The pace of our lives has increased geometrically. And in turn we want faster results. Students and their parents want to see real results in weeks, not months or years. To accommodate them, we have to teach our students to relax. No pressure!
Really, we mean NO PRESSURE.
To experience the phenomenon of NO PRESSURE in your body yourself, try these steps in a morning routine. When you do it every day for a month your diaphragm will grow stronger:
Really, we mean NO PRESSURE.
To experience the phenomenon of NO PRESSURE in your body yourself, try these steps in a morning routine. When you do it every day for a month your diaphragm will grow stronger:
- Lie down with pillows under your head and knees – placing one hand on your lower abdomen and one hand on your upper chest. Make sure that your chest and abdomen are completely relaxed.
- Breathe through your open mouth – 10-20 breaths and notice that there is no tension in chest and abdomen restricting your organic breathing pattern.
- For 5 breaths, use your exhale to passively produce a “la la la” sound.
- Do the exercise again, breathe for 10-20, and la la la for 5-10. Then, get out of bed and go to work!
Notice that when you do this practice you do not have to consciously push air out – it is a reflexive, organic behavior. Transferring this behavior to your students’ singing will result in a quicker development with less tension. Viola! Hurry up and calm down!
Steven Flam has perfected the training of your diaphragm for vocal power.
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