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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 Sarah Whitten

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Very wise words. Notice what you feel in your body

Very wise words. Notice what you feel in your body as you encounter these new situations. And give yourself grace.
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#Repost @yumisakugawa with @make_repost
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🌦REMINDER...

There Is No Right Or Wrong Way To Processing A Global Pandemic That Is Still Very Much Happening!
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#vocalyogi #yoga #yogatherepy #somatic #embodied #traumainformed #voice #performer #singer

Grateful for this post from @catefnstudios about t

Grateful for this post from @catefnstudios about today’s core workshop!
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#Repost @catefnstudios with @make_repost
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Right now, attending @vocalyogi’s class on what development and the tending of our core muscles means. She has recently helped me with oblique dominance as a result of reoccurring diastasis recti. Highly recommend her movement library for all singers of all ages. .....#womenshealth #singers #vocalists #vocalpedagogy #healthandwellness #healthandwellnessjourney #yogaandsinging #vocals #womenhelpingwomen #somaticeducation #somaticpilates #somaticpilates #aginggracefully #singinngthroughchange #menopauseandsinging #perimenopausr #breathing

Yes! This! - In today’s workshop we are laying t

Yes! This!
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In today’s workshop we are laying the foundation for ease, lightness and fluidity.
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Are you coming? Link to register is in Linktree in the comments.
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If you can’t come live a replay will be sent to everyone who registers and I’ll leave registration open through today, Friday.
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#vocalyogi #lovetheinstrumentyoulivein #yoga #healing #yogatherapy #biomechanicsofbodyandvoice #voiceteacher #voicepro #slp #ent #laryngology #singer #singersofinstagram #voiceped #vocalpedagogy #wholebodyisyourinstrument

Have you registered yet? - Free workshop tomorrow:

Have you registered yet?
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Free workshop tomorrow: Importance of Core Training for Singers.
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We’ll be live at 11am ET and everyone who registers will get a replay to watch for 48 hours.
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Link to sign up is in linktree in my bio!

Just something fun! My family through the eyes of

Just something fun! My family through the eyes of the Voila app!
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#vocalyogi #momlife #familyoffour #natick #metrowestma #dance #soccer #voiceteacher #smallbusinessowner #micropreneur #sing #voice

Two clients had big breakthroughs in their first s

Two clients had big breakthroughs in their first sessions this past week.
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We are so focused on fixing the issues with voice through vocal technique that it is easy to forget that the place displaying the problem isn’t always the source of the problem.
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Most people who find their way to me have exhausted all the other avenues. They’re hesitant, frustrated, scared and more often than not, carrying a level of trauma in their body.
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Watching them discover the beautiful power of their body is an honor.
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#vocalyogi #tuesdaytriumph #healing #yoga #movement #lovetheinstrumentyoulivein #voice #voiceteacher #voicespecialist #vocalpedagogy #beyondvocalped #voicegeek #bodynerd

Have you watched it yet? - I saw the stage product

Have you watched it yet?
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I saw the stage production years ago and love, love, love the story and the music and the dancing.
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The movie is stunning. Go see it!
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#vocalyogi #intheheights #movies #musicaltheater #singer #sing #voice

It’s been a while since I posted a progress shot

It’s been a while since I posted a progress shot. Once I get to plain color knitting it’s a little less exciting to work on so I haven’t been knitting as much.
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Will it be done before winter?!?!
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#vocalyogi #weekendknitter #fiberarts #iloqsweater #natick #metrowestma #momlife #singerswhoknit

Weekend read. Loved this story. - #vocalyogi #read

Weekend read. Loved this story.
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#vocalyogi #read #booklover #metrowestma #natick #yoga #voiceteacher #singer #performer #hennaartist

Oh, the parking lots I’ve sat in this past year.

Oh, the parking lots I’ve sat in this past year.
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#momlife #vocalyogi #metrowestma #natick #tennis #dance #soccer #drivingallovercreation #schoolpickup #yoga #singingteacher #yogateacher

The vagus nerve is an endlessly fascinating part o

The vagus nerve is an endlessly fascinating part of our bodies - from our voices, to our trauma, to our breath.
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Repost from @somaticloveandhealing

A wee Tuesday rant: I periodically tune in to talk

A wee Tuesday rant: I periodically tune in to talks given by medical professionals about treating various conditions in the body.
Last week I heard one given by a physical therapist who said something that made my heart hurt.
The paraphrase is "Given [this particular condition], we actually have to listen to our patients."
This was said as a way of comparing this medical issue to a patient who presents with shoulder pain.
In this PT's view there's a template for addressing the shoulder pain and there is no template here, so PT's should start actually listening to the patient with condition X.
I felt myself having a physical response to the idea that there is a template for treating any condition. Each individual is unique. EVERY person should be listened to and given a program/plan that is unique to their body.
All too often people feel unheard and unseen by their care providers because the system is pushing patients through and there isn't time or training in how to sit with someone and hear them. You can't be present to a body when you've got 48 patients a day.
Yet feeling heard and seen is such a key part of healing. This was a fundamental tenant of all of my training and one I apply with every single client. #hereyouareseenandheard #vocalyogi #healing #yoga #yogatherapy #voice #voiceteacher #lovetheinstrumentyoulivein #sing #singer #metrowestma #natick #breathe

