Larisa Gosla: We are Music

“I think that there’s so much potential for all of us as human beings when there’s a deeper relationship established to the voice, song and creativity.” – Larisa

Some people are born to light the world and Larisa Gosla is one of those bright lights. Songstress, music teacher, voice coach and passionate advocate for the importance of sound in the world. Larisa uses her soul gifts of song and music to make the world a better place by teaching these skills to anyone who feels the call to introduce sound into their life. Using her unique teaching abilities, Larisa empowers people to connect their voice, and sound to the music that already lives deeply within their heart and soul. And her motto that she lives and teaches by? “If you can talk, then you can sing”.

Here is what Larisa had to say.

Kim: Larisa, you’re a musician and have been sharing your beautiful gifts with the world for over 10 years. What first led you to take that path?

Larisa: Well, I actually started singing when I was five. So my whole life, I’ve followed this deep intuitive knowing that I came here to sing and share and create an impact in the world from that place. From creating more beauty in the world through song. It’s really been a lifetime journey. I’ve had an evolution of it, of course. I used to be part of a performing arts group called The Young Americans. We would travel and teach workshops at schools and then put on shows with them at the end of a three-day workshop. That was such an amazing experience and a big part of my teaching and seeing the reward of how music, song and dance were such a creative expression.

That’s what led me to where I am today. Just feeling that power and potency, and how transformational that music, song and dance is. So that definitely was a big part of my path.

Kim: You have obviously progressed as a musician and as a teacher over the years. Do you believe that the music led you towards that evolution? That deep intuitive knowing that you spoke of, was it that the music wanted to be birthed?

Larisa: That’s actually a really beautiful way to frame it. Looking at it from a higher perspective, it’s as if the music wants to have life, and it’s using me as a vessel and a channel for that. Then I’ve always felt in service to that. You could also say it was my soul guiding me and that I’m in service to the music as a soul.

It’s so multi-layered, isn’t it?

Kim: Absolutely, when we look at it from the higher perspective and what our soul calls us to do. When I watch you play your drum and sing, I can recognise such a deep soul calling in you. Did you have any challenges that arose that could have gotten in the way of you walking this path?

Larisa: There certainly were different challenges as I worked through layers of my own egoic desire. Then layers of my own soul desire, and really discerning the two. My path as a singer, as a musician, as a songstress is true for me, not just what I was taught meant success. When I was young, I was taught that success meant being famous and playing pop music. So on some levels, I really had to dismantle my own version of what success meant to me.

That was one piece of it. Then the other piece was working through my own belief systems, insecurities and fears about being heard, witnessed and being seen. Letting my voice be an expression of my soul and there’s a deep vulnerability in that because you can’t hide when you sing.

Then a lot of it is also just about believing in myself, believing in what I feel to be a part of my mission and my purpose here on this planet. That’s a big piece of it. I’m sure more challenges will continue to come as the evolution of my music and teaching happens, but that’s definitely a few of the pieces.

Kim: When you look at your music and your passion for that and how it has transitioned over the years, was there a specific awareness that dropped in, and it changed? Or was it a gradual sort of process?

Larisa: There definitely was a gradual process and my relationship to music was different in each stage of my life. There was a big part of my life where I was sitting in plant ceremony circles, and for me, this was actually a really profound part of my evolution as a singer. Because of the way in which I was allowed to experience so much of the subtle energetics of sound, my own voice, my own spirit and my own vibration. My experience with that allowed me to really feel the power of sound, music, frequency and resonance. It was also feeling this responsibility that I had happily taken on to use my voice, my songs, and my music as a way to heal, lift, transform, inspire and create more beauty in this world.

That was a huge part of my path and my voice changed a lot after I started working in those spaces because I dropped deeper into myself. You can hear that difference from my first album to my second album. You can really hear the shifts in my voice.

Kim: I love that you brought up working with plant medicine; it plays such a pivotal role in shaping the planet. Would you say that sitting in ceremony really played a pivotal part for you too?

