Mindfulness: Information about mindfulness is everywhere nowadays, perhaps a measure of how much it is needed in our over-busy, pressured lives. Ruby Wax is well known as someone whose mind, in her own words, ‘left town’ at one point, but her book Sane New World (Hodder and Stoughton, 2013) is intended for anyone interested in taming their mind, and has good background science about how the brain works as well as lots of suggestions for exercises to promote a more mindful and peaceful life.
The effects of stress on your speaking voice: Voice coach Nancy Daniels describes the negative effects stress has on your voice when you speak, and because, as you now know, you use the same voice for speaking and singing, those same negative effects will come out when you sing. She also reinforces our message about the importance of diaphragmatic breathing: www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the_negative_effects_stress_has_on_your_speaking_voice
Mindfulness: Information about mindfulness is everywhere nowadays, perhaps a measure of how much it is needed in our over-busy, pressured lives. Ruby Wax is well known as someone whose mind, in her own words, ‘left town’ at one point, but her book Sane New World (Hodder and Stoughton, 2013) is intended for anyone interested in taming their mind, and has good background science about how the brain works as well as lots of suggestions for exercises to promote a more mindful and peaceful life.
The effects of stress on your speaking voice: Voice coach Nancy Daniels describes the negative effects stress has on your voice when you speak, and because, as you now know, you use the same voice for speaking and singing, those same negative effects will come out when you sing. She also reinforces our message about the importance of diaphragmatic breathing: www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the_negative_effects_stress_has_on_your_speaking_voice