Weekend reading. I’m just a few chapters in and

Weekend reading. I’m just a few chapters in and it is SO good.
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#vocalyogi #traumainformed #yoga #healing #voice #voiceteacher #somatic #yogatherapy

As seen on my walk. It’s Iris season and there a

As seen on my walk. It’s Iris season and there are some beauties in my neighborhood. In fact, I may plan my walks just so I can go by them.
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#vocalyogi #walkeveryday #moveyourdna #yoga #healing #lovetheinstrumentyoulivein #breath #singer #voicepro #voice

I’m very consciously spending less time on socia

I’m very consciously spending less time on social media these days.
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What I want people to do is move more and move more parts of themselves and social media asks us to move just our fingers.
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That means no Facebook on my phone, no time spent scrolling.
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It’s remarkably liberating and on this long, holiday weekend we did 3 different hikes, despite the seeming never ending rain.
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Today’s was an adventure in Acton where we walked a trail that showed us structures from Native Americans and early European settlers.
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The woods are lush from the rain and a bit mucky in spots.
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How did you move this weekend?
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#vocalyogi #yoga #movementmaven #healing #forestbathing #trailthroughtime #actonmassachusetts #move365 #walkeveryday #10,000steps

This has been rolling around in my head for a whil

This has been rolling around in my head for a while and today I finally sat down to make a graphic to go with the thought.

I want to know, when someone says "take a deep breath" how do you interpret that? Is it deep in terms of volume or location in the body?

It might seem like a nitpicky question, but the answer matters IMO. More often than not I see singers tanking up on air thinking that more is better and that concept of deep is connected to the volume of air.

In reality, I think we do better to think of deep as a location - the lower lobes of the lungs. We want the bulk of our expansion to happen here where we have the diaphragm moving well and the accessory muscles of breathing relatively quiet. It doesn't take a large volume of air for that to happen.

A large volume will just make more work for the cords and contribute to over breathing.

So, tell me, is deep about volume or location for you. Or, have you never thought about it and now that you do, what does it mean?

#vocalyogi #breath #breathe #breathingforsinging #vocalpedagogy #lovetheinstrumentyoulivein #yoga #breathwork #pranayama #singer #voiceteacher #performer #sing #voice #voiceped #healing #overbreathing #lessismore

What I read in May. - If you haven’t read All Th

What I read in May.
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If you haven’t read All The Light We Cannot See. It’s a must.
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The Firekeeper’s Daughter was so engaging and I stayed up too late to finish it.
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Transcendent Kingdom was well written, but a tough read.
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City of Girls left me a little meh. I don’t think I ever really fell in love with any of the characters.
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Now, I need some recommendations for June. What have you read recently that you’ve loved?
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#vocalyogi #read #booklover #englishmajor #yoga #bibliophile #librariesrock #readingwhileiwaitinthepickupline #momlife #natick #metrowestma

Link to register is coming soon! - Years ago I wro

Link to register is coming soon!
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Years ago I wrote a blog post on the topic of core training for singers.
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Every week I get emails with comments and questions about that post so I decided to make a workshop out of it!
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We’ll talk about what the ‘core’ is, why things like your big toe, the pelvic floor, and your breath matter so much to the core and what you can do to assess and start to explore moving in ways to create better function in your core.
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#vocalyogi #singers #yogaforsingers #voice #vocalpedagogy #voiceped #performer #yoga #healing #breath #coretraining #deepcore #diaphragm #sing #lovetheinstrumentyoulivein

File under: laughing at myself... - Just sat down

File under: laughing at myself...
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Just sat down to vocalize a bit - thank you @meredithcolby for the inspiration with your exercises - and my binder was open to my notes from a client’s session yesterday.
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I glanced at it quickly and immediately though “REALLY, YOU ASKED SOMEONE TO DO STRAW NIPPLES?!”
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Well, in fact I have somewhat sloppy handwriting and when I looked again realized that said ‘ripples’.
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My family sometimes calls me Uncensored Sarah, mostly when I’m tired and all filters are removed.
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Good to know I was still relatively profesh in yesterday’s work.
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#vocalyogi #yoga #singingvoice #voice #voiceteacher #lovetheinstrumentyoulivein #sovt #strawsinging #vocalpedagogy #healing

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