Larisa: It absolutely did and the work that I’m doing now through my Drum and Song Academy is to teach ceremonial songs. Songs that really come from the heart and the soul. That come from that space of purity, that space of wanting the healing to happen. The energy of wanting to really co-create our reality in a beautiful and powerful way. I believe that’s one of the most potent ways we can use music and voice, especially coming from an empowered place as an individual. So, I’m deeply passionate about music and song from that space. So many individuals come to me who sit in plant medicine ceremony, and they say, “The medicine told me to sing” or “I’m supposed to start working on my voice”.

If you can talk, then you can sing, and that’s kind of my motto. So many people have shut down that part of themselves.

Kim: I love that connection because plant medicine has also been such a beautiful part of my own journey and the birth of this magazine. But let’s talk about your work. You teach singing and how to play the frame drum. You’ve obviously put yourself into the position of serving others who want to do the same. So tell us about that work?

Larisa: I think I touched on it a little bit, but really it comes from understanding how powerful music is and how powerful each of our individual voices are. For me, there’s such a reward in seeing someone step into owning their voice and owning their own sacred gift. And then doing what they want with it in a beautiful way. That might be simply for their own practice, or it might be because they have a desire to share on a larger level. It’s so individual for each person, but there’s just so much that can get unlocked by tapping into your own voice and your own song and your own creative potential. I could speak about this all-day, music is just so powerful. It’s entrains us, and it allows us to move into a trance state. So one reason why I love working with the drum so much and teaching other people how to sing and play drum is because there’s a space that happens when music holds the field.

Our consciousness can move into higher states of consciousness and from that place we can manifest, and we can receive wisdom, and we can co-create a more beautiful world. We can heal ourselves and each other. So it’s definitely a big reason why I’m passionate about the work that I do.

Kim: Do you believe that the music and the gifts that you are awakening in others is also important on a global scale? For instance, when we look at the shift humanity is going through collectively, do you believe music also plays a part in helping people? Whether that is a shift within themselves, raising the vibration of the planet or moving from 3D to 5D?

Larisa: Absolutely, one hundred percent. I mean, essentially, we’re all music. Our bodies are music, our hearts are music, because it’s all vibration. We each have our own our bodies and our souls that are individual orchestras. And since we’re all connected, we’re all one big orchestra. So we’re in this beautiful, powerful transformation as one earth and one family. Sound and music are everything because it’s vibration so we’re bringing ourselves to a whole new level of being within ourselves. And also each other and also our earth. So I definitely feel a part of that mission which I think we all do, because we’re all here in these times.

Kim: I love the way that you put that – we are all music. I think that is especially important for people who don’t resonate with having a musical gift to understand.

Larisa: Absolutely, and for me, it’s like, “If you can talk, then you can sing”, and that’s kind of my motto. So many people have shut down that part of themselves, but it’s actually just so natural for all of us to sing. And I really believe that when we do sing and dance, I’m also deeply passionate about dancing, we’re happier as human beings, as souls, and we’re more connected as a planet.

The beautiful thing about music is it’s really universal and we don’t need to understand each other to feel someone’s soul through a song. That’s why I love it so much and I believe it’s so powerful and connective.

Kim: If everyone really tapped into the power of that vibration and their voice, what cosmic benefits would it have on the world? I can just imagine that there’d be such an incredible raise in vibration.

Larisa: Oh gosh yes. I mean, there’s so much that’s connected to the throat chakra. This can represent speaking desires, speaking boundaries and on a more communicational level, speaking our hearts and being able to communicate. Then when it comes to singing and song, it’s having that space to express. Having that outlet can move so much emotion and trauma. One of my favourite things to do with people is helping them write their own song. It can be so powerful to have a way to express your trauma, your pain, your suffering in a beautiful way, in an artistic way. I think that there’s so much potential for all of us as human beings when there’s a deeper relationship established to the voice, song and creativity.

Kim: Do you have any words of wisdom for our readers that are getting the call to embark on a journey of unlocking their voice and learning the gift of song?

Larisa: It’s really simple. Just sing more depending on where you are in your journey. It’s one of those “just do it, just sing”.