Why Mindfulness Vocal - The Voice Between Silence and Sound

Why Mindfulness Vocal — The Voice Between Silence and Sound

By Jiu Jian | 玖健正念之声疗愈室 Jiu Jian’s Mindfulness Vocal & Healing Sanctuary

“Silence is not the absence of sound, but the presence of oneself.” — Thích Nhat Hanh

🕯️ When the Voice Faded

I was thirty-two when the word depression was officially written on a paper.
But my first collapse of silence happened long before that.
During National Service, one morning before the platoon fall-in, my body stopped obeying commands. I could not speak, no matter who ordered me to.

“You have to talk, or they’ll send you to Woodbridge Hospital,” a lieutenant said.

Yet my mouth refused. My body knew what my mind could not: it had reached its limit.
It was silence, not defiance — the body’s wisdom whispering, enough.

An army psychiatrist later sat with me for three unhurried hours. His patience became a doorway. I spoke again — softly, uncertainly — and my voice returned. But when the session ended, my emotions folded back into silence, sealed in an invisible suitcase that would follow me for years.

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi

At twenty-six, when the future finally seemed luminous, I was recording my first movie theme song — where I also played the lead role, ironically the Mandarin film 轨道 was translated as The Road Less Travelled — while I was simultaneously juggling a Channel 8 sitcom and a dance musical, M. Butterfly.
Yet the tragic spirit of my previous lead role in musical December Rain clung to me. That night, sleepless and split between stage and self, I swallowed too many sleeping pills.
I woke in a hospital room, my career and confidence gone in a single night.
People called it a foolish act, but I know now — it was not a wish to die, only a desperate attempt to rest.

The Voice That Kept Performing

After thirty-two, when I completely lost myself, it took eight quiet years before life led me back to the art scene.
Ten years in theatre, concerts, and performance slowly re-introduced me to my own sound.

In my twenties I had used my voice to escape — to hide the grief of childhood and adolescence.
I sang to survive. But survival has no melody; only healing does.

Then came my early forties and a trip to Philadelphia. I wandered into the Walnut Theatre and met Ms. Heidi, a vocal coach who revolutionized my relationship with sound. Through her, I learned that the voice is not a performance to impress the world but a presence to inhabit. Not perfection, but compassion.

That experience — and the years immersed in the art scene — opened something profound in me.
I realized that the voice is not merely an instrument of expression; it is an organ of healing.
It carries memory, vibration, and the unspoken prayers of the soul.
When met with mindfulness and love, it becomes medicine.

“The voice is the muscle of the soul.” — Alfred Wolfsohn

The Morning That Changed Everything

December 2019 — just a few months after returning from a National Day Dinner performance in Shanghai — I awoke one morning with an unfamiliar clarity. A quiet voice within whispered, “It’s time to stop performing for a while.”

I felt an undeniable calling — to pause, to listen, to turn inward. I decided that for the next year, I would step away from the stage and devote myself fully to Vipassana silent meditation.

And as if the universe had been listening, the world itself soon fell into silence.
While I was in the midst of my Vipassana retreat in Bangkok, on January 17, 2020, the news of COVID began to unfold. The collective hush that followed felt like an echo of my own journey — an invitation for humanity to stop, breathe, and return home to stillness.

That morning in December marked my true rebirth — the seed of what I now call Mindfulness Vocal.

It is where art meets awareness,
where sound becomes sanctuary,
and where healing begins — with a single mindful breath.

Today — Let Healing Begin with the Sound

Through 玖健正念之声疗愈室 Jiu Jian’s Mindfulness Vocal & Healing Sanctuary,
I guide others to rediscover their authentic voice — in singing, speaking, or sacred silence — using mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and hypnotherapy. Because healing doesn’t always start with words. Sometimes it begins with a vibration, a breath, and the courage to listen — within.

“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” — Rumi

C.A.T. – 清静・觉醒・转化
Clarity · Awaken · Transform
Let Healing Begin with the Sound | 让疗愈从声音开始。

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