Music to Move Your Soul
I am a singer-songwriter creating music and sound experiences rooted in presence, depth, joy and human connection. My work is shaped by over two decades of experience in healing, coaching, and transformational practice.
Music has always been more than entertainment for me. It is a language of truth, one that carries emotion, memory, and meaning. Lyrics, in particular, have the power to articulate what lives beneath the surface: giving shape to inner experience, naming the unspoken, and allowing listeners to recognise themselves within the song. My music draws from lived experience and explores themes of connection, shadow and light, belonging, and our relationship with the natural world.
Alongside my artistic life, I have spent many years supporting creative professionals, conscious entrepreneurs, and purpose-led leaders to action change in their lives. This background informs the way I write, perform, and hold space. Audiences often describe my music as grounding, transporting, and deeply felt, qualities that arise from a long relationship with presence-based practices and embodied awareness.
In 2014, after singing in shamanic ceremony with Ninawa Pai da Mata, spiritual leader of the Huni Kuin people of Brazil, my relationship with voice deepened significantly. This period of exploration led to the development of Conscious Voice – live events and sound experiences that invite deep listening, resonance, and connection, offering an alternative way to experience the healing qualities of music, sound and voice.
I am also the creator of The Art of Actioning Change, a coaching method for creative professionals housed separately within the Conscious Change Hub. While that work has its own focus and platform, it continues to inform the maturity, clarity, and integrity behind everything I create.
My Journey
I began my working life in the structured world of Intellectual Property Law, later moving into project management within the charitable sector in Brighton, UK. From the outside, things looked fine – but inwardly, I was struggling to keep pace with my own physical and emotional wellbeing.
Chronic back pain was my wake-up call. In 1998, I discovered Reiki – and it changed everything. I came to understand that my symptoms weren’t just physical – they were signals from my body asking me to change how I was living and relating to life.
In 2004, I traveled to India and never left. I settled in Goa, completed my Reiki Master training, and began opening to my intuitive abilities. Within two years, I had launched Harmonic, a healing and music centre offering a wide range of treatments and workshops with an incredible team of practitioners.
My path led me to study and experience a wide range of healing modalities and transformative frameworks, including Reiki (as a Master practitioner), Quantum Touch, Shamanic traditions, Tantra, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and personal development coaching.
During this time, I also reconnected with a deep love I’d carried since childhood: music. Songwriting and performing became an essential part of my life. I began collaborating and sharing my work in both Goa and on the island of Ibiza. By 2014, I felt a strong pull to devote more energy to music, so I stepped away from Harmonic to follow that calling.
In 2016, I released my second album, eXhale, and formed the eXhale band (also known as the Natalie Matos Band). I wanted to create an uplifting, groove-rich sound that blended meaningful lyrics with a soulful folk-pop feel. Performing live – whether to large crowds or in intimate acoustic spaces – became a joyful part of my expression. I also began writing commissioned songs for individuals and film, which continues to be a source of deep creative fulfilment.
In 2019, a chronic foot injury forced me to pause performing. It was a painful, unexpected turning point that invited me into a new layer of inner work. While I recovered, I began planting the seeds for My Sound – an EP blending reggae-dub textures with the soul-folk style of my earlier work. Its lyrics reflect my healing journey and carry the teachings I received from time spent with the Arhuaco people of Colombia.
I’m passionate about helping others create lives rooted in joy, clarity, and connection, because I truly believe we live in a beautiful world, and that abundance and healing are available to us when we align with what’s real.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story and for connecting with me. I hope something in what I offer resonates with you and that we’ll have the chance to walk part of the path together.
With love and smiles
Natalie xx
