I find it so remarkable to experience how the body works.
Once into this 'Alexander path' one can feel so much of what is going on in our bodies!
As though we, 'Alexander minded people', learn how to observe instead of feeling, there is a clear moment where observation and feeling meet. Of course we won't stop feeling, we simply learn how to wake up our power of observation instead of being lost in sensorial feelings.
When I started having private lessons in the Alexander Technique (oh that was long ago), after having a bunch of lessons I remember feeling my vocal box working for the first time! In general singers feel their throat and vocal box when it hurts only, not when its working well.
I must say that nowadays I only feel it when I consciously connect to it, otherwise all I feel is space: freedom of voice. Ah, that feels like a warm energetic shower which makes my whole body vibrate, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, working like a fountain, a fountain of happiness going up and up.
Of course it was a whole journey to get there, a journey that started when I took my first private lesson. And now, once I can finally enjoy all this freedom, I am also aware that this journey is an ongoing process, which is there to be activated on every moment of the day, so I can grow further.
This journey also got me very much in touch with my 'SILENT VOICE'.
Oh my, I found it so scary at first, the fact that my vocal organ is ALWAYS working! Obviously it is working when I talk, murmur, hum or singing, but the fact that it is also working when I am writing or reading, or even when I am only thinking. That I found quite revealing, and scary at the same time, imagine if I am doing something wrong with my voice without even knowing I am using it!
The way to practise our voices is a daily routine
Most people tend to think that practising the voice is only when you sing or talk with your 'stage voice', but the way to practise your voice is much more than only that.
The way I practise my voice starts before I say my first word, and all the other words of the day, it is also about the way I talk on the phone, the way I talk to my children, to my pupils, and also when I am silent, because the vocal instrument will be there, ready for me to use it when I decide to give consent for my voice to come out loud, and when I give the consent, oh freedom, freedom, freedom!
Please visit my website if you want to know more about the combination of voice and the Alexander Technique
Once into this 'Alexander path' one can feel so much of what is going on in our bodies!
As though we, 'Alexander minded people', learn how to observe instead of feeling, there is a clear moment where observation and feeling meet. Of course we won't stop feeling, we simply learn how to wake up our power of observation instead of being lost in sensorial feelings.
When I started having private lessons in the Alexander Technique (oh that was long ago), after having a bunch of lessons I remember feeling my vocal box working for the first time! In general singers feel their throat and vocal box when it hurts only, not when its working well.
I must say that nowadays I only feel it when I consciously connect to it, otherwise all I feel is space: freedom of voice. Ah, that feels like a warm energetic shower which makes my whole body vibrate, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, working like a fountain, a fountain of happiness going up and up.
Of course it was a whole journey to get there, a journey that started when I took my first private lesson. And now, once I can finally enjoy all this freedom, I am also aware that this journey is an ongoing process, which is there to be activated on every moment of the day, so I can grow further.
This journey also got me very much in touch with my 'SILENT VOICE'.
Oh my, I found it so scary at first, the fact that my vocal organ is ALWAYS working! Obviously it is working when I talk, murmur, hum or singing, but the fact that it is also working when I am writing or reading, or even when I am only thinking. That I found quite revealing, and scary at the same time, imagine if I am doing something wrong with my voice without even knowing I am using it!
The way to practise our voices is a daily routine
Most people tend to think that practising the voice is only when you sing or talk with your 'stage voice', but the way to practise your voice is much more than only that.
The way I practise my voice starts before I say my first word, and all the other words of the day, it is also about the way I talk on the phone, the way I talk to my children, to my pupils, and also when I am silent, because the vocal instrument will be there, ready for me to use it when I decide to give consent for my voice to come out loud, and when I give the consent, oh freedom, freedom, freedom!
Please visit my website if you want to know more about the combination of voice and the Alexander Technique
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