by admin | Nov 29, 2017 | Aging, Alexander Technique, Attention, Awareness, Posture
Here are two stories of #aging. The first of a good friend, who, catching a glimpse of herself in a mirror, pronounced herself “concave.” She was, in my words, not hers, pulled inwardly centripetally, toward her solar plexus, that sun of our selves that...
by admin | Nov 26, 2017 | Whispered ah
A class had just begun taught by a distinguished voice professional to a group of voice professionals. Point, he said to your upper #jaw. We all dutifully did so. There is no upper #jaw, he said, and we quickly removed our offending fingers. True. There is no upper...
by admin | Nov 24, 2017 | Alexander Technique, neck pain, Posture, Presence, Self-disovery, stiff neck, Uncategorized
Sometimes #neckpain is pathological, a deterioration of the discs that separate the vertebrae. More often it is not, and if so, it is worthwhile to take a look at your posture, the way you hold yourself…telling turn of words. First, the torso via its connection...
by admin | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
I am reading an old volume, Tradition and Gigli, by E. Herbert Caesari, author too, of Voice of the Mind. In Tradition he advocates time and again the sense of up and back as the singer goes over the passaggio, that is, through the upper middle notes and into the high...
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