Renowned medium and soul-reader visited Winter Garden’s SoBo Gallery

WINTER GARDEN As a child, Stewart Pearce saw angels.

Now, decades later, Pearce has become attuned to the spiritual world, even to the sound of his own soul.

Pearce, who hails from England, hosted a workshop on Sunday, March 5 at the SoBo Gallery in Winter Garden to teach people how to find their own soul’s sound.

“We each have a note, a core sound of our beings,” Pearce said. “Most of us aren’t using it.”

Finding the sound of one’s soul is an idea that has been around for centuries and used by many ancient people, Pearce said. For example, the word personality traces back to the Latin translation of persona, which means “through sound.”

To find that sound, Pearce uses a series of breathing techniques and vocal exercises. The goal of finding this singular note is to reveal the true identity, or personality, of every person.

“When we are the most authentic, we are spellbinding,” Pearce said.

The reason people today don’t tap into their own sound is because of the constant noise of life, Pearce said. But once that single note is found, every other part of life becomes harmonious.

“When you balance the spiritual, mental and physical, than life becomes amazing,” Pearce said.

Pearce’s own journey into the spiritual world didn’t begin until later in his adult years after the death of his mother. Having worked as an actor and later a voice coach, Pearce began studying to become a medium after he was visited by his mother’s spirit.

“I’ve always seen spirit; I’ve always seen soul; I’ve always seen the supernatural world,” Pearce said. “I discovered it organically.”

In the process of tapping deeper into his ability to see the spiritual world, Pearce learned the value of meditation. During one particular afternoon while meditating on a hill in Glastonbury, England, Pearce came face to face with a host of angels.

They didn’t look like humans with wings or halos, he said. They looked like orbs, radiant globes of light, floating in mid-air.

They were the ones who showed him the sound of his soul.

Already working in a teaching position as a vocal coach, Pearce expanded his teaching to include his newfound knowledge of the soul.

“You have the soul and the 3D life,” he said. “What I do is bring them together for a more soulful life.”

When Gabriella West, a cofounder of the Winter Garden Art Association and the SoBo Gallery, heard that Pearce was making a stop in Florida during his speaking tour, she contacted him and asked if he could visit SoBo Gallery.

Pearce loved the idea and quickly adjusted his schedule last minute for the visit.

This wasn’t the first time that West and Pearce had met. They befriended each other several years ago after West discovered Pearce’s work and found her own soul sound.

“The whole of your insides are vibrating,” she said about finding her sound. “It’s an experience.”

For Pearce, his visit gave him an opportunity to help more people find themselves through sound.

“When I see somebody smiling and joyous, that’s my greatest gift,” he said. “That’s why I do what I do.”

Contact Brittany Gaines at [email protected].