​You already know how to speak. This is about staying present while you do it.

​The moment people are watching, most of us leave our bodies. We speed up. We go somewhere else. And from that place, no amount of technique helps.

​Voice Reps is a small group practice where you get many short turns at the front. Not one big scary moment, but many small ones. Through repetition and awareness, you start to notice what actually happens when you speak. And from that noticing, something shifts.

​Why reps?

​Repetition is how the nervous system learns. One scary presentation doesn't rewire anything. Many small turns do. That's why this is called Voice Reps.

​The online format is intimate by design. Small group, focused attention, nowhere to hide. Which turns out to be exactly the point. It's also particularly useful if you spend time on video calls. That slightly strange feeling of speaking to a screen while people watch? This is the place to get comfortable with it.

​What happens in a session

​Every person gets multiple short turns speaking in front of the group. Not one big moment at the end — many small ones throughout. That repetition is the practice.

​A bell goes off at random while you're speaking. Not to interrupt you, but to invite you back. You pause, notice how you're feeling, and continue. It sounds simple. It's surprisingly hard. And then it starts to work.

​Between turns there are exercises that isolate one thing at a time. Speaking as quietly as possible and then as loudly. Talking with your hands and then without them. Responding to a question without preparing while someone else is still answering. Small constraints that pull your attention away from content and toward something more interesting — how it actually feels to speak.

​Bring something or bring nothing

​Come with a pitch, a poem, a speech opening, a story you've been sitting on. This is a low-stakes place to test it out loud in front of real people.

​Or come empty-handed. Prompts are always provided. Speaking on the fly and trusting what arrives is its own essential skill.

​This is also a great space if you speak in your second or third language. Practice in any language you choose. Instruction is in English and the facilitator also speaks French.

​Who this is for

​You get nervous before presentations. Or you're fine on stage but oddly tense when it's your turn to tell a story at dinner. Or you've noticed you stop listening because you're already rehearsing your response. All of that is the same thing. This is for that.

​Open to anyone, anywhere. Not just Montreal.

​This is not therapy. Best suited for mild to moderate speaking anxiety and genuine curiosity about your own patterns.

​About the facilitator

​Rob trained at the École Internationale de Théâtre Lassaad in Brussels, one of the world's leading physical theatre schools, where the work centers on physical presence, listening, and the dynamics of bodies in space. That training, combined with over a decade of mindfulness and meditation practice and engagement with Circling, forms the foundation of how he facilitates. He knows speaking anxiety personally, and built Voice Reps from that experience.

​Details

​💻 Online, link sent on registration 👥 10 people max 💸 Founding session $20. Regular sessions $35–45 from June 21.