“Norman Jean Young will bring out the song in her participants at a workshop on Jan. 21.Where and whenSoul-Singing You! a daylong workshop led by Norma Jean Young, will be held on Sunday, Jan. 21, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at 5443 Pleasant View Lane in Freeland. Sliding scale fee is $40-$65. For reservations, contact Young at 221-8316.Get out of the shower and start the new year with a song in your heart and power in your soul.Langley resident Norma Jean Young is conducting a power singing workshop this Sunday in Freeland, similar to one she led in a castle in Belgium six months ago. A Reiki master (described as one who works with the body’s natural energy to promote well-being, relaxation and stress reduction), Young is also a medical nurse who taught Reiki methods at Harvard University. At the workshop in Belgium, she led 60 Reiki masters — singers and non-singers alike — who found they could raise their voices in a powerful and stirring harmony.Most of us have been repressed — told to be quiet or that we sing off key, Young said. This workshop is about being received; about being heard and about expressing who you are-not a Barbra Streisand, or an Andrea Boccelli, but YOU. After offering the experience also in Greece, Canada, Japan and Egypt, Young is convinced of the power of song and sound to connect oneself and others in harmony. She enjoys her work.It’s a Song of the Circle, she said with a big laugh, stretching her arms out. It’s an outrageously fun thing to do. South Whidbey loves to sing.Song of the Circle refers to the way of telling stories in song in the Maori culture of New Zealand, which which Young is deeply connected. She has also worked with the Inuit of Greenland and Native Americans in Central Washington. Young said indigenous peoples know of the power evoked by singing, and that is why song is so important in their traditions. It is her aim to not only rekindle the memory and pleasure that singing brings,. but to encourage the truth that comes out in a person’s authentic voice and sound.Now we get to come home, she said. Think you can’t sing? Not to worry. One of Young’s favorite things is to get folks singing who think they can’t carry a tune. My trademark is ease and safety, she said, by way of encouraging timid singers to take courage and bring their voices forward in a noncompetitive setting. The workshop is also a way of saying thanks to Young’s longtime friend, recording artist Susan Osborn, who lives on Orcas Island and is well known for her big voice and songs of the spirit. Osborn has performed often on Whidbey, and Young continues to be inspired by her friend’s soulful voice. After attending Osborn’s Seeds of Singing workshop, designed to bring out one’s authentic expression, Young started her own soulful singing to spread the good feeling. She said she also gets a kick out of seeing folks’ reactions to their newfound talent. “