empowerment, community connection, or simply the joy of singing, Sheniqua welcomes you to join the transformative experience at ElevatedExpression.net.

I'm a collaborative dog trainer, author, international presenter, singer-songwriter, and keynote speaker of European ancestry (best guess based on DNA and some genealogy is Scotland, "England & Northwestern Europe," Wales, "Germanic Europe," Ireland, and Norway). I've been helping people and dogs professionally since 2003. My passion projects are grief tending, community singing, and woodturning.

I'm fascinated by animal behavior (including humans), somatic awareness, spirituality, psychology. My work is directed at wholehearted living for all beings, including dogs with a history of aggression, frustration, or fear as well as puppies and my other favorite species: humans.

My Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT 2.0 book and BAT 3.0) is used worldwide to help dogs gain confidence and social skills. Well over 200,000 people have learned about BAT so far.

Diane Redding and I co-host a podcast called The Lesson is Love.

As an outgoing introvert, I refresh my batteries by singing, expressing grief in community, and savoring life with my husband (Tom), Labrador (Joey), cat (Garbanzo aka "Adventure Kitty" and "Baby Panther"), and Little Brown Dog (Zuki). I identify as a queer (pansexual), neurodiverse, middle age, white, raised in poverty and now of middle class, and US citizen, spiritual non-Christian leaning toward neo-Druid (but raised in Christian culture). My pronouns are she/her. I am still wrestling with living on the stolen river watershed of the Siuslaw people, who are part of the CTCLUSI.