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Vocal Yogi: September 2013
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Monday, September 30, 2013. The Very Opposite of Mindful. In general I work hard to practice what I preach, being mindful in my daily life. For the most part I succeed at this but sometimes life gets the best of me. You see where this is going, right? Though I had looked to my right and identified that there was no traffic coming, I failed to look to my left to see whether a bus was coming up out of the underground T station. Though I was shocked I wasn't really hurt....
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Vocal Yogi: July 2013
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Breathing 101: Breath Awareness. Stop what you are doing right now and lie on the floor. Well, maybe read through this first, but then lie down on the floor! In the last Breathing 101. Post we looked at some of the common problematic breath patterns. Here's the first step to understanding your pattern(s):. 1 Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor. 2 Rest your hands on your belly. 7 Place the hands back on the floor. Cont...
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Vocal Yogi: October 2013
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Wednesday, October 30, 2013. The Deal with the Diaphragm, Pt 2. In the first post we looked at the diaphragm. When we sing we need to slow down the rate at which air is expelled so it matches the needed amount to set the vocal folds in motion at the appropriate pitch and gives you the ability to sing through a phrase. We can't do that with the diaphragm because we have no direct control over it. Transverse Abdominus in deep red above. Thursday, October 24, 2013. In this ...
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Vocal Yogi: Good to Great: Practices for Heart Centered Singing
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Saturday, February 8, 2014. Good to Great: Practices for Heart Centered Singing. In the last Good to Great post, I talked about my belief that singing with an open heart is the key to tipping from the land of a decent, well-trained singer into the phenomenal, expressive, communicator who captures audiences. She offered this simple exercise and it struck me that it would be so valuable to singers! It will help you develop an awareness of yourself in the present moment.
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Vocal Yogi: August 2013
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Tuesday, August 27, 2013. Yoga of My Own Voice. I am also someone who believes firmly that to teach you must also do, so just as I engage in my own yoga practice I want to return to my own singing practice to better myself as a teacher. So, I scheduled a voice lesson with my old teacher who was kind enough to let me return after a nearly 5 year absence. Is the block entirely emotional and the result of pushing my voice aside to help others the last 4 years? If you'd like...
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Vocal Yogi: April 2014
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Friday, April 25, 2014. Building Connections, Building Meaning. Yoga has taught me that the idea of using your emotional experiences as inspiration and information is critical to building a connection to what you are singing or writing or painting and, in fact, to building connections in your life. Called satya. The ability to convey emotions means you must be aware of them and how they feel when you experience them - physically, emotionally and mentally. Delving int...
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Vocal Yogi: November 2013
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Sunday, November 24, 2013. There is no question it can be challenging to get enough sleep in today's world. Our schedules as performers may keep us from getting to bed at a decent hour (hello, late rehearsal after working at multiple jobs all day to make ends meet). Sometimes we have things like sleep apnea that keep sleep from being high quality and many, many, many of us suffer from insomnia. Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net. I have deal...
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Vocal Yogi: My Yoga Story
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Monday, February 24, 2014. I get asked periodically how I got into yoga and why I linked it to singing, so here's my story. Singing always came easily to me, but what I know now is that performing did not. In high school, I frequently had solo parts and leads in musicals and concerts. Along with all that singing (hello, I sang Cunegonde as a JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL), came nerves. Mostly, I would snap at people (usually my mom, sorry mom! The physical practice was fun and c...
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Vocal Yogi: December 2013
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Thoughts from the Mindful Singer. Monday, December 16, 2013. From Good to Great, What Tips the Balance? This question of greatness has been on my mind recently. What is it that separates a great singer from a good one? If you assume a certain amount of natural talent, a high level of training and a drive to perform, what is it that makes some people move on to greatness and others stay in the category of good? For many, many others, the emotional connection is elusive. It isn't the music that is the ...
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