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Revisiting Alignment and the Singing Body:
October 14th Noon-2pm, Eastern Time online via Zoom.
$60 early bird registration, through October 1st.
Free for Aligned and Aware Members
5 day replay for all who register.
We need to be able to ‘see’ our singers in the studio and understand how their body is or is not supporting their sound production.
We know our whole body is our instrument and much has been discussed in vocal pedagogy about the importance of singing posture.
I believe posture is much less important than we’ve been taught! After all, we are not static structures on stage, we are dynamic, moving instruments.
Alignment is a much better tool to use when it comes to the voice, but it doesn’t offer us everything we need to understand the body.
We can fill out the picture of the singing body when we consider and apply the concept of biotensegrity and gain an understanding of how singing is a whole body activity.
| In the workshop we will explore…. **Alignment as a tool and not a rule. **How biotensegrity helps us better understand the relationship between bones, muscles and other connective tissues in the body **movements to explore how our bodies move and ways to find ease in the hips and shoulders. |
Early bird Registration through Oct 1st $60, (registration then becomes $75)
What People Are Saying About Workshops with Sarah Whitten…
“This is the missing piece for me when it comes to my body, my breath and my singing.”
“I have been searching for something like this for the last 18 years.”
” I finally understand my low back pain (and it feels much better).”
Past Presentations
February 16, 2022 – Seeing in the Studio and Understanding Alignment
Opera Programs of Berlin
December 3, 2021, Pelvic Floor for Singers Workshop
November 16, 2021 Breath and the Pelvic Floor. Private workshop for Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy Training Program
October 14, 202-Nov 4, Breathe With Me Series
August 18, 2021 – What The Foot
April 16-18, 2021 – Yoga For Midlife Singers, Celebrate Singing: For Women in Midlife and Beyond Conference
April 12 -13, 2021 – Seeing in the Studio and Understanding Alignment
Opera Programs of Berlin
March 14, 2021 – Alignment and the Singer’s Body & Alignment in Motion, Vocology in Practice Online Conference
February 24, 25, 2021 – Breathing, The Body, And Yoga, Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy Certification Program
August 2-3, 2020 – Seeing in the Studio and Understanding Alignment
Opera Programs of Berlin
May 2020: Introduction to Body Awareness for Teens
May 2020: The Whole Instrument with Opera Programs Berlin
April 2020: Introduction to Body Awareness and Breathing for young singers with Handel and Haydn Youth Chorale
April 2020: Unwinding the Upper Body with movement and breath with Harvard University’s Radcliffe Choral Society
April 2020: Alignment in Motion with Lewis and Clarke Choral Programs