Resilience and the Singing Body
It’s been a hot minute since the pandemic began – ok it has actually been 20 months to the day since we shut down on March 13, 2020. The result of isolation, wearing masks in public, and living with the stress, loss and chaos of the last 20 months is changes to our entire physical/mental […]
Perceptions of Pain
We have a problem. A problem with pain. Well it isn’t the pain per se, but our perception of pain that is the problem. We tend to try and:1. Avoid pain2. Push through pain3. Seek quick fixes for pain4. Blame our body for pain5. Think we are broken when we have pain Here are some […]
Widening the Lens: The Diaphragm
Flip through any vocal pedagogy text and you’ll see the diaphragm listed as one of the primary muscles of inspiration. It is the second largest muscle in the body. In those texts we learn about its function of assisting in respiration and that’s the end of the discussion. In addition to playing a role in […]
Compensations and Coping
When your body can’t do a movement with integrity, it will find another way. The ability to compensate is part of what keeps us alive and moving. Compensations aren’t bad, but in the long run they aren’t likely to allow you to move your best and feel your best. Compensations will eventually cease to help […]
No, there’s no chair for that.
Potentially unpopular opinion ahead from your loving movement specialist: I know you are looking for relief from the aches and pains you are feeling from sitting so much to teach online. However, no chair is going to really solve the discomfort you feel right now. So, stop looking for an ergonomic chair that you think […]
The Power of Presence
With the ever changing landscape of the larger world, our studios and our own personal health I wanted to take this month to focus on stress management and building our own resilience. The very intimate nature of voice lessons means we often have singers coming to us in need of a safe space and we […]