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Muscle Tension Dysphonia: 2 people’s triumph
Muscle Tension Dysphonia…I’d like to share with you a short story. In 2018, A lady named Janine contacted me explaining how she had been diagnosed with Dysphonia: “Excess or dysregulated activity of the intrinsic and extrinsic layrngeal muscles…” In other words, the muscles of the voice box have been hammered and weakened either by mis-use …
Public Speaking Enemy #1: Pausing?
Pausing: WHAT A DIFFERENCE PAUSING MAKES… every few little words! What a difference a pause makes and the difference is huge! To some, pausing is an elephant in the room, akin to the deadly silence… But it’s actually a key ingredient to delivering a professional presentation. It essentially helps maintain a relaxed flow that in …
#2 essential vocal foundation: Does posture seriously matter?
Posture… AND MOVEMENT BY DESIGN ‘Movement by design’… You may have a clue what I’m suggesting here or perhaps not? If you guessed posture, you’d be correct. Once again, it is one of those key foundations that most of us, the majority of the time, don’t give a second’s thought about. It may be as …
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The #1 essential for optimal sound: Breathing
Breathing by Design BREATHING… I used to think ‘what’s the fuss about?’ …Until I decided to take singing and performance speaking seriously. The image says it all: if we don’t aim to create sound with the right elements in place, breathing being the #1 foundation, it really is like building a house on sand. Without …