by Noel Heroux
Jessica Zambri is a musician, mindfulness-based facilitator and the founder of Intuitive Voicing based in New York City.
From an early age, Jessica understood and appreciated how music provided a secure channel for communication and expression. Singing and writing songs became her bedrock. This foundation ushered Jessica to Berklee College of Music, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Music Studies.
Jessica's music career began in 2003, booking her first live show at Tribeca Rock Club for Zambri, a band she co-created with her sister. New York’s PopGun Presents says, “Zambri’s ambition and use of sonic wizardry put them amongst the most forward-thinking artists in New York City." In 2005, Jessica joined Quest Management (now Maverick), working as an artist manager for Björk, Paul McCartney, and Arcade Fire. Music has taken Jessica around the world as a touring artist, and to date, she has contributed to twelve professionally released albums as a performer, songwriter, and producer and as a featured artist in Zambri, Hooray For Earth, Solvey, Autre Ne Veut, and Mass Gothic.
Jessica was first introduced to yoga and meditation through her work with artists. A friend and founder of Ten Percent Happier, Dan Harris, helped expand her practice, connecting her to Insight Meditation and the work of JoAnna Hardy, Sebene Selassie, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein. Jessica has had the privilege to deepen her practice while on retreat with guiding teachers Konda Mason, Tara Brach, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and many more, studying primarily in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition. With the guidance and support of her main teacher, Leslie Booker, she continues learning as part of the Dedicated Practitioners Program at Spirit Rock, where she is among their seventh cohort.
Jessica is a Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction (MBSR) teacher and completed the Foundations of MBSR at New York Insight Meditation Center and the Teacher Advancement Intensive at Brown University. She is a certified Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness (TSM) practitioner via TSM creator David Treleavan and completed a two-year training in Reconciliation via Breathe International (BI) facilitated by BI’s founders Paula Ramírez and Matthias Rüst.
At the start of 2020, Jessica created an interactive experience for groups and individuals, combining live music and meditation called Intuitive Voicing. In this work, Jessica offers a pathway to create intimacy with intuition, renew self-trust, increase calm and peace, reduce anxiety, and operate with confidence so that those she works alongside can better support themselves and the things that matter most to them.
Jessica is committed to creating harmonious space for individuals and communities where connection and creativity can flourish. In 2023, Jessica established Realm Of Recess, a community for artists who want to feel closer to who they are and believe in the value of practicing play, pleasure, and imagination through creative activity in order to buck self-doubt, loneliness, and apathy so that they can experience the thrill of bonding with their inner-wisdom and that which arises in the festivity of collective gathering.
*To learn more about Jessica’s music projects, please click on the images below.
